Word: lexington
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lover of dogs, and have a great fondness for TIME. You will find the enclosed clipping from the Lexington, Ky. Herald of April 11. I hope you find it interesting and newsy...
...addition to the Lexington, Neb., high school was under construction. Until a new flagpole should be ready, the authorities demonstrated their patriotism by having the school's U. S. flag nailed to the top of the workmen's 60-foot hoisting tower (with elevator for bricks, mortar, etc.). The flag flew there bravely by day, and drooped there darkly by night. The Girl Scouts and local War veterans protested, but nothing was done until one night last week, unable to stand it longer, Girl Scout Mildred Sorenson, 15, climbed the hoisting tower and chopped the flag free. Coming...
...Chester A. Arthur, polished but unimportant politician, became Vice President of the U. S. In the same year President Garfield was assassinated and Mr. Arthur became President. Oath of office was administered at his home on the first floor apartment of No. 123 Lexington Ave., Manhattan. Last week that floor was gritted by fire...
...Spiritual Bridge" was the term used for the new Casa de las Espanas, Inc. (home of the Spanish-speaking peoples) created by the purchase of Grand Central Palace and the Park-Lexington Building. Manhattan. Spanish and American businessmen backers are headed by Col. Thomas H. Birch, onetime Minister to Portugal and President of the Trust Co. of North America. Consulates, schools, commercial exhibits, offices and a bank are to be located on the property...
...Lexington, Ky., one pint of nitroglycerin stood at the mouth of an oil shaft. A dog drank it. Workmen ran for their lives. Stimulated by his draft, the loaded cur pursued a rabbit. The rabbit leaped down a bank. Jumping after it, the dog exploded...