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Word: gartenhaus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...forgotten the marriage license. A wedding guest, dispatched for it, was stopped by a traffic policeman. At 3 p. m., the limp guests stood up, rejoicing that Cantor J. Briah had begun the ceremony. Came a stern, interrupting voice-that of the cantor of the synagog, one A. Gartenhaus. He forbade the function to proceed unless he conducted it. The haggard wedding guests, frenzied at the threat of another delay, conducted Cantor Gartenhaus to the basement, there throttled him until the couple were united. On leaving the synagog, Cantor Gartenhaus was overtaken, severely pummeled, deprived by violence of six yellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Wedding | 6/15/1925 | See Source »

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