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...unfortunately recorded in the first act, holds fast to the brown paper envelope on land as well as on sea, whither the characters repair in the second act, and in the end bestows herself upon the victim's eldest son. To many a flashing blade, nocturnal groan, mayhem, is this lady privy. There is a younger son, also. But, unlike the other characters, he keeps his mouth shut occasionally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Sep. 5, 1927 | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

Babe Comes Home. George Herman Ruth, variously known as the Home Run King, the Biffing Bambino, the Sultan of Swat, the Mogul of Mayhem, etc., does poorly in a film recounting the life story of a baseball player. Mr. Ruth is not even qualified to hold a cinema actor's lipstick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Aug. 8, 1927 | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

...What act of mayhem did the farmer's wife commit on three mice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Game No. 1 | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

...slips of paper from a hat. The teams crowded around the first tee as their rival captains prepared to drive. Suddenly a premeditated bedlam broke loose. Ladies hooted, screamed, blew tin whistles, danced, threw clubs in air, did their utmost to superinduce inaccuracy among the opposition. Nothing save outright mayhem was barred. The match (two-ball) continued, team members shooting in rotation, regardless of allotted implements. The bedlam continued with increasing fury; no lady was spared. The ninth green found the contestants so exhausted that the match was then terminated by common consent. Adding machines clicked. It was found that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Mehlhorn | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

...Haven, Conn., one Frank Fusaris, grocer, saw one Angelo Cavallaro, barber, fingering his nose. Infuriated, the grocer leaped at the barber, chewed off the offensive nose, spat out the blood. Last week the courts fined him $5,000 mayhem damages, in favor of Barber Cavallaro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Dec. 13, 1926 | 12/13/1926 | See Source »

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