Widow contest over two thirds of Wallace estate
The widow of Aaron W Wallace contests his 1907 will that leaves two thirds of the estate to his niece Lulu Adams and one third to Mrs Lillian L Wallace. The will places the income in trust with Bridgeport Trust Co. and names specific bequests to several relatives. The case rests in Fairfield probate court with an appeal filed March 22 and a future Superior Court hearing.
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Aaron Warner] Wallace
State Street
Lulu Adams
Miss Adams
Boston Post Road
Wallace
Chamberlain & Hull
Elmore
Banks
Fairfield
Superior Court
Richard M. Near
James Near
Jeremiah Reilly, Jr
Chas. 8
S. Canfield
Bridgeport Trust Co
Lillian L. Wallace
Albert N. Near
Richard A. Near
Mifinie I. Near
Lillie M. Near
Estelle M. Griswold
Bullard Plans Test of First Gasoline Fire Engine
President A H Bullard of the Fire Commission will travel to New Haven Saturday to witness a trial of the state s first gasoline fire engine. Mounted on a four wheeled frame drawn by two horses it resembles the current chemical engine but is lighter and can pump substantial water. Experts say gasoline engines may soon replace steam engines, noting several cities already use motorized units.
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A. H. Bullard
New Haven
No. 2 Chemical Engine Company
Vermont Ex Governor Frederick Holbrook Dies at 96
Brattleboro April 29 Former Vermont governor Frederick Holbrook died last night at age 96 after senile exhaustion likely triggered bronchitis. Thirteen living former governors are expected to follow his remains to the funeral. He retained his faculties until the end and left instructions for household affairs. His only living child Franklin S Holbrook of Boston was not summoned.
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United Press
Brattleboro
Vermont
Frederick Holbrook
Franklin S. Holbrook
Boston
A Guarded Secret of the Harem Revealed
Secrecy surrounds a Sultan’s harem where guards protect the dentist and the selection of dentifrice. American Dr. I W Lyon’s Tooth Powder is praised as pure and safe, chosen by chemists and spread to beauty tables of the harem.
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I. W. Lyon
Dr. Lyon
Wart Remover Ad at Cyrus Pharmacy Warns of Wart Beauty
An advertisement touts Cyrus Wart Remover as a painless quick fix for a wart blemish on the face and hands. It promotes the product as available only at The Cyrus Pharmacy located at 253 Fairfield Avenue and 186 Cannon Street.
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Cyrus
Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon St
CleanEasy Hand Soap Promises Skin Safe Tough Cleaning
An OCR readout advertises CleanEasy hand soap as the best for skin health and claims instant removal of stove polish rust grease ink paint and dirt from hands and clothing. It notes a large can priced at 10 cents and credits manufacturer Wm. R Winn Stratford Ave with weather and time phrases appended.
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Wm. R Winn
Stratford Ave
City Officials to Ride Goat in Bethlehem Initiation
Buckingham Donnelly McKenna Biltz Mullins and Keating among 8 city officials to be initiated tonight by the Shepherds of Bethlehem in Franklin hall. Supreme lodge officers attend with Nellie L. Feller first woman Supreme Commander. Event held under Morning Star Naomi Polar Star Star of Charity Star of the East and Star of Stratford lodges.
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Buckingham
Donnelly
McKenna
Biltz
Mullins
Keating
Shepherds of Bethlehem
Franklin Hall
Stratford
Supreme Lodge
Nellie L. Feller
E. T. Buckingham
John M. Donnelly
Co. A. Biltz
Public Works Department
Maurice McKenna
Dennis E. O'Neill
William T. Mullins
Oak Loren
Delbridge
Board of Assessors
Bernard Keating, Jr
Wiliam Flood
Brooklyn
J. H. Beaudry
John V. Letts
Port Richmond
S. S
Mae Fallon
Hoboken
Lizzie Nichols
Philadelphia
Marion Wilson
Jersey City
Eva A. Wyckoff
Camden
N. J
Order
Harry L. Onion
Aedelphia
FL Robinson
Burlington
Charles Wolt
Supreme Finance Committee
A. L. McDermott
Hartford
Peter J. Scally
Supreme Appeal Committee
Thomas Flood
New Haven
Margaret J. Lamond
Morning Star
Naomi
Polar Star
Star of Charity
Star of the East
Star of Stratford
Express Derailed Injuring Three of Crew Near Iberville
Montreal April 23. The Rutland Railway Express from New York to Montreal derailed at an open switch near Iberville. Three crew members were injured while no passengers were harmed.
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United Press
Montreal
Canada
Rutland Railway
New York
Iberville
Deaths and Funerals In City Listings
Deaths report Thomas Smyth a carpenter died after months illness at his home 980 Hancock avenue aged 60 leaving a widow and several children He worked for years on the Hippodrome building in New York Catherine wife of George G Farner died at her residence 893 Noble avenue aged 27 survived by her husband two children four sisters and three brothers The brief notices note a highly estimable young woman with many local ties.
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Thomas Smyth
Hancock Avenue
New York
Catherine
George G. Farner
Noble Avenue
H.D. Murphy
Thomas Fanagan
Elizabeth
Sarah Wc- Padden
Sugar Trust to Settle All Suits With Government
The American Sugar Refining Company and Collector Loeb reach a settlement on suits over alleged fraudulent weighing at Brooklyn docks. The company will pay about a million and a quarter dollars and will not appeal verdicts already issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Refining Co
New York
American Sugar Refining Company of
Loeb
Brooklyn
Carter H Harrison Eyes Chicago Mayoral Run
Pasadena reporter notes Carter H Harrison refuses comment on Chicago mayoral bid rumors and possible 1916 Democratic presidential nominating plans. He states his business is politics and he intends to return to his “real business” soon, with friends speculating on Congress or other offices.
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United Press
Pasadena
Cal
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Congress
Harrison
World's Loftiest Hotel Rising in New York City
Plans filed with the Building Department by Helmle Huberty of Brooklyn outline a thirty one story hotel 377 feet high. The structure would sit on the southwest corner of Madison Avenue and Forty second Street, owned by the City Real Estate Company in New York.
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New York
Helmle & Huberty
Brooklyn
Madison Avenue
The
City Real Estate Company
Tornado Fright Ends in Man's Death in Douglas
A tornado ripped through southern Butler county early today demolishing farmhouses and ten residences in Douglas. Louis Aries, aged 70, was fatally frightened by the storm and died of heart disease. Mrs. J. J. Jones sustained severe injuries.
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United Press
Douglas
Kas
Butler County
Louis Aries
J. J. Jones
Local Men Seek Red Men Honors at Connecticut Grand Council
H E Wood and G H Lee of Konckapotawauh I C R M seek chieftaincies at the Grand Council of Connecticut to be held next Tuesday in New Britain. Wood aims for Great Junior Sagamore and Lee for Keeper of Wampum, with L E Peck of Okenuck Stratford also pursuing Great Junior Sagamore. All say they have sufficient support. Delegates from Konckapotawauh include W C Newco H Wood J T Delaney E E Li and J Erickson.
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H. E. Wood
G. H. Lee
Grand Council of
Connecticut
New Britain
Sagamore
Wampum
L. E. Peck
Okenuck
Stratford
W. C. Newco H. Wood
J. T. Delaney
E. EL i
J. . Erickson
Carrie Nation plans to raise pigs in Arkansas
Harrison Arkansas April 29 With money from selling souvenir hatchets she used in the saloon campaign Carrie Nation has bought a large Boone County tract. She plans to raise poultry pigs pigeons peas and apples in quantity with her agent announcing the project. Nationwide figure Coin Harvey is said to have persuaded her to move to Arkansas after his 16 to 1 campaign years ago.
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Harrison
Ark
Carrie Nation
Boone County
Hetty Green Buys Cincinnati Real Estate
Cincinnati heiress Hetty Green completes arrangements with a local dealer to acquire several land tracts across the city including exclusive residential areas and the fair grounds at Carthage suburb. The purchases mark a major expansion of her holdings in Ohio's metropolitan area.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hetty Green
Carthage
Swindlers Pose as Naval Agents Rack San Jose
San Jose police convict George Lubenthal alias Fred Smith for a grand navy recruiting scam. Disguised as quartermaster of the navy the pair rented offices sold stationery and meal tickets to recruits and collected cash commissions from merchants. They cashed bogus treasury checks and claimed naval agent duties, netting about five thousand dollars in a week. Lubenthal, an ex convict from Colorado, had enlisted and deserted from the navy.
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United Press
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
George Lubenthal
Fred Smith
Lubenthal
San Jose
Navy
Mare Island
United States Treasury
Colorado
Prosecution Ordered in Haskell and Oklahoma Cases
United Press report from Washington states the attorney general orders vigorous prosecution of Governor Haskell and others after the Oklahoma indictments were quashed. A new Tulsa grand jury will be sought per Judge Marshall to reconvene and refile the charges for trial.
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United Press
Washington
Haskell
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Marshall
Explosion at Holmes Powder Plant Kills Four Men
Four men were killed and four more seriously injured in an explosion at the glycerine mixing house of Holmes Powder Company in Reynolds, Tamarak County. Only portions of some bodies were recovered, but all the injured were to recover.
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United Press
Tamarak
Holmes Powder Company
Reynolds
Here
Robbery charge bound over for trial in Plainfield
Frank Martin and John Shea were arraigned in Plainfield town court on robbery charges and bound over to the Superior court for trial. They had been arrested in Providence for breaking into the store of J. P. Kingsley & Son and identified by Kingsley from clothes found in Providence.
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United Press
Plainfield
Frank Martin
John Shea
Superior Court
Shea
Martin
Providence
J. P. Kingsley & Son
Kingsley
Foreman kills strike leader in Hudson yards
In Fishkill New York on April 29 a foreman Patrick Quinn at the Chelsea yards shot and killed an Italian leader of a striker faction. The incident followed the Italian leader urging strikers to quit work at the Chelsea yards. Also advertised are fresh fish and meats from Hayes Market and Garry's Fish Market with a note on Washington's inauguration history and a menu listing numerous seafood items at Garry's Market at Wall and Midcié.
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United Press
Fishkill
Hudson River
Patrick Quinn
Chelsea Yards
Chelsea
Hayes’ Market
Delaware River
Water St._ Tel
George Washington
United States
New York
Garry's
Garry's Fish Market
Corner Wall
Midcié
Mother with Babe in Arms Hit by Auto on Crescent Avenue
Mrs Concetta Mannino with a five month old baby in her arms was struck by a red touring car near Bridgeport Brass Co Crescent avenue at noon yesterday. The baby escaped the mother’s quick shielding action and the car drove on. Mrs Mannino suffered internal injuries and multiple contusions and was taken home at 643 East Washington avenue. Police were asked to investigate.
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Concetta Mannino
Crescent Avenue
Bridgeport Brass Co
France
Fire destroys Illinois Central Elevator B in Chicago
A grain fire at Illinois Central Railroad Elevator B in Chicago kills Lieutenant William McEll and leaves two workers missing. Six injured and the structure, a total wreck, with losses estimated from 300000 to 1000000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze as grain dust explosions hampered efforts.
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Chicago
William McEll
Illinois Central Railroad
Simeon Cooper
Mike
Captain Kirwin
William O’brien
John E. Heinburg
Apa
Horton Chosen Grand Master at Odd Fellows Convention
At the fifteenth annual convention of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester United in Taftville Stephen Horton of 86 Booth Street Taftville was elected Provincial Grand Master and Arthur W. Ross of Cleveland Avenue was named Provincial auditor. About 25 delegates from fourteen lodges attended. Other officers elected include Jas Bross provincial deputy grand master Herbert Martyn provincial secretary H Stevenson provincial treasurer J L Bilknap district book examiner A Walls. Next meeting set for Hartford in April 1910.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Manchester United
Taftville
Stephen Horton
Booth Street
Arthur W. Ross
Cleveland Avenue
Jas. Bross
Herbert Martyn
Hartford
H. C. Stevenson
J. L. Bilknap
Sterling
A. Walls
Holland Anxiously Awaits Birth of Queen's Child
In The Hague on April 29 Queen Wilhelmina's physicians say the heir will be born during the night. Nervousness fills the city over delays and rumors of complications while officials report no real danger. Government work stalls until the anxiety eases.
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United Press
The
Hague
Wilhelmina
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Swifts
Main
Bank Streets
Long Island Eels
Bridgeport Public Market
Public Market
State and Bank
East Main Street
Peck & Lines Co
Middle ST
Bridgeport, Conn
Crawford
Aaron Wallace
Bullard
Charmion
Kmheobhar Eelam
Main Street
Sugar Trust
Government
Gov. Haskell
Foreman
Babe
Horton
Holland
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