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Word: napkins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...days ago a student at an American university unwittingly burned a paper napkin on which was a representation of the American flag. A night or so after that he was set upon in his room, taken out and beaten till he lost consciousness. He is supposed now to be recovering in a hospital from the effects of his chastisement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ILL CHOSEN PATRIOTISM. | 5/25/1917 | See Source »

...Friday evening last and I have read with much interest your editorial of this morning. My experience was, to say the least, most disagreeable, as I was not only struck on the head with a large piece of ice, but was almost blinded by pepper, thrown in a napkin by some cheerful idiot, and which struck me full in the face. I merely mention this, as in you editorial I notice that you omitted to mention "Pepper" as a part of this intellectual exhibition. A. K. ROBKRTS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pepper Also Thrown in Fracas. | 11/16/1916 | See Source »

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