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Died. Hazlett Kyle Campbell, 80, last direct descendant of Fur Trader Robert Campbell, rival of John Jacob Astor; of pneumonia; in St. Louis, Mo. Mentally incompetent, Hazlett Campbell apparently left no will, and his $1,850,000 estate will probably be fought for by claimants...
...Majesty's Government has now been on view in London's ancient, soot-blackened Bow Street Police Court for several weeks, officially tagged "Miss X." This slim, bobbed-hair blonde, English to judge from her accent, arrived curvesomely sheathed in clinging black, kept shifting her handsome fur piece with the sinuosity of Mae West, as she testified before a bug-eyed judge. "She is a lady," explained the Crown, refused to divulge her name...
...Jewish agriculturalists, Dr. Davidson-who is too busy to farm himself-says that most are immigrant Jews, most come from trades such as the needle and fur, most seek farms and remain on them because farming is a peaceful way of life. Because they are city-bred, Jewish farmers are apt to have more plumbing, electricity, furnaces, radios, telephones than the average U. S. farmer...
Although they had never seen the costume before, Northwestern University's students did not need to look twice to identify the figure that stalked across their campus last week, wearing an enormous Chinese otter fur cap, a great Chinese otter coat and Chinese "alley cat" fur gloves. Only one man on any U. S. campus would dress like that. Exclaiming "Bill McGovern is back," Northwestern's delighted students rushed to register for his courses, its delighted professors whisked him off to the University Club to hear his newest adventures...
...husband, who appeared disappointingly weak, was having difficulty keeping her fur cost, which he carried, off the ground. Further, he displayed what appeared to be an unhealthy interest in the library's collection of ballet works. Mrs.Gregory took a more practical view of things and requested a list of all the books on Sarawak that the library had. Later in the day attendants sent the list to her suite at the Copley...