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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...what is called a cornet. Being more than commonly considerate, he took the instrument to a vacant lot, and there, behind sheltering bill boards, gave vent to his musical complex. Such was the reward of his virtue, however, that he was taken to the police station as a "suspicious person." The following morning a wise judge praised his thoughtfulness in not practicing where he would disturb the neighbors and sent him back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT LAST! AT LAST! | 2/26/1925 | See Source »

...dance is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock. Tickets, which are 75 cents per person will be on sale at the door only to members of the Harvard and Radcliffe Graduate Schools...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRADUATE SCHOOLS TO GIVE DANCE | 2/24/1925 | See Source »

There was a young person named Tate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West of Tipperary | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

What that person named Tate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West of Tipperary | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

...plan was to send Sir Gilbert out of the room and out of earshot, while a given person voiced a thought in the presence of a number of people. In one instance his son, Basil, said: "I'm thinking of the sinking of the Titanic and one of the bandsmen playing Nearer, My God, to Thee to nearly the end, and then he dived off and sat on his cello until he was picked up by a boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Occult Acts | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

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