Word: als
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...matter what may be the form under which the future "United States of Europe" emerges--if it does materialize--the United States of America will al-ways remain a decisive factor in Europe's trade, as a supplier of manufactured goods and as a source of capital for the development of her resources. The older continent for her part will no doubt continue to be the most profitable market for our wares...
...state that the cage is no Black Hole of Calcutta. Rather it is a depot where they await free transportation, furnished through the kindness of the Boston Police Department; their destination being the Station House where they await the arrival of their negligent parents. W. J. Henrich '28 et al...
...district. Later came surprises and disappointments. Surprises: capture of Emanuel ("Mannie") Kessler, "King of Bootleggers" and his partner Morris Sweetwood, both onetime Atlanta timeservers; both thought to have reformed; discovery among syndicate papers of a check signed by Chicago's gang king, Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone, now imprisoned at Philadelphia. Disappointments: release of Kessler and Sweetwood for lack of evidence; failure to entice liquor transports into the trap baited by faked radio calls; failure to capture the three managing directors...
Curley Pickett has been a farm hand for the last two years in Corsicana, Tex. Before that he was an elephant trainer for the Al. G. Barnes circus where his special charge was Black Diamond, a land elephant. Last week Farm Hand Pickett, learning that the old circus was coming to town, invited his employer, Mrs. Eva Donohue, to see Black Diamond. When they arrived at the circus the elephants were being unloaded. They stood by and watched. Black Diamond spied them, gave Pickett a malevolent look, wrapped him in his trunk and tossed him over...
...definitely where all the nicknames and epithets of athletes come from. Undoubtedly, the vast majority are coined by newspaper men, but to trace these monickers back to their original inventor would demand far more real labor and exacting research than the problem is worth. Alton Kimball ("Special Delivery", "Arlington Al", etc.) Marsters comes to the Stadium today. He is the hostile nicknamed star in the position which last Saturday was taken by C. K. ("Onward Christian") Cagle, the hula-hipped...