Word: coney
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Coney Island, N. Y., pending settlement of a suit Mrs. Little Docen last week was appointed receiver of her husband's property listed as follows: four two-legged dogs, two six-legged sheep, one five-legged sheep, one three-legged chicken, one animal half sheep, half goat, one two-legged cat, two six-footed cats, one chicken "with a human face...
...Scarpato, 42, Brooklyn racketeer; of strangulation. He was the fifth man to die in supposed reprisal for the murder 18 months ago of Giuseppe ("Joe the Boss") Masseria, onetime head of Unione Sicilione, friend of "Scarface Al" Capone. Masseria was shot to death in Scarpato's restaurant at Coney Island. Although Scarpato presented a perfect alibi, he lived in mortal dread of vengeance, insisted that police record his fingerprints, had his full name tattooed on his left arm. Died. Florence Agnes Amberg Hurley, 47, second wife of famed Chicago Businessman Edward Nash Hurley; of injuries received in an automobile...
Like Democrats and Republicans, Socialists mix politics and picnics, forensics and fun. Some 25,000 of them last week flocked to Ulmer Park, a big bare, boarded plot near Brooklyn's Coney Island, for an all-day political outing to start their party's national campaign. Working families brought boxes of coarse sandwiches, pickles and fruit. Hot dog stands did a sizzling business. Youngsters played on swings, rode the merry-go-round. Their parents lolled on newspapers listening to band music or strolled off to watch a soccer game. Trade groups sang songs. Broadway performers gave a free show...
Circusman John Ringling had to admit newsmen to his suite at Coney Island's Half Moon Hotel, hard by the area which was destroyed by fire last week, before they were convinced that he had not had his legs amputated. Angrily he explained that an infected blister on his right instep had been treated, that was all. Now he and his wife had come for a fortnight's rest as guests of his good friend Samuel W. Gumpertz, president of Coney Island's Board of Trade. As for the amputation story, which had already gotten into print...
...mannered comedies. He knows how to express utter satisfaction, when he learns of his wife's defections, by nibbling on an apple core. She, Joan Marsh, has an extraordinary petulance. When asked if there is anything in the world she really likes, she replies: "Yes. The roller-coaster at Coney Island...