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Not satisfied with time in its accepted guise, Charles R. Apted '06, chief of the Yard Police, has hunted down $15 worth of time-tolling monstrosity, a machine (hardly a watch) that not only chimes furiously on the hour, but signifies the day of the week and the date thereof...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KEEZER SELLS APTED SUPER DAY-BY-WEEK TIME-TELLER | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

Beneath a perpetually flickering lamp in St. Louis' Temple Israel last week rested a plain coffin. In his pulpit, black-robed Rabbi Ferdinand Myron Isserman intoned three psalms in English, a Kaddish (Jewish mourning prayer) in Hebrew. Forsaken was played on the chimes. Two vocalists sang Beautiful Isle of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: For Ecstatic Dusting | 4/6/1936 | See Source »

President Cunningham at 69 is well past the age at which chief executives usually turn their companies inside out. Son of a Goshen, Ind. druggist, he was a Butler vice president & director before he was 33, was made president in 1918, the same year his only son was killed in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Modern Jobber | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

Jan. 30th. Very sore at my heart this morning for some scoundrel did ring me at five saying: "Good morning, Sir. Early Rising Bureau calling. Hope you did sleep well. Good morning, Sir!" And this would continue every quarter hour until chimes went six. Whereupon, sleep from me, I did...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 1/31/1936 | See Source »

The Vagabond must now turn to some business of his own. It is with deep gratitude--and yet with mixed feelings--that he expresses his appreciation to those generous Patrsons and friends who have been largely solicitous in bringing to the University and the Vagabond's Tower those famous comes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 1/13/1936 | See Source »

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