Word: mansions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bill Wright stayed in Ontario, living by himself in a barnlike mansion in Barrie, a small town 40 miles north of Toronto. A onetime British butcher, he served in the Boer War, got a veteran's grant in Canada, turned to prospecting when the land proved barren. During the World War he was famed as the only millionaire private in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. So rich he does not know what to do with his money, he nevertheless complains bitterly about two things: 1) having to walk downstairs to answer the telephone at night and 2) having...
...running of England's three major horse races. Since 1930, 20 such Sweepstakes have paid out some $170,000,000 in prizes, made some $70,000,000 for Irish hospitals. Last week, four days before England's Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, Sweepstakes drawings were held in Mansion House, residence of Dublin's Lord Mayor Alfred ("Alfie") Byrne...
Born. To Governor James V. ("Jimmy") Allred of Texas, 37; and Mrs. Jo Betsy Miller Allred; their third son; on the Sam Houston four-poster bed in Texas' Executive Mansion; at Austin (see p. 23). Weight: 9 Ib. Name: Sam Houston...
...THIRTEENTH BED IN THE BALLROOM-Esther Haven Fonseca-Doubleday, Dor an ($2). An old Southern mansion makes a charming dormitory for young business women, but crystal chandeliers and romantic balconies lose their charm when two girls are found dead in the same ballroom...
...turned over to the communal nursery-the Drawing Room-was matched for signs of improvement over Outside breeds. His childhood he remembers as a happy time, clouded only with infrequent "criticisms." Meals were tasty and generous, the Bible was made a friendly, interesting book; the spacious brick Mansion House, the workshops and farm were rich exploring grounds, the grown-ups gave Gilbert & Sullivan operas, the children felt important doing part-time work making trap chains. It was not until he was 6 or 7 that he got a taste of Outside opinion from town boys who called them "Christ boys...