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Borah−"The biggest sham of them all is the principle-peddler from Idaho, the Great God Borah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Progressives Flayed | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

...Miller's, for in stance, were classed as a misdemeanor rather than a felony, it would not come under the "habitual" act. The Michigan court gave its imprimatur to the law, when a few days later it upheld the life sentence imposed upon one Fred Pal, Lansing rum peddler, who three times had been convicted of felony, convicted again for possessing a pint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: From And After | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

...made a waiter in the mess hall; the preacher was given the task of cleaning the chapel each day; the bartender was put to washing dishes; the pugilist was made a fireman in the power house; the masseur was given the job of manicuring the yard; and the pretzel peddler was assigned to the scavenger cart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sing Sing | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

...beings flock together, drawn by a picturesque, gregarious invitation. In degree no more clever or sinister than the main street of a village, it has lately been advertised more widely than ever before by columnists, playwrights and criminals. One Way Street celebrates the murder of a golden-haired drug-peddler, one of Broadway's ,least notable miscreants, by an alien rustic whose sister had learned to punch herself with dope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 7, 1929 | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

...Melodrama. In a stovepipe hat, and suiting of extreme flare, a jovial peddler startled New England villages out of their mid-century placidity to gape at a wagon resplendent with paint and varnish and polished brass, four white horses jingling the harness. Gilded letters announced "JAMES FISK JR. Jobber in Silks, Shawls, Dress Goods, Jewelry, Silver Ware, and Yankee Notions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Another Black Bag | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

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