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...sister were adopted (though never legally) by kind-hearted Richmond families. Poe adored his foster-mother, Mrs. Allan, but never got along with his "Pa." Though he was brought up as a little Virginia gentleman, he soon ceased to conform. Tragedy visited him early and often, did nothing to thicken an already abnormally thin skin. At 15 he had his second bereavement, when an older woman whom he worshipped died insane. Always romantically attached to some woman, Poe was engaged to be married when he went to the University of Virginia. There he learned to drink...
...room-mate was a "little upset" last year at the prospect of being so intimate with the heastie, but this year's neighbors seem to take it in good part although the plot may thicken if Barnard's enterprising snake-fancier his wish to add an eight-feet pine snake and a bos-constrictor to his little family...
...days. Cut onions in small pieces and put them in pan until they are golden brown. Add flour. Brown the meat in separate pan. then add to onions and flour. Add "stock." Stir in a small amount of strained tomatoes. Remove the meat from the pan. Strain the gravy. Thicken it with sour cream and flour. Pour this over meat and serve...
...flour to thicken...
...woes continued to thicken. Fox Theatre Corp., from which he was ousted in 1930, filed suit last week against Founder Fox, his wife, daughter and four friends, demanding an accounting of profits from alleged manipulations of the company's stock while Fox was in control. Some of the counts had already been aired before the Senate Committee, but he was charged with committing "divers acts of misappropriation and malfeasance," accused of realizing "through unjust and unlawful means and devices . . . large gains of a fraudulent and secret origin and nature." Fox Theatres seeks to recover specifically $2,782,825 from Founder...