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...using the word "bribery" before the trial had begun. Nevertheless, presiding Judge Adolph A. Hoehling granted Mr. Roberts' motion after 20 minutes' cogitation, thereby giving the prosecution its first victory. So the jury was "locked up" in a stuffy courthouse dormitory which had only one washstand. On Thanksgiving Day they marched, two by two, under guard, to a turkey dinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Two Old Men | 12/6/1926 | See Source »

During the trip Carol neglected to shave before the ingenious folding washstand provided in the individual compartments of all wagons-lits. The correspondents, thoroughly out of humor by morning, reported that "this Hohenzollern scion had obviously not even washed." They further added to his troubles by wiring ahead for whole platoons of cameramen. At Paris the last wheeze of the air-brakes was drowned amid the boom of flashlight powders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROUMANIA: Carol Travels | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

...SALE.- Bedroom set, including rocking chair, bureau, washstand, bed, etc. Price, $10. Address X, care of CRIMSON...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 1/29/1896 | See Source »

CONTENTS of 16 Thayer must be sold at once. Two carpets, sofa, desk, 6 chairs, 2 tables, bed, bureau, washstand, set of china, etc., etc. Everything...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 6/11/1894 | See Source »

...SALE.- Iron bed (single) with brass trimmings. Oak bureau with mirror, and oak washstand, all in good condition. Apply at 1 Matthews, between...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 9/28/1893 | See Source »

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