Word: elgin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gabler, Paul Warren of 456 Mary Place, Elgin; Elgin High. Josimovich. John Brigham of 1400 Sedgwick Street, Chicago; Francis W. Parker School, Chicago. Kelley, Donald Reed of 502 Grace Street. Elgin; Elgin High. Leavitt. Gordon Hodsdon of 522 North Spring Street. La Grange; Lyons Township High. Person, Conrad Erik of 6518 South Kimbark Street, Chicago: Hyde Park High Chicago...
Thanks for your reviews of The Snake Pit and Albert Deutsch's The Shame of the States [TIME, Dec. 20]. They both show our need for better facilities and staffing for our mental institutions. Twice I have been resident in Elgin State Hospital (Ill.) as a patient ... It is my belief that mental illness is no more serious than many other of the serious illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, and heart trouble...
...London, Major Horace Elgin Dodge, high-flying U.S. auto heir, came out of a British court tussle with his fortune undamaged but his self-esteem dented. Lord Chief Justice Goddard had decided against an art dealer who was suing Dodge for $27,200, the uncollected price of a painting. Dodge had claimed that the painting was a bogus Sir Thomas Lawrence, which he never would have bought if he had been sober. Commented the Lord Chief Justice: "Dodge was behaving . . . as what would be described in his own country as a common drunk...
...Other Elgin ministers were so impressed by Peirce's statement that they decided to adapt it for general distribution in pamphlet form. Promptly Elgin's undertakers proposed a meeting to talk it over. Such a meeting, explained a representative of the undertakers, "was in the interest of two 'fine professions,' both seeking to give the public what it wanted...
...Elgin's ministers decided to go ahead with their pamphlet, called it "When Death Comes." Its main points...