Word: brooklyn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Popular Citizens" William Ackerman (Meridian, Miss.), Ralph Jonas (Brooklyn, N. Y.), Lucius N. Littauer (Gloversville, N. Y.) ; Public Officials Esther Andrews (Brookline, Mass.), William Freidman (Dade City, Fla.), Leon Schwartz (Mobile, Ala.), Alvin A. Wolff (St. Louis); Scientists A. A. Michelson, Leon S. Moissieff, Paul Radin; Theater Men Gustav Blum, Jed Harris, George S. Kaufman, Al Lewis, Samson Raphaelson, Muni Wisenfrend; Women Welfare Workers Mrs. Sidney C. Borg (New York), Amelia Greenwald (Meridian, Miss.), Mrs. Joseph Leblang (New York), Sophie Irene Loeb (New York), Mrs. Leopold Plaut (New York), Mrs. William D Sporborg (Port Chester, N. Y.), Lillian D. Wald...
John Caspar Dreier, of Brooklyn...
...Manhattan, saying: "I am going into tunnel work and I am going to put a lot more into it than I'll ever be paid for." In his early 30's he was building simultaneously four street railway tunnels under the East River, between Manhattan and Brooklyn...
...before the first round was over. After school he ran home to complain to his parents. They had Principal Rainey arrested for disorderly conduct. Last week in police court the Principal explained his methods of school discipline: "I believe we have the best method of character training here in Brooklyn. When a boy is insolent to his teacher or is anywise unruly, we give him his choice of bringing his parents to school or putting on the boxing gloves and fighting a boy his own weight. We have been using the plan for more than 15 years...
...Public School No. 9, Brooklyn...