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TIME should show better judgment than to publish such a statement as that one. We of the South have accepted Abraham Lincoln for the man that he was. We know our Jefferson Davis. History can show no blot upon his record, and such a comparison as that made by Representative Miller is thoughtless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 27, 1927 | 6/27/1927 | See Source »

This, held Attorney John Schultz, retainer of Publisher Macfadden, constituted out-and-out libel against his employer. Letters were sent bidding The New Yorkers to remove this blot on the figure of physical culture. The revuers pertly refused to comply. Attorney Schultz threatened to sue. The New Yorkers wished he would, for if there was a show in Manhattan which needed publicity, it was theirs. They had a suspicion that the constituency of the second largest and indisputably grossest tabloid in Manhattan was not of such a high order of humanity but that it would applaud the spectacle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Bookman Sold | 4/18/1927 | See Source »

Since 1905 a foul blot has stained the national checker escutcheon. In that year a team of British thinkers journeyed to Boston, administered an overwhelming defeat to the U. S. players. Last week in Manhattan the blot was removed. The U. S. team swamped the combined talent of England and Scotland, hopping to victory in each of the twelve rounds played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Checker Hops | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

...four page accounts for the much more aristocratic Times. And now the New York World has started a national protest against lynching. The World's action is extremely notable, and one which is winning for the journal the recognition it deserves. The affair at Aiken, South Carolina, was a blot on the name of justice and the World is to be praised for having sent its personal representative down to get the facts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEGITIMATE CURIOSITY | 11/30/1926 | See Source »

...long been customary in Minnesota for the Anti-Saloon League to nominate all Republican and Farmer-Labor candidates for Congress. But in last week's Minnesota primaries, two small blots appeared upon this record. Dissatisfied with its servant of the past four terms, Representative Oscar E. Keller, the League advanced a new candidate in Keller's district (St. Paul). Keller ran on his record independently when out of the business district suddenly appeared a 28-year-old Wet bond salesman, one Melvin J. Maas, to confound them both. St. Paul voters gave Salesman Maas more votes than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bond Salesman | 7/5/1926 | See Source »

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