Word: ashley
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...warp and woof of New Bedford, Mass., textile city, scurried to the polls last week, pasted little stickers on many a ballot. On each sticker was the name of Charles Sumner Ashley, Democrat. When the ballots were counted it was found that "Sticker" Ashley had been elected Mayor by a majority of some 6,000 votes...
...William Ashley Magie 2d, '28, of Chicago, III, and Geoffrey Platt '27, of New York City, were elected members of the Student Council. Magie was recently chosen Secretary-Treasurer of the Junior class, and Platt is captain of the University crew...
...William Ashley Magie, 2nd, of Chicago, Illinois, was elected Secretary-Treasurer. Magie will be the University Football manager next fall and at present holds the first assistant position. He prepared for college at Exeter. During his Freshman year, he was track manager, dormitory football manager, and a member of the Red Book and Entertainment Committees...
...scrimmage in front of the Harvard goal in the second period ended when Ashley suddenly shot the ball into the cage for his team's first point. In the third period Chittenden, charging upon Goalkeeper Salmon, who was holding the ball, drove him back into the goal for a score, and with the elevens deadlocked four minutes before the final whistle, Everett and Anderson scored in quick succession...
Married. S. Jackson Coleman, barrister, to Muzza Schonau, musician; in London. The ceremony was performed in Esperanto. Rev. A. J. Ashley, Yorkshire church Vicar, officiated in strange-sounding syllables. The bridegroom is known as "edzigonto," the bride as "edzigontino," the best man, "edzigkunolo," the bridesmaid, "edzigkunolino." "Cu vi deziras havi ci tiun virinon kielvian langle-gan edzin on," Rev. Ashley ceased the solemn fluent intonations, gazed inquiringly at the edzigontino. Said she, forsaking virgin existence: "Mi tion volas." Later, the party adjourned to a restaurant where the edzigontino played violin selections, the sole happening of the day not in Esperanto...