Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bacon objected, Mrs. Bacon sued, but all to no avail. Last week the Court of Appeals regretfully told her that, while it was only natural she should feel annoyed and vexed, the city fathers had acted legally. "Number One" she was no longer; "Number Five" she must remain, unless one way or another, the U. S. Supreme Court can be persuaded to overrule the highest court of the State of New York...
...Denver, Colo., last week, the county court overruled all objections to the will of the late Fred H. Forrester, who had left his $110,000 fortune for the permanent care of his collie, Shep, for the welfare of all homeless or abused dumb animals in Colorado, and for the construction of drinking fountains for dogs and horses in Denver streets. Dog Shep had refused to eat for a week after Mr. Forrester's death...
...made Ten Nights in a Bar Room a gospel of propriety, when the late Carrie Nation and her harridans heaved hatchets through expensive back-bar mirrors and at good mahogany fixtures. On that temperance agitation Keeley rode. Dwight, Ill., became the "Mecca of Liberty," the "Drunkard's Divorce Court...
Elected. Joseph W. Wear, of Philadelphia, onetime Yale athlete, six times winner (1920-24, 1926) with Jay Gould of the national court tennis doubles; to be chairman of the Davis Cup Committee of the United States Lawn Tennis Association; to succeed Julian S. Myrick, of Manhattan, chairman since...
...early yet to make any predictions as to the outcome of the Davis Cup contest, and that anything might happen between now and midsummer to change the complexion of the whole affair. He mentioned the fact that Cochet, second ranking French player, played a far better game on foreign courts than on those in his own country, and that George Lott is a much better player on hard courts, being in his opinion the premier hard court player in this country. As the final of the Davis Cup contest will be played on hard courts and as Lott is just...