Poli management unveils new winter vaudeville at Bridgeport
Poli announces a new winter vaudeville season at the Poli Theatre Bridgeport starting Monday August 26. The program promises refined entertainment with film releases, feature acts, and a carnival of fun. Two weekly shows will run on Mondays and evenings with consistent pricing at 10 15 and 25 cents.
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le Mall
New Maplewood School Principal Chosen
H. Streeter of Hampton New Jersey selected as principal of Maplewood Avenue School at the Board of Education meeting last night. Salary set at 1800 dollars yearly. Streeter a Columbia graduate with six years experience and three years as supervising principal at Hampton.
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H. @. Streeter
Hampton
N. J
Maplewood
of Education
Columbiacol
Farmer
Theport
Malewood Avenue
Hurley
Horse Dies in East End Barn Fire
Fire at about 10 39 last night destroyed a rear barn at 6 Winter street owned by Freder Hebig and used by Morris Berg an expressman. A horse owned by Greenberg perished, hay and feed were damaged, and the barn suffered about 200 dollars in damage. An earlier blaze at Liberty street occupied by George Van caused about 20 dollars in damage from a careless match.
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Freder H. Hebig
Morrisberg
Greenberg
Liberty Street
George van
Lewis
Miss Florence Smith Vacationing in Ortchester NY
Personal mention notes Miss Florence Smith of 137 West spending vacation in Ortchester New York. Frea J Brady has been guest of Eddie Poli at the Polo mansion Rosa Villa the past week. Mr Brady member of Sigma Pi, college fraternity led by Mr Poli as president.
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Florence Smith
West
Ortchester, New York
Frea J. Brady
Eddie Poli
Pol
Rosa Villa
Mr. Brady
Sigma Fi
Mr. Poli
Romance and Mystery in a Gainsborough Portrait
A tale recalls a Gainsborough portrait altered by an ungrateful owner and bought for a song, revealing a girl’s likeness. It contrasts with notes on backward stair climbing for heart weakness, and a meditation on being human, ending with Emile Loubet startling Constans by signing a receipt for a million francs without inspecting the safe.
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Desser
Efoping
Bey
Walter
Sichel
T.p’s: Hely of
London
M. Loubet
M. Constans
Philadelphia Press
Nobles The Lazy Inventor Sparks a Fire Wire
A wry exchange extols Nobles as exceedingly lazy. He supposedly built an invention that lights a fire by pulling a wire in bed, yet the joke is that he is too lazy to pull the wire himself. The quip plays on clever but ineffective innovation.
Rats Destroy Sixty Bushels Of Potatoes In Stratford
Special to The Farmer Stratford Aug 22 rats gnawed nearly every tuber in an acre and a half field owned by John Corsa cutting losses to about six bushels with no hope of reimbursement. First known case in Stratford, as farmers report past rot or pests but not total crop loss from rats. The town news notes chicken thefts blamed on gypsies after Deputy Sheriff actions and a $3,000 suit against Ina and Mabel Tooley by Bridgeport Hospital.
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Stratford
John Corsa
North Main Street
Samuel Patterson
Patterson Avenue
Patterson
Selectman Holmes
Selectman
Russell
D. J. Russell
Ina C. Tooley
Mabel K. Tooley
Tooley
Bridgeport
Ina Tooley
Tooleys
Paradise Green
Frederick Tooley
Messrs. Bushnell and
Scoville
Smith
New York
Stiles
Chicago
Samuel W. Meachen
South Elm Street
Newtown Social Gathers. Fires and Bathing Laws Noted
Newtown reports visiting relatives and local travel plans including Catherine Crotty and James Hughes on business trips. A chimney fire at Ja cob Strisik’s Botsford home caused $100 damage but was contained. Public health warnings persist over Taunton Pond bathing with enforcement issues noted. Local sales, theater troupe visit, and various residents’ activities are recorded in a busy week.
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Taunton Pond
Kiernan
Water Company
Evter
Local Home Improvements And Visits In Town
Easton resident Charles Gilbert is expanding his property with a stucco barn east of his house. Hugh McCollum of Redding is adding a bathroom with hot and cold water and renovating the interior. Mrs. Samuel Thorpe and two children have returned to Bridgeport after visiting Mrs. Eliza Smith on Sport Hill. Marilla Staples has been visiting friends and relatives. King and daughter Evelyn of Meriden returned home after weeks with Mrs. King’s parents and Mrs. Henry Wakeman in Aspetuck. Esther Wakeman also returned home after a few days in Newtown visiting her cousin.
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Charles Gilbert
Hugh McCollum
Redding
Samuel Thorpe
Bridgeport
Eliza Smith
Sport Hill
Marilla Staples
Ury
King
Evelyn King
Meriden
Toeir
CANNONS Rev John Mace and guests vacationing
Rev John W Mace and wife are on a month long vacation in New Jersey and the Pocono Mountains. Several Brooklyn Yonkers and Port Chester residents and families have visited relatives in town this week. Local residents plan visits and trips including fishing on the St Lawrence and travel to Springfield for repairs. Rev Charles E Barto and wife of Waterbury will visit Miss Josephine Hurlbutt on August 24 and lead Sunday services.
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John. W. Mace
New Jersey
Pocono Mountains
Myrtle
Caroline Stock
Brooklyn
Frank Stock
Eugene Richards
Clara Sterling Merritt
Yonkers
Walter Sterling
Charles Sterling
Albert
Port Chester
Albert Otto and Sons
Arlington
N. J
L. E. C. Moore
W. A
Lydia Thorpe
Elmer Treadwell
Bethel
Elmer Jackson
Mary Abbott
Swensen
New Milford
C. T. Gregory
Jean
George Smalley
Chicago
New York
Persia
Lewis R. Hurlbutt
St. Lawrence
Clayton
James O'Donnell
Hartford
Fred Brundage
D. R. Hurlbutt
Springfield
Mass
Jane A. Smith
Long Meadow
Fred Toquet
Warren
Ruth
Mary
Willing
B. F. Brown
Mary Thompson
Danbury
Charles E. Barto
Waterbury
Joséphine Hurlbutt
Barto
Cannon M. E
Live Stock Market Prices in New York on Aug 21
The report lists ranges for steers at 6 to 8.75 per 100 pounds, oxen 6.25 to 7.50, bulls 5 to 7, cows 3 to 6.5, tail ends 2.5 to 2.75, and dressed beef 12 to 13.5 cents. Veals 9 to 12 per 100 pounds, culls 7 to 8, buttermilk calves 6.5 to 7, grassers 5.25 to 6.5. Dressed veals 16 to 19 cents city, 13 to 14.5 cents country, dressed grassers and butter milks 8 to 13. Prices for sheep and lambs varied 3 to 4.5 per 100 pounds for ewes, 6.5 to 8 for lambs, culls 5 to 5.5. Hog prices steady from 9 to 9.6 per 100 pounds, roughs 8 to 8.6.
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M. J. O'Connor
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Wm. R. Winn
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Budy Lyford Brothers
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Waist Shop
Main ST
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MRS
Newtown
M. Crotty
Fassett
P. Keating
Huntingtown
Catherine
James Hughes
North Center
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Vermont
JW. Skiff
Botsford Mill
Wcc. Kennedy
J. F. Nolan
Oil City
M. J. Nolan
Jacob Strisik Botsford
E. D. Briscoe
New London
T. F. Brew
Mary J. Houlihan
J. O'Connell
Shelton
Thomas Carey
Queen St
A. E. Brinton
Town Hall
James D. Corbett
M. L. Keane
New Haven
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