Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mohammedan can enter and behold the golden urn in which repose two hairs from the beard of the True Prophet. A Christian may adore the stone on which Jesus found miraculously inscribed, the name of his Father In Heaven ("Shem"), by pronouncing which he worked miracles. Jews can see the place where Abraham was stayed by the Angel's hand from offering up Isaac. Nearby is the Coffin of Mohammed, adorned with 17 golden nails. It is written that when they all fall out the World will come to an end. Furthermore by listening at the Sacred Stone...
Died. James Walter Thompson, 81, famed Manhattan adman; in Manhattan (see...
Following his novel of the same name Playwright Pascal proved why a wife should not divorce a husband who has been unfaithful. He placed his characters in the suburbs, brought the husband's woman out to see them, had a thorough, earnest airing of the family dirty linen. Mr. Pascal does not try "to be funny about divorce, nor is he tragic. He is honest rather than brilliantly original...
...Dona Petronila de Guzman made her will, provided for the annual celebration of 60 masses for the repose of her soul. Dona Petronila, a Filipino, died four years later. A chaplaincy to see to the celebration of the masses was provided for. but has been vacant and the income has gone to the care of the Archbishop of Manila. One Paul Rogerio Gonzalez, kin of Dona Petronila, seeks now to recover $86,862.50, alleged income of the chaplaincy between 1911 and 1925. The Supreme Court of the U. S. will decide...
...Montgomery Ward showed a loss of $9,887,396. But in 1922, both companies declared net profits of about $5,000,000. By 1927, Montgomery Ward could show profits of $13,127,431, and Sears Roebuck nearly twice as much. Estimating 1928 profits, analysts see large gains over 1927 figures, with Montgomery Ward fighting desperately to narrow the gap which separates it from its rival...