Word: beaching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Miami Beach...
Oakland, Calif. Orlando, Fla. Phoenix, Ariz. Portland, Ore Port Newark, N. J. Redondo Beach, Calif. St. Louis, Mo. Tex. Seattle, Wash. San Francisco, Calif. Savannah, Ga. Spartanburg, S. C. San Antonio, Tex. Salt Lake City, Utah Stockton, Calif. Tampa, Fla. Tacoma, Wash. Wilmington, Del. Wilmington...
...decorators, a change is coming over the fashion in parior keepsakes. The chip from the base of the Sphinx, the vial of water from the Red Sea, the bag of dust from the Catacombs; they are all doomed to go. The thing to supplement the pictures taken at the beach is now the family collection of "priceless and cherished symbols of American sport achievement," as the New York store sponsoring the idea calls them. Baseballs whose motion during a world series has been broadcast to five million listeners, the "77" jersey of Grange viewed from behind by spectator and player...
...Daugherty, as vile an insect as ever crawled across the page of time. He consorted with criminals and took as his bedfellow a grafter and bribetaker [Jesse Smith], who afterwards suicided. . . . Coolidge never lifted a hand. He remained as mum and inactive as a Boston oyster stranded on the beach in the month of August. . . . "Coolidge to this day retains Andrew W. Mellon as Secretary of Treasury. When Mellon was appointed, the great financial interests no longer exercised a mere influence - they moved in and took possession...
...after Dr. Logan landed Mrs. Ivy Gill, 24, staggered up Dover beach, gasping "I can't stand." She, also English, had conquered the channel in 15 hours, 9 minutes. A week previous (TIME, Oct. 17) Miss Mercedes Gleitz had churned across the channel after many an unsuccessful effort. Confessions were forthcoming; no questions were asked...