Word: localitis
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...questionnaire and offered as a platform: 1) public ownership of the railroads, 2) control of money and credit by the people through Government and cooperative banks, 3) public control of natural resources, 4) preservation of civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution, 5) prevent on of judicial abuses. If a local unit of at least 25 people sign a petition endorsing the above platform, it is entitled to one delegate to the Farmer-Labor-Progressive Convention in St. Paul, on May 30, at its own expense...
...private bill to allow local option to Wales and Monmouthshire on the question of temperance was introduced. The Government withheld support. The closure motion- was defeated by 28 votes and the bill was talked out. Lady Astor, feminine prohibitionist, accused the Govern-ment of "wobbling...
...enjoyed no actual power, expressed his doubt as to the probability of Town Councillors asking advice from anybody with regard to their public projects. He thus described the making of a memorial statue: "First of all, they select a man with a beard, then they look up the worst local sculptor, and the sculptor goes to the man's tailor and gets a copy of the man's suit, and in time up the thing goes-beard and suit, true to life...
...Harvard chapter of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity made public last night a statement to the effect that it had withdrawn its affiliation from the national organization of the fraternity and become a local club. It is from now on to be called the Falcon Club and membership in it will preclude membership in any other final organization in the University. It will furthermore be a closed club, in that admittance to the clubhouse will be restricted entirely to members...
Three falls and four decisions gave the Crimson wrestlers a clean sweep over Norwich Saturday evening. The meet was one of the big features of the winter carnival at Northfield, Vermont, and over 600 spectators watched Coach Lewis' men down the local matmen. The score, 27-0, was one of the biggest ever piled up by a University team...