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Word: helene (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mathias Blau of Chicago persuaded his wife, Helen, to have all her teeth pulled. Then he refused to buy her false teeth because, he said, it was cheaper to feed her on soup than on solids. Mrs. Blau went to court, was awarded two sets of store teeth and at least a beefsteak a week. Judge Jonas told Mr. Blau that he had committed "the meanest trick" he had ever heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Teeth | 4/9/1928 | See Source »

COQUETTE-A frail beauty in a small southern town disobeys her father, falls in love, commits suicide. Helen Hayes is the girl (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Plays in Manhattan: Apr. 9, 1928 | 4/9/1928 | See Source »

...with the following cast: Henry Smithers Victor R. Beecroft Jenkins Orville O., Harris Eric Hammersley Arthur Wellesley Michael Devlin Willard Mack John Christansen Hans Sandquist Novak Victor Esker Ling Foo Loo Sam Lee Harry Spatz Joseph Sweeney "Swede" Cora Marie Chambers Kathlyn McGuire Katherine Wilson Martha Alice Moe Trixie Helen Handin Cherry Betty Brenska Bessle Beatrice Banyard Tommy McGuire Clark Marshall...

Author: By Percy Hammond, | Title: THE THEATERS | 4/5/1928 | See Source »

...COQUETTE?Helen Hayes living the tragedy of a pretty girl in a small Southern town (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Best Plays in Manhattan: Apr. 2, 1928 | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

...with the largest circulation in the world (2,000,000), with 15 editions a day, with 18,000 out-of-town distributing agents, with a reputation built on conservatism rather than sensationalism, is in the hands of a woman. U. S. born and bred Mme. Paul Dupuy (née Helen Browne of Manhattan) took charge of the Petit Parisien last year when her husband died. Last week, recovering from an operation, she sat in bed, talked into a telephone, directed her editors to put such-and-such on the front page, to ignore so-and-so. U. S. correspondents called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Petit Parisien | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

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