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...FIRST LOOKING INTO TIME Some have traveled in the realms of gold, Even "gum-chewers' sheetlets" have we seen; From newspapers we've tried the news to glean Amid the chaff that makes the paper sold; Until at length TIME'S pages we behold. Succinct, inclusive, accurate and clean. Artist−you clarify the passing scene In crispy English, vigorous and bold! Poet−your magic fire illuminates Th' event with connotations of old time! Serene, you parry while some fool berates. Shaking accusing finger at your crime− Printing one item that he deprecates−Swearing he will...
...victor's sister Florence, aged 16, and young brother Sylvan, were prevailed upon by the photographer of a Manhattan gum-chewers' sheetlet, to pose, in bellicose attitude, Florence wearing boxing gloves. Young Silverman's father said: "Somebody had to lick the President's son, I guess. I'm pleased to have the honor to be the father of the boy who did it,, but other boys in the United States could do the same." A promoter in Manhattan offered young Silverman $5,000 for three matches in Manhattan. Two days later, one William Hughes of Waterbury, Conn., drubbed Silverman...
...recently at the Metropolitan. The "Grand Duchess and the Waiter" was hors d'oeuvre to Miss America and the place was crowded. I had seen Miss America before--so--I rather centered on the movie--tried to--I couldn't. The two ladies behind me were chewing gum which clicked with a ding-dong rhythm against their plebian palates, monotonous, eternal. I shuddered. Came a voice, "She loves him but she don't want him to know it--see." The comedy followed, a Mack Sennett-- "That's not a real mustache see. It don't grow straight. We only...
...Manhattan, two bandits forced their way into a garage, abducted two Negro night watchmen, stole 250 cases of chewing gum...
...opening of the Yucatan Peninsula to scientific research is due largely to the work carried on by the American chewing gum industry and the United Fruit Company. In the interior the "Chicle Development Company has established several camps and trails which will be used by the Mason-Spinden Expedition. In Northern Honduras where Dr. Spinden hopes to continue his researches of recent years, the United Fruit Company has offered invaluable assistance in the cooperation of its personnel and the use of its planation clearings