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...small town that inevitably bring up the mention of The First Year. Only this time it's the dozenth year instead of the first. And the crux comes when the wives concerned, growing weary of always having to ask their husbands for another dollar for the milkman, demand a 50-50 split of the family income, if they have to strike for it. They do strike. The husbands, left alone, get egg all over the place and forget to empty the icebox pan. After much farcing the happy reconciliation arrives. Acceptable amusement, demonstrating Miss Roberta Arnold's fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Oct. 8, 1923 | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

Died. Albert Schoensleben (" Al the Milkman"), famous rooter for the Cincinnati National League Baseball Club, after an operation for appendicitis, at Cincinnati. He made a practice of rewarding home-run-hitting Reds with floral pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 9, 1923 | 7/9/1923 | See Source »

...farm-house just beyond. It must be nearly six o'clock. These long summer days are so deceptive! Yes, there come the cows, followed by a brown-faced urchin. We shall be just in time for a warm glass of milk. Ah! here's richness! This is n't milkman's milk. What a magnificent Jersey! I often think a man could never get nervous or ill-natured, could he always have before him the picture of good nature and repose which is depicted in the sleek countenance of a well-bred cow. But come, we must catch this sunset...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

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