Word: tremoring
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...Jericho went on to peruse a letter appended to the Graphic editorial, in which a presumed Graphic reader, one L. A. Wilson, besought the Graphic to "take the lead in criticizing the scare headlines in some papers which use such low-down tactics," referred to "the recent but harmless tremor of the earth," arraigned the News for flaunting on its front page a picture of what might have happened ito this city in a serious earthquake," prophesied that such tactics "mean ruin in the end for a paper belching forth such rot," stated of the News that "no educational thoughts...
...ague set in north of Boston, People rushed from their houses in Marblehead and Salem. Slates fell off the roofs at Gloucester and pictures off the" walls a. Swampscott. Bric-a-brac fell from shelves in Medford, and antimacassars were disarranged in Maiden. After 10 to 90 seconds of tremor, New England settled down, though her people were still agitated...
...scorching drive, Mrs. Hurd hooked into the fence. At the 15th, Glenna won the leg she so wanted. A newspaper ac count spoke of Miss Virginia Palmer, of Shenecossett, whom Glenna whipped 7 and 6 in the first round, as a "frightened opponent." Few, indeed, face Glenna without a tremor...
Halfway through the period Austin duplicated his performance, this time with the support of the entire forward line, and the score stood two to nothing in favor of the Crimson. At this point the visitors braced and individual sallies by Van Vliet and Yates kept the crowd in a tremor. The Harvard defense proved impregnable, however, and halfway through the period Coach Winsor called off his entire first-string combination. Hamilton lost its best chance to score shortly afterwards when Yates broke loose and passed to Nicholson. The latter's shot missed fire only because of Newell's unusual alertness...
Through his interpreter, Mr. Leitner further discussed his gift. Thought transference through a light touch of the hand, which is called Leitnerism, he distinguished from the well-known Cumberlandism which operates through full contact with locked arms, thus enabling the medium to read the tremor of the muscles. Leitnerism, in addition, uses the free hand to seek the object, whereas, in the case of Cumberlandism, the object is sought with the hand on which rests the subject's hand...