Word: pocketbooks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lawrence, Mass., a sneakthief snatched Mrs. Annie Thiarback's pocketbook, containing $9.70, in a store. Later the store received an unsigned letter containing two $5 bills and a note stating that the writer regretted his conduct...
...extension of the state-ownership theory to include transmission as well as sites, plus the appeal to the family pocketbook, left no doubt of Governor Roosevelt's purpose to continue to press Water Power as a leading political issue in his State, perhaps in the nation...
Champion at last, Coke yearned for his wife. He wrote her a letter; Regan intercepted it. Finally, Coke's fame spreading and her pocketbook thinning, she found him. Coke was delighted, Regan disgusted. Soon Rose began to lead Coke a dance. She dragged him to night clubs, introduced him to flashy theatrical people, badgered him until he let her go on the stage again. Very soon she was unfaithful to him. simple-minded Coke suspecting nothing. Regan saw what was going on, tried to warn Coke; they drifted apart. Once when Regan was drunk he spoke out; Coke knocked...