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...this haunted houseparty that she made her most brilliant capture- Colonel Olcott, cofounder of the Theosophical Society. Honest, credulous Henry Steel Olcott, part-time journalist, a Civil War colonel who had recently been admitted to the New York bar, was the perfect front man. A year later, he had deserted his wife and three sons to devote his time to serving the dynamic Blavatsky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Theosophy's Madame | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

Died. Fiske O'Hara, 67, oldtime lyric tenor (Sunbeams of My Heart) who cashed in on the Irish-ballad boom begun by Chauncey Olcott, had a long stage career (Robin Hood) and a briefer Hollywood fling (Change of Heart); after long illness; in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 13, 1945 | 8/13/1945 | See Source »

...Shirley, onetime Army major, formed a "sales engineering" firm with two onetime Navy civilian employes named F. B. Olcott and F. C. Nichols. They engineered war contracts for 46 munitions makers, made $106,196 apiece last year, have piled up $208,211 profits (apiece) this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: How to Get Rich | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

...rewrite woman, two girl clerks to handle fan mail, two secretaries to whom she dictates at the top of her lungs, from such characteristic jottings as: "Catalina and sleep . . . Stinkey Pinky . . . Test Pilot ... he has to have three steps to get on the love . . . Marie Antoinette . . . Mrs. Chauncey Olcott. . . ." Eighth member of Hedda's staff is a "brain" named Dema Harshbarger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hedda Makes Hay | 5/25/1942 | See Source »

...Olcott Gates '41 smashed all previous records made by the Elephants when he spent four days in bed following examinations with no signs of any sickness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 2/14/1941 | See Source »

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