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Word: joshing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Game Josh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 1, 1933 | 5/1/1933 | See Source »

...next time he did not spring-he was pushed by the Depression. Cosden stock which sold for $135 in 1929 sold under $2 in November 1930. Reason: receivership-not insolvency but shortage of cash to meet liabilities. Down went Josh Cosden. How much mauling could the man stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Big Spring | 4/10/1933 | See Source »

...Prince of Wales went to England and Cosden & Co. went to those who got control of it-went to them and became Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. It looked as if Josh Cosden's leaping was done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Big Spring | 4/10/1933 | See Source »

...Joshua Cosden was in the crowd, his attorney and personal friends around him. He had little more to lose if the company passed into other hands though some of his friends would be wiped out. The auctioneer asked for bids. There was silence. Then Josh Cosden said, quietly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Big Spring | 4/10/1933 | See Source »

...writing a biography of Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw 1818-85). If any of the readers of TIME have letters written by, or information about the humorist, will they please communicate with me? Credit will be given for any help rendered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 1, 1931 | 6/1/1931 | See Source »

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