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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...enclosed letter is written in the hope that you will publish it. Henry D. Perky was my father, and I have long resented the ill-considered way in which his good name has been used...
...other letter of Son Perky follows...
Cited by Laborite Ponsonby as an instance of "unofficial propaganda" is the deed of Miss Kate Hume of Dumfries, Scotland. In 1914 she forged and gave to the British press a purported letter from her sister, Miss Grace Hume, in which the latter was supposed to write that her right breast had been hacked off by Germans in Belgium. Since Miss Grace Hume had never been out of England and was sensitive about her breast, she denounced her sister, but not until the story had grown to national prominence...
...mail which was received late yesterday afternoon from guests, and state and national officials was included a letter from the White House, extending the best wishes of President Coolidge for the complete success of the first Annual Harvard Military Dance...
Sirs: Steuart H. Britt's letter in TIME of Dec. 31 is not adequately answered by your comment. Students of history should be informed that in reality Atchison was never President of the United States. Polk was President until midnight (not noon, as Mr. Britt says) of March 3, 1849, and promptly thereafter Taylor became President. The Constitution provides, concerning the Presidents: "Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath. . . ." President Taylor took this oath at noon on March 5 because he had no occasion to enter on the execution...