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Scouting around the outskirts of authoritative information, Robert Choate of the Boston Herald has been able to ascertain the general reaction among Democratic senators and congressmen to the approach of the mid-term elections. Although many men of influence, Senator Walsh among them, preferred to hold their peace, a number of lesser lights revealed a divergent drift under cover of a common watchword...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHEN NOVEMBER COMES | 2/23/1926 | See Source »

...following its recent showing in holding the strong Toronto team to a low score, and in taking the measure of the Nassau skaters, has assumed the proportions of the "dark horse" in eastern college hockey. Tomorrow night's contest will do much to clarify the situation and will definitely ascertain the power of the University stick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strong Williams Sextet Invades Arena Tomorrow to Battle University Skaters--Purple Has Conquered Yale and B. U. | 1/19/1926 | See Source »

Before leaving, Manager Osborne and N. S. Howe 26 tried to ascertain the number of the police officer, but when the latter was asked civilly for this information, he completely lost his good temper and fairly shouted, "Get out before I call the patrol wagon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Agent and Police Wet-Blanket Football Theatre Party--"Too Drunk to Talk to" Is Charge of Tremont Official | 11/19/1925 | See Source »

...involve considerable expense, and we do not feel that we are discourteous in failing to play the visitors songs at the early games of the season. Certainly every effort is made to procure the required song, but we must accept conditions as they are. It might be interesting to ascertain the number of college songs besides "Our Director" which the Holy Cross Band, for example, plays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Discourtesy | 10/24/1925 | See Source »

...Lakehurst, N. J., in the very hangar where the Shenandoah's great body used to lie at rest, a naval court of inquiry met last week to determine the cause of her destruction, to ascertain why she was rent in two in mid air, while her control car went dashing to the ground to carry to death her Commander, Zachary Lansdowne, and many of his officers and men (TIME, Sept. 14, AERONAUTICS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shenandoah Court | 10/5/1925 | See Source »

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