Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Until last week no U. S. Roman Catholic could join the Knights of Columbus if he subscribed to Socialism or took part in the liquor business as bartender, brewer, distiller, liquor-maker's employe or gin-shopkeeper. At the 52nd annual convention of the K. of C. in Detroit last week the ban on Socialism stood, but the 279 delegates voted to relax the liquor rule. Henceforth a Knight may sell spirits, in sealed containers to be consumed off-premises...
When Truck Driver Campbell first became loquacious, Lena, his blonde, 26-year-old wife, was astonished. He had been a quiet, moody fellow all the eight years they were married. Lately he had begun to worry because of trouble with other Columbus truck drivers. Maybe, she thought, the time last year he bumped his head while unloading butter had something to do with his sudden talkativeness. She took him up to his parents' home at rustic little Edison a few miles north of Columbus...
...hurried. "Cigarets should never be taxed in Ohio," ran his monolog. "When I was a boy, Joe and I used to go swimming together. Now he thinks cigarets should be taxed. . . . Sometimes I believe that Joe doesn't realize how hard it is to be a truck driver in Columbus. But I'm not getting any better. . . . The radio seemed nice last night although truck driving wasn't mentioned. We will take the whole thing up when we get home, but I'm not getting any better, do you think...
When he snickeringly told smutty stories, Mrs. Campbell put ice packs on his head, to no avail, and sent their only child, Doris June, 7, to her maternal grandparents, farmers near Columbus...
...George Tryon Harding III, nephew of the 29th President of the U. S., is an able neuropsychiatrist practicing in Columbus. At Edison Dr. Harding peered into Donald Campbell's eyes and throat, tickled his soles and tapped his knees, drew some liquid from his spine, made laboratory tests...