Word: manly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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What augurs best for Mayor Walker as a candidate to succeed himself is the almost complete absence of a cohesive and well-directed Opposition. New York City Republicans are at a loss for a suitable nominee, are even ready.to fuse with independent Democrats if they have a man to offer. The only Democrat who stands forth seems to be John Francis ("Red Mike") Hylan, twice Mayor before Walker. Republicans were last week actually, quite seriously considering allegiance to Hylan, whose vote-following is unquestionably larger than the outstanding Republican possibility, short, swart Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia...
...Gilbert: "I am the proudest man in the world...
Fifty-three years ago there was a physics instructor at U. S. Naval Academy who developed a great curiosity. He wanted desperately to know just how fast light travels. He was then a young man of 23. Now he is 76 and has become a veritable epicure in curiosity. He demands the very tittles of exactness...
...Manhattan, Dr. Joseph J. Eller and two assistants descended from a taxicab at the Post Graduate Hospital. A few minutes later they discovered that a small black satchel containing 500 milligrams ($30,000 worth) of radium had been left in the cab, each man having thought that another had it. Word was sent to all the newspapers warning the finder to ware burning himself. Next morning a restaurateur a few blocks from the hospital reported discovering the bag under a table in his restaurant. Its intervening experiences were unknown...
Engaged. Henry H. Timken Jr., of Canton, Ohio, son of the roller-bearing man; to Miss Marsha Key Allen, Manhattan socialite...