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Word: sidewalk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Yesterday a part of the brick sidewalk at the corner of Mt. Auburn and Bow Streets was removed and a space prepared for the Lampoon offshoot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOLEMN CEREMONIES MARK PLANTING OF LAMPY'S ELM | 10/22/1924 | See Source »

...soon as it is received the tree will be planted in the space which the sidewalk now occupies at the intersection of Mt. Auburn and Bow streets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAMPY VOTES TO MAKE ELM TREE SHORTER AND FUNNIER | 10/17/1924 | See Source »

...University's absurd publication owns a small triangle of the sidewalk in front of the building, and has concluded that the bricks there should be replaced by a tree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAMPY TO RAISE LOFTY ELM TO BEAUTIFY HOUSE | 10/7/1924 | See Source »

...Hughes marching about with the King, Mrs. Hughes accompanying the Queen. The Prince of Wales has joined the Society of Bright Young People, an organization which hunts enigmatic treasures. The rumor was that the Prince had been seen in the London slums crawling on all fours along a dirty sidewalk, followed by people "prominent in social or theatrical cir- cles," searching for a clew in the "treasure hunt." The clew, discovered either by Gladys Cooper (English actress) or Talullah Bankhead (U. S. actress) led to the home (Norfolk House) of Mrs. Brown, Pittsburgh millionairess, who served them a sumptuous repast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMONWEALTH: Notes, Aug. 4, 1924 | 8/4/1924 | See Source »

...Manhattan a female McAdoo supporter sat up all one night constructing herself a "McAdoo dress" out of McAdoo flags, ribbons, posters. Appareled in the garment, she next day led McAdoo enthusiasts in a sidewalk parade. Newsboys followed, jeered, shouted: "Where you from-the circus?" Others shouted: "McAdoo Oil! McAdoo Oil!" Turning on her assailants, the woman cried: "Oil never will hurt you but liquor will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Explosion | 7/7/1924 | See Source »

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