Oxygen Shipped to Arden as Harriman Health Rumors Spread
Reports from Cleveland claim John D. Harriman is gravely ill with stomach cancer and may require immediate surgery. Physicians and agents deny cancer, but guards and a remote Tower Hill estate perimeter keep reporters away while New York specialists rush to Arden.
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United Press
Cleveland
H. F. Bigger
John D. Rockefeller
Harrimen
Herriman
Fust
New York
Arden
Arden Station
Lyle
Harriman
New York News Bureau
Wall
Union Pacific
W. G. Lyle
Orange County
Mr. Harriman
Tower Hill
New House
C. T. Ford
Erie Rail Toad
Silver Fox Inn
Turners
Plucky Women Put Out Fire in Tenement House
Two brave women contained a couch fire started by four year old Jacob Postol at the Broad and Houston Street tenement. Neighbors joined with water and pails, extinguishing the flames before the fire department arrived. Chief Mooney praised the women who refused to give names and planned to apply to the department.
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Broad
Houston Streets
Jacob Postol
Samuel Postol
Broad Street
Postol
William Malley
Houston Street
Malley
Mooney
Fire Department
Sturges
Sirett
Damon
Cartoonist Opper Sued for $20,000 Damages
Stamford August 27 Fred Opper the cartoonist with a summer home in North Stamford is named in a $20,000 damage suit by Samuel Greenstein a vegetable welder. Greenstein was struck by Opper s car on June 9 breaking his collarbone and leaving his face partially paralyzed and his mind impaired with other injuries.
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United Press
Stamford
Fred Opper
Samuel Greenstein
Opper
Rogers Sues Executors Over Estate Dispute In New York Realty
Samuel T. Rogers sues the executors of Cornelia H. B. Rogers seeking $15 000 and $70 000 claiming rights to one third of real estate in New York and the statutory share as husband. The case centers on proceeds from a 1907 condemnation and a 1908 probate election not yet paid by the executors.
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Cornelia H. B
Rogers
Samuel T. Rogers
John G. Agar
Rachel L. Doray
New York
New York City
Roe
Ar Self
Con Wwothirds
Oak Trust Company
Cal
Local Plant Wins Navy Shell Contract
The American and British Manufacturing Company will receive a government contract to manufacture 10 600 shells for the navy. Their bid for 8 000 five inch common shells was 6 75 dollars each and for 2 000 target shells also 6 75 dollars each.
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American & British Mfg. Company
United States
Navy
Ders
Hartmann Brewing Company Enjoined Over Building Line
Judge Carl Foster granted an injunction restraining Hartmann Brewing Company from erecting a building on the south side of Ogden Street between Haslett and Pembroke, arguing it would violate the historic building line set by the Common Council in May 1809. James H. Hardie, Ogden Street resident, filed the suit.
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Carl Foster
Hartmann Brewing Company
Ogden Street
Haslett
Pembroke Streets
Common Council
James H. Hardie
Pee Neeye New
Turney's Assailant Held for Trial
The State charges James J Gill with assault on Oliver Turney of Fairfield after a damp bake. Gill pleads guilty to intoxication while other indictments are denied. Witnesses, including Dora Schulte and Turney, describe the incident and corroborate the assault claim.
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James J. .Gill
Oliver ‘Turney
Fairfield
Justice Wakeman
Clitus
King
F. A. Bartlett
Dora Schulte
Ehe
Gill
Oliver Turney
Sharps
Turney
Rich
Allen Beeman
City Lighting Costs Split Between Public and Private Systems
Public Lighting vs Private Lighting examined with 1200 candle power lamps in Bridgeport costing $79.75 annually and 2000 candle power lamps in Detroit at $44.89 per year, highlighting municipal versus private lighting expenses.
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Bridgeport
Detroit
Municipal lights beat private power in Detroit study
Detroit, owning its own plant, shows lower costs for 2,000 candle power lamps at 44.89 per unit vs Bridgeport’s 1,200 power lamps at 79.75. Detroit used 5,601,648 kilowatt hours in 1907, about 1,660 per lamp, at 3.02 cents per kWh.
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Detroit
Bridgeport
United Iluminating Company
Publi Service Corporation
Michigan
United Illuminating Company
James English
Public Lighting Commission
English
Sarl
Paul
Public Lighting Commission On
Local Actress Bianca West Stars in Paid in Full
Miss Bianca West of Clinton Avenue headlines a matinee production by Wagenhall and Kemper as Emma Brooks in Paid in Full. The talented young actress previously starred in Colorado and now receives a bigger stage to showcase her abilities.
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Bianca West
P. F. West
Clinton Avenue
Wagenhall & Kemper
Colorado
West
Emma Brooks
Carved Self May Recover from City News Dealer’s Stabbing
Adolph Gustaf Kohman known as Taf Rohman, blind from birth, stabbed himself twice in the abdomen and once in the neck at his Main Street news store in Bridgeport. He was hospitalized at Bridgeport Hospital with uncertain prospects, after calling for help from Henry Mitchell. Kohman, a former militia sergeant and postal letter carrier, lost sight in his right eye as a child and wore a glass eye.
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Henry Mitchell
Mitchell
Kiernan
Kohman
Bridgeport Hospital
Taf
Adolph Gustaf Kohman
Bridgeport
Fire Department
Leo
Main
Wall Streets
Bull's Head
Blind man Rohman kills self after stabbing at Bull's Head store
Rohman, 49, a visually impaired resident who had known acquaintances for years, stabbed himself after midnight and died of abdominal injuries. He had spent time at the Bull's Head store and barber shop with friends nearby, and remained cheerful despite dimensions of his condition.
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Rohman
Catherine Street
Bull's Head
John Ryan
Mike Quilty
Washington Avenue
Main Street
B. A. Lockhart
Kohman
Lesley Hosbach
Middle West
Kohmaen
Sansone Held For Sharp Object Incident In City Court
Arthur Sansone 17 was held in 500 bail to answer a charge of incident with intent to cause fatal harm after allegedly injuring Herbert Johnson 18 with a sharp object at Seaside Perk during a band concert interference. Johnson’s injury followed preventing Sansone from harassing women. a companion remained unarrested.
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Arthur Sansone
Sansone
Herbert Johnson
State Street
Seaside
Barbario Sansone
Lexington Avenue
Johnson
Governor Names Postmaster Allen in Middletown Fallout
Governor Weeks selects Georges Allen for postmaster in Middletown as Dr. C Lincoln Banks and others discussed possible candidates. Rumors tied the move to political deals and earlier bids for the tuberculosis commission clerkship amid a broader power play.
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C. Lincoln Banks
Tuberculosis’ Command
Georges I Allen
Tician
Leemi
Less
Banks
Allen
Gov | Weeks
Middletown
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Urania Rugg
H. P. Ruge
Wood Avenue
Catherine
Stephen Davis
Vincellette Street
Mr. Dillingham
Park Cemetery
Seaview Ave
Cannon St
C. Baldwin
Schwerdtle Stamp Co
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Paradise Green
Bridgeport Home and Land Co
Fairfield Ave
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Iter
UNC
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Howard Ave
Graphophone Co
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Conn
Alfred Art
Lewis St. Lwuda
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Courtland
Crawford Laundry Co
Pzis
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Sharon
Sears
Albert Tiska
Stratford
Lincoln
O’connor’s
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