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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...state Senate to make the " American " language the official language of Illinois. Said Senator Barbour of Chicago, one of three men who voted against the bill: "I, for my part, do not know what is meant by 'the American language.'" It was argued that H. L. Mencken, stormy petrel of American criticism, has written a learned book on the subject. " The American nation should have a language of its own and have it so designated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE STATES | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

...Mencken-if he should be elected to the Rotary Club of Baltimore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Mar. 10, 1923 | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

...Mencken, despite the fact that he is now being burlesqued a bit for it, is still inveighing against the Rotary Clubs. He devotes a full page of the current issue of The Smart Set to them, commencing: " Of all the false ideas that entertain the Rotary Clubs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Bully | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

...Mencken carries on his abuse against Rotary much longer, Public Opinion may proclaim him a bully-or, to use his language-a cad, a double-barreled ass, a poltroon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Bully | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

...known whether the Rotary Clubs pay any attention to Mr. Mencken or not. Possibly, if the Baltimore chapter should elect him a member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Bully | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

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