McIndoe was elected as a Republican to represent Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Luther Hanchett (January 26, 1863–March 3, 1863).
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He was reelected to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses this time as the representative of Wisconsin's newly created 6th district serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1867.
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This made it popular in Africa, where it was used on animals up to and including elephants, for which it was particularly favoured by noted ivory hunter W. D. M. Bell, who shot 1,011 elephants using a 7×57mm rifle, when most ivory hunters were using larger-caliber rifles.
Monks of the priory have included Æthelric I, Æthelric II, Walter d'Eynsham, Reginald fitz Jocelin (admitted as a confrater shortly before his death), Nigel de Longchamps and Ernulf.
The story of The Great Meadow written by Elizabeth Madox Roberts is similar in theme to that of Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds and made into a 1939 film titled Drums Along the Mohawk by John Ford.
One of them, Drums Along the Mohawk (1936), was successfully adapted as a Technicolor feature film in 1939, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert.
A versatile writer and editor, he wrote book reviews for The New York Times, did analytical reporting from the United Nations and produced whimsical pieces about two denizens of Montreal's Point St. Charles – Mrs. Harrigan and Mrs. Mulcahy – discussing the vital issues of the day, which were published in the Montreal Star and later issued in book form.
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O'Hearn served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II, and a year after his discharge in 1945 was sent to New York as resident correspondent of the Montreal Star.
WD Scott was named after Walter Scott and his wife, Dorothy (later Lady Scott).
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Australia converted to decimal currency on 14 February 1966 and most Australians alive at the time can remember the theme song to the advertising teaching about the conversion, which was sung to the tune of "Click Go the Shears".
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Sir Walter D. Scott, AC, CMG founded Australia's first management consultancy firm, WD Scott and was active in its leadership until his death in 1981.
His most recent books are Autumn: A Season of Discovery in a Wondrous Land (University of Nebraska Press, 2009) and Hills Like White Hills: Stories (Southern Methodist University Press, 2009).
His surname is said to have had its origin in the village of Aincourt in Normandy on the River Seine between Mantes and Magny.
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Walter's first son, William, died young, while in fosterage at the court of King William II "Rufus", and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, but his other son Ralph lived to become the second Baron Deincourt; his third son was named Walter.
Walter D'Arcy Hall (1891–1980), soldier and British Member of Parliament