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...combination and to clinch the annual series with a 1-0 victory at the Arena last night. Time and again the speedy Tiger forwards swept down deep in the Crimson territory raining shots at Bigelow, but with flawless precision he turned them away. Repeatedly the brunt of the attack fell upon his shoulders and there were times when a score from a scrimmage seems imminent but he always managed to relieve the situation momentarily with a brilliant performance...
...they also in a large measure escaped taxation. According to the German system of taxation, those who owe the largest amounts are given long periods of time in which to pay, while the smaller taxpayers must pay within a few weeks after assessment. By the time the larger bills fell due, the mark had almost invariably declined so precipitously in value that the amounts actually paid were negligible when compared proportionally with those paid by the smaller tax payers...
Slides were then thrown on the screen showing the exact location and the topography in the neighborhood of the peak. Taking his subject well in hand Mr. Mallory described in detail the expedition's first attempt to scale the mountain last May. After establishing five camps the party fell short of reaching their destination by 2,000 feet. They would have gone further but the third member of the party became ill and in order not to leave him to die, it was decided to turn back...
...clear, deep voice Bishop Brent read a passage from the Bible. Apart from any meaning, the words fell on the ear like the call of a bell on a frosty morning. They were clean, terse, direct words such as an honest Angle Saxon uses. The ten-minute sermon which followed was like this, too. It was the encouraging hand grip of a man you could trust. Then the choir sang as only Dr. Davison can make a choir sing--feeling expressed in music. And everyone joined in a hymn and listened to the tense little prayer which concluded the service...
Captain Brown, the Green's star high jumper, won his event at six feet two and seven-eighths inches, but he failed to make a new record. His three attempts to clear the bar at six feet five and one-half inches fell flat...