Word: excelsior
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Farmer's statement is as follows: "In retaliation for a certain practical joke played on me by G. M. Davis, I sent in his name the so-called joke bomb consisting of candy, and alarm clock, and excelsior to Governor Curley, hoping to embarrass Davis with unwanted publicity...
After surveying his domain last week President-elect Spaeth hurried off to start putting the University of Kansas City on the educational map. At Kansas State College at Manhattan, he extemporized on "Science and Humanism in Higher Education." At Excelsior Springs, Mo. he told the Central States Bankers Association that "Happiness has nothing to do with prosperity. . . . The Depression may-have been a blessing in disguise for some, because they found the bypaths and mountain trails to happiness...
Bret Harte was one of the many rhymesters who sold verses for Sapolio advertising. His parody of Longfellow's Excelsior served as a handout in 1877. The original Spotless Town jingles were submitted to Morgan's in 1899 by a Cornell undergraduate named Eraser, later a partner in the advertising agency of Blackman & Co. Given away by the million in grocery stores, these and later lyrics were sung by vaudeville troupes, dramatized for church and school entertainments, clinched Morgan's thesis on "How to Become Great" in the company's Witchcraft magazine in 1904: "Diligence, Perseverance...
...ABOARD, Rock Island Golden State Limited, eight forty-five, for Excelsior Springs, Kansas City, Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, Dalhart, Santa Rosa, Carrizozo, Alamogordo, El Paso, Douglas, Chandler, Phoenix, Palm Springs, Mexicali, Calexico, Agua Caliente, San Diego, Los Angeles and all points in California. . . . The train is now ready on Track 10 . . . Golden State Limited. . . . ALL ABOARD...
...Tiki (Alexander Markey) belongs to that class of films which theatre managers advertise with lobby displays of excelsior and old straw, to represent South Sea Island residences. The cast contains The Virgin Bride, Her Lover and Her Father, all performed by natives. There is a volcano in the background. The dialog is entirely unintelligible...