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...Barnum. Joice Heth, Jumbo the Great, Tom Thumb, "The Great Model of Niagara Falls, Real Water," the "Fejee Mermaid,"-yet "Hamlet without Hamlet would not be more impossible than the Museum would have been without Barnum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Strenuous Americans | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

...useless, that the U. S. could not keep out British goods, that they would have to put a roof over the country in order to do so, and, even then, British goods would come down the chimney. In another speech he said: "The Government (Protectionist) want us to shoot Niagara. We've asked for time to consider it, but they say: 'No, jump in; you will have plenty of time to think it over between the falls and the whirlpool.'" At Criccieth in Wales, Mr. George became bitter when he referred to Conservative posters depicting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMONWEALTH: Electioneers | 12/10/1923 | See Source »

...those fifteen billion pieces of gum would encircle the globe if laid end to end, and how much the Salvation Army could get for the fifteen billion wrappers. Some especially gifted specialist will figure the horse power output of the jaws of America's gum-chewers, compare it with Niagara Falls, and reduce it to pounds of coal per annum. And next year, Mr. Wrigley will sell thirty billion sticks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSAL EXERCISE | 11/15/1923 | See Source »

...Premier Lloyd George continued his triumphal American tour amid indescribable enthusiasm. At Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Winnipeg, he made speeches praising the Canadians for the great part they played in the War. But the predominant theme in his speeches was that of the brewing war in Europe, and he more than once emphasized the necessity of fighting that menace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Mr. George | 10/22/1923 | See Source »

...Billy " Sunday, evangelist: " Attendance at my Niagara Falls revivals was sparse. I gave the officials in charge a 'verbal lambasting.' Then 7,000 crowded the tabernacle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Oct. 8, 1923 | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

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