Bridgeport Private Bank Promotes Longstanding Service
The Financial The advertises Bridgeport National Bank at Main and Jobo Streets Conn. for forty seven years of operation. It offers 3 percent per annum, monthly statements, and flexible deposit terms from one day to one year. James Staples & Co. Bankers invites accounts for individuals, firms, and corporations with interest on balances of 500 or more.
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Main
Jobo
Pragrr
Villeneuve
Bridgeport
Udo
Business Center
Main Street
Bethany Church
Wood Side Ave
Bridgeport Land and Title Company
Whitehead-Jones Co
Connecticut National Bank
Conn
Strike vote by New Haven tailors shocks employers
In New Haven on August 27 the Journeymen Tailors union approved an immediate strike by 189 to 19 after employers failed to raise pay, shorten hours, or recognize the union. About 300 workers across 60 shops initiating a work stoppage at 5:30 PM, challenging a prior agreement said to run until 1914.
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New Haven
Journeymen Tailors’ Union
Samuel Abrams
Stri
Yale
The
Journeymen Tailors’ Union of America
Municipal ice plant opens in Willimantic first in state
Willimantic voters approve an $8000 appropriation for a municipal ice plant, the first of its kind in Connecticut. The plant was authorized by the legislature in 1907 and passed by large margin after a referendum. Mayor Daniel P. Dunn, state comptroller, led the effort.
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Willimantic
Daniel P. Dunn
Aged couple killed at grade crossing in anniversary trip
Mr and Mrs Sherman D Porter of Springfield were killed instantly when the White Mountain express struck their auto at a grade crossing near South Deerfield Massachusetts while celebrating their fifty second wedding anniversary. Chauffeur Frederick W Bennett was seriously injured. The crossing has long been a death trap with several fatalities previously reported.
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South Deerfield
Mass
Sherman D. Porter
Springfield
White Mountain Express
Boston and Maine Railroad
Frederick W. Bennett
Greenfield
Northampton
Porter
Kibbe Brothers Company, Confessioners
Mrs. Porter
Navy men win commendations for heroic drownings rescue
Secretary Daniels letters of commendation go to five enlisted sailors for lifesaving actions. B H Smith, T J Glavin, and W D Rhofitt rescued a man from a sunken boat at Newport Rhode Island. Otto Huthansel and Timothy Collins also earned commendations for rescuing shipmates and a boy from water in New York.
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Washington
Navy
Daniels
B. H. Smith
Jenkins
T. J. Glavin
W. D. Rhofitt
Perkins
Newport
R. I
Smith
Glavin
Otto Huthansel
Kansas
Praise From Newport Mayor For U S Navy
Newport mayor Major MacLeod praised the Atlantic fleet's sailing from Narragansett Bay writing to Rear Admiral Badger. He thanked the shore patrols for aiding Newport police and noted the sailors' orderly conduct that made residents proud of the navy.
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Washington
Narragansett Bay
Major MacLeod
Newport
Badger
MacLeod
Fly Not Carrier of Infantile Paralysis Says Scientists
Sacramento August twenty seventh report from Dr R A Swyer and Prof Herms of UC exonerates the stable or biting fly as a carrier of infantile paralysis. Seven experiments with monkeys failed to transmit the disease via the insect, countering Harvard Dr Rosenau’s lab condition claim.
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Sacramento
State Board of Health
R. A. Swyer
Swyer
Herms
University of California
Rosenau
Harvard
Dynamite Halts Fire At Bay Point Lumber Yard
A blazing lumber yard at C. A. Smith Company in Bay Point California caused damage estimated at one million dollars. The blaze was stopped by dynamite and a shift in wind conditions, with firefighters gaining control early today.
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Bay Point
Cal
C. A. Smith Company
Diamond values offered at lowest price in elite market
The advertisement promises higher quality diamonds that are better cut and color at the lowest prices, claiming comparisons will prove their claim as the lowest priced diamond house in the elite. It urges readers to see the diamonds to appreciate the offer, noting significant value like $25, $50 to $200 purchases.
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First Bridgeport National Bank
T. L. Watson & CO
Teoples Savings Bank
Samuel W. Baldwin
Willis H. Lyon
New York Stock Exchange
James Staples & CO. Bankers
State ST
Bridgeport, Conn
Grenoble
Carnegie Hall
56Th Street
7Th Avenue
New York City
Central Park
Grand Central
Pennsylvania R. A
Geo
State OF Connecticut
John Rainey
Court of Probate
Margaret G. Rainey
Davenport St
Wall Street, New York
P.O. Arcade
Bridgeport, CT
E. I. Chapman
Burr & Knapp
Bridgeport. Com
American Guaranty Co
Caesar Misch
Nova Scotia
New Poundland
Canada
Bank Street
Alex. N. Cook
D. C
Southworth's
Hayes
Hayes Fish CO
Water Street
Joseph P. Coughlin Co
East Main Street
Lowe’s
Seaview Avenue
the People ’S Dairy
State Street
Geo. A. Robertson
John FF. Fay
Fairfield
Crawford Laundry Co
Pairfield Ave
Courtland ST
Naugatuck Valley Ice Co
Lehigh
Housatonic Ave
Armstrong
Whitman
West End Amateurs
Broch’s Cafe
Moerlein
Cincinnati
Fairfield Avenue
Secretary Daniels
Bakery Bulletin
Parker House
Alberta
Public Market
East Main
Imp
West End
Central
East Side
East End
Bridgeport Land
Uggeid
Ort
Lyons & Grumman CO
Fairfield Ave
Middle St
Bards
Exet
U. S. Navy
Geo. B. Clark & Co
Broad Street
Anw
Broadway
Mr. J. Buechler
the Reliable Jeweler
Middle Sst
Main St
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