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...would like to be President. I think any American in political life who pretends otherwise is wholly hypocritical."?a letter purporting to be from Senator Hiram Johnson, published in The Bulletin, San Francisco...
...friend of mine, Jas. Mulvey, a politician of San Francisco, cracked it while I was there on a visit in 1919. An Italian fruit man with a stand near the corner of Jim's house used to keep his bananas inside, while on the sidewalk he kept apples, peaches, plums, etc. The kids, getting wise, used to buy bananas and while he went inside to get said fruit they'd cop an apple, peach or whatever they fancied...
...death of Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida removed the conceded leader of contemporary Spanish painting, and one of the most notable figures of the art world. Born in Valencia in 1863, he received his art education at the San Carlos Academy in his native town, from Francisco Pradilla in Madrid, and later in Italy and Paris. His first striking success was Another Margaret, awarded a gold medal at Madrid and purchased for the St. Louis Gallery. He soon became internationally known, his exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900 winning him the medal of honor. He also had a special exhibition...
...automobile full of newspaper correspondents sped over Vermont roads to Plymouth Notch at the southern end of the Green Mountains. It drew up at the two-story, white frame house of John C. Coolidge, father of the Vice President. Word was sent upstairs of the tremendous news from San Francisco. The Vice President had retired for the night. In a few moments he had dressed and descended the stairs with his wife. The scene was in effect, if not in words, a representation of the ancient theme: " The King is dead; long live the King...
Died. Warren Gamaliel Harding, 29th President of the United States, at San Francisco, of apoplexy following pneumonia. (See page...