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Word: aproned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Oklahoma State Capitol, was shaving Governor William Henry ("Alfalfa Bill") Murray when the Governor suddenly thrust him aside, threw off the apron, rushed from the scene. The barber had nicked the Governor's chin. Alarmed. Barber Riggs turned his shop over to Barber G. N. Glenn who, on order of the State Board of Affairs, finally paid Barber Riggs $1,200 for his franchise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 9, 1931 | 3/9/1931 | See Source »

...land-office business every sailing day in white muslin aprons to be worn under ladies' dresses past U. S. customs officers. Each apron has five pockets, holds five pints. Brother Eldon Trimingham out of hours is a leading Bermuda socialite and yachtsman, was urged by Bermudians as skipper for Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V. In yacht races when Brother Eldon holds the wheel, Brother Kenneth tends the sheet. Smartest town is Tucker's Town, five miles away. Here is the expensive, exclusive Mid-Ocean Club, with the best golf course in the islands. Here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Winter Islands | 1/26/1931 | See Source »

Roger Pryor will be remembered as the kinky-headed, bashful husband of last season's Apron Strings. Up Pops The Devil affords him another chance to play the part of a puzzled, naive young man, establishing him as a first rate juvenile. Sally Bates, who has had dealings with the Theatre Guild, carries off the honors for gracious and adult acting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Sep. 15, 1930 | 9/15/1930 | See Source »

...Angeles, Calif., eight years ago, detectives found Walburga Oesterreich in a closet opening into the room in which her husband, Fred Oesterreich, apron manufacturer, lay murdered. Because the door of the closet was locked from the outside, she was never tried for murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Roomer | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

...Capone would go straight to his brick house at No. 7244 Prairie Ave., the "little home" which he used to give substance to his story of being "out of the booze racket." Three years ago newsmen called upon him there. He opened the door to them, wearing a pink apron, carrying a pan of spaghetti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Coming Out Party | 3/24/1930 | See Source »

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