Word: gone
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senator Henry Ashurst of Arizona, and I am opposed to office holders who go to and return from Europe shooting off their bazoos about how Europe should be run. I don't know how long I shall be gone or what I am going to do. That...
Andrew Kan, Chinese merchant of Seattle, recently returned from the great oriental Republic, says the world has gone " Mah Jongg mad." Mr. Kan should know. He went to China to place orders for a half a million sets, but was only able to obtain a fraction of that number, owing to the enormous demand. The price of the game has been increased 100% during the past few months, and Mr. Kan thinks that the price will continue on its upward flight until the American public stops buying, " then the supply will equalize the demand...
...Drew a Crowd. The Rev. Ernest Thorn of Peckham, England, has gone to extreme lengths to solve the problem of lax church attendance. Last week he appeared before his flock as Abraham at the age of 127, and told the story of Sarah's death and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. He asked the audience to refrain from applause, and requested that no one regard it as a performance. So great a crowd did he draw that he packed his church twice over. In this connection, it may be pointed out that the modern theatre arose...
...great Spirit, we are thy most visible vanguard of villainy-a motley mess of gone-up goose bones...
...Democratic paper which describes Republicans as a " motley mess of gone-up goose Bones...