Word: washing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the Modern Galleries in Philadelphia last week went forth an offer to sell one of the strangest collections of drawings yet unearthed in the realm of Americana. Depicted in 1,676 black & white wash drawings, all a little more than a foot square and all by the same artist, was a breathtaking medley of scenes and events, ranging from the crucifixion of Christ to the execution of Nathan Hale, from an attack of delirium tremens to the Ride of John Gilpin, from Little Britches left out in the snow to Poet Poe addressing the Raven. Sentimental though most...
...grey coat and pin-striped trousers, sat thumbing a fistful of stock in a Manhattan office. Proudly he read in black letters on the face of each certificate: ''James M. Washburne Candy Specialty Corp." The company is capitalized at $1,000,000 with James M. Wash-burne as president, Joseph B. Kaufman, treasurer. In the street below the office stood Mr. Washburne's shiny new Cadillac. ''I'm beginning to live all over again," beamed Candymaker Washburne...
However, Dr. Michael no longer uses x-rays on boys and girls under 18. He has them watch their diet and bowels, wash their faces well, on the expectation that most of them will outgrow their acne naturally. On acne patients between 18 and 22 years of age, he uses x-rays. In older patients he first makes a search for pelvic and gastrointestinal diseases. If he finds and cures such conditions, the acne usually disappears. If not, he resorts to x-rays; and with women, if nothing else works, to female sex hormones...
...Warren, a conscientious citizen who came fresh to politics from his automobile salesroom. Commissioner Warren wanted to import Alexander Jamie of Chicago's old "Secret Six" organization as police chief. In spite of Jamie's record as a onetime Federal sleuth who gave criminal Chicago a wash behind the ears, St. Paul's city fathers balked at bringing in an outsider. So Commissioner Warren appointed as St. Paul's Chief of Police a lifelong friend named Michael Joseph Culligan, who stepped out of the lumber business to help run the reform election campaign...