Word: seeing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When Sherwood Anderson wandered over the Virginia hills from his Troutdale farm to the town of Marion, the townsfolk, inquisitive, turned out to see the Famous Author. But when he wandered over again and bought their printshop, lock, stock and cuspidor, with its two weekly papers, their reaction was not so simple. They were proud that the Author should choose their town and their county newspapers for his own. But they were ashamed that he had been famed for a "filthy mind" and dreaded lest he turn it indecently loose in their respectable little papers. They were pleased that...
...more pleasing to an articulate citizen of Marion: "As for town and county news, we have usually heard it at the post office or drug-store two or three days before the Marion Democrat comes out. That, of course, adds to interest in the Democrat, as everybody wants to see how the thing looks in print...
Elinor Smith, 17, world's female endurance flight champion, lying abed recuperating from 26 hours in air (see p. 53), announced that her next feat would be a solo flight from New York to Rome. Said Mrs. Agnes Smith, her mother: "Try and stop...
...spectators gathered around Philadelphia's Franklin Field, it was exciting to see pompadoured, red-shirted George Simpson of Ohio State equal the world's100-yard dash record?9? sec.* In Des Moines four lean-legged youths named Trimble, Burkhardt, Rogers and Sentman, leaped over high hurdles for 480 yds. in shuttle relay, in world's record time of 1 min. 2 3 10 sec. Also in Des Moines, West Pointer Carl Jark, with mighty ventral effort, sailed his discus 158 ft., 3 in., another record...
...became a three billion dollar corporation (see...