Word: ts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...paper manufacturers puzzled over the cable, then wrote and mailed a cautious British letter. The esteemed favour of the 15th inst. was received, but might they enquire how the wrapping paper was to be wrapped? They had the honour to remain. Sirs, y'r obedient & humble serv'ts. By the time this letter reached Canada, the customers, who had received no cabled reply to their order, were already wrapping parcels with U. S. wrapping paper, ordered by telephone, promptly shipped and delivered...
Sirs: Under the depressing caption "Cruises Cancelled" in TIME, Jan. 11, you mention among other items of travel news that Cie Internationale des Wagons Li ts et des Grands Express Européens abandoned the Manhattan office (No. 701 Filth Avenue). This statement, technically correct, is nevertheless misleading. It would have been better to explain that the building was abandoned, and not the office. This office staff, furniture, etc., was moved from its one-story premises at No. 701 Fifth Avenue to the recently enlarged Thos. Cook & Son offices at No. 587 Fifth Avenue, comprising six working floors. (Thos. Cook...
...sherry, champagne, port, claret, muscatel, et al. Instructions came in the form of warnings against dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, adding sugar, shaking daily and decanting after three weeks. Unless the buyer eschewed these processes, 13%, wine would be produced. Vino Sano's "Don'ts" were designed to prove that the intent of each sale was not to violate...