Irving Notebooks Sent to Yale by Anonymous Donor
New Haven May 6 Four notebooks and a looseleaf manuscript in Washington Irving's hand plus a notebook by his brother Peter Irving were presented to Yale by anonymous donors. Yale now houses a premier Irving collection, including a 1817 diary used for The Sketch Book and notes on The Alhambra.
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Irving
YALE
New Haven
Washington Irving
Peter Irving
Yale University
Starising W. Childs
Mary York City
Trvvngiana
Cona
Amer- Pa
Stank T. Williams
Williams
Highlands
Wiliam C. Preston
Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Edinburgh
Alhambra
Hisparis Society of America
New York
Europe
Hudson River
United States
Amstad
Almanac Notes Mention 1834 Spanish US Years and Travel Journal
A fragmented note references the Spanish and United States governments in 1834, and cites Peter Trving’s notebook titled A Journal of a Tourvet the Alps dated 1907. It appears as a historical bibliographic fragment with unclear context.
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United States
Peter Trving
Alps
Jitney Collides With Auto in City Street Numbers
A bakery delivery truck owned by Nichola Castella and driven by Pietro Piceiriily collided with a jitney bus operated by Harry Taylor on Kossuth and Sterling Streets before 7 am yesterday. The bus sustained minor damage while the truck and other vehicles suffered varying impact. Police noted several other minor exchanges on Kossuth Crescent Noble Huntington and North Washington avenues involving jitneys and private cars.
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Nichola Castella
Pietro Piceiriily
Noth Washington
Kossuth
Sterling Streets
Harry Taylor
Howard Avenue
Burns and Co
Lawrence Smith
Carson Street
Thompson and
North
Washington Avenue
General Electric Athletes to Dance at Pleasure Beach
The General Electric Athletes Association of Bridgeport will hold its first dance of the season on Wednesday evening May 15 at Pleasure Beach dance hall. An augmented orchestra will provide music. The entertainment committee met at the General Electric clubhouse in the factory. members include George Gottschalk chair, Claude Black, Harry Beagle, Albert Mills, Walter Scott, Charles Swansen.
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General Electr's Athletic Association
Brdgeport
Pleasure Beach
General Electric
George Gottschalk
Claude Black
Harry Beagle
Albert Mills
Walter Scott
Charles Swansen
Lobster Fishing Delayed by Weather
Unsettled weather this year slows lobster fishing with high market prices. Local crew has not set traps due to cold, choppy seas. A dealer on Bostwick Avenue holds 500 lobster pots awaiting better conditions.
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Bostwick Avenue
Wether
McCoy's Cod Liver Tablets Promote Kid Growth
Pediatric health ad extols McCoy's Tablets for pale thin children missing vital cod liver nutrients. Claims rapid weight gain and stronger teeth in 20 days with a 4 pound promise and money back guarantee. Sold by Hindle's Drug Stores and other pharmacists.
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Hindle’s Drug Stores
Your Favorrite Drugelst
Brooklyn Girl Leads Campaign for Women’s Summer Camps
Miss Helen Moloney of Brooklyn advocates government funded summer training camps for women. She cites equality with men and gains support from Senator Morris Sheppard and health official Senator Royal Copeland as Congress weighs authorizing camps amid President Coolidge’s favorable stance.
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New York
America
Helen Moloney
Brooklyn
National Minesight
Coolidge
Clarion
Cooldge
Washington
Morris Sheppard
Texas
N. Y
Royal
Copeland
Sesson
Russian towns renamed with Soviet names
Moscow and other Russian towns have been renamed by Bolshevik authorities to sever ties with czarist, noble, and church associations. Petrograd becomes Leningrad, Tsaritsin becomes Stalingrad, Gathudna becomes Trotsk, Elizabethgrad becomes Zinovievek, and Alexandropolis becomes Lenin Khan, reflecting the shift to communist leadership.
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Moscow
Russia
Petrograd
Peter the Great
Leningrad
Lenin
Tsaritsin
Vall
Stalingrad
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Gataudna
Trotsk
Leon Trotsky
Elizabethgrad
Elderly Man Hit By Auto In Stamford Incident
Creivge Weed, 97 Washington avenue, was struck by a motorist on Cross Street, suffering scalp lacerations. Abraham Greenstein of 31 Garden street was arrested for reckless driving and released on own recognizance. In New Haven, Henry Durant, Guilford representative, took oath as a bar member in Superior Court, after prior disbarment and reinstatement following a Waterbury hearing.
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Stamford
Creivge Weed
Washington Avenue
Abraham Gregistein
Garden Street
Weed
New Haven
API Hany R. Durant
General Assembly
Guilford
Supener Court
Arthur Ells
Waterbury
Alfred Eo Baldwin
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Samy
Quality Silk Shop
Main Street
Poli
Poli’s Theatre
Opticians
Main
Graham
Fairfield Ave
Bridgeport
Post-Telegram
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Bridgeport Gas Light CO
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