Word: mister
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Third to the left for the new books, mister...
...dictated to and I think Candidate Subscriber Chilton should have been rebuffed. Only last week I read a letter from a Negro who said his race was finding great pleasure in your paper. For the sake of your colored readers, I think Mr. Chilton's objection to the word "Mister" should have been resented. As for his objection in reference to the "Vicar of Christ"?that is obvious. TIME'S broadmindedness has brought her many followers. Were she to heed the Mr. Chiltons of the world, her subscribers no doubt would be limited to those who come from below...
...temporise with Mister Dean...
...Auburn Street which has become more annoying than that caused by the generality of beggars which one finds everywhere. This latest attack upon the long-suffering undergraduate indulgence comes from a more juvenile and a more persistent source, from the little boys indeed who beg for "just a penny, mister," or the price of an antiquated Collier's Magazine...
...high point in Mr. Chaloner's contacts with the spirit world came when he respectfully called upon "Mister Shakespeare," who obligingly responded (via Mr. Chaloner's pencil), stated he wished to refute the prevailing deplorable impression that he had meant Hamlet to be mad, and just to prove it, he had written two new scenes. Mr. Chaloner then read them, announced sternly that "Mister Shakespeare's" spirit had promised they should some day be produced on Broadway. When that happens, no one will recognize Hamlet. Ophelia will no longer be mad. "Mister Shakespeare" said he only made Ophelia...