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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Coleman 1G, yesterday gave Briggs one of the hardest fights of the tournament when he forced the undergraduate to five sets before he succumbed. The score alone tells the story,6-3, 7-9, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Briggs lost most of his points by smashing the ball into the net, and was saved only by Coleman's inability to keep his loft from landing behind the service line...
Business went on as usual in offices and stock exchanges. The department stores were hardest hit, because most of their advertising was crowded out of the papers...
...sort of mutual strike. If the public " strikes " by refusing to buy anthracite, the miners and operators may be frightened from their strike. If President Coolidge "strikes" as the late Theodore Roosevelt did in 1902, no suspension of mining is likely. Who will strike first? Who will strike hardest...
Georgia, which contains the center of Negro population, also has the largest Negro population (1,206,365) of any state in the Union. It has been the hardest hit by the present migration. According to several re- ports from various sources, about 80,000 Negroes (not to mention 30,000 whites) have left Georgia this year. Since Georgia gained only 30,000 in Negro population between 1910 and 1920, its Negro population is probably less than it has been in several decades. There are said to be 47,000 vacant farms in the state and 1,665,720 acres...
Firpo, Argentine ape and heavyweight boxer, has the hardest punching knuckles in the business. The inside of his hand, too, is unique. The palm itches more severely than any other fighter's. At present Firpo is making dollars knocking down " set-ups." Last week he disposed of Joe Burke, of Detroit, in two rounds at Grand Rapids. He fights Charlie Weinert in Philadelphia, Aug. 13. Meanwhile he is on an exhibition tour...