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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...costume of the police squad is to consist of red hats with visors about ten inches in length, blue coats "a la mode" white pantaloons, and last but not least, a billy about as large as a baseball bat. It is sincerely hoped that the vainglorious mucker will by this display for once be vanquished...
Into this scene the lanky, linen-suited figure of Will Rogers, as Judge Priest, blends admirably well. The good judge dispenses juleps as well as justice, and tempers the letter with the spirit of the law. But at length his benevolent reign is threatened by the presence of a political rival in the person of a blustering, sycophantic old ex-senator. Moreover, the family of young Rome, (Tom Brown) objects to his affection for the town school teacher, (Anita Louise) who, though pretty, is not of quality folks. Anita Louise, in this role, reminds one of magnolia blossoms...
Time came and time went, but Cerberus remainded. At length the owner arrived to claim the dog. Add one item to the H.A.A.'s budget--fifty cents for a can of Roach's flea-powder...
...safe get away after Chancellorsville, Lee exploded in a mild steam: "Why, General Pender! That is the way you young men always do. You allow these people to get away. I tell you what to do, but you don't do it!" Author Freeman's half-length portrait shows a kindly but aloof gentleman, a believe-it-or-not Christian Soldier. But some of the soldiers he commanded were more human if less humane. One Confederate private, rummaging the battleground during a truce after Fredericksburg, was reprimanded by a Federal officer for salvaging a rifle; the officer said...
Laytex stretches to seven and one-half times its normal length before snapping and its tensile strength is 5,000 lb. per sq. in. After a fortnight's soaking in water electrical resistance is decreased by only...