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Died. Frances Hodgson Burnett, 75, authoress of many novels and creator of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), modeled after her own son; at Plandome, L. I., after three months' illness. She was married twice and resumed the name of Burnett acquired from her first husband (divorced) after the death of her second husband, Stephen Townsend. Her first literary success came when Godcy's Lady's Book published a story which she wrote...
These were the words used by Robert M. Hodgson in announcing to the Soviet Government that he had been appointed British Charge d'Affaires pending the appointment of an Ambassador, who is expected to be James O'Grady (TIME...
...largely from the British Society for Psychical Research, organized in 1882, among whose founders, presidents, or sympathizers have been numbered Lord Balfour, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir William Barrett, Alfred Russell Wallace, Lord Rayleigh, Prof. Gilbert Murray, F. W. H. Myers, Sir William Crookes, Andrew Lang, Prof. Henry Sedgwick, Richard Hodgson, Sir James Barrie, Conan Doyle, and in France, Professors Henri Bergson, Charles Richet, Camille Flammarion. In Germany, Zöllner, Fechner, and Weber, all distinguished scientists, were confirmed spiritualists. In the United States, similar organizations have enjoyed the membership?although few of these men have been more than merely open-minded...
...season here today, defeating the University of Virginia 8.1. All of Princeton's scoring came in the sixth and seventh innings. Six hits were collected by Princeton to Virginia's four, while each side made three errors. The batteries for Princeton were Warburion and Fisher, and for Virginia, Taylor, Hodgson and G. Kuyk...
Today is the last day that essays for the Harry Hodgson prize of $25 maybe submitted. This prize is open to all students in the Graduate School of Business Administration. The subject may be either "The Value of Fertilizers in Increasing Crop Production" of "The Marketing of Cotton Seed Products." Any these prepared as part of a course in the Business School are eligible for this prize. All essays should be hand in the Dean at University 17 before 5 o'clock today...