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...case of a club resisting the college did not occur while Princeton was in its infancy probably because of Regulation Number Ten. This reads, "No student shall go to a tavern, beer house or any place of such kind for the purpose of entertainment or amusement without permission from some college officer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton in 1802 Crushed Under "College of New Jersey" Blue Laws--Female Apparel and "Riding Beasts" Barred | 11/6/1926 | See Source »

...everyone knows, Shakespeare's dramas, Henry IV and Henry V, trace the development of "Prince Hal," from the days when he consorted with wild tavern rakes until he ascended the throne as Henry V, spurned Falstaff, became renowned as a monarch sagacious and brave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: O. K. for Mr. A? | 8/2/1926 | See Source »

...Muskegon, Mich., a letter carrier delivered a small, heavy package at the Three Lakes Tavern, August Krubaech, prop. Mr. Krubaech was arranging his cigaret counter. His daughter Jeanette and her lover, William Frank (they were to be married before the week was up), giggled and smoked on the porch. The package they knew must hold a wedding present. Proprietor Krubaech unwrapped it, while Jeanette leaned over the counter to look with William Frank at her elbow. He got the string off, undid one fold of paper, another, then-a terrific explosion broke every window in the Three Lakes Tavern, wrecked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Flower | 6/7/1926 | See Source »

...thought a little . . . and?" The Angel of Death interrupted, "That was Life." Thus Mr. Woodward prepared for his story: After a successful career as a vender of thinking?wholesale and retail?Michael Webb (friend of readers of Bunk) establishes himself at Echo Hill Inn in Connecticut. In this labyrinthine tavern with steps up, steps down from room to room, with a billiard room that is half of the kitchen marked off by a broad red line across which the cooks dare not tread but over which they pasa nicely browned sausages or still-warm tarts to the loungers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Brute in Purple* | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

...that has stood on the Union rostrum this fall. Since 1897, Mr. Strachey has been editor and proprietor of the London Spectator, England's most authoritative periodical on affairs of the world. He is a member of the Brooks Club and also of the London Atheneum. Both the Tavern Club and the English Speaking Union will tender him receptions before his appearance at the Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNION TO HAVE BRITISHER ON ROSTRUM FRIDAY NIGHT | 11/23/1925 | See Source »

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