Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week Luther C. Steward, national President of the Federation of Federal Employes, announced that at the coming annual convention (beginning Sept. 7 at Faneuil Hall, Boston) he will lay before his fellows a resolution urging Congress to fix $1,500 as the minimum salary for all Federal employees, which would make their salaries almost comparable to those paid by private industries. Said...
...amateur championship of 1919 at Oakmont and blazed through his matches to the very final. Two former champions had sickened at that fell onslaught, tall Bob Gardner of Chicago and seasoned Walter Fownes of the home club, and only with difficulty did ponderous Dave Herron at last fix a damper on the ardent cherub, who swore and flung his clubs when a crashing drive soared astray or a tricky pitch was topped...
...what wishes they harbor in their ghostly hearts were revealed last week by the police. They wish for magic powders potent to bring back an erring wife or husband; for herbs that will "Tie Down Goods" (i.e., keep the object of their affections from departing), for "Boss Fix Powders" (roots and simples that will keep an employer in a halcyon mood), for fusions that will win the heart of the most austere maiden. Throaty voices extol in music the virtues of such medicines...
...Boss Fix Powders...
...have been going to that burg occasionally for many years, and have a fairly good knowledge of the streets and avenues, and I assure you that I don't know where the Penton Building is, and 1 presume there are many more in the same fix...