Word: fla
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Albert Alexander Murphree, 57, President since 1909 of the University of Florida, described in 1924 by William Jennings Bryan as a Presidential possibility; of heart disease, in Gainesville, Fla...
...President pressed a button. Tons of briny mud heaved loose in a new 25-foot channel into the Miami, Fla., harbor...
...going to St. Petersburg, Fla., tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I don't know when I'll get back, if ever. But it won't be until after the holidays, anyway. "I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor. I've given people the light pleasures, shown them a good time. And all I get is abuse-the existence of a hunted...
Died. Professor Emeritus Thomas Frederick ("Teefy") Crane, 83, who had been associated with Cornell University since 1868; at Deland, Fla. Undergraduates & alumni have chanted songs about "Teefy," and at each commencement hundreds of his former pupils have grasped his hand. Some years after his retirement, he delivered a rousing 45-minute midnight address before an alumni reunion. For two brief periods he was Acting President of Cornell...