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Slaker. In Elmira, N.Y., thirsty Merrill E. Whiting looked around the house for something to drink, found, downed -and survived - a mixture of turpentine, varnish remover, lighter fluid, camphor, shaving lotion...
...another part of the state Mead's opponent, Tom Dewey, hustled on through his last days before election, breezing through Elmira, Fort Niagara, Binghamton, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo. He was mellow, he was casual, he even had a touch of bonhomie; he was scathing of his opponents' "ignorance." He acted as though he had the election in the bag. Mrs. Dewey went with him, wearing an expression of loving-kindness ennobled by boredom. Dewey's immediate objective was reelection as governor. His ultimate goal: the White House...
Completing its first extended tour since 1941, the Glee Club presented concerts at five New York and Pennsylvania colleges during the spring recess. The high lights of the tour after performances at Skidmore College, Elmira College, Ogontz Junior College, and Briareliff manor Junior College was a concert of Sacred Choral Music presented at Vassar with the Vassar College Choir...
...Glee Club left Cambridge Tuesday morning arriving at Saratoga Springs, New York, that afternoon. After the concert there for Skidmore College and a night spent in a local hotel, they departed for Elmira, New York, and thence to Rydal, Pennsylvania. Returning to New York, the club stopped at Briarcliffe Manor and Poughkeepsie, and finally returned triumphantly to Cambridge late Sunday night...
...Wish to God. . . ." Thereafter letters from Uncle Sam (who lived mostly in Elmira and Fredonia, N.Y.) to Nephew Charley (who scurried about New York City) followed at more or less daily intervals...