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Word: wearingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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President, Ford; Vice President, Voliva (leader of a religious sect that runs Zion City, in northern Illinois. He and the city are noted 1) for arresting automobilists; 2) for making women wear high-necked dresses and long skirts; 3) for believing that the world is flat); Secretary of State, Upton Sinclair; Secretary of Commerce, La Follette; Secretary of the Treasury, Wildman Brookhart; Secretary of the Navy, Arthur Brisbane; Secretary of War, W. J. Bryan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Political Notes: Jul. 9, 1923 | 7/9/1923 | See Source »

SWEET NELL OF OLD DRURY - Laurette Taylor enjoying herself in a very old-fashioned melodrama-romance in which ladies wear yard-wide hats and gentlemen lace pants. A clean show about Charles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Jul. 2, 1923 | 7/2/1923 | See Source »

...returns from the questionnaire were not given out, but the War Department declared that there was no " overwhelming sentiment" for a change and none would be made. As a concession to those desiring full dress uniforms, however, at all garrisons, posts and camps, officers will be permitted to wear dinner jackets or civilian full dress at social functions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Fashions for Men | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

...four pieces, a baritone horn, a cornet, a trombone and an instrument something like a clarionet in shape but made out of the wood of the chinaberry tree. This strange instrument can be used only while the sap is in the wood, and after a few weeks of wear it must be thrown away. It is best made by Southern Negroes. The four musicians of Razz's Band made a great name among the small cafes of New Orleans, and finally went on the road, achieving much success in the large cities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Razz's Band | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

SWEET NELL or OLD DRURY;?Laurette Taylor enjoying herself in a very old-fashioned melodrama-romance in which ladies wear yard-wide hats and gentlemen lace pants. A clean show about Charles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Best Plays: Jun. 18, 1923 | 6/18/1923 | See Source »

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