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Sued. Otto Hermann Kahn, Manhattan banker and grand opera tycoon; for $250,000 damages for alleged libel; by Rosalinda Morini, 26, coloratura soprano of Freehold, N. J. Last February Mr. Kahn was quoted in Miss Morini's advertisement in The Musical Courier as saying that she had "one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard." Also quoted were the words: "Metropolitan Grand Opera Co." Later Mr. Kahn denied making or authorizing any such statement and said the use of the Metropolitan's name was "evidently intended to exploit for Miss Morini's benefit the name...
...apple tree was important in his adventure, because it was his own apple tree. He had rented it for $10 from a friendly landowner. While he stood in its fork he was abiding in it?hence it was his house and, by the tradition of freehold, his fortress. Some newspapermen, a few strikers, the members of the United Front Committee and a dozen policemen stood around the gnarled bole and listened to him. He asked them to keep the law. He asked them not to commit any disorderly acts. He said that in his opinion the bail...
...Freehold, N. J., a 125-year-old Negro celebrated his birthday by turning a handspring, threading a needle and proclaiming that he was proud of his 97-year-old daughter...
...Abrahams, height 5 ft. 11 in., weight 160 pounds, age 17, played on Freehold Institute...
President, John B. Kouwenhoven, of Flatbush, N. Y.; secretary, William H. Prentice, of New York City; master of ceremonies, Peter Vredenburgh, of Freehold, N. J.; poet, Jesse L. Williams, of Princeton, Ill.; class orater, Joseph M. Shellabarger, of Topeka, Kansas; ivy orator, John G. Wilson, of Baltimore, Md; historian, John M Mayhew, of Beatrice, Nebraska; presentation orator, Charles W. Somerry, of Philadelphia, Pa.; prophet, Leon M. Conwell, of Philadelphia, Pa.; censor, Charles P. Spooner, of Hudson, Wis.; Washington's birthday orator, William W. Smith, of Hollidaysburg, Pa.; Washington's birthday debater, Leroy Gresham, of Baltimore, Md.; Nassau Herald committee...