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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Count Louis Hamori ("Cheiro"), 69, celebrated oldtime palmist; after long illness; in Hollywood. Author of a book on palmistry at 13, he amassed $250,000 from rich female clients, owned an English-language newspaper in Paris, The American Register. On the night he died, said his nurse, the clock outside his room struck the hour of one thrice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 19, 1936 | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

...Magnin had, on the advice of a palmist, picked her third son to head the prospering store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Matriarch Magnin | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

...continuing to expound the benefits of her art, the palmist explained that if one's hands are in a deplorable condition, foretelling only the darkest of future events, there is easy access to the medium of Astrology which might very likely afford a more favorable report. As a last resort this clever person can with equal skill turn to card reading...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professors, Business Men, and Wellesley Girls are Patrons of Palmists' Art--Mysteries of Exams May be Close at Hand | 2/11/1930 | See Source »

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