Word: rounde
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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While despatches went round the world telling of the pleurisy which had prostrated the King of England, one of his humblest Subjects, Prizefighter Tom Heeney, was informed by a Manhattan physician that he had been walking around for a week with a case of pneumonia...
Three of the prizefighters most publicized since the Tunney-Heeney fight are: Jimmy McLarnin, Gerald Ambrose ("Tuffy") Griffiths and Eligio Sardinias ("Kid Chocolate"). Fighting his first fight in Manhattan last week, "Tuffy" Griffiths was knocked out in the second round by James J. Braddock. On the same night "Kid Chocolate" was cuffed around by Joe Scalfaro and in Detroit Jimmy McLarnin was knocked out by Ray Miller...
...Budapest, for the first time in history, an opera was called off on account of rain. It was to be Offenbach's La Belle Helene at the Municipal Theatre and the fire inspector was making his round 15 minutes before curtain time. He tried this exit, examined that extinguisher. He touched a wrong lever and stage rain fell, beat upon the scenery until all was ruined, no performance possible...
Bargain Basement. For many a year many a Boston housewife has set out from her suburban home shopping-round for "Filene's Basement." One of the earliest of the "bargain basements" now common in U. S. department stores, Filene's Basement added much to the fame of the Filene Store. Now to its basement Filene's has added a branch. Last week announcement was made that the William Filene's Sons Co. had purchased the business of the R. H. White Co., another long-established and prominent Boston department store. The R. H. White Co. will...
...extensive research work in the folk music of his country and Mexico. Manduley, whose home is in Havana, is possessed of exceptional ability with the guitar and is cast for one of the leading parts. The duet, which fits well into the theme of the play, should not only round it out pleasingly and naturally, but vie closely for the favor of the audience with the special dance by Gloria Bragiotil...