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...fifth in the 500-mile race of 1930, entered unsuccessfully for the next three years. Meanwhile he made a good living out of a shop called Ned's Brake Service and a night club in the suburbs. When the night club failed last winter Cummings bought a beer tavern. Two nights before last week's race, he spent the evening there with taxidriver friends, went home and stayed in bed until nearly time for the start...
...play faithfully produced in the manner of 1843, when Phineas Taylor Barnum first presented it, and people wept for the young wife (Dortha Duckworth) when her handsome husband (Hal Conklin) took to drink, rejoiced when good Banker Rencelaw brought him back to virtue and probity from a tavern shed...
...certain young tutor, it is reported, was touring England with some confreres. With these colleagues he lunched at Dr. Johnson's tavern. There they partook liberally of stout, and after their imbitions, they proceeded to that ancient church, St. Clement's Dane. Before the high altar they prayed for Abbott Lawrence Lowell and for Harvard. The prayers of the unrighteous avail...
...well-filled bar testified to the popularity of Mr. Sharkey's Tavern. When asked what drink seemed to satisfy the taste of his patrons most regularly, he answered, "Well, I guess Ward 8 sells about as much as any other. Whiskey goes pretty well too, and most of the customers that come as far as Canal Street can take it straight. Of course, during the day, most of the boys have to go easy and we find that the usual standby is beer." Contrary to popular belief, the Sharkey Special punch is not named after this famous pugilist...
...thing in this country can touch the Tavern's bar in the matter of length and the only serious rival outside is Crawford's 161-foot monster that attracted thousands along with the smell of stables to Tia Juaua, Mexico...