Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...score of famed U. S. writers, "Who is Bob Davis?" and you will hear: "He published my first story"; "He kept me from starving"; "He gave me my only encouragement." Not authors alone, but many a prizefighter, statesman, explorer, doctor, will avow: "If Bob Davis wants my shirt, it's his." For of Robert Hobart Davis, editorial writer of the New York Sun, onetime associate editor of Munsey's, it is scant exaggeration to say he has "been everywhere, knows everybody." His column in the Sun headed "Bob Davis Recalls:" is an inexhaustible diary of encounters with...
Last week Bob Davis (the only name he recognizes) lay on his back in Manhattan's Polyclinic Hospital recovering from leg injuries incurred on a fishing trip with his special crony Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb. His right ankle encased in an elephantine plaster cast (which he at once began making into an autograph album). Bob Davis received callers. Among the earliest arrivals was Fannie Hurst. When she departed, she sent 25 telegrams. In 48 hours arrived a score of manuscripts from famed authors. Soon the Sun's readers found on the editorial page, "Fannie Hurst Recalls:", "Irvin S. Cobb...
...more. No hypochondriac, he takes a lively interest in his sinus, priding himself as an authority. He has even been known to drain his own sphenoid cavity, an intricate and highly painful process. Among his prized possessions is a photograph made of him by his friend Robert Hobart ("Bob") Davis, onetime associate editor of Munscy's, editorial writer on the New York Sun. Inscribed Photog- rapher Davis: "It isn't a masterpiece, but then neither is Byoir...
...case to oust Governor Kohler from office was inspired by Republican Progressives led by Philip LaFollette, brother of Senator Robert Marion ("Young Bob") LaFollette, as part of their struggle against Republican stalwarts for political control of Wisconsin...
Long have Progressive Republicans in Wisconsin tried to coax Philip LaFollette into standing for election to high State office. Second son of the late great Robert Marion LaFollette, brother of Wisconsin's Senator Robert Marion ("Young Bob") LaFollette, he has a name and a talent which might work political magic in his State. But Brother Phil, lawyer and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, short-time District Attorney of Dane County, whirlwind campaigner for Brother Bob, was in no hurry. He silenced "drift talk," insisted he was "too young" (he is now 33), kept Progressive leaders waiting...