Word: curiousities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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James Franceschini began his curious conquests when he arrived in Canada from Italy, 20 years ago. For a time he dug ditches for a contractor; later, he became a contractor and hired other immigrants to drive trucks for him. Three years ago, he began to buy horses. Last week, four of these-Temptation, Preston Mavis, Myrtle Fashion and Sensation-pulled the high coach around the ring. James Franceschini, wearing a checked suit, a derby, a large cigar, and a diamond knuckle, watched them win the blue ribbon. It happened to be the 108th prize which his horses have taken...
...President Grant had cancer of the throat. A curious historical coincidence: the great problem of his incumbency was also fiscal-to reestablish the gold par value of U. S. greenbacks...
Inquisitive students made curious comparisons, last week, between pioneers and speakers. They noted: 1) that only one speaker, Publisher Noyes, is over 60, while the average age of the others is 48; 2) that only one speaker, Publisher Noyes, failed to attend a prominent and popular university; and 3) that each and every speaker is an active executive...
...very painful to observe that Lee Simonson's settings, in which a pointed arch at the back of the stage became a frame for pictures of the sky or country, and Wolfgang Zeller's curious songs, were far superior to the play itself. Possibly this was due to the dull fervors of translation; but the only epigram which Mephistopheles achieved, though he was forever trying, was this: "He died like a good Christian for he had much to repent...
...list of members of an undergraduate political club must immediately lead to unsubstantial charges of forgery, padding its lists, and general corruption. The Hoover-for-President Club admits that the signature in question was not genuine; but its presence is known to be the result of a curious type of practical joke from an independent source, combined with carelessness on the part of one of our workers, whose membership sheet was not turned in until after the charges had appeared in the CRIMSON. Since then we have checked over our list of members with a view both to authenticity...