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Back in 1915 Prudential set out to buy back all its 40,000 outstanding shares, so that it could become a mutual company owned by its policyholders. It offered $455 a share-and everybody accepted except the Blanchards, who are churchgoing, home-loving Newark people, and Bertram and Samuel Meyer (28 shares), who are merchants in Paterson. They held out for 29 years, settled last week for $1,500 a share-$762,000 for the Blanchards...
...Silliest kudos (awarded in 1939): Beaver College's "Doctorate of Fortitude and Faith" to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd; Newark University's "Doctorate of Canine Fidelity" to Bonzo, a Seeing...
Fortunately or unfortunately, as the case may be, the history of the Peabody dates back to an idea conceived by a Yale man. In 1856 Professor Othniel C. Marsh, impressed by his discoveries in an insignificant, little shell-heap in Newark, New Jersey, wrote to his uncle, George Peabody of London, that he felt it might be a good idea if a museum of American archacology and rthnology were established in this country. Peabody, having already intended to give something to Harvard, gathered in the suggestion with open arms, the result being that on October 16, 1866, a deed...
...country under the usual impeccable auspices with a rousing pageant called You Can Defend America. Some 50 regular members of Dr. Buch-man's troupe, aided by local volunteers in the mob scenes, last week put on four New Jersey performances of You Can Defend America-two in Newark, one each in Trenton and Kearny. The long and notable list of sponsors was headed by Governor & Mrs. Charles Edison. Dr. Buchman and the cast were busy as beavers between shows, explaining the principles of Moral Re-Armament to prospects and trying for converts...
...Newark a patient registrar gave the best reply to one of the many women trying unlawfully to register unborn babies: "If you had twins, you'd be out one book...