
The fortune that Garland refused for personal use four years ago, and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent, and it was announced that no further enterprises can be undertaken. Records show the fund was generally used for the advancement of labor enterprises, among them the Vanguard Press, the Labor Age and the Federated Press, and the report also recounts Garland's refusal of an estate left by his grandmother, his wife's divorce action and the disbanding of the April Farm colony.
Garland refused the money for his own use and started the American fund for public service with it.
By The Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—A $1,654,000 fortune which Charles Garland, founder of the April Farm, alleged "free love" colony, refused for personal use four years ago and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent. Announcement was made yesterday that no further enterprises can be undertaken.
Records show that the fund was generally used for advancement of labor enterprises. The largest single gift was that of $150,000 to Brook-wood Labor College, at Katonah, N. Y. At the time he refused the fortune Garland said he did not approve of the way it had been accumulated by his father, a Wall Street financier. He reconsidered a year later and formed the endowment which was dedicated to "unfavord causes."
Garland in 1924 also refused to accept $88,000 estate left him by his grandmother.
Among enterprises aided was the Vanguard Press, publishers of books on radical and labor subjects for working people, which received $100,-000.
Stock valued at $10,000 was purchased in the Russian Reconstruction Farms, an enterprise to further industrialization of agriculture in the Caucasus, and stock amounting to $20,000 was bought in the Oklahoma Leader, a weekly farm paper. Disbursements Are Wide. The Labor Age, a monthly magazine; the Federated Press, of Chicago; research department of Rand School, New York; Wyoming Federation of Labor, Portland, Oreg., and Seattle, Wash., labor colleges and the Workers' School at Mena, Ark., all received of the money, along with others.
Garland figured in the news recently when his wife, Mary Wrenn Garland, obtained a divorce at Barnstable, Mass. Mrs. Garland, with her daughter, left her husband in 1921 when he established a girl art student in their home at North Carver, Mass., but was later reconciled.
The April Farm colony started near Allentown, Pa., was disbanded after it came under official investigation following burial of a child. The district attorney stated in the death certificate that it was Garland's son. Garland served two months in the Lehigh County, Pa., jaiil. James Weldon Johnson is president of the board governing the fund, and Elizabeth Hurley Flinn is its secretary.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 28, 1926, page 2.
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September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.
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October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.
The fortune that Garland refused for personal use four years ago, and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent, and it was announced that no further enterprises can be undertaken. Records show the fund was generally used for the advancement of labor enterprises, among them the Vanguard Press, the Labor Age and the Federated Press, and the report also recounts Garland's refusal of an estate left by his grandmother, his wife's divorce action and the disbanding of the April Farm colony.
Garland refused the money for his own use and started the American fund for public service with it.
By The Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—A $1,654,000 fortune which Charles Garland, founder of the April Farm, alleged "free love" colony, refused for personal use four years ago and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent. Announcement was made yesterday that no further enterprises can be undertaken.
Records show that the fund was generally used for advancement of labor enterprises. The largest single gift was that of $150,000 to Brook-wood Labor College, at Katonah, N. Y. At the time he refused the fortune Garland said he did not approve of the way it had been accumulated by his father, a Wall Street financier. He reconsidered a year later and formed the endowment which was dedicated to "unfavord causes."
Garland in 1924 also refused to accept $88,000 estate left him by his grandmother.
Among enterprises aided was the Vanguard Press, publishers of books on radical and labor subjects for working people, which received $100,-000.
Stock valued at $10,000 was purchased in the Russian Reconstruction Farms, an enterprise to further industrialization of agriculture in the Caucasus, and stock amounting to $20,000 was bought in the Oklahoma Leader, a weekly farm paper. Disbursements Are Wide. The Labor Age, a monthly magazine; the Federated Press, of Chicago; research department of Rand School, New York; Wyoming Federation of Labor, Portland, Oreg., and Seattle, Wash., labor colleges and the Workers' School at Mena, Ark., all received of the money, along with others.
Garland figured in the news recently when his wife, Mary Wrenn Garland, obtained a divorce at Barnstable, Mass. Mrs. Garland, with her daughter, left her husband in 1921 when he established a girl art student in their home at North Carver, Mass., but was later reconciled.
The April Farm colony started near Allentown, Pa., was disbanded after it came under official investigation following burial of a child. The district attorney stated in the death certificate that it was Garland's son. Garland served two months in the Lehigh County, Pa., jaiil. James Weldon Johnson is president of the board governing the fund, and Elizabeth Hurley Flinn is its secretary.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.
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October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.
The fortune that Garland refused for personal use four years ago, and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent, and it was announced that no further enterprises can be undertaken. Records show the fund was generally used for the advancement of labor enterprises, among them the Vanguard Press, the Labor Age and the Federated Press, and the report also recounts Garland's refusal of an estate left by his grandmother, his wife's divorce action and the disbanding of the April Farm colony.
Garland refused the money for his own use and started the American fund for public service with it.
By The Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—A $1,654,000 fortune which Charles Garland, founder of the April Farm, alleged "free love" colony, refused for personal use four years ago and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent. Announcement was made yesterday that no further enterprises can be undertaken.
Records show that the fund was generally used for advancement of labor enterprises. The largest single gift was that of $150,000 to Brook-wood Labor College, at Katonah, N. Y. At the time he refused the fortune Garland said he did not approve of the way it had been accumulated by his father, a Wall Street financier. He reconsidered a year later and formed the endowment which was dedicated to "unfavord causes."
Garland in 1924 also refused to accept $88,000 estate left him by his grandmother.
Among enterprises aided was the Vanguard Press, publishers of books on radical and labor subjects for working people, which received $100,-000.
Stock valued at $10,000 was purchased in the Russian Reconstruction Farms, an enterprise to further industrialization of agriculture in the Caucasus, and stock amounting to $20,000 was bought in the Oklahoma Leader, a weekly farm paper. Disbursements Are Wide. The Labor Age, a monthly magazine; the Federated Press, of Chicago; research department of Rand School, New York; Wyoming Federation of Labor, Portland, Oreg., and Seattle, Wash., labor colleges and the Workers' School at Mena, Ark., all received of the money, along with others.
Garland figured in the news recently when his wife, Mary Wrenn Garland, obtained a divorce at Barnstable, Mass. Mrs. Garland, with her daughter, left her husband in 1921 when he established a girl art student in their home at North Carver, Mass., but was later reconciled.
The April Farm colony started near Allentown, Pa., was disbanded after it came under official investigation following burial of a child. The district attorney stated in the death certificate that it was Garland's son. Garland served two months in the Lehigh County, Pa., jaiil. James Weldon Johnson is president of the board governing the fund, and Elizabeth Hurley Flinn is its secretary.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.
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October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.
The fortune that Garland refused for personal use four years ago, and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent, and it was announced that no further enterprises can be undertaken. Records show the fund was generally used for the advancement of labor enterprises, among them the Vanguard Press, the Labor Age and the Federated Press, and the report also recounts Garland's refusal of an estate left by his grandmother, his wife's divorce action and the disbanding of the April Farm colony.
Garland refused the money for his own use and started the American fund for public service with it.
By The Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—A $1,654,000 fortune which Charles Garland, founder of the April Farm, alleged "free love" colony, refused for personal use four years ago and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent. Announcement was made yesterday that no further enterprises can be undertaken.
Records show that the fund was generally used for advancement of labor enterprises. The largest single gift was that of $150,000 to Brook-wood Labor College, at Katonah, N. Y. At the time he refused the fortune Garland said he did not approve of the way it had been accumulated by his father, a Wall Street financier. He reconsidered a year later and formed the endowment which was dedicated to "unfavord causes."
Garland in 1924 also refused to accept $88,000 estate left him by his grandmother.
Among enterprises aided was the Vanguard Press, publishers of books on radical and labor subjects for working people, which received $100,-000.
Stock valued at $10,000 was purchased in the Russian Reconstruction Farms, an enterprise to further industrialization of agriculture in the Caucasus, and stock amounting to $20,000 was bought in the Oklahoma Leader, a weekly farm paper. Disbursements Are Wide. The Labor Age, a monthly magazine; the Federated Press, of Chicago; research department of Rand School, New York; Wyoming Federation of Labor, Portland, Oreg., and Seattle, Wash., labor colleges and the Workers' School at Mena, Ark., all received of the money, along with others.
Garland figured in the news recently when his wife, Mary Wrenn Garland, obtained a divorce at Barnstable, Mass. Mrs. Garland, with her daughter, left her husband in 1921 when he established a girl art student in their home at North Carver, Mass., but was later reconciled.
The April Farm colony started near Allentown, Pa., was disbanded after it came under official investigation following burial of a child. The district attorney stated in the death certificate that it was Garland's son. Garland served two months in the Lehigh County, Pa., jaiil. James Weldon Johnson is president of the board governing the fund, and Elizabeth Hurley Flinn is its secretary.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.
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October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.
The fortune that Garland refused for personal use four years ago, and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent, and it was announced that no further enterprises can be undertaken. Records show the fund was generally used for the advancement of labor enterprises, among them the Vanguard Press, the Labor Age and the Federated Press, and the report also recounts Garland's refusal of an estate left by his grandmother, his wife's divorce action and the disbanding of the April Farm colony.
Garland refused the money for his own use and started the American fund for public service with it.
By The Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—A $1,654,000 fortune which Charles Garland, founder of the April Farm, alleged "free love" colony, refused for personal use four years ago and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent. Announcement was made yesterday that no further enterprises can be undertaken.
Records show that the fund was generally used for advancement of labor enterprises. The largest single gift was that of $150,000 to Brook-wood Labor College, at Katonah, N. Y. At the time he refused the fortune Garland said he did not approve of the way it had been accumulated by his father, a Wall Street financier. He reconsidered a year later and formed the endowment which was dedicated to "unfavord causes."
Garland in 1924 also refused to accept $88,000 estate left him by his grandmother.
Among enterprises aided was the Vanguard Press, publishers of books on radical and labor subjects for working people, which received $100,-000.
Stock valued at $10,000 was purchased in the Russian Reconstruction Farms, an enterprise to further industrialization of agriculture in the Caucasus, and stock amounting to $20,000 was bought in the Oklahoma Leader, a weekly farm paper. Disbursements Are Wide. The Labor Age, a monthly magazine; the Federated Press, of Chicago; research department of Rand School, New York; Wyoming Federation of Labor, Portland, Oreg., and Seattle, Wash., labor colleges and the Workers' School at Mena, Ark., all received of the money, along with others.
Garland figured in the news recently when his wife, Mary Wrenn Garland, obtained a divorce at Barnstable, Mass. Mrs. Garland, with her daughter, left her husband in 1921 when he established a girl art student in their home at North Carver, Mass., but was later reconciled.
The April Farm colony started near Allentown, Pa., was disbanded after it came under official investigation following burial of a child. The district attorney stated in the death certificate that it was Garland's son. Garland served two months in the Lehigh County, Pa., jaiil. James Weldon Johnson is president of the board governing the fund, and Elizabeth Hurley Flinn is its secretary.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, September 28, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.
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October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.