Word: corrections
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Small tigers (not blind) abound in the dry uplands of the Belgian Congo, Africa. But perhaps Representative Murphy has in mind the largest species of tiger, the felis tigris, which is indigenous to Asia. Subscriber Murphy would be meticulously correct if he should state that the felis tigris is to be found in Africa only behind zoo bars...
...motor boat accompanied him to shoot at any obnoxious alligators. Trans-canal steamship passage was not halted. Nonetheless, the proposed stunt approached the scandalous. It costs the U. S. several hundred dollars to open the canal locks needed for the swim. At Gatun Locks Swimmer Halliburton paid 36? (correct charge on a tonnage basis) to be floated up the 85 ft. from Limon Bay to Gatun Lake...
...player-writer rule rapped the fingers of Tilden. Ready commentators said Tilden will play no more tennis, will go into vaudeville. The first prediction was wrong; Tilden accepted the bid to play in the Newport Casino tournament, on whose cup he has two legs. The other prediction may be correct. It was neither confirmed nor denied by Tilden, whose trial for alleged player-writer rule violations was set for August...
...chief achievement to the credit of the session of Parliament just closed is the passing of the famed "Votes for Flappers" bill, seldom heard of by its correct title "The Equal Franchise Act." Thus the vote is given to females between 21 and 30,* elder females having been enfranchised...
Hats. Three designs, all applied to small, close-fitting hats, share the approval of the French fashion makers. A pronounced slant downward on the right side, occasionally obscuring the vision of the right eye, is a mark of a correct hat, as is the bonnet shape, and an imitation of the French peasant's beret...