Money for colleges Columbia and Princeton together
The piece reports Columbia University seeking 10 million and Princeton University seeking 12.5 million for endowments, with Dr. Butler and Dr. Wilson urging swift responses. It discusses the role of wealthy alumni in funding higher education and the broader push toward a national university and South education expansion led by Rockefeller and Congress involvement.
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New York
Philadelphia
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Wilson
Columbia University
Butler
Columbia
New York City
Patton
American College
Esoyrast
Acheve
Coto-day
New Yor
Sapeecetti
Ee Ee
Syurd
Carnegie
United States
National University
Washington
Untto
Bessemer
John D. Rockefeller
Barrow
South
Col- All
Opfem
North
Congress
House of the
Senate
Rockefeller
Society Notes From The New York Court Journal 1940
Brooklyn Eagle presents a humorous compendium of high society absurdities and bets from 1940. It lampoons Elites like Algy Fitz-Allan and Ferdy Vandergoff, reveals club rivalries and elabo rate dowries, and mocks social column theatrics with overblown fortunes and marriages.
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Brooklyn Eagle
New York Court Journal
Algy Fitz-Allan
Del's
Ferdy Vandergoff
Looply de Loop Roeds
Biskwee de Merfins
Misses Horgan
Izzy Rosenblum
Ardsley Station
Parece
Rosenblum
Elsie Obrion
Folly Theater
Riverside Drive
Elfie
People
James Jones
Judge van Bluff
Champleigh Feeters
Medora Kewrasow
Kewrasow
Freddy Hoozenmeyer
Mr. Feeters
Feeters
Chatfield-Chatsworth
Congress
Lord Ackerson-Chesterfield
Lieutenant Smith
North Pole
Arctics
New York
Bilderbrick
Golifogle
January World's Work Sets Tone for New Year
The year begins with a continued focus on domestic problems and the steady upbuilding of national character and influence, reflecting the ongoing challenges in far relations and island wards as the era opens.
Countess Cassini Shines in Washington Social Scene
One of the most beautiful women of the diplomatic set at Washington is the Countess Cassini wife of the Russian ambassador. The countess entertains lavishly and leads the foreign social circle at the capital.
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Washington
Countess Cassini
Capital
The Nation's Tasks in Economic and Political Education
The past year brought wars to an end and rising prosperity, yet home issues persist. Trusts, unions, tariffs, currency, administration, and race politics require long education and gradual regulatory solutions. Structural reforms tested republican government in civil war and reconstructions, but current problems need patient social growth rather than quick fixes.
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Philippine Islands
Republian
Tarkington on Western society and its lack of snobbery
Booth Tarkington praises Western society in the Chicago Harper Christmas issue, noting its easy access for newcomers and its self reliance. He contrasts pioneer kinship with new wealth, praising practical Western tolerance while warning of small gossip that accompanies close village intimacies.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Middle West
Indianapolis
Rockmores
Germantown
Tarkington
Mr. Tarkington
Why Is China Poor Tragedy of a Great Nation
William Durban argues in Pall Mall Gazette that chronic Chinese poverty stems from agrarian stagnation and mismanagement. He notes vast arable land, industrious farmers, poor crop practices, lack of crop rotation, and heavy internal taxes that squeeze tenant farmers and hinder growth.
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William Durban
Pall Mall Gazette
China
Central Asia
Wuhu
Li Hung Chang
Nankin
Bangor High boys camp out at Mountain Pond misplace provisions
A Bangor High School camping party at Mountain Pond finds their provisions missing after leaving town. The group, while reflecting on spiritual meals from Bibles, discovers the box of food was left at the YMCA building, leaving them short for their trip.
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Kennebec Journal
Bangor
Mountain Pond
City
Ars
Campers Find Bible Box Meant for Provisions
A camping party planned to take a supply box with steaks and pies but left behind, and during a hurried departure an agent from the Maine Bible Society left a box of Bibles beside the camp. The misdirection was discovered at the pond when provisions were opened. Only Bibles remained, neatly packed but unappetizing.
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Maine Bible Society
Col Ransdells Quail at Washington Post
Colonel Ransdell the Senate sergeant at arms owns a rare mountain quail aged several years. He raised five young quail in Arizona but four died. one survived, later brought to Washington. The bird, kept in seclusion, speaks its own language with distinct cries for joy and despondency.
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Washington Post
Ransdell
Senate
Arizona
Washington
Ship at the Fobree Start and the Principle of Patience
A fragmentary note references a voyage or ship at the start of a football season and cites patience as a guiding principle unto death. The writer, Mrs. Sigourney, conveys a moral tied to endurance and restraint amid looming challenges.
Bank Pays 72 Percent to Newsboys of New York
A No. 7 Duane Street savings bank for Newsboys Lodging House deposits pays 72 percent yearly, attracts lads with meals and lodging at 5 cents, and operates near the desk. Superintendent Rudolph Helg oversees boys who sell papers, shine shoes, or run errands while saving. The program aims to teach thrift and guide deposits to larger banks when sums grow.
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New York Press
New York
Duane Street
Newsboys
Bank of England
Children's Aid Society
Horatio Alger
Rudolph Helg
Mr. Heig
Children’s Aid Society
Savings Bank
Bowery
Helg
Bullet Proof Cloth Captivates Military Wary Of Tests
New York Tribune notes Casimir Zeglin's bullet proof textile tested at the Ninth Regiment armory with revolver shots failing to penetrate. Prior Fort Sheridan tests with Krag Jorgensen rifles showed success. Also recaps Maxim and Dowe efforts, including a six pound breastplate and later claims of large German offers.
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New York Tribune
Europe
Casimir Zeglin
Ninth Regiment
Fort Sheridan
Hiram T. Maxim
Herr Howe
Mannheim
Germany
England
Herr Dowe
New Telegraph Key From Morse Era Highlighted
The New York Evening Post recounts the invention of the auto plex, an automatic dot mechanism replacing the Morse key to ease operator strain. It describes how the traditional key requires extensive nerve exertion and depressions, and explains the auto plex similar in size to the Morse relay with a side lever activating automatic dots.
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Mississippi
Horace G. Martin
New York Evening Post
Samuel F. B. Morse
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Joe Miller
Herbert Hall Winslow
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McFadden’s Row
Everything New
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