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...that the lady cost him $250,000-about $1,250 per square inch since the portrait is only 17 in. x 11⅜ in. Her name is Emilia Pia de Montefeltro, and to set his mind at rest as to whether or not she was painted by her fellow townsman Raphael Sanzio, Mr. Epstein has letters from such authorities as Connoisseur Bernhard Berenson of Paris and Dr. George Gronau of Cassell, Germany. Mr. Epstein's agents, F. Kleinberger Inc., of Manhattan, told last week how Dr. Gronau had discovered her, through a friendly priest, in a dusty room...
...Authors. Joseph P. Marquand fellow-townsman of Lord Timothy Dexter, took rank in U. S. letters with Black Cargo, a well-told tale of the slave trade. His present work, eked from scanty material, suffers slightly from padding but maintains a sardonic flavor well suited to the subject...
...Said his townsman, Meredith Nicholson, famed author...
Trans-Mississippi (amateur). At Omaha, Trans-Mississippi Champion James Manion, St. Louis, teed his ball on the first tee at the Omaha Field Club. His fellow townsman, Don Anderson, had played him to a standstill, all square in 18 holes. James Manion knocked this 19th drive clean into 36th Street, out of bounds. There went his title. Clarence Wolfe, another St. Louisan, subdued Anderson that afternoon, 2 and 1. In the final, Wolfe broke the course record with a 70. His opponent, Arthur Bartlett of Ottumwa, la., promptly countered with a 69, but lost to a fighting finish. Champion Wolfe...
Subscriber Jacobs errs in describing Mr. Hedges as a townsman of TIME, which is townless...