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...prize offered by the "Scientific American" for proof of definite spirit manifestations still remains with that magazine. A year ago, a woman medium almost won, but when the investigators found that the cards on which the spirits wrote were not those provided by the committee, she was declared a fraud. More recently, the wife of a Boston physician failed to satisfy the investigating committee that she possessed psychic powers...
...cash contributions to the temple, the priests also derived a large profit, Professor Lake declared. Both Roman and Jewish money was in circulation in Jerusalem at the time. The Jewish money was very scarce, but the priests decreed that all contributions to the church should be made in that medium. As a result, the worshippers came to the temple with their Roman money, exchanged it at money lenders' tables for Jewish money on payment of a regular...
...Roosevelt emphasized his points by vigorous movements of his head and by striking his right list into his left palm. He was a lad of medium height. His slightly curling hair was a light brown color, and he were side whiskers. Behind his spectacles I could see his keen blue eyes flash, and he seemed entirely absorbed in his speaking. His words poured out rapidly, and he fairly stammered in his eagerness to express his ideas. He frowned as he talked, yet at times he paused and smiled. And I noted for the first time, his singular yet winning expression...
...representatives of the Republican Party in Iowa elected through the medium of the primary, submit to the Republican voters of the State that the repudiation of the Republican nominees by Senator Brookhart is a repudiation of and a bolt from the Republican Party...
...Bakelite type. People will read Bakeliterature, Bakelitigate their cases, offer Bakeliturgies for their dead, bring young into the world in Bakelitters. Dr. Baekeland is a man in middle years, erect, rugged, taciturn, with the sensitive mouth of a field marshal and the cold eyes of a philanthropist. Of medium height, courtly, dignified, he adopts the old-world manner, shuns personal publicity, wants to be known only in connection with his scientific work, makes many addresses before scientific societies. In addressing the Society last week, he spoke of Science as an enemy of War, making the point that as modern discoveries...