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...entertain delegates to the Third World Power Conference in Washington next month, the Rural Electrification Administration sought to demonstrate just what electricity could do for a U. S. farm. From 62 applicants it selected Farmer Hughes and his Rosedale Dairy Farm to receive the benefits of this free experiment. Virginia Public Service Co. donated its power, made sure everybody knew about it (see cut). Members of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association supplied $5,000 worth of equipment without charge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Electrical Elysium | 8/3/1936 | See Source »

Aging Actress Maxine Elliott, 63, friend of the late King Edward VII, whose villa on the French Riviera was nicknamed "The House of Lords," had it house-cleaned to entertain members of the suite of King Edward VIII, His Majesty now intending to spend August next door in the villa of Lord Cholmondeley (pronounced "Chumly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 29, 1936 | 6/29/1936 | See Source »

Have you friends to entertain? Furnished rooms and suites for graduation week at -- Story Street, next to Brattle Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THROUGH THE YEARS | 6/17/1936 | See Source »

...impersonally studied, and perhaps judged from an emotional distance. That he should be persuaded to pay lip service to the present German regime cannot be supposed by anyone who knows him. And finally, and this is the point, there is no indication that any sentiments that he may entertain on this subject have affected his scientific work

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nobody Has Put Salt on Jung's Tail But Father and Freud, Says Murray | 5/29/1936 | See Source »

When "Copey" reads, the Bible draws an enthusiastic audience. A maximum quota of fifty hearers was easily filled last night at the Union as "Copey," who recently celebrated his 76th birthday, sallied forth once more from the seclusion of 5 Concord Avenue to entertain his first love, the Freshman class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Copey" Reads Kipling, Bible to Fifty Hearers at Union | 5/11/1936 | See Source »

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