Word: davenports
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...such matters with appropriate simplicity. "Her Own Room," in this volume of short turns, is simply the story of an old woman who lived in a flat with her son and his dependents. His homely daughter married. The old woman thought she might no longer be relegated to the davenport in the dining-room, but did not complain when this breathtaking likelihood collapsed...
Have you never heard of Davenport, "Where the West Begins," in Iowa "Where the Tall Corn Grows...
...Davenport, Iowa, George W. Cannon, Jr., 14, high school student, admirer and correspondent of several actresses, wrote a long letter saying "to die will be a glorious adventure. ... It is my belief that my spirit will some day enter into the body of a playwright and will call forth the story of a boy who loved to dream, the story of a boy who was so disillusioned that he couldn't stand it any more," and inhaled illuminating...
...Davenport, Iowa, three days later, Blanche Gabathuler, 15, was reprimanded by her grandmother for singing at table instead of saying grace. She rushed from the house, flung herself under a freight train...
General Umberto Nobile, polar dirigible engineer: "An audience in Davenport, Iowa, demanded money back after hearing me lecture last week, declaring my Italian accent made my English unintelligible. Sued for $1,800, my promoters withheld from...