Word: weekending
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shore in speedboats, 40 at a load, 25? for the ride. The exposure published by the United Press seemed to be motivated by the alleged fact that the Johanna Smith's operators had thus far entertained some 10,000 persons, had profited $100,000 over a single weekend. No liquors were served on board of what the tickets described as "the Dancing and Eating Boat," but the games, said the United Press, were sadly crooked. A Johanna Smith soliloquy, delivered aboard her at 3 a. m. by Louis Wolheim, famed as hard-boiled "Captain Flagg" in What Price Glory...
Albany's popular demonstrations continued over the weekend, culminating at the railroad station Sunday afternoon when Mrs. Smith's train rolled home from Houston. The Nominee boarded the train, proceeded to Manhattan for campaign conferences...
...Conn., June 11,--After the weekend spent cruising on J. P. Morgan's yacht the "Cosair", the Crimson oarsmen started out upon the final ten days of practice for the Yale races this morning with a two mile drill on the down-stream course. The Thames was moderately calm, ruffled on the return trip by a rising southwest wind...
...Melrose meet. Since all who placed in the Intercollegiates, however, are entitled to enter the final Olympic trials without running in any previous meets, the Crimson miler and Intercollegiate champion, may be on hand at the Stadium the first week in July even though he does not run this weekend...
...Pont de Nemours Co. at Wilmington, Del., in April became engaged to Margaret Wilson Lewis at San Antonio, Texas. Separating them are 1,600 air miles. So last week Mr. du Pont had delivered to him a $12,000 Bellanca plane, wherewith to fly to his sweetheart each weekend...