Word: curtises
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Supplementing Mr. J. E. La Dow's suggestion contained in his letter published in your issue No. 14 [TIME, Oct. 3], that Consul General Curtis be requested to resign in the absence of an explanation, satisfactory to Mr. La Dow, of why he permitted himself to be photographed in...
Mr. La Dow, in his honest and no doubt sincere zeal, would be interested probably to learn that Consul General Curtis never drinks beer, and mayhap was distinctly embarrassed by being pushed into the picture as a member of the Brock-Schlee reception committee in the interest of American aviation...
By all means hang, draw and quarter Mr. Curtis and preserve his remains in the Anti-Saloon League museum at Mansfield as another souvenir of our progress toward true liberty and patriotism, under the guidance of the Watch and Ward zealots. . . .
And I hope you will pardon this wail. I am indifferent whether you publish it now that I feel better for having said a word, probably crudely, in behalf of Curtis, one of your early subscribers who always boosts TIME and who introduced me to its delightful pages, who has...
¶ Other callers of the week were Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, to urge the appointment of Lawyer David E. Kaufman of Philadelphia as U. S. Minister to Egypt; the new Chilean Ambassador, Dr. Carlos Davila, to present credentials; Senators Charles Curtis of Kansas and Tasker L. Oddie of...