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...been far from the case. Prime clown of early Newburyport "Lord" Timothy Dexter. He sent coals to Newcastle, warming pans to the In made a fortune. He lived in a mansion bristling with minarets and wo statues. He drank constantly, crown haddock-hawker his private poet laureate with a wreath of parsley, spelled v than Chaucer, published oftener...
...wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A quiet glance at the Indian wikiup in Vice President Curtis' office. More formal calls, and Premier Laval moved into the White House for 18 hours of residence and sweating work. On the third day Guest Laval moved to stop overnight at Woodley, sylvan retreat of Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson. There the work, ceaseless and secret, went...
...dressing ostensibly destined to mitigate tariff barriers, aid in disposing of the products of both countries. MM. Laval & Briand dined with Chancellor Brüning at the German Chancellery, lunched with Dr. Curtius, paid a morning visit to Old Paul von Hindenburg and, before returning to Paris, laid a wreath on the tomb of Brer Briand's old friend and fellow peace worker, Gustav Stresemann. Talk of M. Laval's impending visit to the U. S. (see p. 11), and of the possibility that Herr Brüning would go too. almost obscured the whole Franco-German gesture...
...behalf of the Town of Paris." Quipped irrepressible Mayor Baker: "If Paris is just a town, I want to see one of your cities." Next morning the mayors, grumbling among themselves at the public attention Mayor Baker was getting, assembled at the Arc de Triomphe to put a wreath on the Unknown Soldier's tomb. France was startled when Mayor Baker, violating the tradition of silence at this place, made a long-winded goodwill speech. The grumblings of the other mayors grew louder as the visitors trooped to the Hotel de Ville for luncheon. Mayor Baker was accused...
...violinist, of diabetic phlebitis which necessitated the amputation of his leg in 1929; in Brussels. Onetime (1919-22) conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony, violin teacher for more than 15 years in the Brussels Conservatoire, his pupils included Elisabeth Queen of the Belgians, who went in grief to lay a wreath upon his bier...