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...recital of the great fights and fighters from James Figg, master of "the Foil, Backsword, Cudgel, and Fist" to the redoubtable Dempsey. There were, in the days when the knockout to the point of the chin was still unknown, such colorful fighters as Buckhorse, "singularly unsightly," Jack Slack (the Bristol butcher), Mendoza the Jew (founder of scientific boxing, the first boxer to go on the stage), Mr. Jackson (the first "gentleman" fighter), the Belchers, the Game Chicken, and Daniel Donnelly (an Irishman) of whom it was written...
...That the Department be authorized to investigate the problems of the migratory worker engaged in seasonal occupations, with a view to finding other industries in which he may be employed in the slack season...
...reached 16,000,000 bales in one season. The demand for cotton has been good for the past two years, but so serious have been the inroads upon the cotton plant by the insect pest, that including the present year, there have been short crops for three years running. Slack demand and low prices can account in part for the small 8,000,000-bale crop of 1921; and to a much lesser extent for the 9,000,000-bale crop of 1922. During the past year, however, the danger of a real cotton shortage all over the world became...
...Lakehurst hangar. As the dirigible approached the mast, it dropped a steel cable. A ground crew of three officers and 15 men seized the cable and fastened it to another cable attached to the mast. A windlass in the mooring mast hauled the cable upwards and taking out its slack drew the airship's nose into an automatically locking swivel at the very top of the tower. The Shenandoah now rides like a huge weathercock, immune to the most violent wind and ready to fly away with but a few minutes' preparation. The use of mooring masts means...
Although the demand for tickets to the Tufts game next Saturday will be far less heavy than for the Holy Cross game today, the authorities at the H. A. A. do not except a slack week. Five entire sections have already been reserved by the Tufts management, and arrangements are now being made to engage two more. A large public sale is also expected. Applications from Harvard men will be received until 6 o'clock on Monday, and tickets will be on open sale during the rest of the week...