Word: swore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Earlyville, N. Y., John Parsons claimed a new record-swore that an electric bulb in his dark hall had been burning steadily for 15 years...
Last week when a non-union worker attempted to move into one of these shanties, strikers blocked his way. County Sheriff Oscar Adkins and his deputies rushed the strikers. Stones flew. Pates were cracked. Noses bled. Sheriff Adkins swore out 148 warrants for "riot, insurrection and rebellion against the constituted authority of the State of North Carolina." After 74 strikers and their leaders had been arrested, the county jail was filled. More troopers came to town. Minor dynamitings occurred in the mills. A Labor Day parade was banned by the county commissioners and the mill owners moved to evict...
...after the shooting Prince Hsien Kai expired quietly after coughing up much blood. It was then explained by Chang Tsung-chang that the police had not quite understood what he had told them about the pistol. Not he but his secretary had been handling it. The secretary swore that this was true. A dozen of Chang's concubines confirmed the fine new story. Policemen scratched their heads. Finally, officials indicted Chang for murder, suspecting him of having suspected the Prince of fiddling about in his harem...
Hoots and catcalls filled the Rio streets. Enraged Brazilian editors headlined their stories: "Pure Deception." They swore that, like Italy. Brazil should never participate again in such a contest...
Born under a dark star, Nancy Pringle never knew whether it was the Master of Fassefern who had sired her, or Willie Weams, the groom. Divot Meg, the village's woman, out of compassion for Nancy, swore it was the master, then strangled Nancy's mother lest she quaver her own doubts in the matter. Others, less generous, preferred to believe it was the groom; hoped thereby to establish superiority over the spirited little orphan. The flaccid minister took her in; his wife sanctimoniously bullied her; his old mother defended her in malicious warfare with the wife...