Word: maye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There, in the summertime, behind stone walls, barbed wire and grilled iron, lives the Richest Man. Thither he returned last week from Lakewood, N. J., his annual intermediate stop between the North and Florida. The bed from which he rises at 7 is crumbless, for at "Kijkuit" no one may breakfast abed. At 7:30 the Master leaves his bath. On the scales he finds he weighs less than 100 lbs. In the mirror he sees pale, blue eyes, pointed chin, sunken cheeks, large head, hairless skin, stooped shoulders, and his stomach. Harmless looking from the outside, it is this...
...minimum speed). Sometimes he goes as far as Bridgeport, to see his good friend, Mrs. Ira Warner. Returning he telephones No. 26 Broadway, transacts business, for he has not completely retired from oil. At 7:30, formally dressed, he sits down to dinner. Over the cloth he may tell a tale or two and his audience knows when to laugh. After dinner there is his favorite game, "Numerica." He plays it without cards or money. In bed by 11, John D. wills himself to sleep almost instantly...
...formula for making a new kind of steel; hard;as diamond, more durable. Young Donald Jefferson has charge of the formula when it disappears. Who could have stolen it? Could Miss Eames? Miss Eames, 42, diverts the passion Donald continually flings at her head so that she may marry his father. Could Bobbie Blaydes? Bobbie, Jefferson senior's old friend, is a social man, a person who plays around with many people for amusement; he knows nothing about steel, cares less. Could Jenny Carlton? Jenny, characterized as "a good egg," is Donald's cunning childhood chum, now his secretary. Could...
Last week these two cities had solemn occasion to remember Mother Mary Magdalene. For now has begun the secret "trial" to determine whether she was worthy to be made a saint. After the proceedings and findings of that trial have been reported to the Vatican, the Pope may announce her beatification, then her canonization...
Catholics in Omaha and Evansville began speculating last week upon the ultimate verdict on the life of Mother Mary Magdalene. Years may pass before they hear it. If the Pope and Cardinals find her life irreproachable, she will receive the title "Venerable." Then, for beatification, will come a threefold test: 1) a reputation for sanctity must be established; 2) the heroic quality of virtues must be established; 3) the working of miracles must be proved. When this test has been passed, upon the Venerable is conferred the title "Blessed...