Rockefeller Gives Million to Pocantico Hills College
John D. Rockefeller Jr. donated one million dollars to St. Joseph's Normal College, operated by the Christian Brothers at Pocantico Hills. The gift funds the college's removal program and is described as Rockefeller's largest single contribution to Catholicism.
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Tarrytown
John D. Rockegs
Feller, Jr
Pocantico Hills
St. Joseph’s Normal College
The
Christian Brothers
Rockefeller
United States Steel seeks 101 million tax refund from 1917 suit
United States Steel and 92 affiliates sue in the Washington Court of Claims for 101,589,180 in refunds on 1917 1918 taxes claiming errors in consolidated invested capital. The company says 1917 1918 taxes totaled about 468 million, or 8.8 percent of all corporate taxes.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Washington Court of Claims
Steel Corporation
United States Steel
Department of Internal Revenue
United States Court of Claims
United States
Queen of Dirigibles Christened by Germany
Countess Brandenstein, daughter of Count Zeppelin, christened the Graf Zeppelin airship with a dedication to her father. The spectacle revealed the German name Graf Zeppelin on the ship as its blade shaped hull gleamed in silver gray.
Three Big Ten Stars Sail With U S Olympic Team
Three Big Ten stars joined the U S Olympic squad bound for Amsterdam Frank Cubel former Town track captain hurdler and quarter miler Bill Droegmueller Northwestern captain pole vaulter and Charles Mc Ginnis Wisconsin star now with the Chicago Athletic Association pole vaulter and high jumper sailed with the team.
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New York
Amsterdam
Frank Cubel
Bill Droegmueller
Northwestern
Charles McGinnis
Wisconsin
Chicago Athletic Association
Gypsy King Harri son Dies in Morristown Tent at 85
Morristown New Jersey reports the death of Naylor Harrion, famed king of Romany gypsies and reputed millionaire, who passed away in his tent from old age at eighty five.
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Morristown
N. J
Naylor Harrison
Riverdale Village Appropriation Ordinance for 1928 29
The Village of Riverdale Illinois adopts a comprehensive annual appropriation ordinance for corporate purposes for May 1 1928 through April 30 1929. It lists total allocations by object with funds to be drawn from tax levy and surplus as applicable including specific amounts such as 26729.10 1000.00 and 650.00 for designated items.
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Riverdale
Cook County
Illinois
Ravanna
Dee
Village of Riverdale Water
Nee
Tee
George L. Koehler
Downs
Reichs
Board of Local Improvements
Keeping Busy Lighthouse Keepers Tear Leaves From Calendars
A light house crew stays occupied beyond tending lamps by tearing leaves off the calendars in a scene described as a quirky routine during routine guard duties.
Box Trees Varieties and Popular Box Species
The Cyclopedia of Horticulture notes 30 species of Buxus with Buxus sempervirens as the most planted. It lists 13 varieties of the common box and highlights the dwarf Sulfrutivusa as the preferred form for small growth areas.
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Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Soldier of Fortune Barclay de Tolly A Russian Marshal
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, a Russian field marshal and prince, lived 1761 to 1818. He descended from a Scottish family that settled in Russia in the 1600s and served against Napoleon in Germany before becoming commander in chief of the Russian army.
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Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
Russia
Germany
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Majestic
Conrad Kern
Indiana Ave
First Trust & Savings Bank
Riverdale, Illinois
Malloy Coal CO
Lincoln Ave
Twin City Sales
Nokos
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Henry J. Mohr
Dolton, Il
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