Word: johnsons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have noted frequently, statements regarding an incident occurring in California in 1916, in which it was claimed that through some failure of Governor Hiram W. Johnson and Charles Evans Hughes to get together, Candidate Hughes lost California and the election, in November 1916. Each statement that you have made regarding this incident has been different and each one that I have read has been incorrect. It happens that I am quite familiar with the facts concerning the relations of these...
...your issue of Oct. 29 at page 9, the following statement appears: "Of pique in politics the historic example is Senator Hiram Johnson's rage at Charles Evans Hughes in 1916 for not handshaking "him in San Francisco. The 1916 election was so close that Mr. Hughes has always been said to have lost it by that one handshake...
...cast of the three plays as it was announced last night is as follows: Les Precieuses Ridicules Mascarille W. A. C. Miller '32 Jodelet E. S. Fetcher '31 La Grange W. D. Carter '31 Du Croisy E. C. Carter '31 Gorgibus F. G. Shaw '31 Almanzor S. R. Johnson '30 Chauffeur de Taxi J. S. B. Archer '31 Madelon Miss Nancy Crocker Cathos Isabella Grandin L'Intruse L'Ariul W. B. Cowen Jr. '29 Le Pere W. D. Carter '31 L'Oncle E. S. Fetcher '31 La Jeune Fille Amee Beatrice Clough La Jeune Fille Cadette Helen Streeter Gringoire Louis...
...influence of Harvard in the latter half of the seventeenth century is attested by what happened in 1665 when one Marmaduke Johnson sought to set up a rival press. After he had transported from England a full printing equipment, seeking to establish a commercial printing establishment, the General Court at once ordered that there were to be no printing presses in Massachusetts in any town but Cambridge. The Harvard press, of course, was not a commercial enterprise...
...Scandinavian dialogue men, Olsen and Johnson, comprise the best patter team this reviewer has heard since Joe Brown and partner forsook the Follies for the films. They weep while reciting successive nifties and Mr. Johnson flings himself at the floor with frequent heart-broken abandon. One that panicked the cash customers started: "What would you be if your great-grandfather was a thief, grandfather was a thief, and father was a thief...