Word: strings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the late Frank A. Munsey, as head of a string of cut-rate grocery stores, first began to dream of newspaper grandeur, there entered his employ a young Canadian named William T. Dewart. Mr. Munsey owned the Mohican Hotel in New London, Conn. Mr. Dewart became a bookkeeper there. Last week, aged 51, Mr. Dewart ap- peared as the purchaser of the late Mr. Munsey's New York Sun and New York Evening Telegram, together with the Mohican Hotel and other New London properties. Somehow Mr. Dewart had financed the purchase individually, even as Mr. Munsey financed...
...piece of the Casuarina tree in a boat with him, contrary winds and storms will arise to jest with his life; but if one stands in its shadow by the light of the full moon, he will hear the secrets of the future. All of which ties a string around six short stories, wherein English folk drink gin pahits and have emotional disturbances in Borneo and the Malay Peninsula...
Gamache at left end and Bell at center were ineligible for the team last fall, but having regained good standing are now included in the first string lineup. Daley, captain of the freshman team of three seasons ago and whose leg injury prevented his playing much last fall has now completely recovered and is holding down one of the guard berths. Robinson at right end has been a member of the varsity squad for the last two seasons, and has earned the call for the start of hostilities today over Strong and Rudman...
...Crimson jerseys with rubberized strips taking the place of the leather on their facades appeared at yesterday's practice. The first cut in the Seconds will be made by Coach J. L. Knox '98 Saturday, the second string mentor announced yesterday...
...Chemical Society, founded 50 years ago at Northumberland, Pa., at the home of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), discoverer of oxygen (TIME, Sept. 6). They were chemists who would discuss problems far more complex than charging a Leyden wet cell with current from an electrical storm conducted by a kite-string...