Boy Millionaire to Share Half of Chandler Estate
Byron Chandler, known as the boy millionaire of New York, will receive half of his mother Fannie Martin Chandler’s estate, estimated at nine million dollars, with his brother Benjamin sharing the other half. Executors named include Allen M Wilson and Edward M Brooks. Chandler, age 48, runs a lingerie shop and has been married four times, with multiple divorces and a breach of promise suit in 1919.
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Manchester
Byron Chandler
New York City
Chandler
Fannie Martin Chandler
Benjamin Martin Chandler
Campden
England
Byron
London
Proprie Court
Allen M Wilson
Edward M. Brooks
Ape
New York
Harvard
Grace Stecher
Chace Larue
Joan Sawyer
Luella Gear
Amoskeag National Bank
Easton Gillette Funeral To Be Held Sunday
Ellie E Gillette a lifelong Easton resident and widow of George Gillette dies at 68 after a period of illness Funeral will be held Sunday at 2 pm from her home Rev Fred Bunker of Wilton to officiate Interment in Union Cemetery Local Grangers Harmony Grange attendance noted with several members listed Nearby residents and visitors are referenced in a sequence of social notes following the obituary
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Easton
Ellie E. Gillette
George 8. Gillette
Girlette
Keith
Botsford
Jerusha Sherwood
Easton Hantist Church
Willard S Gulette
Sterling
Edward Gillette
Fred Bunker
Wilton
Union Cemetery
Vented Harmony Grange
Leroy Turney
Charles Patmoles
Newtown
Willims
Joseph B. Hill
Estella Ogdeniss
Ida Tarbell
New York
Wilitar Hell
Bertha Banks
Robert Kent
Calfla Nichols
Bradley Jennings
Tlis
Two Men Injured by Autos in City Morning Crash
Two workers were struck by autos before 7 am as they walked to work. Francis Mulligan, 31, of 151 West Avenue, suffered knee abrasions, and Paul Alasse, 21, of 17 Palisade Avenue, sustained a possible fractured ankle. Alasse was taken to his Belkasp Valve Co job by the striking motorist, then transported to Emergency Hospital by a friend. X-ray planned. Mulligan received treatment at the Emergency hospital and was sent home.
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Francis Muulligan
West Avenue
State Street
Paul Alasse
Palisade Avenue
Alasse
Tardasble
Belkasp Valve Co
Hotchkiss Family Plans Annual Reunion
The Hotchkiss family holds its annual reunion at Grange hall Cheshire on Saturday August 20 with the association meeting at 10 40 am and a table dinner at 12 30 pm. Direct Hotchkiss descendants and families are invited. Miss Mabel Hotchkiss of Waterbury chairs arrangements.
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Hotchkiss
Grange Hall
Cheshire
Hotchkiss Association
Mabel Hotchkiss
Waterbury
Annual Poultry Tour Attended by Monroe Residents
Monroe residents joined the annual poultry tour led by E. E. Jones of Storrs College. The 100 mile trip began at Brookfield Iron Works, visiting farms of Edward B. Starn, Harry Bissing, Dr. Goodenough, and Roger Hotchkiss. Local attendees included Representative Edward Beardsley and several Monroe families. Neighbors’ Night was observed at Harmony Grange with about 90 in attendance, featuring songs, recitations, solos, and remarks by grange leaders.
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Monroe
Harmony Grange
Greenfield Hill
Pokono
Harmony Granges
the Grange
Nan Huntley
Margaret Demm
Easton Grange
Rupert Sinclair
Peper
Julian Wheeler
Edith Fatrenid
Brooklyn
N. Y
Washington
Easton
Fairfield County
Pomona
Dunham
Nathaniel Wright
Minnie Kusterer
Bridgeport
Edgar Nothrop
Miriam Wales
Hartford
Wethersfield
Clarence Newkirk
Lois
Gerald
Middletown
Edward E. Curtiss
Solon B. Wales
Ambrose Hurd
Ernest Proudman
Emme Sherman
Long Hill
Eugene Northrop
Hattertown
Edgar Northrop
Five Corners
Two Brothers Bitten by Same Dog Treated
Wilbur and Paul Morehouse aged nine and six from 96 High Street were among patients at the Emergency hospital yesterday after a dog bite incident. The brothers were not seriously injured as many minor accidents also brought people for treatment including a child with a lacerated middle finger and others with scalp, lip, hand, eye injuries and a bone in the throat case.
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Wilbur
Paul Morehouse
High Street
Yest
Theatre pact to curb scalping gains approval in New York
Theatre owners representing 73 percent of New York playhouses approved the McBrite plan to cap scalping with tickets sold by agencies at no more than 50 cents above box office. Fifty six theatres attended led by Florenz Ziegfeld interests. Dillingham and Erlanger were not represented. Final approval hinges on William McBride’s consent as plan requires brokers to post 10,000 bonds and be overseen by a five member arbitration board.
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New York
Associated Press
Playhouses Tonight
McBrite
Florenz Ziegfeld
Dilingham
Erlanger
William McBride
McBride
Coolidge Endorses Nation wide Singing Audition
President Coolidge endorsed a nation wide audition contest to discover American singers for the country and to raise radio program standards. In a letter to C J Matthews of the Atwater Kent foundation he praised the audition as a laudable undertaking and expressed hope for uplifting musically inclined youth and broad opportunity.
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Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
United States
Tne
C J Matthews
Atwater Kent Foundation
Philadelphia
Reunion Weeks 10 Be Held at Scout Camp This Month
Pomperaug Lake Zoar scout camp announces reunion weeks for past and present attendees. Highlights include fishing instruction by Albert Eccles and an Africa trip talk by D Fairchild ev. Three outstanding campers will earn the Camp Pomperaug Fairchild trophy. A recent overnight hike preceded arrival of four new members to the 200. The turtle collection at the camp grows with four new arrivals from Camp Sherman, bringing total species to five.
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Pomperaug
Lake Zoar
Albert Eccles
D. Fairchild Wev
Africa
Sherman
Newtown Guild Hosts Summer Supper and Dance
The Trinity Episcopal Church guild held its annual summer supper and sale, drawing out of town guests and raising nearly 300 dollars for redecorating the interior. A youth dance at Town Hall on August 19 featured a varied program and proceeds supported the church fund. Frank Corbett, a 3800 mile hiker, passed through Newtown en route from Boston to Indiana amid a $5000 wager, visiting his aunt on Main Street.
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Newtown
Trinity Guild
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Church
Rey
Edgar L. Sanford
Sanford
Bordentown
N. J
Arthur E. Brinton
Adaline Hurd
Main Street
George T. Linsley
Church of the Good Shepherd
Hartford
Linsley
Town Hall
John Ray, Jr
Herbert Mayer
Edna Wolfe
Catherine
Susan Cole
Mildred Luft
Willis F. Arndt
Elizabeth Carlson
Emily Leahy
Dexter Peck
Sandy Hook
Hobart G Warner
Frederick McGuire
H. Tarbox
Isabel Tiemann
Sarah Ferris
Louise Nichols
Frank Corbett
Pittsfield
Mass
French Lick
Indiana
Boston
Bay State trolley line adopts busses
Springfield Massachusetts August 12 buses replace trolley service on the 60 mile Springfield to Worcester leg starting Sunday under the Springfield and Worcester Consolidated firms. Bus schedules to coordinate with other intercity lines to avoid conflicts under unified control.
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BAY State Trolley Line
Springfield
Mass
Associated Press
Worcester
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Felts
Rayon
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Percales
Bristol
Madras
Chantilly
Davenport
Newsparr
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