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...presence was so helpful in 1915 when the Big Red Team administered a drubbing to the Crimson eleven. For the benefit of the agitators may we suggest for a mascot such dainty, playful animals as a gazelle an entellus, or a quagga. Or, to compromise, we suggest that a peacock be used to symbolize "fair Harvard." Falling in all of these proposals we recommend that Harvard lend an ear to those who would suggest a teahound. Cornell Daily...
...Manhattan, they gave their first concert, wearing their National costume ?white blouse, black tall boots, red and black cap with four corners, raked with three brave peacock feathers. Said Critic Deems Taylor: "A very ordinary provincial symphony orchestra, with an insufficient number of strings and wind sections that play neither well nor wholly in tune...
John B. Drake Jr., son of John B. Drake, Chicago hotel man (Blackstone, Drake) ; in Chicago. Married. William Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey, 29, champion pugilist, to Mrs. Ida Estelle Peacock (Estelle Taylor), cinema actress ; in San Diego. In procuring the license, Mr. Dempsey gave his occupation as "business man," Miss Taylor her age as 26 (probable age, 32). Died. Julius Fleischmann, 53, famed philanthropist, sportsman; in Miami, Fla. He dropped dead of heart disease while engaged in a game of polo. Son of Charles Fleischmann, founder of the famed Fleischmann Yeast Co., Mr. Fleischmann was elected Mayor of Cincinnati when...
Engaged. William Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey, world's champion pugilist, to Mrs. Ida Estelle Peacock (Estelle Taylor), cinema actress, who a fortnight ago secured her final decree of divorce from Malcolm Peacock, Philadelphia bank clerk. Pugilist Dempsey plans to become a business man, to devote his time to managing his real estate interests...
Divorced. Ida Estelle Peacock (Estelle Taylor, cinema actress, whose engagement to Pugilist Jack Dempsey has been long reported) from one Kenneth Malcolm Peacock, in Philadelphia. She charged cruel and barbarous treatment. Said the Daily Mirror, Manhattan, gum-chewers' sheetlet: "It now appears as if a romance started when Jack was a gangling youth and Estelle was a giggling girl would lead to wedding bells...