Word: maing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ma foi, gentlemen," said Father Verdier as he entered, clasping his hands in front of the sash of his soutane, "I scarcely know what to say to you, except that I have never placed my ambition so high as this! I would have greatly preferred to continue my work in the school. However I accept gratefully the orders of the Holy Father, and I will do all in my power to fill this high office worthily...
Everyone knows how in less than a year Gigolo Subkoff ran through Princess Victoria's $3,000,000 fortune, squandered it on wenches, motors and champagne while she adoringly forgave. Little known in the U. S. are Subkoff's memoirs: Ma Vie et Mes Amours, printed recently at Paris. He writes with surprising decency?for a gigolo?of Princess Victoria, explains as delicately as possible how a youth of 27 can fall in love with a widow...
...Minnie ("Ma") Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles soul-saver, successfully defended a $50,000 suit brought against her by Rev. Harry H. Clark, Seattle divine, for breach of promise, in Seattle. Her plea for nonsuit granted, she was surrounded by crowds of spectators who congratulated her, smacked her hands...
Besides the immediate acquisition of 16 banks in the state of New York,* the Ma rine Midland Corp.'s sponsors will make a public offering of stock to finance a $25,000,000 subsidiary bank to be known as the Marine Trust Co. of the City of New York and located in the financial district. While no announcement was made of how much stock would be sold to the public, trading in Marine Midland commenced on the New York Produce Exchange, the stock selling at more than 20 points over the rumored offering price of $60 per share...
...station is a matter between God and the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church. It was conceived and born in prayer." Despite its solvency, Zion City remains unattractive. The houses, except for Overseer Voliva's rococo mansion, are low and cheap. The streets are dusty, with incredibly deep thank-you-ma'ams. A monster billboard warns transients to obey the laws of Zion or begone...