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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fair play we don't want anything else, because I'm sure we will win if we get that" were the words of "Chief" De Valera, radical leader in Ireland, in an interview at the Copley Plaza last night. The chief is visiting the United States to collect money enabling him to found an unprejudiced daily paper in Ireland. He talked English with a strong Irish accent as he put forth the main purpose for his short visit to America...
...De Valera pointed out that it was necessary to obtain a million dollars in advance to enable them to found the paper. One half of this amount is to be raised in the United States. Massachusetts is expected to contribute $75,000: this money is being raised by contributions in shares of $500 each...
Commenting on economic conditions abroad, De Valera said that they were "not what we desire. Immigration and unemployment are our two big problems. The young people are still leaving the country. We must help them gain self-confidence. Why, Ireland can produce its own food, clothes, and shelter; we're a self-producing people and we even export a surplus of agricultural products. To show the people all this an honest newspaper is essential...
...when the ugly duchess was journeying to her marriage. Her husband, the Count of Tyrol, was a sulky child; beneath his mean but not repulsive features he concealed a small mind, as ratlike as his face, and as commonplace. The clever duchess favored her husband's page, Chretien de Laferte; but, in a few years, after she had given him castles and wide lands, the page humbled her by marrying Agnes von Flavon whose stupidity Margarete disdained, whose beauty made her furious. The bitter, hideous little woman had Chretien killed; and when the Count of Tyrol invited Agnes...
...serene, important, almost indispensable character in the book of literary life. In honor of good deeds done quietly she was given the first copy of Claire Ambler. Her book was autographed by F. N. Doubleday, George Doran, Booth Tarkington. Eminent speechmaking critics drew succeeding copies of the de luxe edition...