Word: snow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rain and snow, only two of the four, tennis tournaments scheduled for the spring trip last week were completed by the University team. The Harvard players' won one of these tournaments defeating the Navy at Annapolis, Saturday, 5 to 1, in a close contest...
...condemned to enjoy their vacation in Widener Library or misguided individuals who a week ago sought the cooling solace of the northern mountains will read this morning accounts of tennis matches and baseball games cancelled on account of rain, of lacrosse contests played in mud and drizzle, and of snow welcoming the Crimson cohorts to Virginia. A cool, and even somewhat damp, vacation was enjoyed by all of those north of the Mason-Dixon line, and it is not unpleasant to the less charitable to know that their more favored brethren fared little better...
Then, four days later, a thing too big to be called a "pineapple" failed to explode in the South Water Street market when wet snow snuffed out its sputtering fuse. It contained 17 sticks of dynamite, enough to wipe out an entire city block...
...mounted police force in Canada. When a corpse is discovered at the beginning of the first act, it becomes his business first to find out who committed the murder and then to lay hands upon the culprit. Having accomplished the first part of his duty, he visits a snow-bound sporting house, where northern whores are cavorting with their customers. Unmoved by these ladies, Michael Devlin goes on trying to get his man. At last he breaks into a dope den and gets a ratty, villainous Chinaman, achieving at the same time the love of an Irish colleen...
...Locasto with a kerosene lamp, sending him to a flaming death. The hero swoons and Dolores rescues him from the burning, falling, wicked dance hall. They forget the ashes and build anew. Absurd, yes. But packed with enough spectacles to make one gorgeously groggy. A thunderous avalanche of snow. A battle with river rapids in peapod boats. In these two scenes, the screen is moved 15 feet nearer the audience, enlarging and slightly blurring the pictures, giving a visual sensation that is like watching the gods at play. Adroitly filmed, from every angle, is The Trail of '98. Then...