Watson Firm Private Bank at Main and John Streets
For forty four years we have conducted business at the same corner in Bridgeport Connecticut. Our Private Bank offers on demand deposits with three percent annual interest credited monthly. We invite individuals firms and corporations to open accounts and deposit checks or drafts for any term from one day to one year with attentive service from T. L. Watson & Co.
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Main and
John Streets
Bridgeport
Conn
T. L. Watson & CO
Deposits Earn Four Per Cent Interest Policy
Deposits of 1 to 1000 are received in one year. Interest begins on the first of the month following deposit. Dividends are paid in January and July. Financial figures show deposits totaling 95,421,614.03 with a surplus of 168,000.00. Samuel W. Baldwin serves as President and Edward W. Marsh as Treasurer.
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Samuel W. Baldwin
Edward W. Marsh
Local Factory Opens New Plant And Community Notes
Albert G. Barrow of Bridgeport opens a new manufacturing plant on Lordship road near Allard soap works with a 35 horsepower engine to produce a steel hardening substance. A New York string quartet and Miss Coombs entertain at a complimentary tea for Mrs. Leroy Lewis. A 450 ton barge of fertilizer arrives off Putney for local farmers. Town residents listed as automobile owners include W. A. Stagg Harold Fish Dr. W. B. Cogswell and others. Community gatherings span Woodmen of the World Grange meetings Junior Auxiliary food sale and Red Men activities. Public notices include beens of the fire department Masonic degree work and local social events with visits from several area residents. Medical ad advises Foley’s Honey and Tar for croup concerns.
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Albert G. Barrow
Bridgeport
Lordship Road
Allard
Leroy Lewis
New York
Coombs
Christchurch
Fire Department
Fire Laddies
Frank Clark
C. S. Bullock
Hudson
Empire Theatre
Andrew Meisse
Canaan Whist Club
George Benham
Milford
Sandford Orchestra
New Haven
Packard
Walter Lusher
Flatbush
Mr. Wood
D. C. Wood
Main Street
Thomas Wilkes
Gamlin
F. C. Palmer
West Haven
Frank Brothwell
Greenfield Hill
George Warner
Plainville
McEwen
King Street
George R. Fryer
Louis E. Peck
Frederick W. Nettleton
George Allen Fairchild
Senator Money backs fortifying Panama Canal
Senator Money of Mississippi, minority leader in the Senate, vows unqualified support for fortifying the Panama Canal. He dismisses neutrality by treaty as economic folly, cites the canal's cost and wartime realities, and expects broad Democratic backing without party division.
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United Press
Washington
Panama Canal
Senator Money
Mississippi
Congress
America Canal
Japan
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Tawney
Money
Two Aviators Fall 600 Feet in Paris Flight
Loridan and passenger M. Faya survived a 600 foot fall near Issy when the engine failed during a Paris Brussels run. The aviators escaped serious injury as spectators watched the crash. Loridan competed for the Paris Brussels quickest round trip prize valued at $5,000.
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Paris
Loridan
M. Faya
Brussels
Issy
M. Loridan
Beautiful Greek woman sent back to harem after escape
Marie Hebelia a Greek beauty must return to the harem of Pasha Dura in Damascus as ordered by the immigration board. She and Antonio Jahara, her self described Christian brother, fled to the United States after Jahara aided her escape from the Pasha’s harem where she was the unwilling favorite.
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United Press
New York
Damascus
Marie Hebelia
Immigration Board
Antonio Jahara
Tahara
Pasha Dura
Jahara
Marie
Oura
Pasha
Pasha Oura
Frohman calls for college men on stage at Yale News
Yale News cites Daniel Frohman urging the stage to recruit college men as eagerly as politics and proposing a national school of acting. He also favors professional actresses in college productions and a Yale dramatic department modeled after the medical and law schools.
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United Press
New Haven
Yale News
Daniel Frohman
Frohman
Yale
School of Medicine
Law Department
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Ace
Bridgeport. Conn
Letters of Credit
United States
Charles G. Sanford
F. N. Benham
C. H. Grothwell
H. C. Woodworth
Pes Savings
Nout
Bridgeport Mortwaree
Burr & Knapp
James Staples & CO
Stan Sirece
Idgeport
Bunuls
Cbrusii Vaulis
Trusicca
PY. Holzer
BP. T. Staples
Europe
Tel
Bank ST
F. C. Brady Plumbing
John Street Telephone
W. D. Cook & Son
Water Street
Bachman
Wilma M. Bachman
State ST
Colum
Slealford
Foley
F. B. Brill and
Curtis Pharmacy
American Loan Association
Golden Hill If
Caesar Misch New Store
Reliable
James Feeley P
Arcade
ELM Auto CO
Harrison Court
Hayes
Hayes Fish CO
Joseph P. Coughein CO
East Main ST
Senator
Fairfield Avenue
RED
Renault
Bridgeport Vehicle CO
Fairfield and Holland Aves
THE
Mitchell Agency
Blue Ribbon Garage
Stage
Jingler
M. J. Buechler
Pairfield Ave
Middle Street
UP TO the Minute Credit Department Store
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Middle Sts
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