Milford Beardsley gift funds new Milford Hospital site
Charles W Beardsley donated the Pond homestead three and one half acres to the Milford Hospital association securing a hospital on the Boston Post road western Milford. The stockade era site is historic with the Pond house dating 275 years. Plans begin immediately for hospital buildings.
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Milford
Milford Hospital Association
Charles W. Beardsley
Old Pond
Boston Post Road
Miford
Pond
Hospital Association
Caseys Spend Millions For Education Work
The Knights of Columbus report by Willum J McGinney shows about 5 008 000 spent on educational relief for veterans. It details 4900 civilians and 1500 women involved, 15 000 diplomas issued, 460 educators and estimates for K C schools and radio plant costs.
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Knights of Columbus
Willum J. McGinner
New York
K of C
Chicasa
McGinley
Staten
Alluring Summer Hats in White and Colored Tints
Alluring hats arrive in white and soft tints to suit the season. Hat types include Leghorn, Georgette, organdy, hemp with ribbons and ostrich trimmings. Colors range from delicate rose to greens, with various dress modes and cool jaunty styles priced from five to fifteen dollars.
Oxfords for girls in new styles and comfort
Black calfskin and tan Russia options come in sizes from 6 to 11 and 7 to 11 with prices ranging from 3.75 to 6.50. Play oxfords with welted soles available in several sizes.
Pyralin Ivory Adds Fashionable Trinkets for Ladies
Marketed as ivory like and dull glowing, Pyralin ivory items enchant critical women with a wide range of dressing-table goods. Available now are brushes, boxes, jars, mirrors, trays, gloves and perfume bottles with prices from 40 cents to 18 dollars, listing centers and front aisle placement.
Crystal Washer Urges End to Household Slavery
A Bridgport notice extols a Crystal Washer as a health aiding device for domestic duties. It argues men should share laundry chores, promote modern appliances like the vacuum, electric iron, and Crystal Washer, and invites wives to visit the store on the fourth floor for demonstrations and easy payment terms.
Slugger bats and official balls sale note
Baseball fans learn that bat factories face closures due to ash shortages while a dealer announces Louisville Slugger bats at 1.50 each. Autographed models approved by Eddie Collins and others are included, with official American League cork-centered baseballs also priced at 1.50.
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Louisville
Eddie Collins
Ty Cobb
Hank Gowdy
Home Run Baker
Joe Jackson
Sisler
Kauff
Cork Center
Pretty linen and batiste handkerchiefs for women
Linen handkerchiefs priced at 50 cents feature embroidered patterns from tiny corner designs to larger intricate motifs. Batiste options offer fine textures and corner embroidery with lace edging as another style at 35 cents. Men’s mercerized cotton handkerchiefs are 25 cents with a quarter-inch hem. Center aisle rear.
Men’s extra trousers sale at five ninety five
Patterns that extend a suit’s life by replacing worn trousers offer contrast to coats and vests. Sold from a maker’s collection, one to six pairs, in worsted, cheviot, and cassimere styles. Actual values $7.50 to $10, now $5.95 on the main floor rear.
Special home needs at low prices from Landers Frary Clark
Catalog style sale offers durable housekeeping aids including Landers Frary Clark 4 loaf bread mixers at 2.95 Acme 1 qt ice cream freezers 0.95 White 4 piece canister sets 1.25 Aluminum 3 pan saucepan sets 1.75 3 qt aluminum lipped saucepans 0.95 Wizard furniture polish 0.21 Wall kitchen racks 0.90 Brooms 4 string 0.55 Sherwood dish drainers 1.10 Universal scales weigh to 24 lbs 2.75 Large chopping bowls 0.65
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Landers Frary & Clark
Wizard
Sherwood
Universal Family
Handsome long silk gloves offered for summer wear
Advertisement notes pure white silk gloves in handsome long style with double fingertips for durability. Describes rich texture and charm for summer frocks, priced at 2.25 and 2.95 dollars.
Rich colors in new Heatherbloom petticoats
Rich colors and durable Heatherbloom petticoats promise service and satisfaction. The smart striped foundations fit smoothly with lightweight summer gowns in rose gray Copenhagen purple and green. Good flounces careful finishing and prices from 2.50 to 6 on the second floor.
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Copenhagen
Yale Graduate Gifts 3 Million to Endowment at Alumni Luncheon
A Yale graduate donated 3,000,000 dollars to Yale University’s general endowment with conditions for 2,900,000 dollars in additional gifts by January 1, 1921. The luncheon in Yale dining hall featured remarks by President Arthur T. Hadley, former President Taft, General Pershing, and ambassadors Geddes and Jusserand. Edwin M. Herr was elected Alumni Fellow to succeed Henry Branford Sargent. The Woolsey hall exercises awarded 700 degrees.
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New Haven
Yale
Arthur T. Hadley
William Howard Taft
John T. Pershing
Auckland Geddes
United States
Jules Jusserand
Woolsey Hall
Hadley
Woodbridge Hall
Edwin M. Herr
Pittsburgh
Henry Branford Sargent
Yale Corp
Herr
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co
Connecticut Delegates Tour Grand Canyon Sand Storm
Connecticut delegates en route to the Democratic national convention spent a day at the Grand Canyon riding the rim and watching a sand storm blow in from the desert. They formed headquarters at the El Tovar and discussed platform ideas with delegates from New Mexico Illinois and New Haven.
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Grand Canyon
Aris
Connecticut
San Francisco
Riverside
Cal
el Tovar
Canyon
King’s County
N. M
Illinois
Aluquerque
New Haven
McAdoo
Cox
Pal
Mer
Cummings
Marshall
Lonergan
Fire District
James R. Nugent
Great American Desert
Arizona
June Weddings Peet Hodissey
Miss Emily Hodissey and Charles W. Peet wed at St James Church in a Wednesday morning ceremony officiated by Rev. M. J. O Connor. The couple announced plans for their future together.
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Peet
Ashcroft Co
Clifford Street
Nicholine Bruce
Robert Bruce
Marion Street
Joseph H. Seims
Read School
Bruce
Alden Newman
Park Ave Mue
Ruth Rose
Amy Callender
Belle Bruce
Mary Rose
Conley
Bessie Callender
Bessie Rose
Estelle van Gorden
Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound for Dark Hair
A vintage ad touts an old grandmother’s recipe using Sage Tea and Sulphur to darken gray hair. Modern versions mix Wyeth’s Sa and Sulphur Compound for ready use, applied with a comb to strands for complete coverage, leaving hair naturally darker with a soft lustre.
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Wyeth
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New Haven K. of
Mary Barry
Bitla Emmons
Hoe
The
American Fabric Co
Bridgeport
Frances L. Younglove
Spring Mek
Robert King
New Haven Avenue
Humphrey-Wilcox
Springfield
Rosenbaum Preparatory School
Legion
Needlework Guild
Clifford Clark
Will Pratt
Derby Road
William Feltis
West Town Street
Sodality of the Children of
St Mary’s Church
Degier
Aloes
Oxfords
Bridgport
Ing
Howland Dry Goods
Pres. Hadley
Doctors of Philosophy
Miss Bruce
Columbus
Ohio
Bure Fook
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