English Language Triumphs From 1066 Conqueror to World Speech
Yale professor William Lyon Phelps contributes a weekly column on literature. He argues English rose to a universal tongue after William the Conqueror’s 1066 victory, blending Anglo-Saxon with Romance roots, simplifying grammar, and spreading across the globe. He cites Harold, Napoleon, Drake, and Hindenburg era contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Lyon Phelps
Phelpe
Lampson
Yale University
Aneta
Alwara
Yale
Bert
Mot Phelps
William the Conqueror
England
Francis Drake
Channel
Napoleon
St. Helena
Boulogne
Kning
Germany
Hindenburg
London
Tennyson
Harold
William
Tostig
Yorkshire
Europe
George V
Virgil
Rome
Mussolini
Witam
George Moore
Brookfield Notes: Travel News and Local Events
Miss Lynn Mansfield and Miss Catherine Weadock travel from Havana to New Orleans amid flood scenes and muddy waters. They plan a northern route to Lima via Mobile and Cincinnati, enjoying Cumberland scenery before summer studies in Ann Arbor. Local events include hospital campaign drives, sewing club meetings, and a church wedding.
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Brookfield
Lynn B Mansfield
Brookfield Center
Catherine Weadock
Lima
Ohio
el Collegio Americano
Turinam
Cuba
Havana
New Orleans
Mississippi
Southwest
Mansfield
Mobile
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Cindcinnati
Cumberland Mountains
Miss Mansfield
Mise Weadock
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Connecticut
Arial
Arthur S Mansfield
Archle “S Hook
Congregational Church
Mrs Blodget Breaks Wrist at Garden Fete
Mrs Henry Blodget of 111 Myrtle avenue broke a wrist in a fall Wednesday at Miss Annie Burr Jennings home in Fairfield during a bridge and garden fete hosted by the Eunice Dennie Burr chapter of the D A R. She is under treatment at Bridgeport hospital after arriving there Thursday. Nearby, Mrs William Nothnagle of Park place, a close friend, is also at the Bridgeport hospital with a broken right wrist from a separate fall Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Blodget
Myrtle Avenue
Annie Burr Jennings
Fairfeld
Eunice Dennie Burr
D A. R
Bridgeport Hospital
William Nothnagle
Park Place
Blodget
Three More Children Hurt By Cartridges
Three more premature Independence Day observers suffered blank cartridge wounds at the Emergency Hospital. Michael Farr, 12, of 599 Reservoir Avenue Stratford, admitted he shot himself with a blank pistol, wounding the palm of his left hand. Philip Spalla, 11, of 456 Pem broke Street, also injured his left palm. John Leias, 60 Wallace Street, was struck in the eye by a firecracker thrown by a playmate this noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael ‘Farr
Reservoir Avenue
Stratford
Philip Spalla
Pembroke Street
John Leias
Wallace Street
Bamboo Fire Described as Fast Moving Inferno
A bamboo forest blaze is described as terrifying and rapid, likened to a roaring wildfire racing through trees. Observers note bamboo groves tower up to 100 to 150 feet as flames sweep through, creating a dramatic and dangerous scene.
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Prench
Bellame
Sorbonne
Iis
Hanken Knitting Mills
Main ST
Steinert’s
Main
Mia Carl Emilson
Chia Af
Bristol
Mir
F E Gustafson
Danbury Hospital
Pokono Grange
Metlchewan Grange
Paul Burdick
Misa Mae Ostrander
Charles 8. Carpenter
St. Paul's Church
John Smith
Sterling
Union
Bridgeport
Peter Panneck
Jack Horner
Annette Kellerman
Glenkirk
Optomo
Cannon Street
Nainsook Union Suits
Oxford
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