Word: conn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Outside his business and his family, Publisher Block has few interests. On his 200-acre estate near Greenwich, Conn., he has a picturesque nine-hole golf course, but his game is indifferent. He once played 13 consecutive holes in fives. It was a triumph he has neither forgotten nor repeated. Occasionally, he rides one of his saddle horses. Occasionally, he takes a hand in running the estate, as this summer, when his gardeners reported that his lake was leaking. For the most part he leaves the house and grounds to his wife. He asks only that he can bring...
Died. William Elmer Harmon ("Jede-diah Tingle"), 66, famed philanthropist and installment-realtor; in Southport, Conn. ; after a long illness. Overtly, studiously, he gave money through his Harmon Foundation ; anonymously, capriciously, he gave under the name Jedediah Tingle...
...Angeles to be used as evidence, the violin was addressed to Mr. Zimbalist in Australia. It missed him there and missed him in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, Calcutta, Bombay, etc., Chicago, Manhattan. Finally at the end of 40,000 miles it found him, last week, in New Hartford, Conn...
...George W. Button Jr., of Manhattan and Darien, Conn., was master of ceremonies at a seaplane and motorboat regatta last week. He stood on the dock, signalled for the start, uttered a cry of sudden pain. A burning wad from the little brass cannon, used as a starting gun, had penetrated his left leg to a depth of one inch...
Hats. Cavanagh-Dobbs, Inc. (fine hats) purchased Sunfast Hats, Inc., of Danbury, Conn., with the idea of adding lower-priced hats to its family...