Word: localize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...address this meeting, informing him that he was to speak to a meeting of Philadelphia businessmen. He came with a masterly presentation of facts concerning the taxation and finance of the national government -to use, through no fault of his, in a rough and tumble mass meeting in a local campaign. The crowd grew restive, stamped, clapped, applauded at the wrong times, and conducted itself generally in a manner highly discourteous and disrespectful to the speaker. Finally he stopped and pleaded with the audience, which then permitted him to finish his speech-which he did hastily. Like many another resident...
...Quaker village of West Branch, Iowa, there was once a tow-haired boy who hung around the printing shop of the local Times so much and caused so much devilment, usually by distributing handset type into wrong boxes, that occasionally he had to be ejected-Herbert Clark Hoover. So said A. W. Jackson, 50 years a country newspaper man, retiring last week from the staff of the Tipton (Iowa) Advertiser...
...Manhattan, one A. K. Fleschner, spokesman for the House Wreckers' Association, Inc., master anarchs, last week announced that 1,000 subordinate anarchs had enrolled in a newly organized Demolition Workers' Union, passionate rival of House Wreckers' Union, local No. 95, on strike...
General interest this year (distinct from local interest in home-town teams) centres in efforts to crush the dominance of the New York Yankees (American League), undefeated in the last two World Series. At last opponents see a ray of hope. Small, shrewd Miller Huggins, the Yankee manager, has been forced to replace an important cog in his almost-perfect machine. The agile legs of Joe Dugan, third baseman, gave way. Huggins has moved Mark Koenig, shortstop, to that position...
...Pittsburgh, one O. J. Coats was arrested last week on the charge that he did steal a trolley car from a local yard, did go on a long Saturday-night joy ride to West View Park, clanging the gong merrily, all alone...