Special Village Election June 23 1920 on six trustees and land purchase
The village votes at Village Hall from 4 to 8 PM on June 23 1920 on three propositions including expanding the Village Board from four to six trustees and purchasing about twenty five acres along Wayside Lane for 70000. Also authorized bond issues for sidewalks and road work with twenty one thousand dollars. Voters must be 21 plus and residents for 30 days with property ownership. no registration required.
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Post and
Popham Roads
Scarsdale
Wayside Lane
Post Road
Fox Meadow
Harwood
Cheney
Atwater
Hunter
Crane
Inquirer
Greenacres Avenue
Huntington Avenue
Morris Lane
Tompkins Road
Planning Commission
Dooley and McKenna Life Insurance Gag
In a brisk exchange Mr Dooley jokes about life insurance for Jawn McKenna with Franks Ayres as the agent. The corny policy offers a price per hundred and hints at a grand wake for widows and orphans if premiums are paid. The humor rests on Irish street dialogue and a mock insurance pitch.
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Docther
Mr. Dooley
Ivy Lee praises Scarsdale Inquirer from village club
Mr. Ivy L. Lee remarks on the Scarsdale Inquirer published by the Scarsdale Woman's Club Inc. He connects his letter to publicity work for the Rockefeller Foundation and Red Cross war efforts. Lee calls the paper "exactly what a small newspaper should be" in his letter to Mrs. F. H. Bethel.
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Ivy L. Lee
Rockefeller Foundation
Red Cross
F. H. Bethel
Scarsdale Woman's Club
the Inquirer
Ivy Lee
Charles Little
Scarsdale Inquirer
Scarsdale Woman's Club, Incorporated
Residence of Miss Eliza Hill Popham in Scarsdale History
A Scarsdale Inquirer piece recalls the Eliza H. Popham residence on Popham Road as an 18th century landmark built by Crawford. It notes a Washington visit, a Revolutionary War tragedy at Gilbert Vincent’s smithy, and Elijah Vincent’s vow of vengeance after a cavalry officer killed his younger brother.
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Westchester County
Eliza H. Popham
Popham Road
Crawford
Bronx River
Washington
White Plains
Gilbert Vincent
Smith
Vincent
Elijah Vincent
de Lancey
Old Orchard Lane
Notable Morris Lineage and Early American Legal Ties
The article traces the Morris family and allied figures from Morrisania New York to New Jersey governance. It details Richard Morris Lord Chief Justice of New York, his brothers generals, and the Pophams linking to Major William Popham who served under Washington. It notes land purchases, marriages, and the 1783 Locusts residence connected to Mary Morris and Mrs Lawrence Dunham.
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Crane Road
Duke of Laweun
Vincent
Hurzars
Canada
Crawford
Richard Morris
Lewis Morris
Morrisania
Staats Long Morris
Duchess of Gordon
Lord George Gordon
Albany
William Popham
Major Popham
Bandon
Ireland
New Jersey
Princeton College
Baron Steuben
Clinton
Popham
Long Island
Rigg
White Plains
Brandywine
Washington
Jane Washington
Morris
Mary Morris
Scarsdale
Lawrence Dunham
Auctioneer Charles H. Bard Serves Westchester Area
Charles H. Bard, auctioneer based in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, lists services and contact details. The notice highlights Bard's location and telephone listing for local auctions.
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Westchester County
Charles H. Bard
Mount Vernon
N. Y
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The
Scarsdale Maqquirer
Scarsdale Woman's Club Publications, Inc
Burchard Dutcher
Kenneth Hogg
Sporting Goods
Fowler & Sellars CO
White Plains, N. Y
McKenna
Life Insurance
Eliza Hill Popham
BY Walter S. Fleming
Underwood Bookkeeping
Underwood Typewriter Co., Inc
Underwood Building
New York City
Scarsdale, N. Y
Prince & Ripley
Fifth Ave
Murray HiLl
Pelham Manor
Dobbs Ferry
Pleasantville
Bronxville
Greenwich, Conn
Picture House
Bronxville 1200
Wallnee
Jack Pickford
Buck Jones
John Barrymore
Copperhead
James K. Hackett
Dorothy Gish
Mary Ellen
TEL
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