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Michael Gombutz, 19, of Yonkers, wanted to be a municipal ditchdigger. He was told that Yonkers digs no ditches big enough for him to work in, for at that time Michael Gombutz weighed 414 Ib. By last week he had dieted to 361 Ib., was still unemployed...
...would never allow the same candle to be lit twice. In 1710 he opened his shop and began dealing in delicacies. Later Fortnum & Mason added shoes to its food department, then clothes. Swiftly grew its prestige. Gladstone and Disraeli were steady customers. From Fortnum & Mason Queen Victoria ordered 250 Ib. of beef tea to be shipped to Florence Nightingale in the Crimea. Queen Mary shops there regularly...
...President's aide to the soldier and the bomb. Confronted by Cuba's Philo Vance with these crushing suspicions, the soldier broke down utterly. He had acted under orders from his superior officer the President's aide, he confessed. He had been given the bomb (12 Ib. of dynamite) at the residence of ex-Mayor Gomez. Oddly enough, though the aide was instantly arrested and will be court martialed, Dr. Gomez, who has many potent friends, remained at liberty last week...
Born. To William Henry Vanderbilt. president of the Rhode Island State Senate ; and Mrs. (Anne Gordon Colby) Vanderbilt; twin daughters (7 Ib. 6 oz. and 5 Ib. 11 oz.) as forecast last month by X-ray (TIME, Feb. 16); in Manhattan's York House, socialite maternity hospital. Names: Elsie French and Edith Hyde...
Handsome, amiable Freddy Ehrens-berger is six feet tall, weighs 175 Ib. Though no scholastic leader, his book value at North High School is good; he expects to be graduated in June. He played halfback on the football team, was chosen for a local all-scholastic eleven. Questioned, he said he had not yet decided whether to accept the scholarship offered...