Word: riche
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Britannic Majesty hunted last week at Bolton Abbey, the Yorkshire estate of rich and potent William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, onetime Governor General of Canada...
...rise, To keep thee steadfast through the years From east to western sea, Our Fatherland, our Motherland, Our true north, strong and free.- Chorus. Ruler Supreme, who hearest humble prayer Take us and all men in thy loving care, Help us to find, O God, in Thee, Our certain rich reward; As waiting for the better day We ever stand on guard.-Chorus...
...Atherton, Kan., Mrs. E. T. Perry, rich lady, issued invitations for a wake. Several friends came and sat with the bereaved. Through 96 hours (four days and four nights) the corpse lay in its silk-lined coffin, the head on an embroidered pillow. Solemnly, Mrs. Perry related the deceased's virtues and exploits, beginning with the day in 1913 when she bought him, "the cunningest" French poodle puppy, in San Francisco; tearfully ending with her "dear Phil's" heart attack several months ago, his removal to a nursery adjoining her regal bedroom; his brave struggle for health, aided...
...Playboy") Jordan, with his penchant for quips and his casual naming of noncompetitive motor car makers, remarked: "The barbers in Detroit hotels and the smoking room oracles are feeling sorry for Henry Ford. They think he is up against it. Strange how the crowd likes to hear that the rich man has to wiggle. Well, they said that about John Willys. Now look at the Whippet go. They thought Chrysler was a boob because he had no wheelbase two years ago. Who cares now? Of course, the business is just beginning. Five years from now would be a good time...
...most ancient and distinguished Roman house; at his estate near Genzano, attacked and shot through the heart by a thief. Died. Senator Bert M. Fernald, 68; at West Poland, Me., of heart disease. Died. Robert Stanley Weir, 69; in Memphremagog, Quebec. Died. Margaret Charlotte Smith Howard, 72, Baroness Strathcona, rich, only child of the first Lord Strathcona, widow of a prominent physician; at her Park Lane home in London. A peeress in her own right through special provision, Baroness Strathcona in October 1922 gave $500,000 to Sir James McGrigor in a futile effort to save his banking from failure...