Stratford News Carried By Busy Town Life And Local Improvements
Four Stratford men visited New York to see the baseball game between New York and Pittsburg. A church fair left many vegetables unsold and Father OConner distributed them to poorer families. A kid goat delighted local children at the fair. Various residents traveled or hosted guests while Stratford plans for a new St James church progress, with wealthy locals promising funds. Main street improvements and new curbing advance as the town shows signs of awakening. a cow was killed by a trolley collision at Paradise Green.
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New York
Pittsburg
Howard Curtis
Ivan Morehouse
Allen
Keeler Wilson
Father O'Connor
Daniel O'Conner
Mary O’conner
Manchester
Ellen O’conner
Father O'Conner
Costello
St. James’ Parish
Father O’conner
Selectman Wells
Elmer Hall
Easton
Charles Schindle
Bridgeport
Main Street
George Jewell
Miss Cash
Brooklyn
Lottie Lillingston
Leeds
Dr. Howland
East Broadway
Bunnell
Church Street
Benjamin House
Judge Curtis
State Street
Ash Creek
Oyster Company
Providence
George E. Farrar
New Hampshire
William Martine
Catskills
Stratford
Sleepy Hollow
Rip van Winkle
William Robbins
Blake‘man Place
Alice Todd
Rebekahs
Ellsworth Dietz
Mattie Stocking
Susie Wilkinson
A. B. Blakeman
W. Playfoot
Park Street
Fairfield Row Over Chicken Fined Disturbance Near Acid Works
A Sunday night brawl near Fairfield acid works drew witnesses as five men faced court on intoxication and breach of peace charges. The scene included a well-digger crew drinking heavily, a woman throwing a chicken, and locals armed with pitchforks, knives and sticks threatening the diggers.
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Justice’s Court
Fairfield Avenue
Black Rock
Clitus King
Greenstine
Bridgeport
Daniel Duby
Frank Pap
Quarrel ends with fines as witnesses tout drunken diggers
Government witnesses testified the well diggers were drunk and rambled the streets while the men admitted drinking all day. Justice Wakeman fined them $1 each with costs. Debates drifted to travel plans and local news including Roosevelt’s Boston trip and a drought hitting onion crops. Polish families emigrating, property purchases, and road conditions in town follow.
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Justice Wakeman
Deacon
A. P. Wakeman
Woodbury
Wakeman
J.F. Beers
John H Jennings
A. B Sherwood
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
A. Holland Forbes
Boston
William Burr
Brattleboro
B. E. Grumman
Ellsworth
Oliver Turney
Poland
Frederick Sturges
Steven Morehouse
Sargent
Eastern
Sonmie
Fairfield
Southport
Ester W. Reid
Joel
Greenfield Hill
Syracuse
Grace Perry
Torrington
Wiliam H. Banks
Newest Notes of Science Highlights Rubber Creams and Rails
A roundup of scientific notes covers indestructible rubies and fire resistance, forest spending, a two set brush design, pharmacy research on endangered drug plants, New York gas meter slippage, Andean tunnel plans, wood preservation chemicals, a new vulcanized rubber patent, Sewall's Point coal handling, fast steamship lines, stable cylinder designs, a Bohemian horse trough shade, and an automatic clutch braking device for cars.
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Alaska
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
New York
Andes
Arica
Chile
la Paz
Brazil
Sewall’s Point
England
Bohemian Agricultural Society
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Bridgeport National
Charles G. Sanford
WN. Benham
O& H Brothwell
Reall
Fcapital and Sur
Sweden
People's'savings Bank
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Bridgeport Land & Title Coo
Qrbwheeler
Pres
Treas
Wgbert Marsh
City Savings Bank
MAIN
Board of Trustees
Pavines Banker
Ieport. Com
Hayes
Water Street
Market OF
Bond
Heinz
Schlitz Milwaukee
Broch’s Delicatessen
OLD Homestead Cafe Corner
East Main and
E. H. Reed
Swift Lowell Fertilizer
Conn
Lowe's Laundry
Seaview Ave
Thomas L. Lown Pres
Wellsella & Lawson
Westport
Hawthorne Inn
Asgee Ostone
L. C. Fire
Smith’s
Rochester
M. J. Maloney
Jones Avenues
Tsar Engelman
J. Andrew Grive
A. D
Nathan Engelman
Court of Common Pleas
Fairfield County
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Sidney N. Lockwood
Courtland School
Bridgeport . Trust CO
State
F. W. Marsh
E. H. Judson
Bermuda
S. Loewith & Co
BANE
Foley
S. L. Bowen
Wayne
W. Va
F. B. Brill
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. J. Buechler the
Kerr & Barnes
Union Hotel
Farrell
Keith’s
Varsity Pharmacy
Fairfield Ave
Park Ave
OME Cafe
Capes Esecoq TE Ees
Kossuth Street
Sober
O. Gregory, Saanager
Blue Ribbon Auto & Carriage
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Bicycles and Sporting Goods
Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles
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