Word: corner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...March 4 the Camel contest reached its "deadline." A deluge of 952,228 letters swamped the Winston-Salem postoffice, in which a special corner was roped off for Camel answers. About 20,000 answers arrived special delivery. The four special delivery messengers in Winston-Salem receive 9 cents for each special; the contest made them each almost $500 richer. In the Reynolds Building 122 employes on day and night shifts sorted and stapled the mail. Within a few days they stopped being surprised at such oddities as a letter in a crate so it would attract attention, letters in little...
...Observers on Soldiers Field report that one of the practice sessions was spent in watching the CRIMSON-Lampoon clash, and if the scholars were impressed with journalistic methods, Eli key men should learn this afternoon what can happen to a man between the key-stone sack and the hot corner...
Second in importance only to its divorce rush is Reno's mayoral election this week. Seeking re-election on a liberal platform is Mayor Edward Ewing Roberts who advocates placing at each & every street corner a barrel of whiskey with a pull-in dipper chained to it to drive out bootleggers. Realtor Milburn Gregory seeks the office on a platform stressing Reno's "scenic and health attractions." Howard Doyle has the support of ministers and a conservative element opposed to legalized gambling and easy divorce...
Only the school janitor, William Hunter, kept calm. He flung himself on the beast's back, grappled, kicked. Presently Policeman .Howard McMiller ran in to help him. After a fierce struggle, McMiller drew his revolver. Trained to fear firearms, the lioness skulked to a corner...
...formation, which is a mixture of clay, gravel and sand, and makes a very good foundation. The ground that will be under the heavy steeple of the proposed chapel has been tested to the satisfaction of the foreman. So, the steeple will be able to be built on the corner of the new chapel nearest Sever, as the design calls...