Word: conn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...silver-haired, florid, handsome.* In his Manhattan office he sits at a drawing board on a raised dais, gazes regally down on callers. He is a connoisseur of dress, food, coffee. At his home in Danbury, Conn. he makes his own electricity, tinkers with household machinery, plays Bach and Mozart on the phonograph. He also tells innumerable stories in dialect, including the Finnish...
Birthday. Sydney Farrar, father of Geraldine Farrar; in Ridgefield, Conn. Age: 70. To Father Farrar's party went his daughter and many a retired professional baseball player who had known "Syd" Farrar when he played with the Philadelphia National League team...
Vanitie v. Resolute. Outboards, dinghies, canoes and purring launches teemed among a great flock of sleek sailing ships in Morris Cove, Conn. (New Haven) as the New York Yacht Club fleet made ready for the gold-star event of U. S. yachting. Early one morning, a tall, slightly stooped man stepped to the bridge of his big white steam yacht Nourmahal and gave a signal. A gun boomed. Moorings were slipped and out sailed the fleet in the wake of Commodore William Vincent Astor. Among many another power craft that churned along with the fleet was John Pierpont Morgan...
...Central Powers. At any rate, there are now no Goldmans in Goldman Sachs. Founders Harry Sachs and Samuel Sachs sometimes visit the offices, are more frequently engaged in trips to Europe and other distant localities. Sons Walter, Arthur and Howard Sachs are partners. Walter Sachs lives at Darien, Conn. Arthur Sachs specializes in foreign exchange...
Died. Frank T. Gilmore, 65, of Hartford, Conn.; oldtime baseballer; in Hartford. When, in the '80s, Hartford was in the National League, he pitched. His catcher was Connie Mack (Cornelius Mc-Gillicuddy), longtime Philadelphia manager...