The nominations were considered of Ananias Deeds of Guthrie Center, Ia.,
and Mrs. Tamer Lyons of Upton, Ind. The Academy then resumed work on
the Dictionary of Names.
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"For goodness' sake!" exclaims Frank Harris in Pearson's, expressing his
joy in the growth of Lenine's state, "for goodness' sake let us have new
experiments on this old earth." For goodness's sake, let's! But why not
have one on a grand scale? Let's dig a hole a mile deep and a mile
across, fill it with dynamite, and see whether we can't finish the world
in one good bang.
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"Learned Class of Europe In Hard Straits."
They are in hard straits everywhere. The more learned you are, the worse
you're off.
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"Budapest Hungriest of Cities in all Europe."--South Bend Tribune.
The headliner must have his little joke.
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