Dimes and a Rockefeler Lesson in thrift and fate
A reminiscence links dimes to luck and a vanished fortune tale. The narrator recalls hoarding change inspired by John D. Rockefeller and recounts a summer at Skidmore where a violinist job for a hotel yielded a single dime tip from an elderly guest, later ending in the manager canceling her engagement and the rock of thrift framed by a dress and a moral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Saratoga Springs
Skidmore School of Arts
Skidmore
Federal Home Loan Bank function outlined for Rotary Club
Herbert N Faulkner president of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston explained the bank's main role to Rotary members. He described three nationwide banking systems, noted 11 Home Loan Banks, and said member banks own stock and elect directors. He cited past crises and praised the liquidating Home Owners Loan Corporation. A Korea letter from Lt William D Hall was read.
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Rotary Club
Federal Home Loan Bank
Herbert N Faulkner
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
White Rail
Faulkner
T. Russell McGrath
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Providence
Edward White
Roger Williams Savings Fund and Loan Association of Providence
Reginald Dimond
Howard R. Newman
William M. O'Rourke
Federal Reserve Bank System
Federal Land Bank
Federal Home Loan System
Bankers
Savings and Loan Associations
Federal Name Loan Bank
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Newman
William D Hall
Rotary
Pusan
Korea
Obituary of Mrs Mary King Cuarlelli of 64 Bay View Avenue
Mrs Mary King Cuarlelli wife of Leo J Ciarlell of 64 Bay View Avenue died Wednesday morning after a long illness. A native and lifelong resident born May 18 1881 she was educated in town schools and once worked at the former Keds Division of U S Rubber. She was a communicant of St Marys Church and survived by three brothers Francis E Manuel and Joseph L King and a sister Miss Annie M King all of the town. Funeral from Charles M Connery Funeral Home 57 Burton Street at 8 am Saturday with a solemn high Mass of requiem at 9 am in St Marys. Burial in St Marys Cemetery.
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Mary (King) Cuarlelli
Leo J Ciarlell
Bay View Avenue
Francis and
Mary (Josepha) King
Keds
U.S Rubber Company
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John D.—The Dime Tipper
Catherine Hornby
Rockefeller
Maritime
Silary
New England
Kreutzer
United States
Velveeta
Berden
Flaast
Spaghett
PEG
Tores
Miller's
Alaska
Cloverdale
Ko Peg
Cera
Hamburg
Florida
Pabi
Pfor Boe
Pascal
Ea Od
Brookside
Finast
Cole
Libby
Yor Peas
Garden Fresh
Thig
Ray
Duco Works
Body and Fenser
Fall River
Vermette Lumber Co., Inc
Bunpine Marentars
G.A.R. High
A. Primiano & Son
County Road
Barrington
Tel
John Lach
Warren
Child
Warren Wrn
AAA
Bristol
John Sousa
Emsam
Paul's Diner
H. W. Gifford
State Street Wharf
Stern
Vien
Sal Molasky
Bristol Voters
Board of Canvassers
Burnside Memorial Building
Permanent Registration Law Board OF Canvassers
John W Church
Model
Aen Bit Ceara Eee
Freddie's Furniture CO
Hope Street
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