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...Gordon Wiley the Middies have a sprint man who will be favored to annex the 50 and give Captain Powers a stiff fight in the 100. In the distances, however, the Ulenmen will have a decided advantage. Jim Conger heads the Navy 220 and 440 delegations, but he will probably be limited to one second in the quarter. Powers and Bus Curwen will be favored to sweep the 220, and Curwen will...
NEWS AND NEW RELEASES: Record of the year: Lee Wiley's Down to Steambaot Tennessee, slow Jess Stacy. That vocal, piano and cornet combination is a pretty famous one in jazz, as the great Bessie Smith used it on many of her recordings. Similarity doesn't stop here, though: Miss Wiley may not have the range that Bessie had, but her singing shows the same rich vibrato and feeling. Needless to say, the instrumental background is impeccable. Jess and Muggsy play unobtrusively, and the way they blend with the vocal results is a kind of jazz you don't hear...
...John C. Wiley, Minister to Estonia & Latvia...
Founded by one A. S. Wiley for the avowed purpose of selling "legitimate drugs," the store passed in 1898 to the now renowned Elmer W. Billings and Charles A. Stover. Mr. Stover, longer lived of the two, remained active until 1929, when he turned the business over to its present owner, Mr. Jeremiah J. Mahoney...
This number, of course, does not include such desireable services as the sale of bloodsuckers. According to A. S. Wiley's original circular issued in 1854, "Foreign Leeches of recent importation will always be on hand." And they were on hand until the early part of this century. Mr. Mahoney remembers them well. They were used to reduce the swelling on riotous Harvard student's black eyes, and sold for twenty-five cents apiece. "Slimy things," recalls Mr. Mahoney, "Damn, I'd rather have a black...