Word: grossed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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DUNT ESK-Milt Gross-Doran ($2). -Mr. Feitlebaum-Mm- Oohoo, nize baby"oohoooo"Hm -Look from henimals a book! So geeve in de book a look so tell poppa wot it stends dere de henimal-ah-ah "Baby-Squshlzzrrlx!!! &Mr. Feitlebaum-Yi yi yi!! A HAPE he spuck! A Hape!! Yi yi -geeve a look de book, momma- look de peecture!! Is a hape, no?? So I say, 'Baby, dollink, wot's dees??' So he saz me, 'A hape!' Look it stends: 'Playe stends for hape Wot he leeves in de trizz; Whan...
...deeply mortified that this journal, which is intended to be constructive and not destructive has been made the medium for resurrection of exploded fictions, for giving currency to the so-called protocols of the 'Wise Men of Zion,' which have been demonstrated, as I learn, to be gross forgeries, and for contending that the Jews have been engaged in a conspiracy to control the capital and the industries of the world, besides laying at their door many offenses against decency, public order and good morals...
...that Miss Ederle has profited only $20,000 since the day she staggered onto the beach at Kingsdown, England. Her vaudeville act started out to earn $6,000 a week, of which her share was approximately one-third. Her father and Lawyer Malone took one-third of the gross between them; the theatrical agent grabbed 10%, leaving Miss Ederle to pay the expense account of more than $1,000 weekly out of her own share. Recently, her act has fallen considerably below the $6,000 mark...
...Wells, British writer, tied himself to a literary tradition by announcing last week that his forthcoming book, Meanwhile, would carry illustrations executed by H. G. Wells. Some other writers who have made money with books illustrated by themselves have been Milt Gross, William Makepeace Thackeray, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Ernest Thompson Seton, Howard Pyle...
...Joughin, Chairman, Miss Beatrice White; A. H. Bryan, Miss Virginia Reed; E. W. Gross, Miss Natalie Stout...