Aikins Corrects Judge Prouty On Central College War Years
Mrs H D Atkins writes to editor Chronicle correcting Judge Prouty’s claim that Central College closed during the Civil War. She recalls Prof Currier and Rev Scarff with Mrs Stoddard keeping the school going for girls, their self-sufficiency, and notes the college sent many men to crush the rebellion. She praises the school colors and mentions two young Ryan brothers.
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Central College
United States
Robert
Thomas Ryan
Bond Sale Delayed By School Board Citing Better Terms
At a recent school board meeting the bids for the $48,000 high school bonds were not accepted. Some bids were decent but the board plans to resubmit for new bids to secure improved terms. Bonds carry 5 percent interest from June 1. The best bid offered a $625 premium from Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, while the lowest bid was $214 below par from William Halsey & Co. of Chicago. The date for reopening bids is June 25.
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Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
William Halsey & Co
Chicago
Peaches Wins Poker Night Turns On Cold Feet Rule
A poker party hosted by Peaches ends in a tense night as Sam bets big, Peaches bluffs brilliantly, and Aunt Jessica breaks the bank on a fashion spree. The narrator notes two wary players Hep Hardy and Uncle Louis Miffendale, while Spud Dalrymple and Sybil drift through the rounds. The evening blends humor and gambling stakes as tables turn and friendships test limits.
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Fay
Peaches
Hep
Hardy
Lfe
Louis Miffendale
Jessica Miffendale
Spud Dalrymple
Sybil
Spud
Wall Street
John
Patricia Bolivar
Sam
Hep Hardy
Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue
Belf
Jessica
Mexico
Miffendales
Uncle Louis
Louis
Lunatic asylums overrun by royal impostors in Europe
A New York Sun writer notes that deranged individuals claim kinship with European monarchs. Cranks frequently target Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, asserting they are queenly spouses or royal heirs. Similar harassments have plagued Berlin and Potsdam since 1888, with no reigning sovereign immune.
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New York Sun
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
George V
Edward VII
Berlin
Potsdam
Europe
Lucky Baby Rides High at Knickerbocker Hotel
A New York Herald report recounts Mrs Burton Craigger and her infant at the Knickerbocker hotel. Calls from Chicago for a baby carriage reveal a calm staff and a rooftop airing plan as the baby enjoys a sunny outing above Broadway.
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Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Knickerbocker
Chicago
Baby Craigge
Mra. Craigge
New York Herald
Where All Wizards Study and World Aeronautical Labs
The article surveys six major aero dynamical laboratories worldwide. It notes a Russian lab at Koutchino led by Doctor Ria bonchinsky, a Paris lab by M. Eiffel, a Paris University owned St Cyr facility funded by M. Deutsch, a Rome aviation corps lab, and the National Physical Laboratory’s aeronautical section at Teddington.
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Riabonchinsky
Koutchino
Russia
M. Eiffel
Paris
St. Cyr
M. Deutsch
University of
National Physical Laboratory
Teddington
Body Cells Receptors and Toxin Interaction
The text explains body cell receptors that absorb nourishment and also fix toxins or bacteria. When cells are injured by invaders they produce more receptors, releasing them into lymph and blood where they encounter and bind toxins and bacteria.
The Girl He Left Behind Him
John Hobbs a Yorkshire farmer’s son enlists to please Ellen Brierly, who pushes him to go to war. After a year a discharged Belgian veteran reveals Ellen has married Hobbs, but the two men meet and the veteran concedes he chose matrimony over sacrifice. Hobbs then walks away to his parents, unresolved and wiser.
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John Hobbs
Ellen Brierly
Hillen
Germany
John
Ellen
Johnny
Hllen
Yorkshire
Belgium
Hilen Brierly
Life Saving Parachute Garment Patented
A patent describes a wearable life saving parachute garment with a flexible wide skirt band attached near the upper body and flexible stays from the body to the band edge. As the wearer descends, leg movement actuates the stays to pull the band outward and deploy the parachute, expanding the outer edges to slow descent.
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John Henry
Samuel
Weert
New York
Lowe Brothers
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