Word: tower
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...northern Italy a band of ardent Fascisti were passing through a village. Atop a castle tower was a red flag! Infuriated, the Fascist leader went to the Prefect and informed him that the village was in the hands of the Communists. The local Fascisti were called to arms and the Prefect dashed off to deliver an ultimatum to the Reds. Only the custodian was in residence in the castle and he was summoned to appear forthwith in the presence of the Prefect. Questioned as to the meaning of his rebellious act, he replied that the military authorities had commanded...
...summary: HARVARD RHODE ISLAND Gordon, Crosby, Combs, Pantaleoni, Chase, l.e. r.e., Clarke, Ahroinan, Jenisen Dunker, Hubbard, Theopold, l.t r.t., N. Smith Daniells, Cooper, Davenport, l.g. r.g., Gifford, Tower, Shea, Christensen, Callahan Greenough, S. Bradford, Adie, C. c., Brown, Howard C. Hubbard, C. Bradford, Macomber, r.g. l.g., Steere, Maliff Eastman, Hobson, Hoag, r.t. l.t, Perry Hill Evans, E. Brandford, r.e. l.e., Kirby Lee, McGlone, Akers, Mosely, q.b. q.b., Haslam, L. Smith, Grattan Jenkins, Pfaffman, Merrill, l.h.b. r.h.b., Lamont, Makin Cheek, Robb, r.h.b. l.h.b., Tweedel, Mansel Howe, Samborski, Cordingley, f.b. f.b., McIntosh, Paterson...
Died. Thomas Ellis Brown, 67, engineer, at Morristown, N. J., of heart disease. He designed the original elevator in the Eiffel Tower (erected...
...author of West of the Water Tower* is tall, shy, wears a loose Oxford tie, is actually modest. He is also from Missouri. That, however, is not why he published his very successful novel anonymously. Homer Croy, having been a writer of humorous stories in the past, was afraid that the public wouldn't take him seriously when he wrote of the problems of adolescence and smalltown life in the Southwest. I had met him when his Boon Stop had just been published. He has changed little since then, except in the matter of his literary style...
Reading West of the Water Tower has convinced me that warm weather and realism do not go together. The effort is like that of digesting pork chops after luncheon on the Fourth of July. What a relief, therefore, to pick up a book like Freeman Tilden's Mr. Podd. Call it what you like ? burlesque, satire, sociological tract?it still remains funny, genuinely funny, and I have an idea that many of us will go a long way to hear of and then to find a really funny book. Mr. Podd is apparently on the way to the best...