Department store plans near Main and Pairfield
Large department store interests seek the northeast corner of Main Street and Pairfield Avenue to replace the D. M. Read Co as a new Broad Street and John Street store is built. Joseph W. Northrop named architect for a six million dollar fireproof building with Boston consultants Monks and Johnson. Lease of Read store ends January 1 1926. Also notes a mistaken claim about Mrs. Hull’s nationality.
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Main Street
Pair-field Avenue
D. M. Read Company
John and Broad Streets
Archer Wheeler
Nathaniel Wheeler
Wheeler
Read
Joseph W.W. Northrop
Broad and
John Street
Monks and Johnson
Boston
Quota Exhausted Immigrant Journeys and Dreams at Ellis Island
A long, vivid account traces immigrant hopes and fears as quotas for Egypt, Russia, Syria, and others fill monthly limits. A New York Times fragment models Ellis Island life, detailing deportation anxiety, per-passenger costs, and the contrast between dream of opportunity and harsh reality.
Ath letic Association Meeting Talks Funds and Plans
The Athletic Association at the High School met after class in Room 10 with President Raymond Whalen presiding. Fund drive progress was slow at 372.38 dollars. a ramatrial show at Christmas Time was proposed to boost funds. A committee led by Miss Florence Evans was formed to explore fundraising ideas. Cross Country was canceled as veterans graduated last spring. no team is planned this year. The custodian of supplies position, to replace Francis Carroll, was postponed for a week. Annex students were allowed to try out for football, with future separate basketball and baseball teams planned. The High School Players' Club elected officers Kenneth Moore president, Mstelle McElroy vice-president, Virginia Marsh secretary, Carol Meels treasurer, and Virginia Marsh program chair. Preparations for "The Lass of Jemimorick Town" opera in December were announced, with involvement from school musical groups and Players’ Workshop.
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New
Jerasy
Jerecy
Pauls
Svalle
Ika Bakulic
Zacharelli
Menanderes
Ufe
Pratt— Mars
Jean Pratt
Muyen
Russia
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Whistler
Romano
Battery
Brooklyn
The
Athletic Association of the High School
Raymond Whalen
Florence Evans
McCracken Alsa
Francis Carrol
Carroll
Ayer
Kenneth Moore
Mstelle McElroy
Virginia Marsh
Carol Meels
Mia
Sara Sherman Pryor
Alvin C. Breul
Lass
Jeimerick Town
Wah
Arthur A. Penn
Tha
Burglars Take $100 From Greenwich Drug Store
Three thieves forced a rear window into the Greenwich Drug store in Westport and robbed the cash register of $100 along with some merchandise. No arrests yet, deputy says the trio resemble three known loiterers, and their capture would aid recent unsolved robberies.
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Westport
Greenwich
Edgar Per
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Australia
Boleum
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Anne Collins
New York
Walter
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United States
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Peponder
Ellis Island
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Wissner
Melville Clarke
American Player Co
Wisener
Fatory
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Kellar
Putnam
Grand Putnam Player
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Gale Haines
Bank Street
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