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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
5
A fable where a monkey uses a cat's paw to draw nuts from a fire births the phrase cat's paw meaning dupe or tool. The note recalls a reflection on Glass Stands Shock Glass for lenses and an adult joke about charity in a college student's expense account. Read The Star.
In a seven hour session the Democratic National Convention placed ten presidential nominees on the slate including William G. McAdoo and Alfred E. Smith. Roosevelt nominated Smith despite a disrupted program as demonstrators swarmed Madison Square Garden. The meeting faced a late decision on adjourning and continued nominating speeches into the night.
A note on how 3,000 English mites influence American speech and prompt questions about language licensing in Australia. The piece suggests linguistic exchange and potential regulatory or educational responses abroad.
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