Word: matthew
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...James Matthew Barrie, elfin creator of Peter Pan, stood up at a bazaar, in Jedburgh, Scotland, last week, and solemnly informed his audience that on the previous night he had walked hand in hand through their village with the late Mary Queen of Scots (died...
Legislator. Matthew J. Patterson, plump, horn-spectacled member of the State Legislature and Vare-Republican leader of the 19th ward, was arrested and held in $15,000 bail, charged with extortion, bribery, conspiracy. A lawyer testified that Mr. Patterson had commissioned him to collect certain moneys "for campaign purposes." During six months up to Aug. 15, the lawyer had accordingly obtained $12,195 from one William C. Peters, a florid gentleman with a drooping moustache. The lawyer was not aware that Mr. Peters was a saloonkeeper. He was not aware that the funds were protection fees from 20 speakeasies...
Centers: W. F. Brooks, C. C. Cunningham, Desmond Fitzgerald, W. O. Gay, Matthew Hale, W. B. Tratford...
...University Bureau of Publicity, it was announced yesterday. Pending the appointment of a successor to J. W. D. Seymour '17, former Secretary to the University for Information, Lamb will supervise news releases and carry on the duties of the Director's office under the immediate direction of Matthew Luce '91, Regent of the University...
...Matthew Luce, Regent & Director of Morals of Harvard University, last week closed the Harvard Liberal Club. Reason: discovery of one woman, many bottles...