Word: curtise
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Cyrus Curtis of the Saturday Evening Post.
One morning last week, almost as bright and sunny as the June day on which President Hoover electrified the world with his Moratorium announcement, stocky, smiling, middle-aged George Boyd, Capitol messenger, strode into the White House executive offices. Under his left arm he carried a big envelope which he...
Oldest Philadelphia department store, older than Wanamaker's is Strawbridge & Clothier, established in 1868 by Quaker Justus C. Strawbridge, who was joined by Quaker Isaac H. Clothier. Into the big Clothier family, in 1885. was born Robert Clarkson Clothier. His father, brother of the founder, was by this time...
¶ Five heavy black Cabinet chairs were lined up last week on the official posing ground back of the Executive offices. Out strode President Hoover with a grey hat, Vice President Curtis with a black one. Secretary of State Stimson marched out in a derby. Soon the full Cabinet was...
Convicts Grover Durrill, William Green and George Curtis were the men who turned up at the Salisbury farm. They took Farmer Salisbury upstairs with them, knocked out the windows, started firing on the posse of soldiers and prison guards who soon surrounded the frame farmhouse. Discomforted by the lead which...