Word: vigilantes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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William Evans, publisher of the Valley Vigilant, weekly newspaper of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was sentenced last week to three months in the county jail, fined $100. His offense: criminal libel of a County Commissioner during a political campaign. Libel convictions are rare in the U. S.
In spite of the unpleasant and sordid details which may creep into view during the current struggle for the leadership of the nation, the avowed determinations of the Moguls of each of the major parties to keep a firm hand and a vigilant eye upon their respective war chests is...
Harriman, 41, has only recently become a name in polo. The father of William Averell Harriman made millions of dollars in the railroad business and died before his eldest son went to Yale. With the $10,000,000 which he received with his majority, William Averell Harriman proceeded to have...
Exceedingly important in domestic life are reading lamps, hair mattresses, phonographs, canaries. Almost equally important are these same luxuries in the world of industry. For by the number of phonographs and canaries purchased by U. S. housewives, the vigilant economist may trace the trend of general prosperity.
When vigilant conservatives denounce "The Red Menace of Moscow!" they commonly have in mind (however vaguely or ignorantly) the Communist organization for world propaganda which is famed and dreaded as the "Third Internationale" but is actually named the Third International Association of Workingmen. Last week the Communist party of the...