Word: duels
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Magnolia. Booth Tarkington tells a tale of the lower Mississippi in the costume and accent of the South of years ago. A most practical young man is ejected from his father's house because he is unwilling to fight a duel. He returns?seven years later?as the notorious "Cunnel" Blake, whose voice makes the forests to tremble. Even the notorious General Orlando Jackson quakes at the roar thereof. But the faithful heroine is not deceived. Beneath the " Cunnel's" roar she still hears the softly sentimental whisper of the poet-lover...
Jean Vigoroux, former New York agent for Georges Joseph Demotte, the French antiquarian, is on trial in Paris, accused of breach of confidence by his former employer. The hearings have apparently degenerated into a character duel between the pot and kettle. M. Demotte's specific charges are that M. Vigoroux embezzled $7,000, about half of the receipts from certain art works sold to American collectors and museums, and made away with Persian manuscripts valued at 1,000,000 francs. M. Vigoroux's testimony turns on the following allegations...
...Sturzo, leader of the Popular Party, does not intend to abandon this advantage. Mussolini, probably backed by the anti-democratic Jesuit wing of the Vatican, is engaged in a duel with the astute little priest, and hopes to force him from leadership. Don Sturzo's popularity with the Party is immense. A Party Congress is expected and there Don Sturzo will either show his strength or be ousted from command...
...letter to Alberto Pani, Foreign Secretary. Señor Pani thought the tone of this letter insulting to the dignity of the Mexican Foreign Office. He sent the letter to the civil court. This annoyed Señor Garza, who sent seconds to Pani with a challenge to a duel to the death. Pani's attitude is unknown...
Jesus Augustin Castro, Governor of the Mexican state of Durango, became involved in a heated political discussion with Roque Gonzalez Garza, former President of Mexico. Castro wanted to settle there and then with fisticuffs. Garza replied by challenging him to a duel. Castro accepted with eagerness and was with difficulty prevented from settling the dispute on the spot. It is feared the outcome of this dispute will be fatal...