Word: insertion
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sept. 16 issue, TIME published the following: "Until the end of 1930, no issue of TIME will exceed 80 pages plus cover and color inserts." The Oct. 7 issue, numbering 84 pages, included a four-page color insert...
Opium Ships. Generals Couzens of Michigan and Robinson of Arkansas suddenly moved to insert a provision in the tariff bill making the owners as well as the skippers of ships subject to fine for bringing illicit opium to the U. S. As they opened fire, Republicans and Democrats alike turned their guns on the opium fleet. For a few moments a hot fusillade from both sides poured into the invaders lying at anchor off the shore...
...advertisements for his Gazette. They were mostly for sales of plantations, "for money or tobacco, very cheap . . . containing 200 acres of good Land, with a good bearing young Orchard, of Variety of Good Fruit Trees. ..." Printer William Rind, a later owner, fared better. Sometimes he was able to insert as many as two pages of advertising, dealing with "Run Way Slaves," slaves to be sold, slaves arrested and refusing to give names of masters, doctors who were about to open a season of vaccination, lottery winners, sailings of ships. Advertising costs were indefinite: "3 shillings the first week...
...them. The Russell ruling is designed to squeeze "water," estimated at some $500,000,000 out of the capitalization of water power companies now seeking U. S. licenses. Ruled Solicitor Russell: "A reading of the Federal Water Power Act leads to but one conclusion and that is to insert in capital accounts the actual legitimate cost of construction, limited to actual amount of money paid therefor. . . . This automatically dispenses with the proposition that there can be included in these capital accounts lump sum or percentage overheads, for engineering supervision, management, financing, development. Such items cannot and must not be included...
...Ordinarily I pay no attention to campaign canards. . . . In the interest of truth I am compelled to deny that I ever urged or suggested that Mrs. Willebrandt discuss any man's religion . . . nor did I ever insert any religious comment in any speech she ever made, nor was any manuscript of hers containing any attack on any man's religion or raising the religious issue ever submitted to or scrutinized by me, nor did any manuscript of her Springfield speech which came to headquarters contain any such expression as 'Go back to your pulpits and preach this...