Word: philadelphian
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...business of supplying daily reading matter to every other literate Philadelphian ds not Publisher Martin's only chore. He is a trustee of Equitable Trust Co. (Manhattan), director in the Philadelphia National Bank, president of Benjamin Franklin Realty Corp., vice president of Edgewood Investing...
...West Palm Beach, James H. R. Cromwell, son of Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, famed Philadelphian, posed with his mother, wearing a silk bathrobe ornamented with nude women and nymphs, then dropped the bathrobe. Attired in shorts and boxing shoes he boxed before a gallery of debutantes with Tommy Loughran, once light-heavyweight champion of the world, who wore the proper costume for boxers in training-a headguard and gym tights. Loughran refrained from knocking Cromwell out during the bout, at the end of which Cromwell was given the decision, by prearrangement...
Decorated. Rev. William Chauncey Emhardt, Ph. D., 56, Philadelphian, member of the National Council, Protestant Episcopal Church, chairman of the American Hellenic Committee for the Centenary of Greek Independence; by the Greek Government; with the Gold Cross of Officer of the Order of the Redeemer, oldest of Greek orders; for valuable services to Greece...
Secretary of the Navy Adams last week called upon Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, U. S. M. C., for a written explanation of a speech he made in Pittsburgh last fortnight. Comparing Nicaraguan elections with Philadelphian, General Butler was reported to have said: "We Marines took charge of two elections in Nicaragua. The fellow we had in there nobody liked, 'but he was a useful fellow- to us ... so we declared the opposition candidates bandits. Then 400 natives were found who would vote for the proper candidate. Notice was given of opening the polls five minutes beforehand...
...escorted Crone from the field, held him in $5,000 bail for manslaughter. On Oct. 20, 1910, the Chicago Tribune published on its front page, surrounded by a heavy black margin, a brief obituary surmounted by an urn and supported by a wreath. Last week, by request of a Philadelphian, the Tribune published the same obituary: HOPE-Beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fan of this city departed this life yesterday afternoon at the West Side Ball Park after a lingering illness of nine innings. She was attended by thirty thousand physicians who did all in their power to save...