Word: nothingness
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Wets in the Finnish Diet, parliament of the world's No. 2 Prohibition country, did their best to give a handsome Christmas present to thirsty Finns last week. They introduced a bill to raise the alcoholic content of legal beer from 1.6% to 3% by weight.* The measure was...
Sticking out his posterior, lowering his head belligerently, Max Baer,* California heavyweight, possessor of a 16-cylinder car, confident manners and many suits of flashy clothes, charged out of his corner in Madison Square Garden last week and began to lambaste the ribs and features of Ernie Schaaf† of...
In Jonesboro, Ark., Raymond Martin, charged with possessing corn whiskey, explained: "We tried everything to relieve my sister, but nothing did any good. So finally we started giving her corn liquor baths. And now she is well." Said the Judge: "$50 . . . jail."
Samuel Mather is the country's second largest contributor to community chests. Largest is Senator James Couzens of Pontiac, Mich. Henry Ford gave Detroit's chest nothing this year. But Edsel Bryant Ford did?$115,000. Senator Couzens, chairman of the Detroit chest, topped this with a gift of $120...
H. G. Wells himself has written an introduction to this book, in which he informs you that "Geoffrey West's" real name is Geoffrey H. Wells, no relation, who adopted his pen-name to avoid confusion. Everything in the book, says Wells, is quite true as far as it...