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...when he was 24, Schnering started a candy business with the help of four friends, a kitchen stove and a five-gallon kettle. He gave the business his mother's maiden name, Curtiss. It sputtered at the start for lack of capital; in 1920 it was caught with high-priced inventories amidst falling sugar prices; and in 1929 the crash nearly blew it apart-but each time Schnering kept it stuck together...
...resumed her maiden name recently (with the prefix Mrs.) "to avoid confusion" with Wa-laceite. Ted, now editor of the new Manhattan tabloid, Daily Compass...
Police today located the Buick sedan that burglars used in Monday night's $8000 robbery of Hunter Haig Clothiers on Plympton Street. The automobile, property of the Maiden School Department, was found on Hilliard Street, just off Mt. Auburn, beyond the carbarns...
Police late last night disclosed that the Bulck sedan used by the burglars was reported stolen in Cambridge yesterday afternoon. It belongs to the Maiden School Department. It's license number was recorded by the two Adams residents who witnessed and reported the store robbery...
...Magdalena's maiden voyage began uneventfully enough out of London. After a smooth South Atlantic crossing, the liner coasted down to Santos and Buenos Aires, picking up a cargo of Brazilian oranges and Argentine beef, then headed northeast for Rio and home. At 4:45 of a calm, cloudy morning last week, disaster intercepted the Magdalena