Word: locales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...popularity of the innovation has become immediately evident by the rush of engagements. A schedule is now being planned to include, in addition to numerous local concerts, trips to Wellesley College, Smith College, Springfield, Worcester, Providence, and probably a spring trip to New York or Washington...
...editorial candidates immediately begin to write editorials for publication under the supervision of the editorial chairman. Over 50 CRIMSON editorials were quoted by Metropolitan papers last year. Many of these were written by editorial candidates. Affairs of local and national interest are both treated in the editorial columns of the CRIMSON...
Captain Jackson arrives at a roadside tavern and promptly pick; two fights. Duels were the custom of the country, and the hour set for the duels is early the next morning. Meanwhile there is a country dance. Jackson falls in love with the local belle argues state rights, the purpose of the Constitution, and the excise tax on whiskey, and forces the duels before their time. One man he kills; the other is so drunk that Jackson fires in harmless disdain over his head. The last act he spends in the girl's cabin, in love making for a time...
...effect of the depression has been the elimination of small cigar-makers. Before the War, there were thousands of small and purely local cigar-makers; it took 300 companies to produce 50 per cent of the annual supply. At present, 22 cigar companies are making 65 per cent of the supply, with the prospect that in five years more ten companies will do 90 per cent of the business...
...West, as everyone knows, there is no "organized" baseball. But the towns of Fort Bayard (New Mexico), El Paso (Texas), Juarez (Mexico) and Douglas (Ariz.) have teams which play in the Frontier League., Last year Chase went to Douglas, played on the team. The local Chambermen of Commerce told him to get better players and offered to ' pay for them. He sent for Weaver and Gandil. The Chambermen began to pay out $10,000 a month; the three unfrocked players began to win games for Douglas. Chase plays center field; Gandal is at first; Weaver at shortstop is the best...