Word: northesk
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...Earl of Northesk: "One of my uncles, when interviewed in London by the Chicago Tribune concerning my marriage to Jessica Brown, former Follies girl, said: 'I am afraid it is only too true...
Married. Miss Jessica Brown, 23, former Follies dancer, to David Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 21, eleventh Earl of Northesk, at Chicago...
...private office of the Clerk of Cook County (Chicago), the Earl of Northesk obtained a license to marry Jessica Brown, formerly of the Follies. The special correspondent of The New York Times quoted the Earl as having said: "Oh, I say, can't this be done with a bit of decent quietness, don't you know ?" This is an excellent example of stupid and slovenly reporting. The Earl does not talk that way; the special correspondent of the Times made the Earl say what he (the correspondent) thought an Englishman would...
...Earl of Northesk: "Visiting in Buffalo with my fiancee, Jessica Brown, former dancer, I was taken down with appendicitis and operated on. Newspapers report that 'naturally nothing will be done' (as to our wedding) until I recover...