Word: late
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin, daughter of the late Editor Horace Greeley of the oldtime New York Tribune, in an open letter to "My Dear Sisters of the South": "Do not think me intrusive in speaking to you, but recall how my father, Horace Greeley, came down after the Civil War, to bail your President, Jeff Davis, and returned to face in consequence almost financial ruin. May I send you a word of greeting to say how glad I am that so many of you are breaking through party lines to vote for a great American, Herbert Hoover. "Herbert Hoover has grown...
Louisville was a logical place, and at the same time a fearsome place, for a Democratic speech on the tariff. It was in Louisville, in the columns of his Courier-Journal, that the late Col. Henry Watterson (1842-1921) used to thunder about the tariff. It was Col. Watterson who called the Democratic party "the star-eyed goddess of tariff reform" and who in 1884 coined the oldtime phrase, "A tariff for revenue only," a phrase repeated in national Democratic platforms as late as 1920. Nominee Smith had the double problem of breaking away from the revenue-only tradition...
Publicity is the sole weapon that cuts the forger's revenue. Unfortunately it is always wielded too late. There may be news in the fact that two days before, ninety-nine merchants and lawyers dropped several grand on bogus tickets but there is no solace if you are the hundredth...
...Late comers are double warned that though the ourtain rises at two-thirty, they will not be delayed in the lobby, but led, or rather driven to their seats. They will miss the short overture during which the orchestra will tune up, and the chorus make their last steps. They may also miss the introduction of the principals, who will gamble for the chance of kicking off. Artists rejoice to die, especially for a crowd. The feature this afternoon will be one of the best drilled male choruses in the country. It is the greatest assembly of stars ever perpetrated...
...late hour last night the date of the two Yale debates had not been definitely decided. Both debates will be on the proposition, Resolved: That "Al" Smith should be elected president...