Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Pound--Kyle, Harlan v. Wambaugh--Clark, Park...
...this case two wheels instead of the present day four, views the approach of the time when highways will be filled with riders, just as now illustrators present a sky crowded with man-made birds. A striking prophecy is contained in the engraving of 1846 on "Hyde Park as it will be." Although the automobiles which fill the entire scene are propelled by steam and resemble dwarfed locomotives rather than modern cars, the whole idea of the picture seems prophetic of the present era, some eighty years later...
...cream phrases. His problem is intermarriage between an estimable Jew and a female of the higher social register. Her family are aghast in the grand manner, and the scenes are laid in such living-quarters as a villa in Fiesole, morning room in Mr. Farquhar's house, Park Avenue; the Duchess de Bercy's house, Avenue de Bois de Boulogne. All this is so fearful that one is apt to forget that an exceedingly fine company of actors is displaying a theatrically adroit and often moving play...
When recompleted, Sculptor Baker's enormous woman will be stationed on top of an elevation in the Cherokee Strip, once the last public land in the U. S. Around her will lie a park whose total cost, including the woman herself, will...
Chicago Banks. Three pairs of Chicago banks last week completed arrangements for their respective mergers: 1) Albany Park National Bank with the North Park Trust & Savings Bank; 2) Chicago Trust Co. with the National Bank of Commerce; 3) Humboldt State Bank with Keystone Trust & Savings Bank...