Fair field upgrades and town lighting projects advance
Leading Fairfield figures back an athletic club named the Fair Field as work quickens on the Easton turnpike repair near one and one third miles. Plans for a town wide electrical lighting system include poles on Main Street and in front of the Congregational church, with debates on cost borne by lighting district residents.
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Easton
Annie E. Rogers
Greenfield Hill
Friends
Paul's Village
Bridgeport
Congregational Church
Southport
Wilbur F. Smith
Pequot
Birds and local events at Pequot Library and area
A 1909 column notes birds near Pequot Library and warns against nest robbery. It reports a concert by the Congregational church choir with New Haven talent, and a May Yale lecture at the library. Parker House Rolls from Home Made Bakery go fresh each morning as the shop runs all night. James L Bergen undergoes hospital surgery for a abscess tied to a past rail injury and hopes a jury will grant damages after a failed earlier suit. A Westport road fatality and road hazards from intoxicated behavior near saloons are discussed.
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Pequot Library
Congregational Church
New Haven
Parker House
Yale University
Bergen
Westport
Chinaman Qualifies as Justice in Boston
Boston April 29 Charles K Shue a prosperous Boston merchant of Chinese birth has qualified as a Justice of the Peace before Councilors Barry and Glidden Ex Gov Bates and State Rep Freeman O Emerson stood sponsors He was sworn in and visited the House chamber where Speaker Walker was introduced by Emerson He is believed to be the only man of Chinese parentage in the country to attain the post Born Seattle 35 years ago he came to Boston to engage in importing and is now a partner in a leading Oriental importing firm
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Boston
Charles K. Shue
Barry and
Glidden
Bates
Freeman O. Emerson
House
Walker
Emerson
Shue
Seattle
Wash
Halo Around Sun Observed at Yale
New Haven April 29 scientific observation at Yale University describes a faint 22 degree halo around the sun at 1 p m followed by a vivid circumscribing oval halo. A colorless circle centered on the zenith formed and strengthened for about ten minutes revealing rare arcs opposite the sun and its pair.
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New Haven
Yale University
O Rourke’s Onion Tobac in Vieen Palos Drug Stores
Odd stray OCR reads like a local item noting onion tobacco from O Rourke marketed in Vieen Palos. The snippet mentions a palatable casto gle appearing at all drug stores, suggesting a product or display in local outlets.
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New York
Philadelphia
Cor. Main
John Sts
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Bridgeport Trust CO
State Street
John ST
Fairfield
Mr. Smith
People's Savings Bank
Main Street
CMY Savings
BANK
Main ST
Bridgeport, Conn
Bridgeport Savings Bank
Bridgeport Land & Title CO
D. F. Wheeler
Pres
Treas
Egbert Marsh
Europe
Loewith .& Co
Bank ST
Delaware
Hayes’ Market
Water Street
Turkish Baths
IRENE
van Tassel Corner
State and Court Streets
R. A. Helman
Coleman Street
EL Essec
EES
EL Ees
Kossuth Street
Sonegengaan Ener Aarp
George S. Baker
Bunnels
Deacon Streets
C. Gregory
Stratford, Conn
Alephone
GesarMisch
M. J. Buechler
Fairfield Ave
Chinaman
Yale
O*rourke
Broad St
Frankforts
OME Cafe
GUS Brock & Son
Dan Cooney
Corner Cedar
East Main Street
Hawthorne Inn
Boston Post Alamee Ee
L. C. Fire
Family Wash
Bridgeport Wet Wash Laundry Co
E.H. Reed
Swift Lowell Fertilizer
Stratford
Conn
Keith
Varsity Pharmacy
Cor. Park Ave
Lowe’s Laundry
Seaview Ave
Thomas L. Lowe
Wells & Lowe
Union Hotel
Kerr & Barnes
Stratfield Hotel
Bicycles and Sporting Goods
Liberty
Liberty Special
Bridgeport Bicycles
J. L. Bloomer
F. B. Brill
Stratford Ave
Sixth Street
Foleys
Luis
Michiel Hriczko
J. B. Sullivan
East Main
Steuben Sts
Park City Cycle &Enameling Co
Broad Street
A. Wells
Mer
Bridgeport Gas Light CO
Caneon St
Fish Dept
Warner Hall
Helen Armstrong
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