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Word: reade (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years ago Claire Ulrich, chorus girl met Charles E. Whitehurst, Baltimore. Md., theatreman, in Manhattan. They went to a hotel. In their room, without witnesses, they read to each other the marriage service from a prayer book, exchanged vows. On page 449 the girl wrote "Claire" and then "Charles." As man and wife they lived together briefly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Common-Law Marriage | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

...place of these incomplete texts, presentable trade editions could be supplemented, so that although these courses might not be able to cover such a diversified field, they would not leave so much of an unfavorable impression on the minds of those who have read them. The instructors could supply the notes and the student would acquire an idea of what the literature of that particular nation is like. Since it is required for many to enter these courses it would be well to offer them an opportunity to acquire some literary knowledge if merely due to constant exposure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO BETTER A BAD BARGAIN | 3/28/1929 | See Source »

...true that the Sacco-Vanzetti Case is not specifically a matter of Socialism, but the daily newspapers refused to handle the report, and we felt that it was something Harvard men should read...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Explanation | 3/27/1929 | See Source »

...sturries, pomes, end ferry tails vot yu'll gonna reeding onder diss cower" writes Mr. Burbig in a foreword, "vas ritten by mine own hends, s'halp me Goldberg." After one has read a few of the "sturries etc" one begins to wonder. Was Milt Gross name originally Goldberg? If not, why does Mr. Burbig invoke that name? For certainly Milt Gross is the patron saint of this book, the captain under whose banner its writer has drawn his pen and whose exploits he endeavors, insofar as in him lies, to emulate...

Author: By H. F. S., | Title: BOOKENDS | 3/26/1929 | See Source »

...administration of the native peoples by the Liberian government and upon the capacity of these peoples for civilization and their availability for labor in foreign development of the country is not destined for publication. It constitutes, however, one of the most interesting and valuable anthropological documents I have ever read. Some of his observations may be summarized here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Present Conditions in Liberia Under Investigation by Schwab | 3/26/1929 | See Source »

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