Shakespeare Memorial Theatre gift boosts Rockefeller philanthropy
John D. Rockefeller gives 500000 dollars to rebuild Stratford England's Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, a gift equaling one fifth of the total fund sought and the largest single donation to the project. The elder Rockefeller funds medical religious and educational causes, while the younger expands into arts and broader philanthropy.
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John D. Rockefeller
Shakespeare Memorial
Stratford
England
Rockefeller
Boost for Bigtory centers on evolving debates
A newspaper writer cites Mayor Thompson’s book war and notes that readers are turning to serious historical works. The Dayton evolution trial spurs many Tennesseans and others to study evolution, while New York plays boost box office through staged plays. Boston bans spark sales. Chicago’s anti-Hellistr spectacle drives readers toward recent critical works.
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Thompson
Chicago
van ‘Tyne
Sport Hermann
New York City
Boston
Advertising Prospects Bright Despite Proclamations Clash
The American advertising outlook for 1928 appears strong with S R Cony Gente noting major national advertisers plan to maintain or boost annual ad spend exceeding 6 billion dollars. Prosperity fuels ad budgets and ads in newspapers magazines and outdoor media. The piece also laments proclamations and notes local social notices including marriages and vacations.
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S. R. Cony. Gente
Association of National Advertisers
Tle
Interesting Sidelights on Life in Nations Capital
Washington November 7 a National Press Club meeting on its new constitution drew a reporter away to a phone call. The caller spoke in a muffled manner claiming to know the journalist by reputation and hinted at information about the Sinclair trial, but spoke vaguely and was hard to understand.
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Washington
National Press Club
Sinclair
New
Ray Akers
Tere
Hemming
Haying
Mr. Akers
Edward J. Kidwell
Twenty Years Ago From the Journal Files 1907
Recurring items from the 1907 Journal Files recount a Sinclair Fall trial rumor mill, a Washington desk phone tip, and affidavits about a possible mistrial. Nearby notes record a dog killed by a freight train, birthday anniversaries, winter travel plans, farm moves, a refinery blast damage, and local social notices.
Game of Correct English by W L Gordon
Language primer outlines daily ten minute practice to boost vocabulary and social success. It presents prompts on grammar spelling pronunciation and word choice with examples and exercises drawn from a 20th century style readership.
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W. L. Gordon
Masisty
Saturday’s Questions and Answers from Look and Learn
The Great Emancipator was called Abraham Lincoln. Sugarcane fruit is widely cultivated now. Fish can remain with eyes open or closed. many species do close them. The pound’s value varies. compute from current rates. The U S acquired Alaska from Russia in 1867.
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U.S
Russia
Johann Wolfgange von Goethe
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Lake Titiotica
Andes Mountains
South America
A Problem a Day: Potato Farm Profit
A farmer planted 12 acres with potatoes with costs 39.30 per acre for soil and planting 7.80 per acre for gathering and marketing 14 per acre for storage. Output totaled 480 bushels per 40 persons? The crop sold at 150 per bushel, compute net profit.
Former Corry Resident Heads Detroit Bank
Walter L. Dunham, once a Corry resident and Corry School alum, was elected president of the Detroit Savings Bank succeeding the late George Bak. He resigns as vice president of the First National Bank in Detroit, with James H. Doherty named first vice president. Dunham serves as a director of the Detroit Trust Company the Industrial Bank and the McCord Radiator Company and is first vice president of the Michigan Bankers Association.
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Walter L. Dunham
Detroit Savings Bank
Corry
Dunham
Detroit
Walter I. Dunham
George 5
Bak
John St. Dwyer
First National Banks
James H Doherty
D. Dwight Douglas
Irst
National Bank
First National Bank
Detroit Trust
Fake Channel Swimmer Fined in Perjury Case
Dr Dorothy Cochrane Logan and trainer Horace Carey were fined at Mansion House police court for falsely claiming to swim the English Channel. Logan paid 500 plus 350 costs, Carey 250 plus 25 costs. both pleaded guilty under the perjury act, with the News of the World cited as instigator.
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United Pret
London
Dorothy Cochrane Logan
Mansion House
Horace Carey
Miss Logan
Gertrude Ederle
Nash Dealers Visit Factory Tour Highlights Value
Local Nash dealers Wiggers and Reslink returned from visits to Kenosha Ratine and Milwaukee praising Nash products. They report 93 percent of Nash cars are built in Nash factories underscoring world leading motor car value.
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Nash
Wiggers
Reslink
Kenosha
Ratine
Milwaukee
Nash Cars
Probing Death of Realtor In Erie Underway
State police and insurance investigators press to establish causes after a buried incident near Sto and Rd in Erie. Willard Lowe, a local realtor and machine owner, is the apparent victim. Insurance firm officials say they have not yet identified the decedent and will review Lowe’s actions in the hours before the machine’s discovery in fumes.
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Erie
Sto
Mawe
Insur Jante Company
Mowe
Father of Seven Ends His Life in Jamestown
Jamestown news reports Charles George aged 43, father of seven, committed suicide at 4 45 pm while visiting Charles Gambria at 411 Allen Street. He fired a 32 caliber revolver into his brain, leaving a note in Italian. Police and officials investigate motive, with no clear reason yet disclosed. George had seven children, the eldest 20, and died at the Gambria residence.
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Jamestown
Charles George
Allen Street
Charles Gambria
Clyde D. Smith
John S. Leonar
George
Gambria House
Gambria
Nurse Fatally Struck in Jamestown Accident
Miss Mary Anderson, nurse at We 6A hospital, died after an auto collision in Jamestown. Mrs Mazel Hensel reported the crash at Allen street and Fort avenue. coroner and district attorney to investigate. Anderson died about two hours after the 2 a.m. incident, with injuries including a fractured skull and chest crush.
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Jamestown
Mary Anderson
We 6A
Mazel Mwenzel
Frew Mure
Claude Hensel
Allen Street
Poote Avenue
Imsto
Atorney
John S Leonard
Mra Henzel
Front Foot Avenue
May Anderson
Miss Anderson
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Flint
Mayville
Oil City
Wnold
GH. Bagley
Helen
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Bessie Johnson
Settle
Fraile Raymond
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Nation’s Capitol
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NEA
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Joreet
Fall
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CB. Northrop
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Ly Spiesman
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Albert Carlburg
California
George Humphrey
Familly
State Line
Bowman
Gimplshter Refining Company
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Regal
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Princely
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Birrell
Joseph Rogan
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