Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Meredith. Edwin Thomas Meredith of Iowa, who was President Wilson's Secretary of Agriculture (1920-21), refused months ago to let his name be used as a foil. But someone-perhaps William Gibbs McAdoo-has been talking to him. Last week he announced that, after all, "I do ... covet the confidence and goodwill of my fellow citizens here in Iowa." He allowed his name to be entered locally as a "Stop Smith" candidate...
Such was the technique of Edward Prentiss Costigan, when he resigned last week from the Federal Tariff Commission. He had served longer on it than any other member. A Colorado lawyer and mine-owner, he was appointed in 1917 by President Wilson, when the Commission was invented to "take the tariff out of politics...
...John Wilson Snook (warden of the Atlanta penitentiary) selected from his flock a new chauffeur-Josiah Kirby, famed swindler of Cleveland, Ohio, who is serving a seven-year term for using the U. S. mails to defraud. Mr. Kirby's Cleveland Discount Co. had dealt in mischievous mortgages to the extent of more than...
Crew A--Stroke, M. R. Brownell '30; 7, C. E. Mason '30; 6, W. G. Saltonstall '28; 5, D. S Greer 3E.S,; 4, D. P. Donaldson '28; 3, D. R. Kroell 3E.S.; 2, J. O. Wilson '28; bow, H. C. Wintingham 3E.S.; cox, D. F. Baum...
Unlimited class: S. S. Wilson '28 defeated P. N. Vonckx '31, by overtime decision...