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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Married. Elizabeth M. D. Robinson of Washington, D. C., daughter of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Theodore Douglas Robinson; and Jacques de Sibour, Washington socialite; in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 25, 1929 | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...dictatorship may end tomorrow, or one knows not when. I believe that its end is nearer now than it has ever been. Finally, all depends upon King Alfonso. As long as the King supports de Rivera, he will remain in power. But the moment when the King refuses to support him further, the dictator will be doomed and the regime will fall. It is to be doubted whether the King can afford to support him much longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Rumor v. Fact | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...famed James Mortimer Memorial trophy for the best American bred dog or bitch was won by Creme de la Creme of Pinegrade Kennels, a Cocker Spaniel owned by Frederic C. Brown of New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Reign of Terriers Over | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

Died. Lillie Langtry (Lady de Bathe), 76, of Monte Carlo, onetime actress and "toast of two continents"; of influenza; in Monte Carlo. Her real name was Emelie Charlotte ("Lillie") Le Breton. She was born in St. Helier, Isle of Jersey, the daughter of the very Reverend Dean of the Isle. She had six brothers. To the island, in a tempest, came Irish yachtsman Edward Langtry, son of a Belfast ship-merchant. He was offered refuge with the Le Bretons, fell in love with the gloriously budding daughter, married her two years later, took her to London. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 25, 1929 | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

President Harold F. Pitcairn of Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., has found such promise in Juan de la Cierva's Autogiro that last week he organized Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Co. of America to develop the autogiro in this country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Pitcairn-Autogiro | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

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