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...months ago, when his royal parasiteness the Prince of Wales visited the plant, Ford issued strict orders against spitting that day and so cuspidors and sawdust were not sold, and all receptacles for holding turning and chips were covered with white canvas...
...note in what proportions the tourist trade at nearby Chamonix has swelled. What we do know is that Geneva, for at least one month in the year, presumably September, has become the most important spot in the world, or at any rate important enough to warrant the strict attention of all civilized mankind, including both supporters and opponents of the League. To this ancient town every fall flock from all parts of the the globe statesmen, politicians who are not statesmen, journalists, authors, students, and sight-seers. As a spectacle alone this varied gathering is well worth looking...
...were caught. Several other boatloads of men sent out to bring in bootleggers also were tempted, yielded, but to date have not been caught. It is hoped that the well-known spirit of the force will over-come the handicap created by the defection of these weaker brethren, but strict surveillance has been commanded in order to prevent any more desertions...
...will have to show him the opportunities and the true value of scholarly work. How few students now realize the wonderful resources of our university! The Library, the laboratories and the museums are appreciated only by advanced students. The average undergraduate never speaks to a Professor except of strict necessity. Toward the middle of his Senior year, with ominous divisionals steadily approaching, he suddenly wakes to his peril and moans for his wasted opportunities. The last months are shadowed with storms and desperation. How much better to have this all away in the first three years, and leave one clear...
...bomb outrage at the Cathedral was taken to be a signal for a general uprising of the Bulgarian Bolsheviki against the Government. A strict censorship was established by the Government, but reports leaked out-of hand-to-hand fights in Sofia, of assassinations, plunderings and terrorism in the Provinces, of ugly skirmishes on the Greek and Serbian borders. More than 1,000 persons were arrested in Sofia. House to house searches were made. Martial law was proclaimed. Some 400 Bolsheviki were summarily executed. A quantity of Red revolutionary evidence was found. Central Europe was alarmed...