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Madagascar also produces the little fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), a very aggressive, weasel-like kind of civet, remarkable as the relict of another...
...first cousin miles removed from Mrs. Roosevelt in temperament, ideas and political attachments is Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Roosevelt I, relict of the late Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth. This week that acid-tongued, political kibitzer, who generally gets credit for most wisecracks uttered in Washington, was put forward by McNaught Syndicate as successor to its late great Will Rogers. Appearing in some 100 newspapers, Alice Longworth's brief daily comment is served hot by telegraph to most subscribers. First sample...
Married, Mrs. Mary Ann Payne Clews, 35, relict of Manhattan Banker James Blanchard Clews; and George Blumenthal, 77, retired Manhattan banker (Lazard Freres) and philanthropist; president of Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mount Sinai Hospital and of the American Hospital in Paris; in Manhattan...
...Orleans, La., Sidney Magnon, 53, banana trimmer, bet Walter Massarini $25 he could stay under water for 25 minutes, won. The $25 went to the relict and four children of Sidney Magnon...
...face of bitter opposition to prosecute a quadroon PWA clerk named Mclntosh for pilfering $38.40 worth of Government cement and lumber. Last week it developed that fierce discord had also arisen between Judge Wilson and the Pearson Administration over disposition of the case of Mrs. Helen Dortch Longstreet. relict of famed Confederate General James Longstreet.* Widow Longstreet had had her driver's license revoked for parking her automobile on the wrong side of a street...