Wesleyan loses nearly $300 per student in year report
A Wesleyan University accounting summary shows the annual per student cost at 508.26 with net tuition deductions around 277.99 and other education costs. The report lists endowment over 709,000,000 and ongoing campus projects including Mullecaster Laboratory work and library foundation expenditures.
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Darien Policemen's Ball This Friday
Darien officials announce the Policemen's Ball will be held Friday with Chief Ham Cosy leading the event planning. Funds raised support department activities and a related entertainment program is planned for the evening.
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Noroton Heights Fire Chief Resigns Amid Shakeup
Francis Kerr, son of Tunden Avenue, resigns from the Noroton Heights Fire Company as Richard Ducdule is named acting chief. The resignation follows a broader shakeup in the department leadership during December.
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Christmas shop echoes in department store tale
Mr. Simmons returns from Christmas shopping to comfort his tearful wife after an encounter with a store clerk. She laments the department’s rule against returns before the holidays as she recounts the insult she faced while shopping for gifts.
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Tony the Bootblack Christmas Shopping Antics
A humorous fragment depicts Tony the bootblack in a chaotic Christmas shopping scene with misheard phrases, suspenders jokes, and crowded store interactions. Characters Mariouche Marlouche and Mrs Tucker appear amid quick dialogue and comic misunderstandings. A chaotic street-level vignette with colorful names and local flavor.
Champagne Seized As Boat Is Docked
United States customs harbor patrol boarded the steamer Vincent of the Cosmopolitan Line at a Hoboken pier. They tore up the hatch floor and seized 1,000 bottles of Piper Heidsieck champagne bottled in 1914. The ship’s quartermaster was arrested for interfering with officers. the captain and two crewmen were ordered to appear for a Monday hearing.
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Senate to shelve tax bills and act on gas treaty
Washington dispatch reports the Senate will cut taxes from the major appropriation bill, shelve tax questions, and move to dismiss impeachment proceedings against Judge George W. English. It plans to refer the Mussel Shoals matter to the Agriculture committee and consider rivers and harbor funds, with debates on farm relief and fuel tax ideas. The House focuses on interior department funding and processing proposed monetary tax changes while awaiting Senate action.
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Harkness Gives English Tapestries to Yale
Edward Harkness of New York donates a set of English Chinloveries tapestries from 1700 to Yale University. The gift, announced after Yale's corporation passed a vote of thanks, includes pieces by John Vanderbank and part of the Yale Theatre display. The tapestries have resided in Yale family holdings for more than 225 years and were once in Glenham Hall, Suffolk.
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Boy Loses Teeth After Auto Hit in Stamford
Stamford report says eight year old Peter Mancussi was struck while coasting on Linden Street last night. Four teeth were knocked from his jaw, none other injuries reported. He was driven home by H W Baker of Lawn Avenue after a visit to a nearby physician.
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Abie’s Irish Rose opens at Lyric Theatre tonight
Amusements Tonight presents Ate Nichols in Abie’s Irish Rose at the Lyric Theatre for a week with a Wednesday and Saturday matinee. The production promises strong laughs and a tender story of love and tolerance amid metropolitan praise from New York runs and solid box office records.
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Flaming Frontier at the Palace Promises Thrills and Romance
Universal's Flaming Frontier at the Palace theater blends American history themes with a romance and comedy, featuring Hoot Gibson in a Western suite. The production highlights West Point life, Custer massacre replays, and Indian resentment, with a vaudeville bill celebrating vaudeville's centennial. First Black Bottom contest eliminations begin tonight, drawing local entrants amid grand prizes and growing interest in the Palace contest.
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Polls Vaudeville Week Opens With International Bill
International vaudeville week begins at Pols Vaudeville Theatre with Modena's Fantastic Revue headlining a diverse bill. Features include Countess Modena, violinist Faith Bishop, Lynn International dancers, Jack Edwards, Pearl Morria, and a featurette Daddy and the Baby. Also shows Nudy Kramer and Sally Fields skit Fresh from College, Bebe Daniela and Ford Sterling in Stranded in Paris, and The Tennis Champion Van Bibber comedy. Mounting attractions include Pathe News and a country store added tonight.
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Majestic Presents Love's Blindness Starke In Tough Role
Pauline Starke returns to the Majestic with Love's Blindness from Elinor Glyn, playing a 19 year old shielded from life who marries by her father to a suitor. Antonio Moreno as Hubert Culverdale delivers a hard to pity husband role. Sam De Gasse stands as money lender Benjamin Levy. Also new short features and a light program including The Majestic News Aesop's Fables and Gang Crazy.
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Astrology Advice Sparks Quick Marriage Plan
Maud asked an astrologer when to marry. after a quick glance he advised her to seize the first chance. The exchange reads like a quirky old-time joke about love and timing.
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Washington Dances the lame duck Fox Trot Society Scene
Washington society opens the season with official dinners and receptions as Congress enters the lame duck session. Debutantes prompt the new fox trot while diplomats, ministers, and the Kelloggs host events. Rumors swirl about David Bruce and Alisa Mellon Bruce returning from Rome and resuming social duties in Washington.
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Missionary recounts seven years in Turkey and relief work
Rev William Sage Woolworth Jr spoke at United Church describing seven years as a missionary of the United Church in Turkey. He spoke of Armenian massacres and relief efforts and noted the Turkish government edict banning Bible teaching in Turkish schools. He studied at New York University, ordained at Union Theological Seminary in 1918, and traveled to Turkey in 1919. He married Pauline Rehder in Constantinople in 1924.
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