Word: francisco
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Louis & San Francisco Railroad. Mr. Broun described his St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad holdings under a caption "the Gate Called Golden," and flayed San Francisco as a foggy city. "Our terminals," said ignorant Mr. Broun, "don't appear attractive." Mr. Broun apparently was misled by the railroad's name. For the St. Louis & San Francisco does not come within several hundred miles of San Francisco, its western extremities ending in the western portion of Texas...
...Baroness Strabolgi, Commander Kenworthy's mother, was born Elizabeth Florence Cooper of San Francisco, Cal. For some weeks past there had been words between Baroness Strabolgi and Landlady Rosa Hanner. Lady Strabolgi wished to have coal fires in her apartment, had the gas logs ripped out in order to install grates...
Engaged. Arthur Schulte of San Francisco, son of Tobacco Store Tycoon David A. Schulte of Manhattan; to one Luise Meyer of San Francisco...
Died. Thomas Aloysius ("Tad") Dorgan, 52, of Great Neck, L. I., famed slangman. sport cartoonist, comic strip artist (Indoor Sports) of the Hearst newspapers, native of San Francisco; of heart disease and bronchial pneumonia; in Great Neck. In boyhood a buzz-saw ripped off most of "Tad's" right hand. He learned to draw lefthanded. In 1920, when he saw Jack Dempsey knock out Billy Miske, he had a heart attack. After that he was confined to his home, drawing every day, but attending no heart-affecting sport events. Occasionally he went to Manhattan, stared up Broadway from...
...death. The Divine Lady-Admiral Nelson ashore. Alibi-skillful, authentic crook-play with dialog. The Letter- Maugham melodrama with Jeanne Eagels and good synchronization. Madame X- marks a spot where old-fashioned melodrama becomes good entertainment. (B) The Broadway Melody (records everywhere); The Wild Party ($30,500 Granada, San Francisco); Weary River ($26.300, Strand, Brooklyn); The Barker ($25,000, Loew's State, Los Angeles...