Word: sweepers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hartley, 40, poverty-stricken loom sweeper, won a $100,000 newspaper prize offered by Publisher Lord Rothermere, guessing the scores of 24 football matches played last week in London...
Came constables. They sought to break down the barricade by backing against it a ponderous auto-street sweeper. But wine bottles and water carafes hurtled from the restaurant, knocked out four policemen...
...noise of a suction street-sweeper engaged in nocturnal activity near Harkness Hall provided the incentive for the demonstration. A group of students resented the presence of the machine and attempted to halt its progress. In the ensuing disorder, street-cars were besieged, and their trolleys disconnected. One of the Yale men was speedily arrested and led jail-wards, but this act served only to center the attention of the crowd upon the police officers and a force of rescuers marched in pursuit of the captive. A frontal assault upon the New Haven police headquarters, covered by a brief barrage...
...TAMING OF THE SHREW? Shakespeare supplemented by current clothes, radio, a carpet sweeper...
...Manhattan, acted the tamer ably, though he appeared a trifle over-conscious of his bigness, beauty, brutality. Mary Ellis, the shrew, battled gamely and gave in irresistibly. Their troupe is excellent and the laughs resound, particularly from those who think Shakespeare highbrow. Among the modern accessories: a carpet sweeper, short skirts, silk hats, goggles, a radio, an electric heater, revolver shots, an automobile, a flashlight photograph...