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Dates: during 1920-1929
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It must be explained that roque is the scientific descendant of croquet. Croquet to a roque player is like a Jew's harp to a flute player. Roque champions have refined the game down to the point that the arches are only a sixteenth of an inch wider than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Roque to Croak | 9/3/1923 | See Source »

The Duke of Orleans (descendant of Louis Philippe) is Pretender to the Throne of France ; as such he has never had any political significance. The kindest thing that can be said about him is that he has proved himself a worthy successor of the dissolute Bourbons of France.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A Ducal Philanderer | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

Died. Mrs. Mary Howell Beecher, 69, author, descendant of Elihu Yale (founder of Yale University), and through her husband related to Henry Ward Beecher, in Brooklyn.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 4, 1923 | 6/4/1923 | See Source »

The present age, however, is not apt to recognize the validity of curses. Mr. Edward P. Gaston of Chicago, at any rate, doesn't care what the religious have to say. He intends to dig up the skeleton of Pocahontas, the tender-hearted Indian girl, of whom he claims to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HIC JACET | 6/2/1923 | See Source »

The Royal Family of Yugo-Slavia has, at present, no son and heir. The birth of a boy to Queen Marie will, therefore, ensure a direct descendant for the Karageorgevitch dynasty.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Expected | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

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