Gifts to Yale Reach 1.28 Million for Endowment Year
New Haven June 15 Gifts to Yale University credited as endowment in the past year totaled 1,279,764 alumni were told by President Arthur T Hadley at a luncheon after commencement exercises Several new gifts include 100000 for the Karl Memorial fund for the University Press 400000 from William T L Harkness 180 and 10000 from Robert W Netley and 1000 for the Yale Record Building fund from the 1918 Record board The Williams fund aids Gar Williams died May income to aid war relief and the Dry Wright Hall site will house the Tarkiness building after the war with lecture and class rooms The original commission appointing Nathan Hale a captain in the Continental Army was given by
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New Haven
Yale University
Arthur T. Hadley
Karl
James Flarvey Williams
The
University Press
William TL. Harkness
Robert W. Netley
Yale Record Building
Record Board
Williams
Garl Willams
Easton War Rally at Grange Hall Tonight
A war rally is planned at Grange Hall tonight with speakers Mrs. Mary Coverdale and William O’Stara. The event aims to inform townspeople with front lines facts, featuring patriotic songs by the Liberty Chorus. Arthur L. Staples recovers after appendicitis surgery at Galen Hospital in Bridgeport. Local Grange members are to meet Saturday afternoon at Mr. Stantes’s home to discuss crops.
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Taston
Grange Hall
Mariy Coverdale
William O’stara
Liberty Chorus
Arthir L. Staples
Galen Hospital
Bridgeport
Stantes
Reed aviator remembered and medical school funded
Mrs. William A. Reed honors Ensign Read, an aviator killed recently. The University satisfies the General Education Board requirements, completing a 2 500 000 endowment for the medical school. The school will receive 583 900 in interest as part of annual income.
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William A. Reed
Ensign Read
General Education Board
Hair care and laxative ad fusion in old column
A mixed advertisement style piece discusses using Canthrax shampoo for hair cleansing and glossy results, warning against all purpose cleansers and claiming benefits like reduced dandruff and healthier scalp. It also promotes Oley Cathartic Tablets from Twindle’s Drug Store as a safe laxative, noting no habit-forming elements.
Stratford Seeks Summer School For Needy Pupils
Stratford seeks a July August summer school run by Supt C J Thompson to aid backward pupils. sessions would be three hours daily for six weeks five days weekly with regular teachers. depends on pupil interest. Also sewer work delays push completion to 1919, Hollister heights first, with progress on Barnum avenue and Stratford avenue. High school class day at Packard hall followed by graduation at Congregational church. multiple building permits issued and construction plans noted.
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Stratford, Jime If
Btratford
C. J. Thompson
Strford
Thompson
Beretford
Mr. Thompson
Stratford
F. S. Beardsley
Sewer Commission
Hollister Heights
Beardsley
P. & Beardsley
Burton C. Warner
Paul P. Goodell
Barnum Avenue
Bruce Avenue
Stratford Avenue
South Avenue
Erin Street
Stratford High School
Packard Hall
Irving Bennett
Rollett
Hilfrieda Pederson
Sarah Roberts
Lelia Wells
Beatrice Travis
Gertrude
Bidney Wollett
Culealerd
Wthel Jurli Gon
Benjamin Graham
Arnold Wart
Bridgeware
Henry Saunderscn
Matin Street
George Coulish
Jackson Avenue
Dairy Machine Company
St Jord, Avenue
Kremingtet
Proudbridge Avenue
George Culash
Menry Saunders
Main Street
Vrinnyxles
Traitford
Ehut
Teianiss
Amnlewoods
Jacksons
Addles Gaartes
Ring Found After Article Sparks Quick Return
A lost diamond ring belonging to John W. Thompson was recovered Wednesday by George Porter on Church street after reading a Telegram article. Thompson, grateful, values the heirloom highly as it was a gift from his son. Walter Park, foreman on Stratford’s sewer project, noted sewers must run 1 foot below the surface on Hamilton Avenue.
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Ryckman
Lewis
John W. Thompson
Geore Porter
Church Street
Porter
Thompson
Walter Park
Hast Broadway
Stratford
Mme Park
Hamilton Avenue
Dutch Socialist Leader Barred From England Visit
London reports Pieder Troolstra, Dutch Socialist leader, will not enter England after a conference with Philipp Scheidemann. He was refused a passport, missing the London Standard account. The piece also notes the funeral of infant Robert Lorenzo Beers at Union Cemetery after services at Blankeman Place residence.
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London
Pieder Troolstra
Philipp Scheidemann
Socialist Party
Labor Congress
Teingland
London Standard
Troolstra Jt
Solid Rock
Robert Beers
Robert Tlorenzo
Jloward
Mary Beers
Field Frorm
Blankeman Place
Union Cemetery
Detective Fines for Crapshooting Incident at City Court
Patsy Mason and Rank Sttee, of 82 Arch Street and 36 Lexington, were fined $25 plus costs by Judge Wilder after arraignment on crapshooting charges. The case centered on whether Detective George Washburn used obscene language during the arrest. Mason claimed improper language and sought time to produce witnesses, but only about 20 persons testified in support of the detective.
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Patsy Mason
Arch Street
Rank Sttee
Lexington Scenue
Wilder
City Cout
George Washburn
Mason
Washburn
Plans of New York Subway Found Near 183 Benham Avenue
Blueprints belonging to the Interborough Rapid Transit company were found in a gutter near 183 Benham Avenue, Manhattan. The papers, likely lost from a passing car, depict the yard extension of the 359th Street yards. They were turned over to police and are being held by Assistant Superintendent Luckley as no claimant has appeared.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Manshnattan
Gutte
Benham Cavenue
Purdly
New York
Luckley
Lux Flakes Advertises Easier Laundering For Silks
An old Lux advertisement touts Lux detergent as a modern solution to harsh washing. It claims lux flakes create rich lather for silks and delicate fabrics, allowing hot water and gentle dipping to remove dirt. The copy suggests consumers upgrade from hoop skirts to easier care and markets Lux through grocers and department stores.
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Yale
Hadley
White Oxfords
McCormick’s Bootshop
Main ST
1Eer’s
the Electric Shop
Broad Street
United Illuminating CO
Broad ST
Telephone Barnum
Sam
David Greenbaum
Congress ST
Duchess Coffee
van Dyk
Golden Aml
Sohose
England
Ifather
Nausicaa
Phaecia
Lux
Lever Bros. Co
Cambridge
Mass
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