Word: wilds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...housekeeper at the State Lodge, fell ill, was sent to Rochester, Minn., for an operation. Instead of appointing a temporary successor, Mrs. Coolidge herself assumed the duties of directing the State Lodge domestics. She began her new work by rising early and picking a bouquet of wild flowers for the State Lodge breakfast table...
Their earth inductor compass had fits of running wild, their radio had become disabled, they were fast running out of gasoline-when suddenly at 3 a. m. they saw the sea-coast and the flicker of a lighthouse beacon beneath them. That was the moment when Commander Byrd scribbled: "We are going to land." It was safer to drop into the sea than to crash into unyielding, un known, fog-blanketed land, he decided...
...mark standard in Germany, cooperated with the (Charles Gates) Dawes Committee on German reparations. He has been president of the Reichsbank since 1924. He is a stern man to deal with, imperturbable and ruthless in carrying out a fiscal program. Only seven weeks ago, when German speculators were running wild, he passed put instructions that loans to Berlin stock market operators be instantly reduced by onefourth. There was panic on the Berlin Bourse (TIME...
...note from Mme. Glyn's secretary notifying Miss Waldorf that while Miss Pringle is considered by Mme. Glyn a lovely little lady, she is not on the official IT list. Only the following are on the list: Douglas Fairbanks, John Gilbert, Gloria Swanson, Vilma Banky, and Rex the Wild Horse. According to most recent advices, Clara Bow has been added...
...Angeles residence had been around the links four times last week in a total of 301 strokes, causing a number of people to go home thinking that they had seen the new U. S. open golf champion. Gene Sarazen had put away his clubs, with a 302. "Wild Bill" Mehlhorn of the mighty wrists had gone wild after a few under-par holes. Walter C. Hagen finished with an ignoble round of 81. Robert Tyre Jones, amateur, 1926 open champion (TIME, July 19), had been consistent but not brilliant. Harrison ("Jimmie") Johnston, the amateur who worried the professionals for half...