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...problem. Instituting two lectures a week on some great authors might aid men to develop a consciousness of the art of writing and would certainly help them in their appreciation of literature. This might kill two birds with one stone, or at least seriously wound them. Secondly it would knock out the need for both English 28 and 79, two survey courses which duplicate each other in all but method...
...Shiver expressed the convention's sentiments when he interrupted by shouting: "Brother, we just knocked 'em loose from the teat a little bit. We're gonna knock 'em all the way loose and suck a little ourselves...
...Carthage, Tex., close to the Louisiana State line, Henry Walton, big black buck, began to dote on the philosophy of Huey Long. Last week he got a pistol, used it to knock a storekeeper over the head, helped himself to the trade goods, conducted a brief reign of terror. Then he fled across the Sabine River. When pursuers arrived on the opposite bank, he shouted: "Stay on your side of the Sabine! Me and Huey Long is running this side." The constable of the Carthaginians, who had no wish to share their wealth, knelt down and drilled Henry Walton through...
...Trade summoned the Board's directors to a secret meeting, they found Mr. Rosenbaum one jump ahead of them. He had secured an injunction to restrain the Board from suspending his company on the grounds that suspension would force a reckless liquidation of the company's holdings, knock the bottom out of the grain market. But Mr. Boylan had one ace left. If the court would not let him suspend Rosenbaum Grain, at least he could prevent the company from buying & selling grain, by closing the Exchange, which he did. Before it was opened next day, the court...
Died. "Fireman Jim Flynn" (Andrew Chiariglone), 55, heavyweight, only boxer ever to knock out Jack Dempsey; of heart disease; in Los Angeles. Twice defeated by Negro Jack Johnson, Flynn became a trial horse for heavyweights of the ''White Hope" period, was on the down grade when he managed to floor Dempsey in one round in 1917. Next year Dempsey, on his way to championship, knocked out Flynn in one round...