Eastman Revealed How a Poor Boy Became Kodak King
Sixth instalment of the George Eastman biography describes his quiet rise from bank clerk to a billionaire philanthropist. It details his modest gifts, public anonymity, and belief that wealth should serve worthy aims, with large contributions to MIT, Rochester institutions, and war relief.
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George Eastman
Kodak King
Mr. Smith
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Herbert L. Baldwin
Post
America
Sunday Post
George Stastman
Mr. Eastman
Kodak
Kodaks
Rochester
Eastern Kodak Company
Eastman School of Music
Rochester Dental Dispensary
National Association of Audubon Societies
Yerkes Observatory
University of Chicago
Rochester Public
Y. W. Co. A. and Infants’ Summer Hospital
Red Cross
Yuskegee Institute
Mechanics Institute
Rochester General Hospital
Rose Club
Eastman
Cub
Maria Kilbourn Eastman
Ex Gov Stuart Named to Succeed J S Harlan
President Wilson nominated former Virginia governor Henry C. Stuart to the Interstate Commerce Commission to replace James S. Harlan of Indiana as his term expired. Louis Titus of San Francisco was named to join the Shipping Board.
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Washington
Henry C. Stuart
Virginia
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
James S. Harlan
Indiana
Louis Titus
San Francisco
Shipping Board
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets Offer Preventive Use
Consumer notes advise using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets as a preventive measure. The box bears the signature of El W. Grovy. The ad states a 30 cent price.
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EL W. Groyve
Freeman's Wife Wins Divorce Over Cruel Treatment
Mrs. Margaret Reed Freeman wins a divorce from Ernest B. Freeman of Sturtevant Blower Works. Judge Fosdick grants custody of four minor children and an order of $300 monthly support for their education and maintenance.
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Margaret Reed Freeman
Fosdick
Superior Court
Ernest B. Freeman
Sturtevant Blower Works
Freeman
Freeman Divorce Case Delays Remarriage Rights and Infidelity Claims
The ruling grants Mrs Freeman a de cree nisi becoming absolute near August with remarry rights. Charges of infidelity against Ireman are not sustained. The father may visit children Sally 16 Ruth 15 Barbara and Reed on the first and third Sundays monthly, without interference from the wife or her agents.
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Herbert O. Benner
Freeman
Supreme Court
Framingham
Candy at the Theatre and Valentine Party Refreshments
Etiquette guidance covers how a young lady should reply when given candy at a theatre and how to share it during the performance and after. It also offers refreshment ideas for a Valentine party served buffet style with dainty sandwiches cakes bonbons tea and chocolate and suggests young ladies assist the gentlemen as a Leap Year novelty.
Museum of trophies for war memorial announced
Ottawa civic groups approve a plan for a war memorial as a museum of trophies at the Dominion Capitol. The resolution calls for additional elements to express national feeling and to commemorate the sacrifice of the dead and the nation’s great efforts.
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Ottawa
Dominion Capitol
Gas poisoning prompt action targets landlords
Health department blames landlords for 75 percent of accidental gas deaths and launches a campaign against defective gas fixtures. Reuben Schulman, jailed but ordered to repair 10 Worcester Place, faces possible sentencing if repairs aren’t done. A second death, Yee Jinn Yong, 45, reported from gas stove leaks at 2 Beach Street. New York naval radio test for Boy Scouts aims to engage amateur wireless operators nationwide during National Good Turn week. The NAH message will be sent at 9:30 p.m. local time with specific wave lengths per city.
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City Health Department
Reuben Schulman
Middlesex Street
Worcester Place
Louise Odds
East Dedham Street
Shulman
Yee Jinn Yong
Beach Street
South Mortuary
New York
Boy Scouts of America
Scouts’ National Council
United States
National Scout
Nah
Chicago
Great Lakes Station
San Francisco
New Orleans
Hampton Roads
Ex Gov Graham's sentence deferred in Vermont case
Former Vermont Governor Horace F. Graham was found guilty of larceny of state funds while state auditor. Sentencing was deferred to next Thursday pending appeal to the Supreme Court. Penalty may reach ten years in prison, a $500 fine, or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Horace F. Graham
Graham
Supreme Court
The Picture Maniac Featured in Boston Sunday Post Magazine
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will present the second story in E. Phillips Oppenheim’s The Whimsical Three series, titled The Picture Maniac, in its upcoming issue.
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
Boston Sunday Post
Denial of Undertaker Propaganda in Soldier Return Plan
Washington reports deny charges that undertakers pushed propaganda to force government return of U S soldiers from France. Rep Rainey and others say no obstacles from France and State Department notes tentative arrangements. War Dept says private undertakers may only handle remains with kin consent and took steps after a New York undertaker sought private funeral services for a soldier.
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Washington
France
John W. Rainey
Dlinois
King
Mlinois
United States
Representative Connally
Texas
Foreign Affairs
Mittee
State Department
Connally
War Department
America
Hoboken
General Sherburne to Represent Massachusetts at Legion Meeting
General Sherburne will represent the Massachusetts department at the conference of the military policy committee of the American Legion in Indianapolis on Monday. The meeting will determine the Legion's attitude toward the future military policy of the country.
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Sherburne
Massachusetts Department
The
American Legion
Indianapolis
Legion
Edison Plans Money Basis On Merchandise Exchange
Edison proposes basing money on merchandise and commodities rather than gold and aims to defeat Bolshevists with publicity. Hoover is endorsed for president by Edison in a major interview. The Married Life of Helen and Warren appears in the Boston Sunday Post weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wizard of Electricity
Hoover
Edison
Helen and
Warren
Boston Sunday Post
Exclusive interview with heir to Germany’s throne published
The former heir to Germany’s throne predicts a Prussian monarchy restoration is only a matter of time. He says his children will never want for anything and criticizes communal needs. Crown Princess Cecile is also interviewed for the Boston Post feature.
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Germany
Prussia
Boston Post
Crown Princess
Cecile
Beautiful Valentine Page in Colors Magazine Feature Overview
Six pages of up-to-the-minute news photographs and a 16 page magazine featuring Oppenheim Sewell Ford and other headliners. Cartoons by Mitchell and Hill with four big colored comics and a women's section on fashion cooking and mothers helps. Includes album of things you ought to know and two sections of illustrated feature stories. World news comes up to the minute.
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Beautiful Valentine
Oppenheim
Sewell Ford
Mitchell and
Hill
American Spies Labeled Traitors By German Captain
Two women tested American loyalty before dispatch to Germany’s high command. They warned the US spies they would be murdered. The captured agents were taken before Von Hindenburg as Kiel’s submarine base loomed as the Hun fleet planned to subdue England.
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Kiel
England
Germany
U. S
von Hindenburg
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University of Rochester Fund For Women’s College
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George Postman
Miss Whitney
George Fastman
Waterville
Almon Eastman
Utica
North Carolina
Halifax County
Fastman
Booker Washington
Wastman
Rockies
West
Eastman Kodak Company
Stuart
J. 8
Harlan
Alice Stuart
Cascara
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W. H. Hill Co
Detroit
Michigan
Harry F. Blanchard
Hudson Street
South Glens Falls, N. Y
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Buckle
New England
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Sly
William Butler Yeats
Mr. Yeats
Ireland
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