Word: curleys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...squad of about 45 men has been picked to wear the University colors at the annual Knights of Columbus games which will be held in Boston a week from tonight. Captain J. L. Reid '29, who has been entered in the Curley Mile, is expected to place in that event, while Leslie Flaksman '29, star two miler, should be among the leaders in his event, according to Coach Farrell. Representatives of the University will be entered in many of the other events...
Quite as famed as cod or Cabots in Massachusetts are the feuds between John Francis Fitzgerald and James Michael Curley, sometime Boston mayors. Sons-of-the-system, hot-headed Hibernians, they have called each other most of the names that can be printed and all the unprintable ones. In Dorchester, where they mostly hold their quarrels and reunions, the very ash wagons creak with politics...
Last week, in the hot-packed dining room of Young's Hotel, Mr. Fitzgerald made his way to the rostrum where Mr. Curley was making a political oration. Mr. Curley paused, leaned over the rail and offered his hand. Mr. Fitzgerald seized it, shook it, mounted the platform, shook hands again. He began a speech, shook hands again. He continued speaking, shook hands again. He finished speaking, shook hands again. Mr. Fitzgerald then sang "Sweet Adeline" as he always does at emo- tional moments. Mr. Curley applauded. They shook hands (sixth time), for the cameras, and Boston's Democracy...
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley of Baltimore, last week celebrating mass at his native Athlone, Ireland, had a greater pair of soloists than ever graced his Baltimore service. Tenor John McCormack (also born at Athlone) and Soprano Lucrezia Bori (born at Valenzia, Spain, but summering with the McCormacks) sang for the archbishop...
...that a mighty blow was being struck for him only a few miles away. Heflin, ever the cunning strategist, covered his main point of attack by the blatancies of convention excitement. Meanwhile his benchmen were elsewhere, stabbing deep. When morning came the shamrocks in the blinds of ex-Mayor Curley's home looked down aghast at the great sign on the lawn: "Heflin for President...