Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hunters" in ghostly gray with a recumbent old man delicately pointing a twig in the general direction of a grind stone in the semi-abstract, won a five hundred dollar prize. Unfortunately, the photographer commissioned to take a picture of this work of art, being a conservative in the matter of posing and of regard for the limitations of his patrons, noted something amiss in Mr. Deckinson's work The judges were recalled and after careful consideration with the artist it was decided that the picture was on its side. But in spite of all geographical difficulties the skill...
...decision of the athletic authorities to begin play at the two final October football games at two rather than two thirty next year is an innovation that has long been warranted, but which, as the result of a faculty ruling, has been delayed. This change is obviously no matter of primary importance, but it is a detail which will be a substantial contribution to the pleasure of spectators in the Stadium. It has been painfully apparent that after the first two games of the season, the policy of starting after two o'clock inevitably means that the last quarter...
Cambridge officers have been contented with warning offenders up to the present time, but Sergeant King declares that prosecutions will follow within a week, unless action is taken in the matter. Drivers are liable to a fine of $100 if their cars are not registered; and if they are not insured, as required in Massachusetts, any amount of damages can be collected in case of accident...
Kansas City. BARGAINS IN MAGAZINES, heralded Kansas City Postmaster William E. Morton's persuasive circular, which continued: "The Post Office Department realizing that much desirable reading matter was going to waste which many persons, who perhaps could not afford to subscribe to as many magazines as they would like, will welcome an opportunity to purchase copies of current magazines at a nominal cost. . . . Extreme care has been exercised in selecting or grouping these magazines, and each member of the family will find reading matter that will appeal to his or her taste...
...vexed when lately, they found out what was going on. Any thriving magazine has a constant demand for back numbers. Thrifty, self-respecting publishers are at pains to recover all unsold or undelivered copies. The National Publishers Association registered a sharp protest with Postmaster-General Brown, who referred the matter to slender Arch Coleman, his First Assistant. Publishers were particularly agitated by the possibility that the Post Office was offering sales competition to authorized sales agents if. as the Kansas City advertisement said, there was "opportunity to purchase copies of current magazines at nominal cost." The publishers' first protest...