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...family far from obscure. Of his four brothers, all dead. Joseph, John and Austin were physicians. Brother Austin, eight years Professor of English Literature at Notre Dame University, gained fame as a scientist and oculist. Also he was a Latin scholar, conducted voluminous correspondence with Popes Leo XIII and Benedict XV. Brother William was a naval captain. Frank began work as a smalltown newspaper cartoonist in Pennsylvania, quit when a mine foreman whom he had caricatured fell down a shaft and was killed...
...Italian History in the XIII Century," Professor Post, Fogg...
...Italian History in the XIII Century," Professor Post, Fogg Small Room...
...apocryphal Bible story of Susanna appears in the Douay (Catholic) version, not in the King James (Protestant). Daniel XIII: "Now there was a man that dwelt in Babylon, and his name was Joakim: And he took a wife whose name was Susanna ... a very beautiful woman. . . . And there were two of the ancients of the people appointed judges that year. . . . And when the people departed Susanna went in and walked in her husband's orchard. And the old men saw her . . . and they were inflamed with lust towards her. . . . She went in on a time . . . and was desirous...
...Cortes (Parliament) smiling Premier Azana passed off lightly the fact that three additional generals suspected of a plot to restore Alfonso XIII, had to be placed under arrest recently. "All these are simply isolated cases of indiscipline," said Premier Azana. He tut-tutted rumors that the Army is wavering in its loyalty to the Republic...