Word: pete
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...military manifestation of that empire and for every Marine spending Christmas away from home this year there are more U. S. civilians abroad than ever before. From countless U. S. homes this month have gone forth Christmas boxes and bundles to countless far-flung civilian Jacks. Toms, Ikes, Petes. The year had been generous at home but many a son could not be present to share its holiday rewards. When other U. S. citizens were turning homeward for the year's greatest family celebration, Jack was converting heathen on Luzon, Tom was selling Standard Oil up the Yangtze...
...PETE-Florence E. McClinchey- Holt...
Friday is the prime day of the Hurley week. He was born on Friday in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). He denies having Indian blood.* At 11 he was driving "Kicking Pete," a mule, in shaft 6 of the Atoka Coal & Mining Co. At 15 he was punching cows on "Lazy S" ranch and feeling aggrieved that Theodore Roosevelt had rejected him as a rough rider. At 19 he was a captain of the Indian Territorial Militia warring against Chief Crazy Snake. On a Friday he was graduated from law school, and on a Friday became a practicing attorney...
...Pete was the first and only legitimate child of his mother Mabel, an Ojibway Indian girl of northern Michigan. Later he had a sister and two brothers. When Mabel's husband deserted her, she was glad that she would no longer be beaten, then wondered how she would support her baby. For a while she managed, by weaving baskets and selling them to summer tourists. Then she cooked for a logging camp. Then she took men. Joe Pete grew, watched what was going on loved his mother, took care of the other children, said nothing. When the Lithuanian Jaakkola...
...Marie (the "Soo") she became a school teacher there, now teaches in the English Department of Central State Teachers College (summer session). Reserved, hard to get acquainted with, Author McClinchey feels natural in the woods, is an expert canoeist, and can handle a launch in a heavy sea. Joe Pete, her first novel, is the Christmas choice of the Book League of America...