Newtown Scene Teems with Guests and Road Work
Danbury resident John Hassett visits the Kennys while many locals travel and gather for Thanksgiving. Jurors from Newtown appear in Bridgeport court panels. Roadwork on Mount Neaserst advances with a state plan to compensate encroachments, and Bottsford and Dodgingtown districts host socials and community events.
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Mextown
John Hassett
Danbury
Martin Kenny
Harry Falker
New Haven
P. W. Campbell
Hans P. Boyson
James A. el. Pott
Newtown
Superior c
Bsaac
E. Hawley
Fredrik Bemis
Court of Common Pleas
Bridgeport
Ina Driscoll
Lena Blake
Thomas F. Lyons
Anthony
Edith Northrop
Stepney
Nora Keane
Botsford
Kate Finnell
Long Hiver
Mount Neaserst
Marcus C. Hawley
Elmer Fairchild the Wise
Quinn
North Basin Street
Berkshire
Henry G. Curtis
Newtown Station
Milk and butter show in Bay State
Springfield Massachusetts December 2 The state board of agriculture hosts a large milk cream and butter show linked to its winter meeting with joint direction from the state board the Massachusetts Dairymen Association the Massachusetts Agricultural College the Dairy Division of Springfield Health Department and Hampden County Improvement League Special prizes are offered for clean milk exhibits Burlington New Jersey December 2 Francisco Aerour dies after toes crushed by ham dear Newark New Jersey December 2 John Denton killed by head striking beam riding atop a coal car
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Springfield
Mass
State Board of Agriculture
State Board
Massachusetts Dairymen’s Association
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Springfield Health Department
Hampden County Improvement League
Newark
N. J
John Denton
City to pay less for lighting streets
Mayor Wilson announced a street lighting rate cut from 71.17 to 67.52 per light per year, saving the city about 2,631.78 and allowing space for 39 additional lights under current funds. The city will pay 65.70 per light if lights exceed 250. Petitions on taxes, sprinkler assessments, and various reimbursements were referred to the claims and streets committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Board of Aldermen
United Iluminating Company
T He Company
United Illuminating Company
Mary A. Tuttle
Kate Sarsfeld
Katherine L. du Bois
W. H. A Gan Bois
Catherine Kennedy
Pequonnock Street
Amelia Lifshitz
Raymond F. Stoddard
Hubbard and Hall
Charles A. Laufer
Laufer and Bolande
Abram Linet
Mary A. Greening
George Kane
Mountain Grove Street
Herman Cohen
Cullinan
Main Street
Helen Halligan
Thomas C. Coughlin
Stratford and
Wilmot Avenues
Nathan Goldman
Shapiro and
Shapiro
Winters Street
Joseph J. Coughlin Company
Joseph P. Coughlin
Bond Street
Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company
E. G. Burke
Railroad Avenue
Broad Street
Patrick Flahavan
John P. Gray
Don’t Wait for Pimples to Go Stuart’s Wafers Advertisement
A vintage ad promotes Stuart’s Calcium Wafers as a quick cure for pimples and skin disorders by purifying blood. It claims calcium sulphide purifies blood, clears pimples, blackheads, liver spots in days, and promises renewed youth, health, vigor, and beauty with a 50c box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Stratford Announces Largest Tax Increase in History
Stratford voters at town meeting approved the board of finance budget with no dissent, adopting $190,680.09 in current and permanent improvements funded by a $90,000 bond. The first district taxed at 15.5 mills on $4,500 with $6,750 to be raised. the second district at 14.2 mills on $800,000 with $11,360. The plan includes schools, bridges, drains, roads, and state road projects.
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Stratford
Board of Finance
Board
Board of
Finnance
W. B. Tuttle
Abe Wellington
Stratford Sand Co
Ferry Road
Minor
Bridgeport
Miss Charlotte Plumb Sings of New Haven Visit
TRUMBULL items note Miss Charlotte P Plumb visiting in New Haven at her aunt's home. The Ladies Aid of the Congregational church schedule a Christmas sale and supper on Wednesday Dec 10 from six to eight. Committees include Miss Harriet French Mrs Howard B Beach and Miss Josephine Carey.
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Charlotte P. Plumb
New Haven
Ladies’ Aid Society
Congregational Church
Harriet French
Howard
Beach
Josephine Carey
Nichols School
Mises Mary Potter
Dorothy Fairchild
Beatrice Plumb
Ida Hitt
Rosalie Marshall
Vera Hill
Florence Cooper
Catherine Smith
Evelyn Lucas
Gould Shelton
Frank Sadowsky
Charles Couch
Frank Lucky
Henry Shupul
Daniel Beers
Nichols
Park Cemetery
Bridgeport
Leffert
Lena Rheinwald
Brooklyn
N. Y
Herman
Arizona
Gustave
Wisconsin
Henry
Fairfield
Nicholas
Bridge Port
Adolph
Stratford
Charles E. Bilton
Toriington
Thanksgiving Guests and Local Notices in Stepney
STEPNEY Master Clayton Hawley, a Sanford school student in Redding, stayed over Thanksgiving with his father Wilbur Hawley. Guests included Burr Hawley, Elmore Hawley of Bridgeport, and Mrs AL Gilbert of Newtown. Mrs Frederick Sutherland of New Haven will teach the rest of the year replacing Miss Augusta Posner. Grace Morgan visited Bridgeport friends. Stephen B. Hayes hosted Thanksgiving guests including Oscar Plumb, Beatrice Plumb, Harry Morgan of Newtown, and George Hayes. Robert Lynch has moved his goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Hawley
Sanford
Redding
Wilbur Hawley
Burr Hawley
Elmore Hawley
Bridgeport
AL. Co. Gilbert
Newtown
Frederick Sutherland
New Haven
Birdsey Plain School
Augusta Posner
Grace Morgan
Stephen B. Hayes
Oscar Plumb
Beatrice Plumb
Nichols
Harry Morgan
George Hayes
Robert Lynch
Krist fined for breach of the peace in Fairfield court
Fairfield December reports Judge Bacon Wakeman fined Charles Krist five dollars and costs for breach of the peace after he threw stones when neighbor R E Nichols asked for quiet. Krist’s friends paid the twenty four dollar total. A L Piander was found guilty of breaking into Southport station and bound over in five hundred dollar bonds. Town records note two land sales by St Thomas church and Harry Nichold to Frank Chmelewski. Miss Mary Brooks visits New York. George Blake, once confined to Bridgeport Hospital, steps out briefly each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Charles Krist
Bacon Wakeman
Elwood
R. E. Nichols
Nichols
Krist
A. L. Piander
Southport
Joseph Flint
St. Thomas Church
Spring Street
John Smith
Mary Hayes
Harry Nichold
Meadow Street
Frank Chmelewski
Mary Brooks
New York City
George Blake
Bridgeport Hospital
Baptist Christmas concert and surprise party in Easton
Easton reports a Baptist Sunday school Christmas concert planned for Christmas Eve and a surprise party for William E. Andrewe at his parents’ home honoring his 21st birthday. Guests included Clarence B Andrews and numerous local residents. The Congregational church, Epworth League, and hospital services are noted along with visits by State Master and Mrs J Arthur and others. The Yellow school closed with celebrations hosted by teacher Annie Brennor.
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The
Baptist Sunday School
Baptist Church
William E. Andrewe
Clarence B. Andrews
Arthur E. Wheeler
Alice Cornell
Arhsah Candee
Clara Sanford
Dorothy Mallette
Edwin Vargoshe
DeWitt Candee
Stanley Ribbins
Fred B. Candee
Albert Hawkins
Willards
Gillette
Edna Clark
Congregational Sunday School
Hey. F. S. Clark
W. E. Andrews
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Hospital
Mies Annie Brennor
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Melton
Mackinaws Galore
Zgood Omnes
MEIGS
Gutfitters
TOR Men Base Sa & Children
Denis Cavanaugh
Thomas F
Jean Deuill
Brew& Honan
J. H. George
St. Mary’s Hall
St. Rose's Parish
Brinton
Adaline Hurd
Bedford
Athletic Association
Town Hall
Bent
Orchestra
George Ferris
Trinity College
Bertha Ferris
Sugar Street
Horace Smith
Storr
Connecticut College
Robert D. Smith
Latiies
Pootatuck Grange
Grange Hall
F. W. Barnett
Joseph Barnett
Berkeley Vicinity School
Edward Barnett
Hartford
Mery Hopkins
Willimantic Hospital
Thomas F. Brew
Anna Brenner
Newtown High School
Sasten
Miss Brenner
Joseph Brenner
JL. C. Morris
Curtis P. Morris
George W. Stuart
Fairchild
Anna Wells
St. Vincent's Hospital
Julia Northrop
Northrop
Alice Northrop
Orrin Smith
Norman B. Glover
William B. Glover
William DeForest Glover
W. B. Glover
Susan Hall
Sandy Hook
Ezra J. Hall
New England
Joseph Hall
Oklahoma
C. W. Dayton
Dayton Street
Leonard M. Johnson
Johnson
Johnsons
East Hempton
John P. Keane
Stephen D. Horan
J. Murray Johnson
James Corbett
Sarah Elliott
Trinity Guild
Wallace Mitchell
Pomona Grange
Sturdevant Building
Bay State
Madison, N. J
Robert W. Rogers
Drew Theological Seminary
St. John’s College
Oxford
Burlington
Francisco Aerour
Hamdear
County Hospital
United Iluminating Co
Committee On
Joseph D. O'Conner
Grant Street
Summerfield Avenue
Barnum Avenue
Louis Evans
Winter Street
Giuseppe Bonitate
Beechwood Avenue
Broadway
George W. Hills
Elm Street
Gabriel F. Tekin
East Main Street
William M. Gray
Park City Auto Supply Company
Hillcrest Cottage
Blanket Meadow
B. Hawley & Co
Irma Toucey
Arthur J. Hull
Vera Hubbell
George H. Lyon
Frederick Lyon
Bethel
Gertrude Craft
Weston
William Craft
Wilfred Nichols
Wyoming
S. B. Hayes
Trumbull
Easton
STOVE
EGE
Wheeler & Howes CO
Gunn
N. Buckingham & Co
Richmond Ranges
State Street
W. E. Halligan
D. D. Smith
D. D. Smith Cigar Emporium
Fairfield Avenue
Plaza Theatre
Reasonable Prices Gas CO. Mullen
D. M. Read CO
Staples
Lehigh
Patrick McGee
Sprague Ic Coal
E. Wash. Ave
East Washing
Bridge
Tel
IRA Gre
Gory & CO
Naugatuck Valley Ice Co
Housatonic Avenue
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