Funeral for Henry R Towne to be attended by Stamford workers
Stamford dispatch notes Henry Robinson Towne died at 420 Park Avenue New York. Yale and Towne plant will close and Stamford employees will attend his funeral in New York Calvary Church. Towne helped found Yale and Towne with Linus Yale Jr. in 1868 and led the firm as president until 1915. He was active in Stamford civic welfare including sewage, parks, and telephone service and held multiple professional and civic roles.
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Frederick Tallmacge Towne
Bridgeport
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Philadelphia
John Henry Towne
University of Pennsylvania
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Paris
New England
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Merchants’ Association
New Town Officers Assume Duties At Brookfield
Brookfield October 18 new board of selectman Edgar H Beers Francis E Gustavsen Levi H Warner and town treasurer D Clark Joyce met to pay monthly bills and conduct town business. Social events featured readings piano solos and reports by local residents and visitors including Miss Anne Hawley Mrs Frederick Curtis Miss Florence Vreman and harpist Edith Connor from Brooklyn. Several local residents and visitors attended gatherings and motor trips in western Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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Board of Selectman
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Levi H. Warner
D. Clark
Joyce
Trac
Frederick
Curtis
Misa Gertrude’. Roe
Leonard H. Eisenboss
Edith Connor
Brooklyn
N. J
Nora Somerville
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bay Ridge
N. Y
Frank Stutzien
Hizabeth
J. Howard Peck
Monroe
Burr
Miles B. Burn
Maud Westereld
John Gamber
Annual Red Cross Convention Opens in Hartford
Hartford Oct 16 The annual Red Cross convention for Connecticut opened this morning in the old State House with broad representation from across the state including Dr L B Rogers commanding officer Hospital No 41 New Haven and Miss Dorothy Stewart Red Cross director hospital No 92 Beacon N Mayor Stevens gave the welcome address and speeches covered government ties and veterans hospitals.
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Old State House
Red Cross
Veterans
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New Haven
Dorothy Stewart
Red Cross Andvice Hoapital
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Stevens
THROES OF COMPOSTTION SPEECH WRITING CONTROVERSY
Senator Sorrhum answers a question about who writes his speeches. He says he writes them himself, complaining a stenographer cannot capture laughs or applause, and the chilly reception in the audience. Washington Star.
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Sorrhum
Washington Star
Child who preferred metal diet recovers in Saginaw
Mary Dos aged 15 who swallowed 1200 metallic objects including coins washers safety pins and bolts has recovered after hospital treatment. Doctors report normal intelligence now and say she is discharged. The incident occurred in Saginaw Michigan with the stomach contents removed and medical care provided.
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Saginaw
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Yale Checkforgery Suspect Held for Trial
Norman C Lynch a Rhode Island family member with studies at Harvard Yale Brown and Dartmouth is jailed in New Haven on ten counts of forging checks. He allegedly passed many worthless instruments including a Yale fee payment check. Authorities say Lynch spent about 80000 and plans to stand trial after bail failed. The latest check dated September 24 for 290 drawn on Frederick Lynch was offered at a New York bank.
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New Haven
Norman C.luyynch
Rhode, Island
Harvard
Yale
Brown
Dartmouth
Superior Court
Lynch
Frederick Lynch
New York
Attempts death by own action in Stamford cell
Christina Festa 32 of Cereta street Spring date is today in Dr F Hermes clinic under observation after a seeming suicide attempt in the city jail. She chased her husband with a carving knife, roughing him in an effort to disarm him. Late last night she seized a broom outside her cage and opened a gas stove valve, gas flowing before Policeman Lauersen detected the leak and found her semiconscious. She was taken to Dr Barnes sanitarium.
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Stamford
Tete- Brain
Christina Festa
Cereta Street
F. H Rmes
Ciy
Festa
Tree growing in church tower in Herefordshire town
An old German town features a cathedral tower with an imposing tree sprouting from a sedge eighty feet above ground. A similar tree grows in the chancel of Ross Church in Herefordshire, England, illustrating rare arboreal churches.
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Ross
Herefordshire
England
Caution costly in sugar tariff case says Shaver
Washington dispatch reports Chairman Shaver of the Democratic national committee accusing President Coolidge of delaying action on the sugar tariff petition until after the election. He says the postponement harms consumers by prolonging an unjustifiable tax on a common staple and benefits beet sugar interests.
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Coolidge
Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Pune
Marvin
United States Tariff Commission
L Fg
Tarff Commission
Howeever
Tariff Commission
Republican National Committee
Willam V. Hodges
Coalidge
Commission
White House
Nothing to It Mrs Suburb Says About Husband Dress
A brief Wedge style quip from Kansas City Times overheard in a domestic vignette. Mrs Suburb comments on her husband’s quiet attire while Mrs Next door recalls his loud collar stud loss. The exchange captures a humor moment reflecting suburban manners.
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Kansas City Times
Kellogg's Bran Promises Health for Children
Propaganda ad extols Kellogg's Bran as cure for constipation and disease, claiming it prevents up to 40 illnesses, relieves chronic constipation, and guarantees money back if relief isn’t permanent. It touts natural action, ease of use, and broad availability in Battle Creek production and hotel service.
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Battle Creek
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