Word: dinners
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...papers of the late President Harding, particularly those concerning the sale of his Marion Star for the large sum of $380,000. On the floor of the Senate, that same afternoon, campaign funds were on a dozen lashing tongues. Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Democrat, told of a Republican dinner in Chicago in 1920 where Vice President Coolidge made "a rip snorting speech" before "the big fat fellows from all over the country, who had more money than they knew what to do with." Senator Borah made another plea for his Republican retribution fund:* "I believe the [Sinclair] conspiracy was formed...
Manager Jack Slattery of the Boston Braves told his pitchers to quit throwing horseshoes in the hotel yard after dinner till they got better...
...Heart of a Follies Girl should not be touched with a forty-foot pole. The plot is like a last year's fresh egg. The captions are like nice round soup dishes full of soup. The girl (Billie Dove) is like a seven-course dinner in which each course is a can of condensed milk...
...house and in front of the Englewood High School where Elizabeth Morrow, his hostess, eldest daughter of the Ambassador to Mexico, teaches. Out he went without hat or wrap to help Englewood natives extricate the hapless motorist. That done, he returned, happily unrecognized, rumpled & maculated, to the Morrow dinner...
...wish to participate in the convention as a delegate from their respective states are urged to get in touch with G. W. Smith '20, manager of the club. The club will hold a dinner before the meeting tonight, at 6 o'clock. Plans will be discussed for the preliminary work of the convention. Men who are interested may attend by notifying Smith at 26 Westmorly Court...