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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...After about 1,000 of the said match booklets had been distributed in behalf of the Plaintiff, it was brought to his attention that the Defendant had printed on the inside of each and every booklet . . . in place of the words 'Paid political adv. by G. L. Evers, Dadeville, Ala.,' the ribald and obscene picture of a boy urinating in a stream of water, and with words of warning, printed thereunder, 'Don't drink water-drink beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALABAMA: Tallapoosa Tragedy | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

Note the precise formality of our addressing you! While we do not stand on such convention-we are known as The Retailer's Newspaper (adv...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 6, 1937 | 9/6/1937 | See Source »

...There are kicks on the field; there's kicking in the grandstand. There is good interference; and there's the fellow who blocks our view. There are yells; and there's Harvard indifference. There's music; and there's the band. There are scores; and there are Old Golds (adv.) And then again, gentlemen, there's the CRIMSON; and there's Springfield (adv...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/5/1935 | See Source »

...self-expression, especially on paper. A literary stammerer is as helpless in Harvard College as is the tongue-tied man in the advertisements when called upon for a speech, and the CRIMSON editorial competition will teach writing better than either English A or any correspondence school you ever saw (adv...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ED BOARD COMPETITION OPENS TO '38 AND '39 | 9/24/1935 | See Source »

...deals witheringly with the Literary Digest Peace Poll. As we turn the pages, the next story for little ones is signed, not as one would expect, by Leon or Butch, but by that prince of good follows, John, Both of these stories are of the most penetrating acumen (adv...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Communist Boldly Refuses to Prostitute Truth for Advertisements, Mere Pecuniary Gain | 2/21/1935 | See Source »

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