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Word: whitcombes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Travelers, in the know, who as a rule keep several years ahead of the Baedecker tourists and Raymond-Whitcomb enthusiasts have found Losinj. Trau (Petronius's Satyricon) Korcula. Hvar and Dubrovnik-Kupari in Jugoslavije as smart as Brioni and Cap Antibes and without, the sourness of the Lido...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 10, 1930 | 3/10/1930 | See Source »

...late Poet James Whitcomb Riley, said Miss Maude Wells, his one-time stenographer: "Sometimes Riley would go for a year or two without touching liquor. When he did start to drink, he drank until his system was satisfied, however. Drinking was a family curse that ran back for generations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 3, 1930 | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

...Shades of Lew Wallace and James Whitcomb Riley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 13, 1930 | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

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