Word: braceleted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...over the country, 100 inspectors for the U. S. Department of Agriculture were busily grading turkeys as raisers brought them in from the runs. Last year 200,000 birds were graded. This year 500,000 were expected to pass governmental scrutiny. Shrewd bird-buying housewives looked for a paper bracelet around their turkey's leg, placed there by the U. S. graders as a certificate of quality. Best young turkeys were labelled "U. S. Prime," next best "U. S. Choice." Older birds were marked "U. S. Prime Mature," and "U. S. Choice Mature...
Litigation in Queens., N. Y., last week revealed that Passenger Levine once bought an $18,000 diamond bracelet for his friend, Mabel ("Queen of Diamonds") Boll...
Miss Stoner's story was that she had given Mr. Loeb an $8,000 ruby bracelet to be repaired, that she later saw him with another woman who was wearing the bracelet, that when she protested Mr. Loeb punched her in the chest and face, kicked her and generally abused her. She caused Mr. Loeb to be arrested, took her story to court...
...metropolitan dailies last week. Among them: "I've got myself into the worst mess of all the messes I've been in. I've lost Bainbridge Colby,* who was my mental mate, given pain to Mother Stoner and must go to court to fight for a bracelet which was given to me. . . . It's taking a long time to live down the child-wonder business and how sick I am of hearing that word...
...knocked-out Mr. Daugherty with a blackjack. Then they grabbed little Lottie Pickford and drove away with her, beating and kicking her, taking $75 away from her. They did not get her diamond rings because she hid them in her shoes. While they were trying to rip a platinum bracelet from her wrist, she screamed at them in Spanish. This caused them to stop molesting her and set her free. . . . Thus, the story, as told next day by little Lottie Pickford...