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...Davis. (James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor. Because he was born in Wales...
...King of Spain. (Alfonso XIII. He was born in 1886, six months after his father died...
...Lincoln centenary. (He was born in 1809. So was Charles Darwin...
Thomas (1811-96) wrote Mignon in 1866. He, born at Metz, was a learned as well as smart composer. At 4, he knew his solfeggio; at 17, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music; at 21, he won the Conservatory's Prix de Rome, and went there at the French government's expense. Three years' study in Rome prepared him to compose a laudable requiem mass and several popular operas...
Coach Kershaw, whose appointment to succeed Coach White of the 1926 team was announced last night, was born in Lancashire, England, and has played soccer abroad and in this country for fifteen years. After playing on an English professional team of the Northern Third Divisional league, he came to the United States and played on some of the best teams in the country, being a member of Fore River team of Quincy in the National Championships of 1920. For the past six years he has been manager and coach of the Abbot Worsted team in Forge Village, Westford, and succeeded...