Word: billing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Orpheum--Speedway Bill (Haines). Singer's Midgets...
...effect he declared that since the Dominion Government could not get effective power by Constitutional amendment it must largely withdraw from attempting to arbitrate labor disputes and leave that duty to the states. A measure called the Commonwealth Arbitration Abolition Bill was drafted. That was the bill under consideration by Parliament when the crisis came last week...
...Washington, U. S. Representative Andrew L. Somers of New York received the following letter from two of his Brooklyn constituents: "I would like to know if you could pass a bill providing for half pennys. The reason is that around our way they sell cakes 2 for five cents, (5?), one costs three cents. So if we could have half pennys we would only have to pay 2 and ½ cents. Thanking you in advance. Answer please. MORRIS RAPPAPORT. MILTON WINSTON...
...could not be seated in Parliament without taking oaths that meant the renunciation of their faith. Then Irish Catholics of County Clare elected Daniel O'Connell to Parliament, threatened to elect him repeatedly until seated. Fearing civil war an unwilling Parliament and unwilling King George IV passed the Emancipation Bill, giving Catholics equal political rights with Protestants...
There was never much doubt as to who would win. It had been suggested that the "beautiful friendship" which Tilden feels for Hunter, his partner in many a doubles match, might tempt him to toss the match. No one knows better than Big Bill how much Little Frank wants to win the national singles...