Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...convention and celebration at Glenwood, Minn. . . . was a huge success. There were about 3,000 people in attendance. Had the country press in Minnesota given this any publicity there would have been fully 10,000 people there for this gathering. Ninety percent of the country editors in Minnesota are living back in 1880 (mentally) and should be plowed under along with Secretary Wallace's surplus cotton...
...Commented Mrs. Roosevelt in her newspaper column: "My mother-in-law has a radio, so we all listened to Governor Landon's speech. An effective speech, and I could only think of what difficulties success may sometimes bring with...
Arlington Park's operating methods are remarkable because they are unique. Its success is remarkable because it is nothing of the sort. A wave to reform Reform laws against gambling swept the U. S. in 1933. Gambling is now legal in 26 states and the renaissance of horse racing that started in 1932 is still booming. Since 1933 14 new tracks have opened and $3,000,000,000 have been wagered. As noteworthy as the success of Chicago's Arlington Park has been that of at least two other major U. S. establishments officially dedicated to improving...
After the Readers' success McGuffey left Miami in 1836 to become President of Cincinnati College, which foundered three years later. Invited to the presidency of Ohio University (Athens, Ohio), he was exasperated when that, too, was laid low by financial troubles. The last 27 years of his life he passed quietly as professor of moral philosophy at the University of Virginia, where he died "just as the evening sun went down...
...Brandon who claims that the Revolutionary War ended his earthly life after 19 years in 1781. Incarnation, a Plea from the Masters*; was "dictated" by means of automatic writing to Edith Ellis, a playwright and onetime actress, now in her 70's and author of a current London success called The Lady...