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...most appealing kind of publishing. Some of the latest copies of the Express to reach the U. S. were filled with their usual budget of post-crisis news: the Vicar of Southwold had seen a genuine sea monster offshore, a dog was tried for biting a dustman, a Wiltshire schoolmistress had found a mushroom over eleven inches wide. And across an entire page the Express splashed a row of grinning British faces, exhorted: "GET THE MONDAY MORNING SMILE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Curious Fellow | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

...Andrews, Scotland, made a creditable first drive of 200 yds. (Eight years ago his brother Edward of Wales all but whiffed his presidential drive.) Next day York played for fun, was interrupted first by a nursemaid leisurely pushing a perambulator across his course, then by the town dustman trundling his cart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 6, 1930 | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

...Crowd. The race was attended by some hundreds of thousands of people. As usual, it was a thoroughly representative assembly, ranging from Prince and Duke to peddler and dustman. The King and Queen were not there owing to the illness of Princess Christian (since dead), but Edward of Wales, Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles were much in evidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Derby | 6/18/1923 | See Source »

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