Stratford WANDERERS HOME FOR NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
Fairfield County towns observe Thanksgiving with homecomings and club gatherings. In Stratford the Taxpayers Improvement Club held a smoker on Johnson Avenue and a social afternoon at Mrs. Margaret Delacour's home featured New England amusements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
England
Taxpayers’ Improvement Club
Johnson Avenue
Margaret Delacour
Kingstreet
Twards
New England
F. S. Beardsley
Judson Place
Charles Beardsey
Rex Delacour
East Providence
Moses Hyde
Standard
Herbert Buck
Legishipt Oyster Company
East Idence
Samuel Dickinson
New York
S. C
Wakeman Sherwood Involved In Auto Crash On Curve
Wakeman Sherwood met another auto accident Wednesday evening head on with a horse and buggy in front of Oliver Turney’s place on a curve noted for previous crashes. The other driver Mehn was uninjured. Sherwood’s crash followed a prior mishap at Flint’s corner. Local notes report residents visiting, repairs, and community events amid a busy town update.
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Southport
Wakeman Sherwood
Oliver Turney
Mehn
Wakeman
Sherwood
Flint’s Corner
Etre
McLellan and Knapp Reappointed To City Posts
The board re elected Dr. E A McLellan health officer and Albert C Knapp milk and meat inspector to four year terms. Both were chosen unanimously at the meeting with Mayor Wilson presiding. Salaries are 1500 and 1000 respectively. Dr McLellan has served 14 years. A note from Alston Mass describes a muddy scene and a Yale Harvard item found by a Brookline selectman’s wife.
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E. A. McLellan
Albert C. Knapp
Milie
Health Department
Wilson
McLelan
Alston
W. T.eld, Jr
Harvard
Ed Stembreck
Brookline
Stepney Social Roundup and Local Notes
Stepney community glimpses include Mr and Mrs Fred Sutherland hosting Tor rington friends Miss Emma Mellen aiding Mrs Alfred Prevost as she improves The Birdsey Plain school closed for Thanksgiving The Methodist church plans a December entertainment Mrs Fanny Crosby and George Platt family hosted at John Hinckleys Mrs Emily Leavenworth left for Massachusetts to care for her nephew at Mt Hermon Lincoln County and local liquor raid prosecutions conclude Louis Snow convicted in Boston Edward S Beardsley bought cows from Newtown sellers
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Easton Grange No. 149
John H. Candee
Mildred Ferris
Minne O. Sherwood
Clarence B. Andrews
Flora
Lillian Andrews
William Loper
Dorothy Gillette
J. Arthur Sherwood
Joseph Hill
Albert Nichols
Edith Sherwood
Hill
Arthur Cornell
Rock House
Clarence Jennings
Ralph Marsh
Arthur Staples
Hazel E. Sherwood
George B. Beers
Mary Gillette
Clifford Gillette
Jesse Wheeler
Robert Marsh
Bowlwin
Cheshire
Grange
Leroy Wheeler
Aspetuck
Herbert Turney
Derby
Samuel Turney
Bawlwin
Sport Hill
Bridgeport
Edward Hawkins
White Plains
Clarke Long
Congregational
Abbie Sanford
Redding
Geo. B. Sherwood
Robert Davis
Annie W. Stiliman
Craik Brothers
Martin
Edward C. Sherman
Doris Davis
James Cole
George W. Cole
Long Hill
Fred Marsh
Carpenter
Fred Sutherland
Torrington
Alfred Prevost
Emma Mellen
Birdsey Plain School
Ernest Sherman
F. A. Sawyer
Mary
Ber
Thomaston
Methodist Church
Fanny Crosby
Boston
Edward S. Beardsley
Newtown
Fairfield Congregational Church Dedicates Memorials
Fairfield December 1 church service drew one of the largest crowds as three memorial windows for the first three ministers were unveiled by J Sanford Saulius. Rev Frank Child spoke on the ministers lives and the windows inscriptions praised scripture and the dawn of a blessed future. A fire alarm near Nequewaw Road prompted a chimney fire response with little damage. A football game between Fairmount Bridgeport and All Fairfield was cancelled due to a misunderstanding.
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William Russel
Old Freeman Place
Oponoque
William Freeman
F. Beach
Elm Street
Russell
Freeman
Charles M. Warren
New Haven
Congregational Church
Warren
Japan
Jos. Walker
Mark Wheeler
C. S. Bulock
William Cosier
Peck
Gas Appliance Co
Bridgeport
Corinthians
Stratfords
Knowlton Park
F. E. Conine
George T. Jewell
Christchurch
Fairfield
Frank
Child
Sallus
Samuel Wakeman
John Jones
Joseph Webb
John xv
Childs
Jones
Sinai
Israe
Israels
Thei R
Canaan
Calvary
God
Earth
Webb
Anetor
Christ
Edeator
New England
J. O. Wricht Place
Twnequwaw Road
Fairmount, Inc
All-Wairfield
Fairfield Boys
Remains of Miss Anna Ryan and other obituaries
The remains of Miss Anna Ryan were sent from the undertaking parlors of August G. Baker to New York. Miss Ryan died at Miss Rosewell's home from shock at age 69. she had been a nurse in Garrison, New York. Also noted are the deaths of Elizabeth F. Toohey and Eleanor C. Bartram, with survivor details and burial notes. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst to return to England to fulfill engagements. Obituaries include local residents and their families, with service notes and cemetery interment at Mountain Grove. The issue also carries medical and consumer ads, including a Turkish bath promotion and a large Christmas sale push at local merchants.
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Anna Ryan
August G. Baker
Stratford Avenue
New York
Miss Ryan
Rosewell
Waterman Street
Garrison
N. Y
Elizabeth F
James F. Toohey
South Avenue
Torrington Typhoid Scourge Claims Its 33d Victim
Torrington reports its thirty third typhoid death as Joseph Driscus twenty five dies in St Marys hospital Waterbury after three weeks treatment. He came to this country nine months ago and leaves a sister in town. Boston spent three thousand five hundred dollars to feed four thousand five hundred of its poor on Thanksgiving Day.
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Housatonic River
John Bond
Bond
Derby
Bridgeport
Torrington
Joseph Driscus
St. Mary’s Hospital
Waterbury
Boston
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Fairfield County
Wanderers
Stratford Briefs
John Lawson
Danbury
Charles Fox
Helen
Samuel Sloan
Minnie Guilbert
Isabel
Cambridge
Charles E. Jelliff
Easton
M’lellan
Knapp Sudg
Board of Health
Stepney
Frank S. Child
Eleanor C
Joseph B. Bartram
Park City Carpet Cleaning Company
Ann D. Driscoll
Mer
Atlas
E. H. Dillon’ & Co
Main Street
S. B. Thing & Co
Mainstreet
Long Island
Cape Cod
Old Homestead
Logan and Johnson
Fancy
Florida
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Mantel
Doug
Spark St
Main
W. L. Douglas S
Tore
Paain ST
E. H. Smith Silver Co
Lyon & Grumman CO
Fairfield Avenue
Middle Street
Dial and Lee Music Company
Cannon Street
Duchess Coffee
Ambassador
Ric-Co-Po
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Cc. C. C
Ceylon
Tb James van Dyk CO
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Himslf
Monarch
THE
Monarch Typewriter CO
Meigs Building
Conn
Warner Bldg
E. Halligan
Broad Street
Lowe’s Laundry CO
Seaview Avenue
Castle St
Cape Town
Stadler
Paradise End Algeritter
Geo. M. Stadler
Baer
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