Snake venom in luggage as he sails for South America
Raymond L. Ditmars curator of reptiles at the New York Zoological Park sails for Rio de Janeiro aboard the Southern Cross to obtain American rattler serum. He aims to cultivate American serum in Brazil and bring back venom for injections, hoping to save lives and complete his poisonous snake collection.
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South America
Raymond Ditmars
Scarsdale
Bronx
Brazil
Raymond L. Ditmars
Post Road
Rio de Janiero
Southern Cross
Munson Line
Mr. Ditmars
New York Zoological Park
Zoological Park
Ditmars
Vitale Brazil
Rio
Sao Paulo
State Boards of Health
L. M. Cowdrey
Church Street
Zoo
Firemen Run Up Score 25 4 Over North Castle
The Firemen defeated North Castle 25 to 4 in a high school field baseball game. Bob Auld struck out fourteen, while Firemen hitters Davis, Kern, Hungerford, Duhigg and T. Irish produced multiple hits including a trio and a four bagger. The Chappaqua team visits tomorrow with Losee likely to pitch and W. Irish catching.
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North Castle
Bill Irish
Davis
Bob Auld
R. Irish
T. Irish
Hungerford
J. Duhigg
Kern
Auld
Chappaqua
Losee
W. Irish
Live Longer Now in New York State Demographic Report
The New York State Department of Health reports the current average age of New Yorkers is thirty years and three months. It notes eight five years ago youths were in their teens, driven by immigration and advances in preventive and curative care.
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New York State
New York
Legion Appeal Nets $2,500 from Friends
The Scarsdale Post of the American Legion closes in on its $4,000 goal for a $5,000 endowment fund to aid orphans of soldiers. After raising $2,500 from about 250 subscribers, a final appeal is mailed urging further contributions to reach the remaining $1,500. Committee members assure careful conservation and investment by trusted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
The
American Legion
Quota Race for American Legion Endowment Fund
New reports from New York and Pennsylvania show a neck and neck race in raising quotas for the National American Legion Endowment Fund for disabled veterans and orphans of former service men. Pennsylvania leads on paper with New York slightly ahead in official tallies, while New York towns push progress to meet targets.
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New York
Pennsylvania
National American Legion Endowment Fund
Middleport
Sanborn
Newfane
Niagara Falls
New York City
National Fund
Earliest Known Printed World Map Tied to Hans Rust
The Pierpont Morgan Library houses a world map attributed to Hans Rust described as the earliest known printed map. The artifact's dating and authorship are noted in library catalogs and historical surveys.
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Hans Rust
Pierpont Morgan Library
Building boom hits Westchester counties top towns
A survey for Leverett S. Miller shows Westchester communities posting strong July gains in construction. One town up 246 percent and four others above 190 percent, lifting total building value to 5.202 million dollars from 3.308 million year ago, a 53.1 percent rise across eleven municipalities. Continuous details follow.
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Westchester County
Leverett S. Miller
New York
Miller
Third Play Day Celebrated in Westchester County
The third annual Play Day in Westchester on August 22 features senior tennis, handicraft, and folk dancing by the Children's Village band. Local officials invite the public to join, with attendance figures shown for Mount Vernon Yonkers Hastings Elmsford Rye New Rochelle Tarrytown and Mamaroneck playgrounds.
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Westchester County
Dobbs Ferry
Westchester County Recreation Committee
Chester G. Marsh
Recreation Commission
Mount Vernon
Yonkers
Hastings
Elmsford
Rye
New Rochelle
Tarrytown
Mamaroneck
Coolidge backs new American operatic art center at Stony Point
President Coolidge approves a national operatic art project to rise at Stony Point on the Hudson. The institute will mentor gifted graduates, produce operas on site, then tour nationwide, offering affordable access to grand opera and reducing need for study abroad.
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Coolidge
Institute of Opera
Stony Point
Nordica
Bispham
Herbert
American Institute of Operatic Art
Stony Point-on-the Hudson
Stony Point Institute
High Postal Rates May Reduce U S Mail
Col. Robert F. Ewing of the New Orleans States told a joint congressional committee that second class postal rates are unreasonably high and urged publishers to consider moving all mailings out of the U S mails. He cited Southern Newspaper Publishers association concerns and prepaid express delivery to drug stores in small towns. Harold Hough of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram added that some papers use express to reach subscribers.
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South
Louisiana
Texas
United States
Robert F. Ewing
New Orleans States
Joint Congressional Committee
Colonel Ewing
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Express
Harold Hough
The
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Texas Circulation Managers’ Association
Want Volunteers for Ole Swimmin Holes
Westchester County youths frequent the ole swimmin holes raising safety concerns. The Public Safety Bureau of Westchester County Chamber of Commerce seeks volunteers to supervise sites and reduce drownings with support from the Department of Public Welfare and other agencies.
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Public Safety Bureau
Chester County
Westchester County Chamber of Commerce
Carl F. Hartmann
Bureau
Department of Public Welfare
First Gypsy Moth Found in Scarsdale on Swiss Pines
The gypsy moth reached Scarsdale and was found on two Swiss pines on Cambridge road. John Bonnar, a local nurseryman, sprayed and claimed thousands of eggs had hatched into gray caterpillars with red eyes, threatening further tree damage. The notice urges property owners to inspect evergreens and cooperate with the Conservation Commission to prevent westward spread from New England.
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Scarsdale
Westchester County
Massachusetts
Cambridge Road
John Bonnar
Oxford
Cambridge Roads
Bonnar
Newburgh
New York
Alexander
New York State
H. L. MclIntyre
New England
Conservation Commission
Scarsdale National Buys Village Bonds
Bids opened for 106 500 dollars of Scarsdale village bonds. Four issues awarded to Scarsdale National Bank: 75 000 fire house and police station bonds at 4 4 percent, 14 000 fire equipment bonds at 4 1 4 percent, 2 500 site purchase bonds at 4 4 percent, and 15 000 highway bonds.
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Village of Scarsdale
Fenimore
Post Roads
Scarsdale National Bank
Garden Recital by Jane Manner at Arden House
Mrs Vilas presents Jane Manner in a garden recital Tuesday August 18 at four oclock at Arden House. Manner repeats In a Pergola a program of outdoor scenes first given in Cincinnati for Mrs Samuel H Taft president of the Cincinnati Garden Club and vice president of the National Garden Club. Miss Manner lives in Cambridge New York and is summering in Scarsdale.
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Charles A. Vilas
Jane Manner
Arden House
Miss Manner
Cincinnati
Samuel H. Taft
Cincinnati Garden Club
National Garden Club
Cambridge
New York City
Scarsdale
Leewood hosts August handicap qualifiers for men and women
The Leewood Golf Club held the men’s August handicap qualifying round last Saturday. Today features the first round matches. The ladies’ event will also begin with a qualifying round, followed by a luncheon at one o’clock and bridge. Mrs Harris F Mac Neish leads the ladies’ events and has asked Mrs K I Tredwell and Mrs I Fitzhenry of New Rochelle to serve as hostesses.
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Leewood Golf Club
Leewood
Harris F. MacNeish
K. I. Tredwell
I. Fitzhenry
New Rochelle
Cheney Named Vice President at American Exchange Bank
O H Cheney of Fenimore road becomes vice president of the American Exchange Pacific National Bank after its consolidation with the Pacific National Bank of New York City. He will also serve as a director of the new institution.
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O. H. Cheney
Fenimore Road
American Exchange-Pacific National Bank
Pacific National Bank
Park Avenue
Forty-second Street
New York City
American Exchange Bank
Metropols
Cheney
New Institution
Edgewood Playground Draws Big Turnout for Summer Play
Edgewood Boys and Girls play at the Edgewood Playground with an average daily attendance above sixty during both afternoon and evening sessions. The site hosts baseball and croquet tournaments, with a Moonlight Baseball game by older boys after dusk. A new croquet tourney starts August 17, entries required in advance.
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Edgewood Playground
John Benedict
Benedict
Edgewoods
Fatty
Austin
Station Beautiful Suburban View in Central Lines Magazine
The Scarsdale station is featured in the August issue of New York Central Lines Magazine. A photograph from the south end shows trees lining the plaza, captioned A beautiful suburban station.
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Scarsdale
New York Central Lines
South End
Macy Donates Ossining Park Land at Brookville Ave Site
Mr V Everit Macy presented to the Village of Ossining a strip of land at the Brookville avenue and Pleasantville road intersection for use as a municipal park. He bought the parcel believing it should belong to the village.
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V. Everit Macy
Ossining
Brookville Avenue
Pleasantville Road
Farm vehicle counts in American agriculture rise
The Christian Science Monitor reports 6,500,000 farms in America use 4,200,000 automobiles and 670,000 trucks.
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America
The
Christian Science Monitor
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Legion Appeal
American Legion Endowment Fund
Mr. Miller
Reginald Whamond
U.S
Champlain, Hudson and
Harlem
Long Island
Scarsdale National
Village
Edgewood Boys
MR. Macy
Park
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