Word: suite
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...aggregate, set out from Los Angeles last week in the steamer Oaxaca,* for the use of which I am paying $50,000 monthly, to seek swordfish and other wild animals in and around the Gulf of California. I had the Oaxaca completely done over to suit my taste. Aboard, our feet will rest on Oriental rugs; our eyes will gaze on rare paintings; our faces will be cooled by electric fans; we will sleep in twin beds instead of berths...
Frau Mathilde von Ludendorff, wife of the once potent quartermaster general of the imperial German army: "Having been mentioned in my present husband's divorce suit last summer, having written a book about women, having delved into numerology,* I last week addressed a packed auditorium in Berlin on the subject: 'The real truth about the World War.' Said I: 'We learned that a mystic number was responsible. 1914's digits add up to 15. Fifteen means Jehovah, ergo the War was a Jewish conspiracy. The Jews organized the Sarajevo murder. Fortunately, the good old Aryan...
...Philadelphia, one Jessie M. Hodges, trying to remove hair from her face, used a preparation bearing the picture of Edna Wallace ("Eternal Flapper") Hopper. The chemical removed Miss Hodge's skin and pained her. She has filed suit against Mrs. Hopper...
...Mary T. Hill was the widow of James Jerome Hill, the "Empire Builder." He thrust railway lines to the Pacific, made millions in the process. The heirs of his widow have paid over $3,000,000 in inheritance taxes to the U. S. government; last week they lost their suit to recover...
...Democrat said, was conniving at the administration of city officials who countenanced organized vice in Muncie. Outwardly, His Honor was trying to make a record in juvenile cases; to make "goats" of a few bootleggers and criminals. His Honor was picking and packing juries, said the Post-Democrat, to suit His Honor's necessities. His Honor was friendly...