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Sirs: In reference to the article in your Feb. 10 issue under Prohibition "In God We Trust." At 6:30 last night I went to the "Cordials" and 'Beverages" shop at 201 East 44th Street and asked the clerk if he had anything alcoholic. He said he had and suggested brandy or rye. I explained that I had seen his "advertisement" in TIME, which had prompted me to drop in. He read your account with much interest and expressed the opinion that it might cause them some trouble. A man who had been sitting nearby suddenly took an interest...
...CORDIALS" and "BEVERAGES" read a pair of brilliant orange signs above the shrieking-green bay windows of a shop that opened last week at No. 201 East 44th Street, Manhattan. A small device on the door showed the American eagle rampant, announced that the shop was guarded by the Supreme Protective System Co., ip East 23rd Street. Twinkling in the display windows, dazzling passersby, were bottles, arrogantly full...
Curtius is 52, Tardieu is 53. In the way of Democracy v. Autocracy jaunty Captain Tardieu of the 44th Alpine Chasseurs, was wounded and received the Legion d'Honneur's red rosette "for extraordinary courage...
...honorable family of Tucker from Virginia. Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848) served in the 14th and 15th Congress. His chief distinction: a tirade and a vain vote in 1816 against increased pay for Congressmen which he refused to take himself. John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897) served from the 44th to the 50th Congress. Henry St. George Tucker, 76, is now serving his ninth noncontinuous Congressional term since 1889. His chief distinction: a tirade and a vote in 1927 against increased pay for Congressmen which, according to family tradition, he refuses to take himself...
...young lady advertised for gifts of canceled stamps in the London Times in 1841. By 1842 Punch had another fad to ridicule. The fad spread to the U. S., and last week hundreds of stamp collectors convened at Minneapolis for the 44th annual meeting of the American Philatelic Society, largest of such U. S. bodies. They swapped stamps and stamp stories, spoke familiarly of "Luzons" (Philippine issue), "Bull's-eyes" (elliptically shaped Brazilian issue), compared albums. Seldom in the history of Minneapolis have there been so many pairs of tweezers in town. Stamp-men tweeze their treasures to avoid smudging...