Word: widowing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President of the U. S. last year, Grace Goodhue Coolidge said: "We have cast aside political and sectional interest in a spirit of cooperation with our President and believe this spirit emanates from the whole people." Until last week that was the only political pronouncement the grey-eyed, gracious widow of Calvin Coolidge had made since his death. Last week before 1,500 applauding Massachusetts Republicans she appeared at Heaton Hall in swank Stockbridge to eulogize and hearten her State's Republican candidates, to predict for them a sweeping victory in next month's elections...
...Englishman who graduated from Harvard in 1919. They were married in 1926 in London, where Mrs. Simpson has resided ever since. Last spring Mrs. Simpson visited the U. S.. attended the races at Pimlico with her aunt, Mrs. Buchanan Merryman. Another aunt is Mrs. George Barnett of Washington, widow of the War-time Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps. With Aunt Merryman, Mrs. Simpson is now traveling on the Continent, closely attended by H.R.H...
...York Supreme Court Justice in Manhattan. Trotting at her side was a spindly little girl of 10 who called her "Aunt Gertrude." In an outer room sat the little girl's mother, Mrs. Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt. If Mrs. Whitney noticed that her brother "Reggie's" widow was also dressed in a black suit, black hat and silver fox fur, there was no glance to show...
Third speaker from abroad was Mme Paul Dupuy of Paris, who was born Helen Browne of Manhattan. Out of a French finishing school, Miss Browne married Paul Dupuy, son of the publisher of Le Petit Parisien. Three weeks after M. Dupuy's death in 1927 his widow was installed in his office, learning to boss the largest group of publications in France. Since then, she has trained her two sons to succeed her. Mme Dupuy entertains lavishly at Versailles and at her apartment in Passy, sports the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor. Her message to the Conference...
...Philadelphia Inquirer was called the "Bible of Pennsylvania Republicanism" when the Elverson family bought it 45 years ago. Old James Elverson and his son James Jr. successively published it until the son died in 1929. His widow followed him several months later, and control of the Inquirer passed to his sister, Eleanore Elverson Paten...