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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Arrangements have been made for officers of the law, acting under the direction of the Chief Sergeant-at-arms, to prevent disorder among the delegates and spectators; a number of boy scouts of Troop 10, Boston, to act as ushers and pages; and in addition to the regular reporters, a stenographer to take a verbatim record of the proceedings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLICEMEN AND BOY SCOUTS TO KEEP DEMOCRATS IN ORDER | 5/10/1924 | See Source »

...girl shows in particular are grossly indecent. At one of these shows, girls do dances while practically entirely naked. At another show, which is offered by a man famous in theatrical circles and which is shown at a most prominent theatre, girls troop down to the footlights, naked from the waist up and practically naked from the waist down-don't call it nude, just plain naked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Clipsheet | 12/3/1923 | See Source »

...real question of whether the trial trip is a junket, Mr. Lasker made three pertinent statements: that when the Leviathan was converted into a troop ship (undergoing changes "minor compared to those now made") she was sent on a five-day trial cruise in southern waters; that the cost of the trial trip will be $120,000, of which $13,000 will be caused by the presence of guests, and that the experts "insisted" that there should be between 400 and 500 guests to test the " complex organization and service machinery " of the ship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: Junket? No! | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

Among the most interesting of the demonstrations was that in which troop 9 of Boston put 12 men over a wooden wall 15 feet high in 35 seconds. In the fire making contest without matches, E. D. Davenport of Troop 4 won the championship, adjusting the bow and string and whirling the pivot until he obtained a spark to light the flame all in 43 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MANY SCOUTS PARTICIPATE IN SOLDIERS FIELD RALLY | 5/28/1923 | See Source »

PRINCETON, N. J., May 25.--The Princeton polo team added another, tally to its list of victims by defeating the Philadelphia City Troop combination 9 to 5. Newbold played a brilliant offensive and defensive game for the Tigers. The Princeton tennis team also won a comparatively easy victory from Amherst by the score of 7 to 0. The playing was featured by the exceptional performances of Howard and Loeb...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIGERS ARE VICTORIOUS IN POLO AND TENNIS MATCHES | 5/26/1923 | See Source »

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