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Never in the history of motorboat races for the Harmsworth Cup (put up by the late Lord Northcliffe in 1903) has there been such hue & cry as there was last year about Garfield Arthur ("Gar") Wood's "Yankee trick." Wood in his Miss America IX crossed the starting line ahead of the gun for the second heat, thus prompting his rival, Kaye Don, who had won the first heat with Miss England II, to do likewise. Miss America IX and Miss England II were disqualified. A slower boat than either, driven by Gar Wood's brother George, circled...
...decision of your illustrious predecessor and namesake and relative, whom everybody was proud of?Theodore Roosevelt?that when he had to pass upon a stock holding of the so-called ice trust that had at that time a contract with the city of New York, and there was a hue and cry raised at the time ?they wanted to hang the Mayor of New York at the nearest lamp post, some people did?and when the matter was brought before Theodore Roosevelt he said this: 'The power of removal from office of elective officers should be treated much...
...Europe" could not descry this single star. In the west over the shoulders of the mountain Jupiter glinted in a setting of dark blue velvet, and the milky way beat a track across the heavens. The earth had vanished and in its place was only a collender of sombre hue through which there sparkled the lights of an invisible nation. It was a sobering sight thus to see the works of man lost to view and the Vagabond reached for his flagon...
...same age as his hero. 13. In 1916 he joined the army, returning to the sea after the War. Onetime stoker, cook, butcher, clerk, post man. Author Hanley knows the proletariat of which he writes. His writing induces nausea in some readers?Hugh Walpole leading the hue & cry with a public shriek of horror?but causes in others a vehement banner-waving. Among the banner men are Thomas Edward Shaw (Col. Lawrence), Richard Aldington, John Cowper Powys. Laboriously punting upstream Author Hanley owes much of the success of his early efforts to the wake of Richard Aldington and Poet Robert...
...since the age of 10 carried papers, reported, edited, run a press and linotype. He used to play the violin. Also, he played football while at Niles High School, got his nose broken five times. Under Managing Editor Tobin, the Daily last fortnight printed two numbers which raised hue & cry at Michigan. They contained: 1) An attack on the American Legion convention in nearby Detroit. Excerpts: "Alleged college drunks are mere children's parties compared to some of the sights which were witnessed in Detroit. . . . Drunks of various sorts, in various stages of intoxication, littered the streets. . . . Crap games...