Bonaparte in Health But Foreign Ties Remain Tense
Bridgeport notes report Napoleon Bonaparte in good health aboard the brig Busene berthed at Baltimore via Cadiz after 25 days from St Helena. He favors British officers over Bertrand and his suite and a New York land purchase by Joseph Bonaparte is rumored near Ogdensburg on the St Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busene
Baltimore
Cadiz
H. M
Minden
Mackey
St. Helena
England
Gunning
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bertrand
Joseph Bonaparte
State of
New York
Ogdensburg
St. Lawrence
America
Montreal
State Baseball League prospects renew interest in New London and Norwich
Norwich and New London show growing support for a State Baseball League team. A letter from Jerry Jenney of Norwich signals local sentiment strong enough to pressure other clubs, with Bridgeport facing a potential loss of Terry Rogers to Pawtucket. Rogers, brother of Louisville’s James Rogers, is a standout Bridgeport player. Meanwhile, Acme Shear Co faces a 3500 lawsuit after Daniel McPadden sues over his son John’s factory accident injury last January 1391.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
New London
James H. O’rourke
Jerry “Enney
Bridgeport
Terry Rogers
Pawtucket
James Rogers
Louisville
Terry
Pepers
Acme Shear Co
Daniel McPadden
John McPadden
Greenwood Family Plans Winter Stay in the South
John H. Greenwood of Greenwood and Arnold has sold 47 houses since September and disposed of other city holdings. He and Mrs. Greenwood close their Sanford Avenue home and depart for Florida visiting Newark Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington on the way to St. Petersburg where they will spend the winter at Greenwood's Florida plantation and pursue further investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Greenwood
Greenwood & Arnold
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Florida
Jacksonville
St. Petersburg
Greenwood
Metropolitan Tax Expert Criticises System in Vogue
New York tax expert James R. Brown told Bridgeport Philosophical Society that modern taxation robs a man of property in sixty years by taxing purchase and improvement and argues land speculators drive high prices more than food speculators, challenging society’s philanthropy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Brown
New York
Philosophical Society of Bridgeport
Brown
Christmas bargains at Buechler's department store
The ad promotes a wide gift assortment for Christmas at Buechler's including diamonds watches jewelry silverware cut glass clocks and more. A small deposit can reserve any article for future delivery and shoppers are urged to trade advantageously for better value this season.
Maine Upset At Prospect Of Real Prohibition
Augusta Maine December 1 legislative gossip centers on the incoming administration tighten Maine Prohibitory law. Two possible measures loom constitutional amendment to remove nonperforming sheriffs and Hastings bill style jail terms for liquor cases. Governor need to enforce laws or call special sessions. experts urge keeping enforcement bipartisan and practical rather than constitutional upheaval.
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Augusta
Maine
Hastings
Oakes
Henry W. Oakes
Auburn
Fernald
W. R. Pattangall
Famous Earle House in Brass City to Go
Waterbury December 1 old Earle house once a gay hostelry in the Naugatuck valley is being torn down for a Farrel Foundry and Machine Co factory. The land fronts Bank street and Meadow street with a two story front and one story side. Russo sold the property which will be cleared and fenced next spring for machine shop work. The Earle house dated from Civil War times and stood opposite the first railroad station across from the Sco ville house. It hosted traveling men and theater people and hosted a Blaine Logan campaign stop in 1884 from its veranda. The German steel output in October was 1 423 686 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Earle
Naugatuck Valley
Waterbury Farrel Foundry and Machine Company
Bank Street
Meadow Street
Meadow
Paul Russo
Farrel Foundry Co
Russo
Peacemeal
W. E. Fulton
Scoville House
James G. Blaine
Gen
John A. Logan
Gen. Logan
Laughing Casey Nicholas Conway Dies on Street in Watertown
Nicholas Conway known as Laughing Casey collapsed on Main Street Watertown from heart failure while visiting relatives. He was a Brooklyn native with a long stage career including vaudeville and Andrew Mack shows. He leaves a widow and son Timothy with brothers John and Edward Conway in Waterbury.
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Watertown
Nicholas Stephen Conway
Brooklyn
N. Y
Casey
Connecticut
Waterbury
Conway
J. L. R. Wyckoff
Woodbury
Andrew Mack
Poli’s
Old Home
Elks’ Club
Waterbury Lodge
New England
New York Lodge No. 1
Knights of Columbus
The
Actors’ Fund
White Rats
Timothy Conway
New York
John P. Conway
Waterbury Clock Co
Edward Conway
Timothy Con
Pension Planned for 59 Plus Union Miners
The United Mine Workers committee reports pensions of 20 dollars a month for members 65 and older after 1923. It opposes a separate miners home, citing family subsistence and cites plans for a 25 cent monthly tax to build a 5 million dollar fund over five years.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
International Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
Printing Press and Assistants’ Union
Rogersville
Tenn
National Soldiers Homes
John P White
Nine building permits approved totaling eight thousand five hundred eighty dollars
The building commissioners granted nine permits with a combined value of 8580 dollars. They include a Tyne family house on Rose street for D F Wheeler a private garage for Coggswell Realty Co on Butler street a cellar wall and addition for Spargo and Winter a garage for Cornwall Patterson a frame and brick store for L Pizella alterations for Joseph Romane a private garage for Louis Lindstrom a two family house on Davenport for Mary Lamson and a storage shed for Mrs H Weeks on Hanover street Provided details list parcel direction and client names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyne Family
Rose Street
D. F. Wheeler
Butler Street
Coggswell Realty Co
Lindley Street
Spargo and
Winter
Silliman
Cornwall & Patterson
L. Pizella
Maple Street
Joseph Romane
Beechwood Avenue
Louis Lindstrom
Davenport Street
Mary Lamson
Hanover Street
H. Weeks
Batter Could Order High or Low Balls in Early Baseball
A 1870 rule change gave the striker the right to call for a high or low ball, altering pitching and strike rules. The practice started with the National Association era and lasted until 1887, with high defined as shoulder to waist and low as waist to knee. The piece notes the oddity of the old system and imagines Ty Cobb using it. Also mentions Fairfield County Pomona Grange meeting in Bridgeport on December 6 with officer elections and a lecturer program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Association
National League
Ty Cobb
Fairfield County
Pomona Grange
Sturdevant Hall
Bridgeport
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Overcoat
Bonaparte
New England States
New Haven
Mercury
Daniel D. Tompkins
John Taylor
H. G. Scofield
Old Miss Green
MR Brown
St. Paul’s Episcopal Society of
Fairfield
C. N. C. Brown
Philadelphia
Busch
Baptists
Methodists
Congregational
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Richards
North Congregational
Fountain Hose Company
Franklin Hall
Goodsell
Hen Thomas
Piccolo
Southland
John Beck & Son
Buechler’s
Brass City
John Reck & i
N. S. Conway
Way
the West
Ster
Hayes Fish CO
Water Street
Cape Cod
Gardner Bay
Lynn Haven Bay
TEL
Barnum
Turkeys
Broilers
Porto Rico
Public Market&Branch
State & Bank Sts
E. Main ST
Cartwright
Main Street
House OF Better Shoes
Main St
Corner Elm St
Highland Spring Water CO
Warren Street
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