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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chief" De Valera, radical leader in Ireland, in an interview at the Copley Plaza last night. The chief is visiting the United States to collect money enabling him to found an unprejudiced daily paper in Ireland. He talked English with a strong Irish accent as he put forth the main purpose for his short visit to America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IRISH RADICAL FIGHTING FOR UNPREJUDICED DAILY | 1/3/1928 | See Source »

Said Lawyer Clarence Darrow: "I believe it is the next step . . . . The main thing to be taken into consideration by such a board of correction suggested by Governor Smith would be: can the defendant be saved, be returned to society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Board of Sentences? | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

...Undergraduates shall repeat at least the main heads of the forenoon and afternoon sermons on Lord's Day evenings in the Hall, and such as are Delinquent shall be punished--not exceeding three shillings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Student Had Rigorous Religious Training in 1734--Girls at Mt. Holyoke Seminary Washed Potatoes | 12/13/1927 | See Source »

...EIGHT YEARS OF WALL STREET- GIVE MAIN STREET A CHANCE!"- Mrs. Wilbur W. Hubbard, Chestertown, Md. ¶ "TARIFF RELIEF MEANS FARM RELIEF!" F. N. Martin, Newberry, S. C. ¶ "BY THEIR LOOTS YE SHALL KNOW...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Slogans | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

...consequences" to guide her in a life rumbling with undertones of violence and defiance. Cattle Kate, Belle Starr, Lola Montez, Pearl Hart, Mme. Moustache, Poker Alice, Kitty the Schemer, and other lady wildcats of this astounding period in American history are highly spiced side dishes to the Calamity Jane main course. Author Aikman has garnished facts with picturesque phraseology, has neatly dedicated his volume "with some hesitation and infinite deference to various uncontrollable ladies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Whoopee! | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

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