Word: berta
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...eight he earned his own clothing with a piggery, a watermelon patch. He ran a small store where the currency was pins. Stores of various kinds have occupied him ever since; he has been store clerk or storekeeper in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah. On $50 a month, he married Berta A. Hess of Denver. She died in 1910, left two sons.* By this time the Penney dry goods chain had been started. It now includes more than 1,000 links. Several years ago Mr. Penney felt his education was sparse. He closed his office every afternoon for 18 months, studied with...
Fritz Reiner is the able conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony. His wife, Berta Gardini-Gerster Reiner, is a vocal teacher, sometimes of Cincinnati, this season of Manhattan. And she is always the daughter of Etelka Gerster, famed Hungarian soprano. Last week in Manhattan, in memory of her mother who died in 1920, Madame Reiner gave a reception, presented her pupils in a special program...
...plays: "Jean Marie" by Andre Theuriet, "Les Deux Timides" by Labiche in 1850, and "Le Bonhomme Jadis" by Henry Murger in 1830. The case has not been announced definitely, but on the stage, two months hence, patronizers of the Cercle will see many old faces, such as the Misses Berta and Gloria Bragglotti, Miss Ethel Thayer, J. D. Lodge '25, J. R. Robinson '25, Hendt de Castellane '25, H. F. Potter '24, and A. T. Merian...
...thing that left a very favorable impression was the use of pantomime in several of the songs--pieces of highly imaginative acting, which gave a most pleasing result. In this, Delf and Berta Dunn, who was excellent throughout, starred...