Captain Boyton’s Charity Plan for Island Hospitals Sunday
Captain Paul Boyton proposes Hospital Sunday on September 17 to wind up Steeplechase Island season. Profits would benefit Bridgeport and St Vincent hospitals. He offers his houseboat Carekiller, valued at 4000 dollars, as the grand prize for a winning ticket, with all day receipts donated to the two hospitals.
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Bridgeport
St. Vincent’s Hospitals
Paul Boyton
Bridge Port Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Carekiller
Confcessionaires
Get Island
Ory
New York City
Committee of Feet
East Side Improvement Association Enrolls 400 Members
The East Side Improvement Association has received 400 applications for membership and expects to reach 500 before the first directors meeting slated for Wednesday evening. T. J. McNamara chairs the organization committee. Over 25 percent of Ninth district voters and many in the Twelfth district above Barnum avenue are anticipated to join. Initial aims include eliminating the garbage nuisance, improving Berkshhire pond and the river below Berkshire dam, funded by voluntary subscriptions with no dues or assessments. Directors listed include William H. Comiey Jr, Lynn W. Wilson, Charles L. Beach, Edward C. Spargo and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Berkshire Pond
Berkshire Dam
Association
William H. Comiey, Jr
Lynn W. Wilson
Charles L. Beach
Edward C.spargo
Frank J. Ostrofsky
C. S.eames
William Keating
T. J. McNamara
Albert E. Lavery
Joseph J. Feiiis
H. Gilbert Knox
F. L. Brad
Scofield’s Property Attached In $10,000 Auto Accident Suit
Ralph S True of Fairfield sues George Scofield, East Bridgeport plumber, for $10,000 alleging Scofield drove an automobile at True on Spring Street Fairfield without signaling, causing a bicycle crash that left True with injuries including cuts, a sprained back, and internal damage. Eleven parcels of Scofield property in East Bridgeport were attached to the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scofield
East Bridgeport
George S. Sco
Main Street
Ralphs&s
True
Oldest Woman at Sound Beach Celebrates Birthday
Stamford on August 7 Miss Annie Maria marked her lath birthday at Mesch with friends and a dart game, noting she is the oldest person in Sound Beach and feeling buoyant about the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sound Beach
Stamford
Annie Maria
Mesch
Three Women Arrested in Disorderly Flat Raid
Police raided 400 Bunnell Street after neighborhood complaints arresting Mrs Myrtle Ackley age 24 and three others, Margaret Patterson 20 Anna Boland 21 John Patterson and Charles Jackson. Ackley sentenced to 60 days but suspended to probation to protect her children. others fined 5 to 10 dollars. Neighbors and officers described the residence as a disorderly resort.
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Bunnell Street
Myrtle Ackley
Foster
Ackley
Hatch
Flynn
Dempsey
Margaret Patterson
Anna Boland
John Patterson
Charles Jackson
Burgess
Telephone Men Meet at Savin Rock Outing
The Telephone Employees' Mutual Benefit society of Southern New England Telephone plans its twelfth annual outing at Savin Rock tomorrow with 700 to 800 employees from 46 exchanges. A morning shore meeting precedes a Bridgeport Hartford baseball game for the state championship, plus athletic events and races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Benefit Society
Southern New England Telephone Company
Savin Rock
Bridgeport
Hartford
Park
Hibernians in State German Parade Today
New Haven hosts German Day with Maen narchers and a large parade. Hibernians participate with state leaders and officials. eight thousand marchers review by Governor Baldwin and Mayor Rice. a mishap involving a German cavalry uniform rider briefly unsettles the reviewing stand.
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United Press
New Haven
Maenn Archers
Hibernians
Robert L. Lodge
Meriden
J. H. McMurray
Hibernian Rifles
Bridgeport
Philip Sullivan
Thompsonville
William May
New London
Edward
Lyons
Hartford
Baldwin
Rice
Stamford
Norwalk
Danbury
Torrington
Otto Kleseling
West Haven
Governor Baldwin
Mayor Rice
Kieseling
Kerman and
Kelly
New Haven Auto Chemical Smashed In Road Crash
In New Haven on Saturday afternoon the Flying Squadron automobile chemical apparatus was wrecked when a tire skid chain broke, causing the anti skids to fly off. The machine slowed, struck a curb and overturned, flinging the crew. They escaped with minor injuries. the vehicle is badly damaged and will take time to repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Flying Squadron
Recall of Judges Urged by Borah in Strong Speech
Washington August 7 Senator Borah Republican Idaho said recall of the judiciary upholds a republican form of government. He warned that judges who align with popular opinion over the written law undermine justice by favoring the powerful and risking minority rights. He cautioned that recall could establish majority rule in the judiciary and threaten constitutional responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
United Press
Washington
Ida
Senate
State Street Work Delayed by Wet Days
Director of Public Works M A Kenny says the contractor has worked 2% of days to date with six wet days. At the current pace the project would run 30 working days total from Park Avenue to Fairfield Avenue, leaving 49 working days to finish.
Ten Cars Plunge from Embankment Near Winsted
A freight wreck on the Poughkeepsie Bridge route near Winsted leaves half a train of twenty cars down a twenty foot embankment into the Mad River. One brakeman injured, a wheel broke on the tender, and a wrecking force of about 100 men clears the tracks for traffic by day two. Conductor Darwin Wood and engineer Fred Wondin, Hartford, supervised the eastbound No. 34Maybrook load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Winsted
Poughkeepsie Bridge
Central Railroad
Mad River
William Laundry
Hartford
McAdle
Darwin Wood
Fred Wondin
Home Rule Nears for Ireland Says Cullinan
City Attorney Thomas M. Cullinan reports his four week British Isles tour. He praises Glasgow Edinburgh and Dublin sights but warns emigration drains Ireland’s strongest citizens. He notes land purchases lower rents and calls for home rule to spur investment and keep youth at home.
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Thomas M. Cullinan
Ireland
Cullinan
British Isles
Glasgow
Scotland
Edinburgh
Highlands
Loch Lomond
Loch Katrine
Scott
London
Dublin
Wicklow
Cork
Blarney
Killarney
Limerick
River Shannon
Kilkee
Ennis
Galway
Belfast
Porth Tush
Giants Causeway
Londonderry
Bank of Ireland
Four Courts
Trinity College
Phoenix Park
Glasnevin Cemetery
Parnell
O’connell
Ocean Liner Columbia narrowly avoids iceberg disaster
City Attorney Thomas M. Cullinan arrived in Bridgeport after an Atlantic voyage aboard the Anchor liner Columbia which collided with an iceberg off Newfoundland on Aug. 2 in thick fog. The captain reversed engines after hearing a fog horn echo, saving the ship and its passengers. The accident left a damaged bow and ice on deck. one sailor was injured by falling ice but no serious injuries were reported. In a separate matter, Olive Pease of Fairfield sues Eva M. Hollis over a $100 note secured by a Fairfield lot, seeking foreclosure.
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Norwalk
New Haven
C. B. Hull
New York
Westport Draw
Atlantic
Thomas M. Cullinan
John Cullinan
Nellie Cullinan
Catherine Sullivan
Bridgeport
Columbia
Newfoundland
Cullinan
Court of Common Pleas
Olive Pease
Fairfield
Eva M. Hollis
Miss Pease
Local Corporations File Annual Reports Amid Unpaid Capital
The Pacific Iron Works filed its annual report with Town Clerk William Thomas noting $100,000 in unpaid capital stock. Officers are William E. Burnham president Henry A. Bishop vice president and A. J. Porter secretary treasurer. Directors include F. J. Kingsbury New Haven and Norman Leeds local. The Muller Co also filed with Thomas J. McNamara president treasurer Charles Muller vice president and Sarah M. McNamara secretary. Also mention of Mr and Mrs H Fernberg and Ada Fernberg with Miss Lillian Meyer spending the summer near Long Hill. FE J Fotch returning from a Delaware trip reports fine roads, especially in New York.
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Pacific Iron Works
William Thomas
William E. Burnham
Henry A. Bishop
A. J. Porter
F. J. Kingsbury
New Haven
Norman Leeds
Muller Co
Thomas J. McNamara
Charles Muller
Sarah M. McNamara
H. Fernberg
Ada Fernberg
West Tist Street
New York
Lillian Meyer
Heywood Street
Brooklyn
Long Hill
FE. J. Fotch
Noble Avenue
Connecticut
Nework
Bridgeport Ball Player Sacrificed Life Saving Girl
Michael K. Smalling of Bridgeport lost his life after paddling a canoe with Susanna Steele, 17, at Rock Springs near Lancaster. Smalling saved the girl but sank while swimming to shore. his body recovered and to be buried in Bridgeport. He was 24, a baseball first baseman and multi sport athlete, praised locally for his skill and leadership.
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Lancaster
Susanna Steele
Michael K. Smalling
Rock Springs
Here
Bridgeport
Conn
Smalling
Miss Steele
New Britain
O'Neil
Holyoke
Yost
Bt. Joseph T. L. & B. Association
South End
Thunderbolts
Michael Kiss
Teresa Kiss
Frank
Johnson Street
Joseph
Elizabeth
Rose
St. Stephen's R. C. Church
Spruce Street
Teresa
Kling
West Ends
Yosts
Duggan
Charles Bundock
Senator McLean Fears Democrats Will Kill Veto
Hartford Aug 7 Senator George W McLean of Connecticut halted his Maine vacation to return to Washington He warned that regular Republicans fear an insurgent Democratic coalition could pass the wool tariff bill over the President veto by a two thirds vote He stated this was his reason for going back to the capitol
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Hartford
George W. McLean
Connecticut
Maine
P!ned
Washington
McLean
Capitol
Rentals and classifieds including flats and supplies
UNCLASSIFIED TO RENT Five room flat Union Ave all conveniences D R Whitney 1025 Main St TO RENT seven rooms 914 iranie tan Ave Inquire Room 24 25 Main St INISHED ROOMS and beard anid bath German cooking Apply 753 B Main Street O'Neill's Rubber Store 1130 Main St EXCELSIOR MOTOR CYCLE 13 good as new 100 at O'Neill's Rubber Store 1130 Main St WANTED Hand crew machine operators Apply Employment Office American Graphophone Co Howard Ave
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Excelsior
O'Neill's Rubber Store
Main St
Union Ave
D. R. Whitney
American Graphophone Co
Howard Ave
Tan Ave
L& Br
Main Street
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Capt. Boyton
East Side Organization
Rock
Corinthian Lodge
Masonic Temple
Major McMurray
The
Rifles
Bridgeport Central
New Haven Auto Chemical
Poughkeepsie
Maybrook
N. Y
Ocean
Mike Smalling
Veto
Williston St
Listo
Beck & Smith
Fifth Street
Rudnick & Stone
North Adams
Mass
Clancy
Poli Bidg
Fairfield Ave
Ry Sterningale
Ehret
N.Y
Park City
Bommes & Biltz
Park Ave
M. J.M
Courtland
Torent
New
Charles A. Nicholls
Newfield
Catherine Statio
Southworth's
Arcade
Pearl St
G. Malin
Brooks St
Fairfield Avenue
Farmer
P. O. Rex
City
Sda
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