Word: hubs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unsightly overhung bodies of past years. Very few open cars are now made. The closed bodies are slung very low. Triplex and Duplex safety glass appear in almost every expensive car and in the windshields of cheaper makes. Chromium, non-tarnishing metal, is used almost universally in lamp rims, hub caps, door handles, bumpers and other trimmings. Body colors are subdued, more blacks appearing than for several years...
...dearth of good screen productions in Hub theatres, which has been rather noticeable these past few weeks, seems destined to continue a while longer, at least as far as the Metropolitan is concerned. "Someone to Love," the Publix offering which opened yesterday, may perhaps be best described by the term naive...
Other acts manage to remain on a par with the Olsen outfit and in fact convey the impression that the Keith management has gone to New York and not Oskaloosa for its talent. As a departure from accepted Hub tradition, this deserves notice...
...Green team will hold a short limbering up session tomorrow morning prior to entraining for Boston about noon. The squad will stay at the Hotel Kenmore while in the Hub city...
George A. Lytton, Chicago men's-clothing tycoon, sportsman,* has a daughter, Rosemary, old enough to go to parties. Last week, she announced that parties are a "bore," went to work in The Hub, which is the name of her father's men's-clothing store. "By spring," said she, "I hope to have attained some slight degree of success...