Word: abraham
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...figures were called "devils" by the people of Contrisson, where the owner lived), to which it is alleged Demotte added new figures before he sold it to the Louvre. 4) Two capitals from the Church of Notre Dame de la Couldre, at Parthenay, France, 12th Century Gothic, representing Abraham and Isaac, David and Goliath, sold through other dealers to a New York museum. These were classified as "historic monuments" by the French Government and recalled to France. 5.) A Gothic Virgin and Child, in the Metropolitan...
Robert E. Lee, Drinkwater's other play now running in London, was approved by the critics. It is meant as a companion play to Abraham Lincoln, and the two have many points of similarity, both technical and psychological...
...Drew a Crowd. The Rev. Ernest Thorn of Peckham, England, has gone to extreme lengths to solve the problem of lax church attendance. Last week he appeared before his flock as Abraham at the age of 127, and told the story of Sarah's death and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. He asked the audience to refrain from applause, and requested that no one regard it as a performance. So great a crowd did he draw that he packed his church twice over. In this connection, it may be pointed out that the modern theatre arose...
...have failed in the pursuit in which they finally became eminent, or in some other, before they learned how and where to apply their strength. Every school boy is familiar with the story of Bruce taking courage when he saw the spider spin her web on the seventh trial Abraham Lincoln's early life was far from promising. Twice he attempted to conduct a local store only to have the enterprise come to a hopeless end in a few months. Goodyear tried one experiment after another before he lit upon the method of treating rubber that has made...
Died. Paul Bonavries, 85, barber to Abraham Lincoln as President and before, in Washington...