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...Michigan. What made Michiganders admire him much was his great feat as a mining engineer-the discovery of the Moose Mountain iron range in Canada. Brawny, brainy, he made a good public servant-Georgia's claim to Chase Salmon Osborn is that he usually winters near Albany, Ga., where his estate is known as " 'Possum Poke on 'Possum Lane." Had any Michigan newspaper desired to reclaim "one of the most prolific writers in this country" as a Michigander, it would only have had to point to Dr. Osborn's permanent home at Sault Ste. Marie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Three-State Man | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

Born. To Dr. and Mrs. William Howell Riser Jr. of Atlanta, Ga., twin children; boy, girl. Mrs. Riser's father is John Huston Finley, famed associate editor of the New York Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 27, 1928 | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

Frances N. Newman (authoress of The Hard-Boiled Virgin*) pleaded for mercy for a Negro named Henry Ford who robbed her apartment in Atlanta, Ga. Said she: "Please let him go, judge. He only got 17 cents in my apartment." Judge Virlyn B. Moore listened with compassion, then sen- tenced Negro Ford, who had two other robberies against him, to three years in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 20, 1928 | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

...flagpole and people will gape. Put a woman in a public boudoir: will not people gape and gape again? Believing that they will, M. Rich & Bros. Co. (department store) of Atlanta, Ga., engaged Edna Kirby, cinemactress, to live in one of their show windows for a week. She arrived in Atlanta one morning last week, was welcomed at the city hall by Mayor I. N. Ragsdale, then went about her window business-a daily routine of lounging, eating, lounging, dancing with callers, chatting, tidying, lounging. At 9 p. m. she prepared to retire. The curtains of the show window were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Window Living | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

Passengers on the Royal Palm Limited, Florida bound, were robbed of their clothing and valuables one night last week before the train reached Atlanta, Ga. They suspected a young couple who got off at Atlanta next morning, rushed into the passenger station after them, had them arrested. Negro baggagemen were amazed that white folk should wear blue pajamas and pink negligees in a public place in broad daylight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Yegg | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

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