Bankers Approve Federal Rediscount Rate Rise
New York Federal Reserve raises rediscount rate from 3 to 3 1/2 percent. Stock prices recover as London cables hint at Bank of England rate rise. International bankers expect Britain may not sustain parity once gold standard decision is made.
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New York Federal Reserve Redia
Staring Exchange
London
Bank of England
New York
Dlower
Great Britain
Wall
Erling Exchange
J. P. Morgan
Boy Wille Fears Prayer Then Confesses Mischief
In a Boston Transcript reading, Wille admits to his mother that he avoided prayer before bed and framed his mischief as being a bad little boy. The exchange captures a child’s reluctance to confess and a mother’s gentle prompting.
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Wille
Put Him On His Feet and His Recovery Talk
A brief line from the Boston Transcript features Mrs A and Mrs B discussing a husband’s rapid recovery. Mrs A asks how he grew fit quickly while Mrs B says she threatened to fetch her mother to care for him.
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Mra. A
Mra. B
Boston Transcript
Fairfield tax revenue to be lightly more
Fairfield February 27 special report notes the Board of Relief trimmed the grand list by 111,582 after reviewing 43 claims including large reductions for United Illuminating and Eva Follett Warner. The revised grand list totals 24,378,248, boosting expected town taxes at 18 mill rate to 438,808, with the town budget set at 434,620 and about 30,000 to come from non tax sources.
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Board of Belief
Focal Grand
United H- Luminating Company
Warner
Board of Assessors
Eva Follett Warner
Board of Finance
Board of Relief
Miss Helen Talmage Entertained At Party
A social gathering last night at 33 Yale Street honored Miss Hazel Tapping with dancing and games. Luncheon revealed the engagement of Miss Tapping to Jack Lodusky, with a list of attendees including Beatrice Fox Mae Parker Mamie Casey Pearl Talmage Helen Talmage and several couples and friends.
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A. Helen Talmage
Yale Street
Hazel Tapping
Miss Tapping
Jack Lodusky Waa Wade
Beatrice Fox
Mae Parker
Mamie Casey
Pearl Talmage
Helen Talmage
F. Ison
M. Bailey
Marguarite Gross
J. Fisher
Passenger hurt as liner battles storm on De Grasse
The French liner De Grasse arrived in Havre from New York eighteen hours late after a violent voyage. Passenger Robert Newton suffered a broken wrist when he was thrown to the smoking room floor during the storm. The ship’s organist Enrico Bossi died February 20 and his body will be sent to Italy by his widow for burial.
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Ling
de Grasse
New York
Robert Newton
Marco
Enrico Bossi
Italy
Koreans Killed in Clash With Japanese Constabulary
Seoul dispatches report 49 Koreans shot to death by Japanese constabulary on the Mali border during a clash described as a revolt by malcontents. A small stash of weapons and munitions was captured.
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Sdvices
Seoul
Mali
Fashionable suspender frocks and skirts described
The description notes second floor footwear in patent leather or tan calf with side gorings and lattice front. A boyish tow heel and rounded toe appeal to fashion minded Misses. Mature styles include black satin and tweed suspender frocks at $5.95.
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