Word: purveyors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hobby, L'Ami du Peuple, exposed the diabolic "Great Catherine." She had incautiously attacked in La, Gazette certain political schemes of Scent Tycoon Coty, and he fought back by putting smart reporters on her shady fiscal trail, exposed her. Amid the grand sensation of last week another purveyor of expensive liquids, Cognac Tycoon Jean Hennessy, was dragged into the mess. He has only recently been named Minister of Agriculture, and jealous enemies were quick to charge that because a newspaper in which he is largely interested, Le Quotidien, had made a joint circulation drive with La Gazette du Franc...
...amusement purveyor, Mr. Brown will have as assets on hand the Keith-Albee theatre circuit, the F. B. O. Produc tion Co.'s pictures, and the Radio Corpo ration's talking movie, the Photophone...
...rain, into the life of Shep Tideboy, came Phoebe Dibble & her father, Hooker Dibble, purveyor of herbs. During the night old Hooker passed on, was buried by a solemn little processional. Phoebe stayed on at the Louisiana homestead of the Tideboys until Shep's guardian, Cesar Honfleur, persuaded Shep to acquire an education, respectability. Shep & Phoebe were married. In an incredibly short time Shep mastered Latin, went to the University of Texas, won a fellowship. But Phoebe, tiring of trying to learn out of books, fearful lest she retard the progress of Shep, returned to the road, stayed several...
Engaged. Paul Oscanyan, radio purveyor of news from Greenland; to Helen Sunder, only woman wireless operator in Denmark; by radio, sight unseen...
...Senate, Mr. Hays was flayed as a "fence" (purveyor of stolen goods). Mr. Butler, as present chairman of the Republican National Committee, was asked by Senator Borah if the party might not at once pay back to Harry Ford Sinclair the sums it had taken from...