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...below zero and the tugs had to do their work. They would back off 300 to 400 feet from the pack. Then with a snarl of steam they would dash at the ice, only to be bounced by their own recoil. Yet at each attack a bit of ice did crumble to their bites...
Died. Sport, St. Boniface dog, which bit a woman who was pulling its mistress' hair; in Winnipeg, by chloroform, following city trial and sentence...
...horse and set out to explore Mexico. Rich oil fields met his eye; he organized the Mexican Petroleum Co. Now, he has accumulated a fortune of some $100,000,000. Perhaps, he regards his Elk Hills leases as Doheny was a bribe, or at least just another successful bit of pio neering...
This Was a Man. Precocious Noel Coward, incessant tosser-off of suavely sexual plays, tossed this one off a bit too carelessly. Though the Lord Chamberlain suppressed the piece in London, Broadway showed signs last week of yawning at one more husband world-wearily indifferent to his cuckoldom...
Cercle Francais--Place Apfel Struffle-- All right if you like the high brow side of life. Decadent Boston and a bit of Third Class travel combine to give that je ne sais quoi of je ne sais quoi...