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...Decimus Sextus Nonus...
...Michael Herbert Dengler would have had less trouble in his battle to change his name to a numeral and become Mr. 1069 [Dec. 12], if he had simply switched from English to Latin and become Mr. Decimus Sextus Nonus...
...fire which damaged the Eden Musee,- famed waxworks at Coney Island (N. Y.), funpark, figures of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, James John Walker, Leon Trotsky, John Joseph Pershing, Gaius Julius Caesar, Decimus Junius Brutus, Jean Paul Marat & tub, Henry VIII, Mr. & Mrs. Tom Thumb were melted out of existence. Others who suffered: George Washington (broken nose), Booker Taliaferro Washington (complexion blackened), Charlotte Corday (loss of eyes), Marie Antoinette (decapitated). A fireman was injured, a dog shot, a cat burned to death. Rescued were Watchman Conrad Golly and eight Japanese billiardists...
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