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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...beefsteak. Iowa, in that era an uplift-crusading Republican community, was no place for this pertinacious Democrat. At 26, he went to Kansas City, Mo. One of his first political jobs was county prosecutor. He secured 285 convictions out of 287 cases during his 15-month term-an astounding record. On such food the inquisitor of the Senate was trained. For two terms he was an able Mayor of Kansas City. In 1904 he reached prematurely for the governorship and received his only popular defeat. Then he returned to his law practice, sharpened his tongue and his wits...
...current Senate's "investigating" record was defended by a testy, strutting Cyrano de Bergerac. "A great nose," the clown trumpeted through his own, "indicates a great Senate. . . . This convexity, this pimple of curiosity, this wart of circumspection, is indeed worthy of jest. I say these things about the Senate's nose lightly enough myself, but I shall allow none other to utter them...
...seven excited dogs romped. They were harnessed to a sled. Behind the sled trotted young Emil St. Goddard, smiling. It was the finish of the eastern international dog sled derby and St. Goddard had defeated his archrival, Leonhard Seppala, by the comfortable margin of 20 minutes, set a new record for the event (120 miles, 40 miles per day, elapsed time, 11 hr., 37 min., 35 sec.), won a cash prize of $1,000. Enthusiastic thousands noted that dogs with long legs had come in first. Conservative Seppala had relied upon the slightly squat pure-bred Siberian variety, had lost...
...spite of the fact that the decidedly superior record of the Bruin squad makes it a favorite, Coach Lewis expects his pupils to give their opponents plenty of opposition. On the outcome of tonight's contest hinges the success of the Crimson grapplers' record in their preliminary season. To date, they have two victories, two defeats, and a tie to their credit. The Brown wrestlers, on the other hand, have won five consecutive victories, including among their victims Yale, University of Pennsylvania...
...preliminary set-to before the first team matches, the Harvard and Brown first year men will meet in their annual tussle. The Brown first year men, though they lack the excellent record of their University team, are expected to offer the Crimson Freshmen the stiffest competition they have met in a first year team this season...