Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many an ITEM of news, I therefore EMIT this anagram...
...main item of interest in Charlotte, aside from the natural beauties--all scenic, is character or local color. Foremost in giving Charlotte its fame is a gentleman, called by the more jocose, Gawdammit, mainly because of his continuous invocations to that deity in the course of his conversation. I remember one summer evening when I met him in front of Breezy Point Library, a euphemism, where there was an entertainment. Said Gawdammit, "Thar be a big crowd here tonight -- -- -- yes sir. Had I a known about it I'd has brought the old woman over for a time...
...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 no more subscribe to TIME...
...enjoy your magazine TIME very much. I am 12 years old and live in Davenport, Iowa. I find in your issue of TIME, Feb. 22, 1926, that an item entitled "Shrewd," the second item under the head of "Miscellany," is sort of funny. It is about a man that cheats a store proprietor out of a lot of money on a telephone call. As you will find if you read the item, the call was given at Union City, N. J. to Charleston, S. C. The man talked 41 minutes and told the proprietor it cost $1.75. In reality...
Evidently the ex-subscriber misinterpreted the item. TIME has no sympathy for Slacker Bergdoll...