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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exotic Chinese garden in the village of Tongka, not far from Canton. The lord of the garden and of the village-a model village-is the venerable Tang Shao-yi, perhaps the last great statesman of the fallen Manchu Regime to survive in dignity and honor. Round his placid head the nasty rumors and insinuations buzzed. Soon...
...last was by far the most spectacular; this brought the total for the entire sale to $2,297,763, the largest amount ever returned at a U. S. art auction. The most notable piece purchased on the last afternoon was a small marble bust by Jean Antoine Houdon; the head was that of a plump and imperious baby girl, the daughter of the artist. The woman who got the bust was later discovered to be a buyer for M. Knoedler & Co., who in turn were probably buying for Mrs. Edward Stephen Harkness...
...Simmons as head of the Exchange suddenly announced the listing of the Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 4% bonds and Mr. Sabin's investment company was already prepared to sell ?2,000,000 ($10,000,000) worth. Buyers demanded more than the Guaranty Co. had to sell. But ?386,777,664 ($1,933,888,000) more of the same issue have already been sold by the British government and conceivably, but not probably, U. S. investors may freely trade in them through the new permission of the New York Stock Exchange...
...dispatch received at two this morning sent the boys off to bed an hour later in happy mood. The message was a facsimile of that sent to Head Coach Phelps of the Yale team yesterday afternoon by President M. A. Stevens of Yale, and follows...
...passage by Congress of the Jones Flood Control bill over the expressed opposition of President Coolidge is the latest step in that body's defiance of the nominally executive head of the country. Thanks to the announced views of the President not to interfere with the legislative branch of the government, he has let Congress ride roughshod over his opinions in nearly every important issue that has come before it. From the time of the passing of the Bonus Bill over his veto, both houses have had the bit in their teeth and have raced through a series...