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Word: bill (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although I asked you to renew my subscription and bill me I am now canceling all subscriptions to TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 25, 1927 | 4/25/1927 | See Source »

...like the periodical very much but my husband refuses to foot the bill for it as he dislikes it, so kindly discontinue my numbers at once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 25, 1927 | 4/25/1927 | See Source »

...unexpectedly changed the rules of their carpet cleaner contest, that they unexpectedly changed their jury of award, that an award of a gold medal to Eureka had been wrongly changed to the award of the grand prize. The Eureka Co. has done damage to the Hoover concern reads the bill of complaint, "by false advertisements and statements which have been widely circulated by the [Eureka] company in this and foreign countries to the effect that the [Hoover and Eureka] machines had been judged in competition by one or more fair, impartial and competent juries, with exhaustive tests and detailed examinations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoover v. Eureka | 4/18/1927 | See Source »

Married. George W. Dodge, 83, President of the First National Bank of Shinglehouse, Pa.; to Mrs. Jane F. Swallow, 81, Civil War nurse; in New York City. When paying for the wedding license the bridegroom produced a $20 bill, chuckled, said: "Uncle Sam makes these, but they're no good until I sign them,"* pointed to his signature as President of the Shinglehouse bank. After the ceremony he said: "If you could express how I feel, it would not look well in print-I feel bully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 18, 1927 | 4/18/1927 | See Source »

...Lightnin' Bill Jones used the same line in Lightnin', speaking of his pension check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 18, 1927 | 4/18/1927 | See Source »

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