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Coming from a family that has long had the sea in its blood (his brother is Novelist Captain David Bone) Muirhead Bone started life as a bank clerk in Glasgow. Drawing, and particularly etching, always interested him. Working alone and teaching himself, he etched two plates, took them down to London to sell. Instantly Dealers Colnogni & Co. recognized the effectiveness of his draughtsmanship, his forceful use of strong black shadows, bargained for all the etchings Bone could make. Muirhead Bone quit the bank, has never since failed to prosper...
Quietly elected to the Court also last week was its onetime Clerk, Swedish Academician Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjold. Elected with eclat was the distinguished Chinese Supreme Court jurist...
...another pilgrim, a Clerk; is of a different mind. As evidence for his belief in the rightful "souverainetee" of the husband he tells a story he has heard at Padua of a "learned clerke", "Fraunceys Petrark" by name. His tale must have impressed his hearers in opposition to his case...
...with the cooperation of the Massachusetts Society for Freedom in Teaching, the union continued the fight against the Oath Bill by opposing the reelection of all sponsors of the bill. Partly through its activities, Thomas Dorgan, former representative from Dorchester and principal sponsor of the bill, was defeated for clerk of court...
Most spectacular of these is from the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, London, birthplace of John Harvard. Brilliantly illuminated and hand printed in striking colors, this letter is signed by the Mayor and Town Clerk of Southwark, who were present at the Harvard exercises...