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...Lung Riley, the ex-bum who had turned railroad detective and knew too much; Brother Jonathon, glib medicine-show barker, pretentious charlatan, kindly man of the world; Hypo Sleigh, the dope fiend, under whose crazed imagination the world is like a nightmare under a magnifying glass; Dippy, the pyromaniac, to whom the lighting of a match is like a shot of whiskey; Eddie the pretty pervert, landed in jail because he has over-blackmailed the banker who supports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Submerged Tenth | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

...East confines itself to tearing down goal-posts. Nothing so tame and un-destructive would do for the Middle West. With all the recourses of Chicago at their disposal, liquid and otherwise, the students of Northwestern University felt that their football celebration was still too cramped. So they turned pyromaniac and burned and abandoned fraternity house. Even after firemen and policemen dragged them away, and put out the fire, they were determined to burn at least the wooden stands around the old athletic field. No doubt the Chicago Tribune will see in this burst of enthusiasm new proof...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGIATE FIREWORKS | 11/25/1925 | See Source »

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