Word: brennan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...French Lick, Ind., a gentleman, crimson from top to toe, crimson even to his dangling tail, ladles water from a spring. It is a sulphurous, brimstony drink, known as Pluto Water. There, by Pluto's Spring, assembled George E. Brennan, Thomas Taggart and Charles...
...Bill Brennan, heavyweight fighter who has been knocked out so many times that his cauliflower is virtually of an underground variety, was flattened out in Omaha for what will probably be his final flattening. Billy Miske was accountable and the event occurred in the fourth round of a scheduled ten-round bout. Immediately Brennan was suspended by the Nebraska Boxing Commission for palpably poor condition. Some months ago Brennan announced his retirement. The purse which tempted him to reappear was withheld and will probably be turned over to charity...
...death of Bert Savoy (TIME, July 9). Savoy was a female impersonator; the most strident yet one of the funniest of comedians. His phrases included: " You don't know the half of it, dearie," " You must come over," " You should have been with us." Now his partner, Jay Brennan, has taken unto himself a new and similar associate named Rogers. The pair are a success in provincial music halls. Shortly they will be tried in New York...
...Woodrow Wilson was the objective of a visit to Washington by Mr. Brennan. They discussed a number of possible candidates, notably Mr. McAdoo. Afterwards Mr. Brennan let it leak out that Mr. Wilson had intimated that he might let himself be called upon as the candidate of his Party next year. If this report was true it is more significant as a curiosity of the news than a possibility of politics. Mr. Wilson, if he made such a statement, doubtless qualified it to the point of extinction...
...Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama is reported to be the real object of Mr. Brennan's affections. The latter gentleman, after seeing Mr. Wilson, went to Manhattan for several days' conference with Mr. Ryan and other Democratic leaders. Mr. Ryan is reported desirous of regaining the leadership in Virginia politics, after an absence of several years, from Senator Carter Glass, of McAdoo sympathies...