Word: banners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Advertisement for autocars: a large skinny horse, sculptured as he stumbles slowly along a road; surmounted by the figure of a man carrying a banner on which, in gold lettering, is traced the name of a brand of automobile...
...this procession were a number of personages known to readers of sporting pages by familiar nicknames that lend themselves readily to the usages of headline writers. Each delegation carried the banner of its sport. At the high altar rail stood Baseball, and Boxing, and Horse Racing and the rest--and no fire came from heaven...
Romans awaited the Amir in a city decked with the bright, Italian tricolor: red, white, green. Came the chuffing special from Naples, bearing the sombre banner of Afghanistan: black, but worked in silver with the arms of the Amir. Soon Amanullah, the "Peace of God," descended majestically from his salon...
...somewhat marred in the world's eyes by the death of certain U. S. Marines who were bent on armed enforcement of U. S. decrees in Nicaragua. Col. Lindbergh detoured 30 miles to avoid the battleground. He dropped from the sky into a thunderstorm of welcome. A huge banner billowed out the words "Envoy of Peace and Good Will from Coolidge." An excited restauranteur sprinkled champagne in the street over which he was to pass. National Holiday was declared. Speeches. Eight hundred native school children held a "sing song" for him in front of the U. S. Legation...
...West Virginia made six points to six for W. & J. Georgia, unbeaten and untied, stormed over Alabama for the first time in six years, 20-6. At Winthrop, Mass., seven went to the hospital, but net from football injuries. Revere High School followers snatched the Winthrop High School banner. Ensued a riot; folk in the stands peppered folk on the field with heavy rocks. A neighboring garrison of U. S. soldiers was summoned; cleared the field with bayonets, sustaining six casualties. The game proceeded. Revere snatched the game...