Word: monaco
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there informed that he was relieved of his functions. Blanc fainted when the order was read to him and again on reaching his residence; he is now suffering from a paralytic stroke. His dismissal follows the exile from the municipality of Mme. Chinon, famous adventuress, " Madame Pompadour of Monaco." It is the outcome of some remarkable revelations of graft unearthed by special auditors appointed by the Prince. Recently Prince Louis discovered that the Principality had been defrauded of more than...
...year at the Sporting Club he-won 2,000,000 francs, the bulk of which was so great that it had to be carried to his hotel by Casino porters in ten waste paper baskets crammed to the limit of their capacity. Mme. Chinon, the deposed "Madame Pompadour" of Monaco, wielded unlimited power over the Casino. No employee was hired or dismissed without her approval. No prizes were given for any competition unless she had been previously consulted...
...World" headlines the Boston Evening Transcript over an entire page-"Our Modern Pilgrims and Where They Are Today." Then follow great lists of Bostonians and New Englanders-"Leaving Kobe, Japan, tonight for Nagasaki": So-and-so and So-and-so and So-and-so; "At sea between Algiers and Monaco": So-and-so; " Now on the Nile...
This volume deals with Genos, Nice, Monaco, Mentone, Monte Carlo, San Reme, Bordighera, Ventimiglia and many other picturesque places on the Riviera. With 30 color plates drawn by the author. Quarto. Cloth. Decorative cover. Hutchinson, Ltd., London. Published at $7.50. Special price...