Word: r
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...think you are mistaken in this! I have been a constant reader of the New York World for some 30 years and have no recollection of its editions ever having been printed on yellow paper. The origin of the opprobious "yellow journalism" came about through a "comic" drawn by R. F. Outcault, called "The Yellow Kid." This appeared first in the World; scored such a hit that Hearst bought Outcault away from Pulitzer. It depicted a street gamin who wore a yellow night shirt, on which was inscribed all the gutter chatter and slang of that...
...From Paris Hero Young had promised his prospective daughter-in-law to attend her wedding, even if the Reparations compact had to be rushed to signature. It was early evening before the liner paused at Quarantine where Hero Young boarded a special tug sent by the New York Central R. R. to carry him to the Battery. There he hailed a taxi, drove up Hero's Highway alone. The same night he entrained quietly for Cleveland...
...Baltimore. Back in 1828 Peter Cooper, Manhattan financier and philanthropist, of Cooper Union fame, and a group of Baltimore businessmen organized Canton Co., purchased Canton-a strip of land along the Baltimore water front for $105,000. It was thought at that time that the then-young Baltimore & Ohio R. R. would want the Canton district for a Baltimore freight terminal. No purchase was made, however, and for many years Canton remained comparatively undeveloped, its chief industries being cockfighting and politics. Shortly before the Civil War, Canton did become prominent as a coal port, and the Canton Iron Works...
...modern Canton includes about three miles of water front, 1,700 acres of land, many a pier, warehouse and factory. It includes also the short (32 miles) but vital Canton R. R., connecting Canton with Baltimore's trunk lines. But, though the importance of Canton increased with the years, the Baltimore & Ohio still failed to purchase...
...summary: YALE a.b. r. h. p.o. a. e. Grove, c.f. 5 2 2 0 0 0 Garvey, 2b. 5 2 2 5 6 0 Billhardt, 2b. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walker, l.f. 6 3 3 2 0 0 Robertson, l.f. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quinn, l.f. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vincent, 1b. 5 3 4 11 0 0 Holahan, r.f. 5 1 2 2 0 0 Jennison, r.f. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Snead, r.f. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aldrich, 3b. 5 2 2 2 2 0 Hoben...