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Word: phonographers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cantatas-"swipes," "seventh heaven," "amen corner," Russian depths and breath control. Most important are the actual scores of a dozen much-mangled tunes and the standard words, disputes over which have rent asunder the closest of harmonizers. Slipped into the covers of the volume are two cheap 5-inch phonograph records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Swipes | 7/20/1925 | See Source »

Altogether, some 146 articles are made from the corn plant, including axle grease, face powder, shoe heels, cigaret holders, gunpowder, incense, phonograph records, shaving soap, shoe horns, varnish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Corn Products | 7/13/1925 | See Source »

...Brooklyn, one Christine Garcia, 6-ft.-2-in., 200-lb. Porto Rican, got home from work, took umbrage at the music his sister was playing on the phonograph, tossed the phonograph out of the window, barked his shins on a table, threw the table after the phonograph, went from room to room performing feats. His sister ran for a policeman. Mr. Garcia knocked down the peaked bluecoat. Came another. Mr. Garcia bit him; he hit Mr. Garcia with a blackjack; Mr. Garcia dived from the window into the clutches of two more officers who lugged him, roaring, off to jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Pullman | 7/13/1925 | See Source »

...bill to prevent the making of phonograph records from radio programs was passed. One member said: "God help us!" The Deputy Speaker, surprised at this irreverence, said: "I must point out that the bill refers to musical and dramatic performances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Parliament's Week: Jul. 6, 1925 | 7/6/1925 | See Source »

There they were introduced to an ink-moistened pen that was poised, like an old fashioned phonograph needle, over a cylinder. The cylinder revolved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Wireless Photography | 5/18/1925 | See Source »

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