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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...powders, "Dr." Pearce also does business in charms. There is the Allah Charm, which will aid the wearer in contracting a wealthy marriage and is priced at only $3.49. There is the King Solomon's Wisdom Stone, "very valuable and charged with invisible life." There is the Black Cat's Wishbone, excellent for making dice behave and prompting the selection of winning horses. And there is the Lucky Turrarie, a general charm to keep evil spirits away from the homes it blesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Medicine Man | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

Both Messrs. Alexander and Pearce, however, agreed on one charm-the Black Cat's Wishbone (which was priced at $1,000 in a circular distributed by Mr. Alexander). About this potent charm the almost equally famed Goofer Dust songs have been written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Medicine Man | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

...swear to God my man's got a black cat's bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Medicine Man | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

...judging came they "gave the little boy a hand." Florence, stamping her small right foot for quiet, awarded to His Royal Highness the first prize, held it aloft before the crowd, explained in mock Negro dialect: "Dis y'ere fust prize am an ostrich feddah suit o' cat's pajamas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Chez Florence | 6/20/1927 | See Source »

...sometimes happens that one cat will sift through the cordon of stagehands to blink before footlights. When stage hands permit two cats to go astray in such embarrassment, the audience may well consider the production a casual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jun. 13, 1927 | 6/13/1927 | See Source »

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