Word: telegram
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have your telegram. . . . I am deeply grateful. . . . I shall labor as I have labored to meet the effects of the world-wide storm which has devastated us with trials and sufferings unequaled in but few [sic] of our history. . . . Beyond platforms and measures lies that sacred realm of ideals, of hopes, of aspirations, those things of the spirit which make the greatness and the soul of the nation. These are our objectives and with unceasing effort, with courage and faith in Almighty God, they will be attained...
...Karlsruhe met three South German champions of states' rights: Premier Dr. Heinrich Held of Bavaria; Premier Dr. Eugen Bolz of Wurttemberg, Premier Dr. Christian Schmitt of Baden. Bending over a small table, so that their heads nearly touched, South Germany's spokesmen drafted a long, tart telegram to President von Hindenburg, himself a Prussian. Whatever its ultimate effect, the immediate result of this wire was to make the von Papen Cabinet shorten their reactionary sails and steer a more cautious course...
...nearly 2,000 years leeches have been used in phlebotomy. As late as 100 years ago leech gathering was a major rural occupation in Europe, but nowadays among physicians the speech is in bad repute. Nonetheless, in Manhattan last week Reporter A. J. Liebling of the World-Telegram interviewed one Bernhard Berkitz who for 35 years has made his living as a leech-dealer...
...named Little Jack Little would be in to broadcast on weekday mornings from 9 to 9:15. Early morning broadcasts are beneath the notice of radio's star entertainers. The day Little Jack Little started on his new job Guy Lombardo, the orchestra leader, sent a telegram asking him why he did not double his income by taking on a milk route...
...life in the South of France suits Philip so perfectly that even to himself he becomes Philippe Josselin and as Philippe Josselin he sees nothing strange or wrong about loving Jeanne, the pension-keeper's daughter. The French undertow is so strong that Millicent is forgotten until a telegram reminds him of the wedding three weeks off. He goes back to England, tries to explain his reincarnation to Millicent but she will not release him. He escapes to France, marries Jeanne. But his new-found ego absorbs him so completely that not until she is dying in childbirth does...