Word: localitis
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...northern Italy a band of ardent Fascisti were passing through a village. Atop a castle tower was a red flag! Infuriated, the Fascist leader went to the Prefect and informed him that the village was in the hands of the Communists. The local Fascisti were called to arms and the Prefect dashed off to deliver an ultimatum to the Reds. Only the custodian was in residence in the castle and he was summoned to appear forthwith in the presence of the Prefect. Questioned as to the meaning of his rebellious act, he replied that the military authorities had commanded...
Angelo Raggini has until recently been a clerk in the office of Mayor Hylan of New York. He has always been inclined to singing, and had achieved some small local reputation in the Italian colony. Three years ago, a voice teacher chanced to hear the youth and caught the sound of great vocal promise. Thereupon operatic ambitions arose in Raggini. He studied and made progress. But soon the time came for him to go to Italy for further training. He could not go; his relatives lacked funds...
...that the book is merely sugar-coated history, for it is not. It has little mechanical intricacy of plot but a strong thread binds it together?the thread of Fremont's inevitable and typically American struggle up from the status of a "neatherd"#151;his adventures in local politics?his love for Winifred Ashe and their runaway marriage?his friendship for the outlaw Bushyagers?Winifred's tragic death and the unhappy chance that left Fremont a widower, with two children to support and the debts of his somewhat rascally-father-in-law to shoulder?the great Bushyager murder trial...
President Berry of the International Pressmen's Union had dissolved the local union which struck without sanction and had negotiated new and more favorable terms with the newspapers. Samuel Gompers telegraphed Major Berry: " Unless the pressmen redeem themselves from this awful blunder, you are justified in resorting to every means within your power to keep the faith, uphold the good name of your organization and the good-will of employers who may want to maintain beneficial contractual relations with the union...
Seeing themselves beaten, the strikers gave in and voted to take out international union cards and go back to work. The newspapers agreed to take those whose places had not been filled in the meantime. Though the local union was dissolved, the men who returned to work got substantial wage increases and shorter hours. Even so, the newspapers were probably glad to get them back, since the emergency pressmen were receiving...