Word: bobs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Mrs. Roberta Ingersoll, wife of Robert H. Ingersoll (watches); in her Manhattan apartment; instantly, of revolver shot. Nearby, wounded, lay Wallace McClean Probasco, 52, son-in-law of Atheist "Bob" Ingersoll, but not related to the deceased woman. The weapon lay near Probasco...
...since become known that the Lampoon dined on some sort of combination between roast pig and truffled turkey. The original menagerie, however, were obviously alive this morning; especially to the ears of any who may be unfortunate enough to reside in that section of the Gold Coast Bob Lampoon, when interviewed at a late hour last night, declared that a bird in the hand was not always worth two in the bush. There might be some clue there...
George W. Norris, 65, Senator from Nebraska, an old-fashioned man with ruffled grey hair, is the leader of the insurgent, if any Senator can be called such, now that "Old Bob" LaFollette is dead. From the farm Mr. Norris went through teaching and the law to Congress. In 1910 his fame burst like a Nebraskan sunflower when he led the fight in the House that overthrew the dictatorship of Speaker "Uncle Joe" Cannon (TIME, Nov. 22). Since 1913 he has been in the Senate. He admits no Republican or Democratic or third party prejudices; no mind...
Robert M. LaFollette, 31,* Senator from Wisconsin, smart son of a smart father, is the youngest senator since Henry Clay. Not yet old enough to assume his father's leadership, he maintains the sartorial splendor of "Old Bob." On the opening day of Congress, "Young Bob" was one of the few Senators who appeared in a cutaway and spats. He is steeped in the ideas of his father after ten years' service as his private secretary. All he needs now is age and some of "Old Bob's" imaginative and oratorical rockets...
...event we can afford and actually do afford to do some things not because they pay directly but just because to do so gives us a certain worth while feeling of satisfaction. That is why men wear collars, have their hair cut and shave; and also why girls bob their hair, powder their noses-not to go further into details...