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Word: taverns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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That Awful Mrs. Eaton. There lived a lady once, in Washington, of whom many suspected that she was not really a lady at all. The fact that she had been a tavern keeper's daughter had something to do with it. She was married to John Henry Eaton, Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson took it upon himself to establish her social position. With her engaging Irish wit as his chief aide de camp, he succeeded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Oct. 13, 1924 | 10/13/1924 | See Source »

...claim of the British building to the honor of having inspired Longfellow's familiar verses is not the first to have come to light, but according to the owners of the "Cock Horse", a tavern which now occupies the home of the blacksmith, and to several old inhabitants of the district such claims are entirely spurious. "There is no truth in the story," said Miss Withey, who has lived next door to the blacksmith's house for over 70 years; when the reporter asked her if the true smithy were in England and not in Cambridge. "I remember playing under...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The "Village Smithy" Is Not Doomed to Disappear--Miss Withey Says the British Claim Is "Entirely Spurious" | 5/21/1924 | See Source »

...play a useful part. Not only are they the proving ground for future choristers, but they serve to develop the latent talent in many Freshmen not quite good enough for the Glee Club. After all it is not important as to which of the halls renders "Upidee" or "The Tavern in the Town" most tunefully; the all-important purpose is to get the Freshmen together, and incidentally to interest a large number in singing and music--men who otherwise would probably scorn the mere idea...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "A SONG BY THE FIRE" | 2/26/1924 | See Source »

...those who were encouraged to hear of William James' interest, must have had their soaring hopes dampened. Since even James did not really speak, what chance is there of hearing from Professor Royce and Professor Agassiz, or perhaps John Harvard himself from a possible bench in an aerial Mermaid Tavern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WEIRD SISTER | 10/23/1923 | See Source »

...wondering why the book should have been written at all. Still, as a sincere if at times some-what tedious portrayal of a partic-ular angle of hobohemia, it is recommended to those who still con-sider Greenwich Village a cross between the court of Nero and the Mermaid Tavern. LANTY HANLON−Patrick MacGill−Harper ($1.90). A broth of a boy was Lanty Hanlon, G. H., from the time when he was christened−in whiskey−to the time when he tossed a coin−" Heads I marry her, tails I don't." Abundance of Irish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Books: Jun. 18, 1923 | 6/18/1923 | See Source »

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