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...town of Rhenish Bavaria one Sara bore to one Lazarus Straus three sons. The first-born he named Isidore; the second he named Nathan; the youngest, Oscar Solomen. Isidore, after distinguished years as merchant, banker and Congressman, lost his life, a hero, in the Titanic disaster. Nathan is now 77 and Oscar Solomon is 75, and for more than a generation their portraits have appeared in the public prints of the U. S. as frequently as that of Santa Claus. Nathan is the passionate philanthropist. No sooner does he make a nickel (Abraham & Straus, R. H. Macy, emporia) than...
Later, eight of the Baron's war comrades bore the coffin to the famed Invaliden Cemetery, while German aces who had fought with him during the War soared above the funeral procession and dropped flowers and wreaths.* President von Hindenburg, Chancellor Luther and War Minister Gessler solemnly accompanied the aging mother of Baron von Richthofen to his new grave. And there were present scores of generals from all parts of Germany, as well as a company of the Baron's Uhlan regiment, which fired a last salute over his grave...
...sickly young shoemaker of Odense, in Fünen, Denmark, married when he was 20 a woman still younger than himself and was very well content when she bore him a son. They called the baby Hans Christian, and all three lived together, with little to eat, in a room which was also the home of their fine black...
...screamed, salutes boomed out, the Repulse steamed into Portsmouth. There Edward was met by two of his brothers, the Duke of York and Prince Henry, whom he greeted with a cheerful "Hullo, fellows!" and by "notables" whom he would have dodged if he could. Came a train whose engine bore the triple cockade of Wales, and whisked him Londonwards...
...successive days, he reminded the public that Columbus discovered America, that Columbus and Queen Isabella were Catholics, that his ship bore a sacred name, Santa, Mana...