Word: worldness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...White House to be congratulated by President Hoover went Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin just back from .its round-the-world flight (see p. 42). The President said: ". . . The spirit of high adventure still lives ..." and returned to his desk...
...obscure Newsman Harden gave the New York World a scoop on the battle of Manila Bay. Last week Mr. Harden, now a potent New York banker (James B. Colgate & Co.), was saddened by the ignominy in store for old battleship Olympia...
...most valuable stamps in the world...
...collected stamps for about 30 years without ever being in any way connected with any stamp association or club . . . which entitles me to the claim of being fairly modest as a stamp collector?up to April 1922, when I became the owner of the world's rarest stamp. . . . The outcome of all this notoriety is that I have had thousands of letters offering stamps of all kinds...
...Philatelist Hind acquired the Rarest Stamp from the Ferrary Collection, confiscated and auctioned by France. He had to outbid Philatelist George V, owner of the most comprehensive British collection. Philatelist Edward of Wales is making a world collection...