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...middle classes who reflected upon the matter appeared to feel that the Holy Bible still offers a sufficient choice of Gospels. But of course the London mob, the lower classes, rushed to attend the evangelistic First Night of Aimee Semple McPherson. They 'ad 'card vaguely that Missis Mc-Pherson came from 'Ollywood; and, 10,000 strong, they packed and sweated in, to learn about sinnin' from 'er. Somehow plump Mrs. McPherson's soaring contralto failed to please. Perhaps the trouble was her accent. Since she is a woman the Lower Classes did not criticize...
...textbooks. Soon voted down, he later confessed that his resistance had been due to a desire to "hang up a record." Out of Chicago schools were ruled: Modern History, by Hayes and Moon; Founders of Freedom in America, by Corson and Cornish; History of the American People, by Mc-Laughlin; Story of Our Country, by West & West; School History of the United States, by Hart; and An American History, by Muzzey. One other chronicle which had been criticized as an influence against childish patriotism was Gordy's History of the United States; from this was deleted a picture called...
...vote for organized bawdy houses of the white slave trade. . . . Still awaiting the Smith reply, voters were reminded that Editor White in a magazine piece which he sold two years ago said: "Smith has exactly the same faults and virtues as marked Jackson and Lincoln. . . . Because Cleveland, Mc-Kinley, Roosevelt and Coolidge knew the game-the dirty game if you will-they avoided many pitfalls and were able to walk with the children of light much further than they would have walked had they not learned much from the angels of darkness. . .." "Smith took orders from Tammany until...
...then crossed his right to the retreating but tough chin of Phillip McGraw, lightweight from Marathon, Greece, knocking him through the ropes into the lap of one of the judges. McGraw climbed back, was knocked down three times more, after which, amid cries of "Stop it," Referee Dorman lifted Mc-Larnin's hand...
Another more likely story is as follows: The party chieftains sat up late, all night in fact. They telephoned to Vice President Dawes in Evanston, Ill. He was most agreeable to running again if drafted. His chief proponent, Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mc-Cormick went to bed believing the matter was settled. She was awakened about 6 a. m. and asked to go back to Secretary Mellon's room. The conference had decided that Mr. Dawes had been too anti-administration. Who else would please Illinois? Senator Borah had put in his word for Curtis earlier. Channing Harris...