Cotton acreage in cultivation in four states rises in 1916
The Crop Reporting Board reports 35,994,000 acres in cultivation this year up from 32,107,000 last year an increase of 4,887,000 acres or 22.1 percent. June 25 crop condition stands at 81.1 percent of normal predicting about 14,266,000 bales total output with variation possible by year end. Last year yielded 11,191,820 bales and prior years ranged from 13,703,421 to 16,134,930.
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Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Owl Lore and Stock Quotes Mixed in Old Paper
A fragment from a Bridgeport sheaf shows New York Stock Exchange quotations with company names and percentages on private wires. The piece then drifts to a whimsical note about owls in Asia Minor and a children's chant about an owl, ending with a brief, quaint cultural aside.
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7. L. Watson & Co
Corner Main
John Sts
Bridgeport
Conn
New York Stock Exchange
Asia Minor
Hope as a cautious traveling companion
A proverb warns that hope is a pleasant but risky ally. It helps in a pinch as a traveling companion but should not be trusted as a banker or financial guardian. The saying cautions against overreliance on hopeful thinking in serious affairs.
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Ands
Stock market opens with narrow changes and mixed gains
Irregular price moves at the opening of today’s stock market were mostly small. Copper issues were active with nominal gains and declines while rails showed uncertain trends and U S Steel fluctuated. Munitions and zinc issues stayed under pressure as bidders chased specialties and shipping shares fell.
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el We
New York
Union Pacific
New York Central
Erie
St. Paul
Baltimore
Ohio
Reading
U. S
Baldwin
Crucible
United Fruit
London
Yale Students Introduce Pageant Walk Dance on Broadway
New Haven residents hear Yale students describe the Pageant Walk as part of plans for a large Pageant commemorating the college's move from Saybrook to New Haven and its Elihu Yale endowment. Stage manager Dennis Clough stresses steady pace and finishing each gesture for a strong performance.
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New Haven
Conn
New York
Yale
Saybrook
Connecticut
Elihu Yale
Lampson Lyceum
Dennis Clough
Advance Man Extraordinaire Seeks Yale Pageant Opening
A New Haven graduate from Columbia Journalism, an aspiring advance man, meets Yale Pageant master Fran cis H. Markoe. Markoe hints at touring plans and layout, noting possible accommodation and transport challenges before deciding on a profitable tour.
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New Haven
Conn
Columbia School of Journalism
Francis H. Markoe
Yale
Mr. Markoe
Bravery and a Funny Rescue Tale from a Friend
A Washington Star quote tells of risking life for a friend by eating a friend's cooking to spare feelings. The column notes roads in France and odd facts about toads with widths of fifty and forty feet.
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Washington Star
France
Million Dollar Foundation Aids Zionist Colonies
At the Federation of American Zionists four day meeting in Philadelphia some 700 delegates, including observers from the Holy Land, endorsed loans over relief to Palestinian farmers and announced a million dollar foundation. Highlights included Brandeis backing Congress moves, a Hadah plan for a hospital unit, and Mrs Fels funding a Palestine single tax colony. Delegates pledged over 180000 in gifts for next year’s work.
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Philadelphia
Palestine
Federation of American Zionists
Holy Land
Congress Movement
Federation
Congress
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Metropolitan Opera House
Ity
Joseph Fels
The
Hadah
Women’s Organization of the
Zionists
Palestine Committee
Provisional Committee
Palestine Bureau
State Department
United States
Henry W. Morgenthau
Constantinople
Glazebrook
Jerusalem
Hardig
Jaffa
Arthur Garrels
Alexandria
Zionists of
Ohio
Massachusetts
Baltimore
Sons of Zion
Knights of Zion
Central Relief Committee
Chicago
Order of Young Judea
Fels
Mary Antin
Stephen 8. Wise
Free Synagogue
New York
Rabbi Wise
Zionist activity expands with Hadassah library project
United Zionist efforts grow with Hadassah securing New York Public Library cooperation for a traveling library of Jewish and Zionist works. Holland plans a women led Zionist school modeled after one in the United States. Federation officers were re elected. Brandeis steps down as Provisional Committee chair and an honorary chair role is created for him.
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Hadassah
New York Public Library
Women of
Holland
Justice Brandeis
Fairfield County Jury Meeting Called for July 10 1916
The Fairfield County jury meeting will be held in the Clerk of the Superior Court office at the County Court House Bridgeport on Monday July 10 1916 at 10 oclock A M. Any person may appear and be heard regarding the lists of names nominated from each town in Fairfield County. Jury Commissioners Lyman T Catlin William T Hincks William T Haviland.
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Fairfield County
Superior Court
County Court House
Bridgeport
Lyman T. Catlin
William T. Hincks
William T. Haviland
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Calif. Petroleum
Fi Petroleum Ptd
Leather Co
Cap
Tommy
Million Dollar Foundation
Band OF Zion
Williams
Frederick Williams
Hollister Heights
Bridgeport Hospital
Jane ‘William Tucher
Courtland Street
Barnum Avenue
Hallett Street
Tucher
California
San Diego Exposition
Santa Fe
Smee
JURY
I Savant Bec
T.L. Watson & CO
Main and
John Streets
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co
Main Street
Albert E. Lavery
Pitt
State OF Connecticut
District OF Bridgeport
James Langdon
Sabina Langdon
Executrix
Shannon & Wilder
Newfield Building
Peat
Dennis
Linehan
Court of Probate
Samuel J. Drew
Maple Street
Posto
I. Fleming
Main St. City Savings Bank
Dietts
City National Bank
Banes
Connecticut National Bank
Bridgeport Cor
Wall Streets
James Staples
State Street
Bridgeport, Cone
Nova Scotia
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J. W. Blakebrough
Brookfield
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West 49Th Street
Broadway
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Poll
Corona
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Frisbie’s
W. D. Cook & Son
Water Street
Kelly’s Cigar
Fairfield Ave
James H. Kelly
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