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Word: wifely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prime enforcer of Prohibition is Commissioner James M. Doran. Proudly his wife tells friends that she "brings up the reinforcements." Last week she marshaled a platoon of reinforcements in the form of recipes for nonalcoholic cocktails. She had prepared a Book of Juices to meet the onslaught of the "winter social season just ahead." She announced a few of her recipes in advance. Explained Mrs. Doran: "Prohibition took something away from the American people, but we can give them something just as good-a cocktail that satisfies but does not inebriate. . . . Mince pie is delicious without brandy-if made properly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Mrs. Doran's Drinks | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...Because the only wife I could ever tolerate," rumbled Unser Anton, "is your wife!" General von Galgotzy meant it. When Theatreman Maurice died, General von Galgotzy, already over 60, married his widow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Unser Anton | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

Three years ago, jauntily riding home from a successful business trip, Seņor Fimbres found his hacienda ransacked, his wife lying horribly mutilated on her bed. "Apaches . . . Apaches . . ." she whispered before she died. "They took our son. Swear to get him back! Avenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Ferocious Fimbres | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

Engaged. Mrs. Gladys R. Byfield, one-time wife of Ernest Byfield of Chicago (president of Hotel Sherman); and one Raymond Tartiere of Paris. Four weeks ago Mr. Byfield married Mrs. Katherine Prest Rend of Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 9, 1929 | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

Married. Mrs.Florence Lincoln Rockefeller, divorced wife of William A. Rockefeller (grandnephew); and George A. Sloane of Nashville, Tenn., president of Cotton Textile Institute (Manhattan); in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 9, 1929 | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

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