Word: palming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Divorced. Emeline Harriman Spencer, 76, sister of Mrs. William Kissam Vanderbilt Sr.; from Howland Spencer, 48, Dutchess County, N. Y. gentleman farmer; in West Palm Beach. Said Mrs. Spencer: "He never hit me, he just exploded. He would yell so the whole of Palm Beach could hear...
...times. Projecting from the third story is an old Philadelphia "busybody," an arrangement of mirrors so she can see who is at the door without opening the window. Nothing in the old house has been changed since her mother died. In the front room there is an urn containing palm leaves from the funeral. In one corner is a large portrait of her mother surrounded by holly wreaths. Before it is a bowl of fresh flowers. She listens to the radio passionately. One day, she is certain, she will be sitting quietly listening and she will suddenly hear her mother...
Seeking Divorce. Madeleine Talmadge Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, 45, widow of John Jacob Astor II; from onetime Pugilist Enzo Fiermonte, 31, her third husband ; in West Palm Beach, Fla. Grounds: extreme cruelty...
...Countess established two trust funds for him totaling $2,251,189, few months later gave him securities worth $625,193. He was killed in 1935 in a motorcar accident in Spain. Under his will his two sisters and surviving brother (Brother Serge was killed in 1936 playing polo near Palm Beach) receive four-fifths, the Countess one-fifth...
...Palm Springs, Calif., Dr. Raymond Bridgman Cowles, student of desert snakes, got sick & tired of uninvited guests. Dr. Cowles surrounded his camp with a double line of mesh fence, in the runway between the fences let loose a number of diamondback rattlers...