Word: gist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clippings enclosed will give you the gist of the matter referred to. The interest is not in the fact that rattlesnake was the piece de resistance at a dinner enjoyed by a party of Legion Hairs'' but that this rattlesnake was put up preserved in commercial tin cans. As one of the articles states, this is the debut of a new industry for the utilization of one of Florida's unique natural resources. The writer believes that he is the pioneer in this phase of the canning industry. One thing more, not covered in the articles -most...
...recognize their claim with a suitable memorial. For proof they pointed to a simple grave on the hillside overlooking the city in which lie the bones of one Samuel Wilson (1768-1854). Tall, spare, dignified, kindly, he, said the people of Troy, was the original Uncle Sam. The gist of their claim, based on old family letters, was as follows...
...together what they knew of his policy, wrote it as if coming from a spokesman. They said that Mr. Ford stands firm against any reduction in wages and insists that the wagescale be maintained by firms manufacturing accessories and parts for his use. The New York Times gave the gist of these remarks as direct quotations from a "Ford spokesman...
...Another speech made last week by President Hoover was to the governing board of the Pan-American Union. Its gist: "Pan-American Day will become an outward symbol of the constantly strengthening unity of purpose and unity of ideals of the republics of this hemisphere. . . . This spirit of mutual helpfulness is the cornerstone of true Pan-Americanism...
Mayor Thompson issued a breath-taking broadside against his old foe, the Chicago Tribune. Prepared as a 16-page folder in rotogravure by the advertising firm of Conine & Millner, one million copies were distributed to voters. Its caption: "The Tribune Shadow - Chicago's Greatest Curse." The gist of the Thompson argument within was that the Tribune, by discrediting Chicago's Mayor, had discredited Chicago and blighted its prosperity. The Mayor complained of the paper's "photographic lies" of him, contrasted Tribune pictures of himself with retouched studio portraits. "The Tribune's Lies Have Made the World...