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Word: swampscott (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...share of amusing requests for information. Outstanding among those was a request for information about the average weight of an hippopotamus. Another time a young girl called up to know if the University Museum was going to exhibit the mermaid which Boston newspapers had reported found off Swampscott. Among the irritating experiences of the operators are inquiries by persons who call up to learn "if the operator is asleep or not", and the arguments of persons who refuse to believe the operator who tells them the line is busy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Switchboard Handles 2000 Calls a Day on 314 Party Lines--Amusing Requests for Information Received | 1/10/1929 | See Source »

Gardner Lothrop Lewis, Jr., '30, of Swampscott, who prepared for Harvard at Exeter Academy, was elected vice-president of the class. Lewis was captain of the second University football team this fall and is a member of the Student Council as well as chairman of the Senior Dormitory Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOLBROOK CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF 1930 | 12/19/1928 | See Source »

Gardner Lothrop Lewis, of Swampscott, Mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOMINATIONS FOR 1930 CLASS OFFICERS MADE | 12/5/1928 | See Source »

Gardner Lothrop Lewis Jr. '30 of Swampscott, has ben elected captain to the Harvard Second University football team, it was announced yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEWIS IS ELECTED CAPTAIN OF SECOND FOOTBALL TEAM | 10/18/1928 | See Source »

...American Chemical Society met. last week, at Swampscott, Mass., for their 76th convention. Members discussed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: At Swampscott | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

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