Word: taverns
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...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...
...what has the squire got to say about his thing of beauty, "The Tavern," which opened its doors just six weeks ago? "It's not like the palmy days when I licked Schmeling, but now I get a steady income and in spite of the large overhead--seven bartenders going all the time--we'e done pretty well...
...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...
...business being thus closed, the Members adjourned to the City Tavern, dined together and took a cordial leave of each other; after which I returned to my lodgings, did some business with, and received the papers from the Secretary of the Convention, and retired to meditate on the momentous w[or]k which had been executed, after not less than five, lor; large part of the time Six, and sometimes 7 hours sitting every day, [except] Sundays and the ten days adjournment . . . for more than four months...