Word: furnished
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Haverstraw, N.Y., came the Kent trained wild animal show, five days out of winter quarters, gaudy and bullish. Promptly things began to happen: 1) William Schultz, partner, found one of his valuable horses had been stolen, sold to a Negro for $20; 2) The local light company refused to furnish illumination on credit, the fodder merchants to furnish fodder; 3) After putting up the tent, the roustabouts struck, left; 4) The band followed the roustabouts; 5) A rainstorm came, razed the tent; 6) The tent manufacturer and the sheriff came and took the tent away; 7) The lions, hungry, broke...
Last week there congregated in Washington many a heavy thinker for the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. Half a peanut an hour, the thinkers were told, would furnish sufficient calories to sustain their heaviest mental work; thus a small bag of peanuts each would have seen their brains through the three-day sessions of the Academy...
...Mississippi bonds referred to were issued long before the Civil War. in the decade from 1830 to 1840. Their purpose was to furnish funds for the establishment of two state banks. In 1841, alter the banks had failed, Mississippi defaulted on her payments, and has been in default ever since. The Supreme Court of Mississippi in 1842 declared the bonds to be binding obligations ol the State, but still the default continued. Indeed, in 1875 the Slate incorporated in its constitution a provision forbidding the payment of any ot the defaulted bonds...
...prime Prohibition test-case in Manhattan. The Hollywood is a popular middle-class night club of the post-Texas Guinan epoch. Its patrons are attracted by its moderate prices, its undress show. The place is Dry in that the management does not sell liquor, though it does furnish "setups" for guests who bring their...
Tomorrow afternoon Harvard will face the strong, undefeated New York University team. This match will furnish more material for comparison of the Harvard and Yale teams, since the latter was recently defeated by the Violet 5 to 4. N. Y. U. also outplayed Penn 8 to 1 as did the Crimson...