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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Delaware and the late one-time (1895-97) Secretary of State Richard Olney. ¶ "For a number of years it has been our custom as a nation to observe as National Fire Prevention Week, the week in which the anniversary of the great Chicago fire of 1871 occurs." Let custom continue, proclaimed the President, beginning October 9. ¶ Mrs. Coolidge went forth into the marts of fashion and bought $1,000 worth of gowns. The sales persons described her taste not merely as "suitable" but with the more glowing adjectives "smart," "gay," "distinguished." ¶ President and Mrs. Coolidge, the latter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Oct. 3, 1927 | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...Moyle then sidetracked the debate into consideration of the Republican tariff. Let Democrats campaign to give producers of raw materials protection proportionate to that long enjoyed by manufacturers, said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Parleys | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

Senator James A. Reed, Missouri's dynamic Democrat, let fly: ". . . another move of Morgan & Co. to get its financial hooks into Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Morrow & Tomorrow | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...years the most successful offensives have been built around two, or, in some cases three, sets of high class backs which have been almost equal in strength and versatility. A glance at the array of backs mentioned above indicates the possibility of such a situation at Harvard this year. Let us consider the various backfield combinations as they now stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 10/1/1927 | See Source »

...local color she went to Washington, moseyed about the lobby halls, chatted with the politicians, pried, snooped, took notes. To see Miss Watkins, whose beauty is fresh and sweet as the first blush of a primrose, one won- ders how she ever accumulated the authentic mass of profanity let loose in her play. Perhaps it is because she once wrote for a Chicago newspaper. Certainly it is not because she studied in Professor George P. Baker's class in dramatic composition at Yale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Theatre: Sep. 26, 1927 | 9/26/1927 | See Source »

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