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...percent of $19.19 for three months and three days when a month is a thirteenth of a year and twenty-eight days is not divisible by three! And think of the awful rate of the small boy whose birthday falls always on Sunday! No! No! If we decide to steal a march on Dame Nature let us be fair and above board; let the reformers figure out how many days they want in a week, a month, and a year, and then let our scientists devise a method (as Jules Verne tells us was done by the "Gun Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAJOLING THE CALENDAR | 2/11/1922 | See Source »

...Jackson, in his well-known character of a half-witted tramp, kept the audience convulsed without speaking a word, by attempting to steal a bicycle. The Ziegler sisters in their dance act set an example which might well be followed by other stage dancers. The Century Revue, with Jimmy Hussey, was well executed, and was the one thing necessary to complete a well rounded-out program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAJESTIC ENTERTAINS WELL | 10/27/1921 | See Source »

...retired Tryon, who had been hit by a pitched ball, at second. Then Brock slammed a hard liner at Russell; it bounced off his glove, and as the Crimson pitcher was trying to recover himself for the throw, he slipped and fell. Spiliane and Brock executed a pretty double steal, and Conlin walked, filling the bases. Spiliane easily scored on Newton's sacrifice fly to Hallock. The latter's throw slipped past Murphy, but was scooped up by Russell, who threw to Buell on second in an attempt to catch Conlin stealing. The throw was wild, but Conlon's timely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON LOSES IN TWELFTH, 4-3 | 6/9/1921 | See Source »

...Secretary Daniels has intervened in his favor and the paper today says that here it is, 'Admiral Marches Off in Triumph with Seven Little Slavs. Afraid Someone Will Steal Them, He Says Tolls How He Won Over Daniels "Did Not Know How Dear Children Were All Aboard for Capital...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SEVEN LITTLE SLAVS | 1/8/1921 | See Source »

...University nine failed to realize its scoring opportunity in the second inning when, after the bases were full with only one out, the Saxony Mills pitcher fanned Keegan and Goode. Again, in the sixth, after Lincoln, and Bigelow had reached second and third by a double steal, Shaw fanned, ending the inning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INDUSTRIALS WIN CLOSE PITCHERS' BATTLE, 1-0 | 10/7/1920 | See Source »

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