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...from the land of grease paint, mystery and hokum bursts George M. with a weekly humorous letter for the Sunday News. Think of it! The fellow who press-agented Betsy Ross's Grand Old Rag is going to toot a real Yankee Doodle letter for you every Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cohan | 9/15/1924 | See Source »

...musicians who toot and twiddle in Chicago's theatres are now paid salaries which range from $57.50 to $87.75 per week. Seven hundred of them, the musical personnel of 35 theatres, have decided that this is not enough money. They want an increase of 10%. Through their union, they demanded the boost. The theatre owners proposed a compromise on a 5% raise. The musicians shook their heads, issued an ultimatum, stood pat, scheduled a strike to begin on Labor Day unless their demands are met in full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Strike | 8/25/1924 | See Source »

...story of love in a tomb in ancient Egypt, is famous for its triumphal march. "Toot-toot-toot", go the horns, and everyone is thrilled. Hitherto this procession has passed under one arch; in Gatti's new scenery the procession has four arches, each of dazzling splendor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bubble Piano | 11/19/1923 | See Source »

...King Phillip will toot her chime whistle at five o'clock and Creatore will again assume control as the palatial vessel plies homeward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SENIOR PICNIC PLANS | 5/27/1904 | See Source »

Yesterday, a Junior heard one Freshman say to another, "Let's go into Boston to-night on a devil of a toot. We won't be back till eleven o'clock." This is fact, not rumor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/5/1885 | See Source »

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