Word: rostrums
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week, in the hot-packed dining room of Young's Hotel, Mr. Fitzgerald made his way to the rostrum where Mr. Curley was making a political oration. Mr. Curley paused, leaned over the rail and offered his hand. Mr. Fitzgerald seized it, shook it, mounted the platform, shook hands again. He began a speech, shook hands again. He continued speaking, shook hands again. He finished speaking, shook hands again. Mr. Fitzgerald then sang "Sweet Adeline" as he always does at emo- tional moments. Mr. Curley applauded. They shook hands (sixth time), for the cameras, and Boston's Democracy...
With the 1928 presidential campaign rapidly approaching its climax, with the University political machines making frantic efforts to attract undergraduate adherents to their respective causes, and with the Hoover-Smith controversy being aired from every rostrum in the country the history of the past political drives at Harvard has a special significance in a prognostication of how University men will cast their votes coming November...
Mayor Mackey of Philadelphia clutched the rostrum of the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church and begged Evangelist "Billy" Sunday to conduct "a great campaign in this city as an antidote to the bootlegger, hijacker and gunman." Mr. Sunday, responding, said the proposition was attractive...
...Christopher Morley delivered a very amusing address to a full house and he suggested Mr. Marquis for this fall. A. A. Milne may come to this country sometime during the winter. Actors, playwrights and dramatic critics have spoken at luncheons heretofore although last year none appeared on the Union rostrum. This year St. John Ervine, the distinguished English critic who is gracing the pages of the New York World for a few months, may be present. An invitation will be extended to Alexander Wolcott...
Speculators rejoiced, last week, as one more "ring" was made ready for the traders. When the secretary of the National Raw Silk Exchange mounts the rostrum (sharply at 10:30 a. m., Sept. 11) and utters the word "October," a new commodity exchange will be in operation. Promptly, one of the traders will quote a price, approximately $5. He will have offered to buy or sell five bales (665 Ibs.) of October silk at $5 a pound...