Bridgeport Notes and City Updates From The Paper
A young seaman near Forest street falls from a three story house after being pursued in a sport, bruised but likely to recover. Reports from Charleston note war expectations between Britain and Spain, with a Jamaican bound schooner landing a passenger tied to Hay- Yan government affairs. A Lisbon-bound Portuguese fleet with thousands of troops is said to sail for South America to aid Spain against Buenos Ayres. Farmers in Washington purchase plaster and relate price comparisons to New Milford farm values. Dr. A H Abernathy opens an East Bridgeport office. Beaver street wells overflow from mud and dirt. A fur store opens at 20 Beaver Street, Lyons block. Bulletin cites 115 rum shops in operation. funds from minstrel pay could support weekly lectures and fund a city missionary.
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Charleston
Hill
Scr
Wenagle
Cape Nichola Mole
Jamaica
Cape Francois
Hay- Yan
Great Britain
Spain
Carnation
Capes
New York
Yonn George
Lisbon
South America
Buenos Ayres
Much Depends Upon Foremen at Arms Co Club
Walter Rautenstrauch of Columbia University told the Remington Arms Foremen's Club that the real value of a plant lies in its moral fibre. He argued foremen must exemplify discipline and analytical skill to implement management plans. The talk traced Taylorism and cost per pound of metal, noting idle machines raise costs. Secretary Daniels announced two new super dreadnaught contracts for New York Shipbuilding Co. and Newport News Shipbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington Arms Co
Walter Rautenstrauch
Columbia University
Rautenstrauch
Taylor
Wells
Foremen’s Club
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
New York Shipbuilding Co
Newport News Shipbuilding
Fire department reform and reinstatement debate in Bridgeport
Twenty years ago John Dunn sued Mrs. F Hartwell for damages after a broken leg on the Hartwell estate in Greens Farms. Mayor Clark supports James T Glennon returning to Truck No 2, praised as a top fireman. Also notes skating season opening at the country club pond with improving facilities and a Bridgeport New Haven cock fight near Fairfield beach where Bridgeport won two of three bouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dunn
Vincent
Railroad Avenue
F. Hartwell
St. Louis
Hartwell
Greens Farms
Clark
James T. Glennon
Glennon
ADD Bridgeport
Country Club
Fairfield Beach
Bridgeport
New Haven
Union Typewriter Co May Get Dyes From Deutschland Cargo
Union Typewriter Ribbon Co plans to receive a share of Deutschland cargo of aniline dyes now in an importers allotment. Bridgeport will use the dyes to make rib bons for Remington typewriters. Murray H. Chapin says dyes are expected soon, with reduced tension from basic materials used in explosives easing supply.
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Deutschland
Bridgeport
Remington Typewriters
Union Typewriter Ribbon Co
Railroad Avenue
United States
Murray H. Chapin
Chapin
Deaths in Bridgeport Policemen Families Spark Consternation
Deaths and illnesses in officers and their families in Bridgeport follow the death of Superintendent Birming ham in April. Several noted names such as John J. Flahavan Michael J. Hourigan George E. Hill andLieut. Albert Hazel mark the trend alongside numerous other losses and absences. The distress has unsettled the force amid ongoing war relief figures for Belgium and northern France.
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Bridgeport
Birmingham
John J. Flahavan
Force
Michael J. Hourigan
George E. Hill
Michael.Arnolsky
John F. Lyman
Robert Hoffman
Albert Hazel
George B. Coley
John F. Moran
Matthew Kane
Terrence J. Rogers
William Caulfield
John McPadden
Roosevelt Post Mortem on Nov 7 Victory Article
Col Theodore Roosevelt of Oyster Bay provides a post mortem on the November 7 election in the Metropolitan Magazine Christmas issue titled The Election. He argues the prosperity and the refrain kept us out of war shaped the Democratic win while urging citizens to see where duty lies and criticizing campaign contradictions. E. W. Burt urges leather price probe in a telegram to Senators and Representatives.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Metropolitan Magazine
Out Today
Wilson
Your Christmas Solved Gift Assortment Ad
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Five Million Square Yards Of Roadway Constructed
Federal highway builders report nearly 5,000,000 square yards of roadway, about 561.9 miles 15 feet wide, built under supervision in the last fiscal year. The work covered experimental, post, county, and park forest roads, with eight of 11 post road projects completed, spanning seven states and 15 counties. Maintenance and studies on 32 counties were conducted, plus 170 miles of park and forest roads with about 70 miles finished. The Escalante Winder road will connect a Utah settlement to the upper Colorado river valley.
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Washington, D. C
Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering
United States Department of Agriculture
National Parks
Post Office
Washington
Atlanta
National Park and Forest Roads
National Parks and National Forests
Powell National Forest
Utah
Colorado River
Mayo Brothers Income System Surprises Medical Field
The Mayo Brothers of Rochester recharge headlines with a $100,000 a month income basis for their hospital. They insist on no fixed patient price and operate an organized system that charges roughly 10 percent of a major operation's patient income for a year. A notable contrasting case shows fairness to a poor woman who offered her savings for treatment, receiving full personal care and a successful operation.
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Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
E. H. Harriman
New York
James J. Hill
Hill
Unnamed patient repaid for medical experiment
After weeks of treatment a patient was sent home cured and told the bank book and a $500 check canceled her debt. The staff thanked her, saying the consent to the experiment was voluntary and the results were valuable to medical science.
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Hill
Thanksgiving in STEPNEY and surrounding towns
Local residents gathered for Thanksgiving with visits to family and friends in Stamford Hattertown and Monroe. Whist at town hall crowned Mrs Edwin Shelton and Merwin Burr high scorers. Schools closed for Thanksgiving and Christmas greens were hauled to Bridgeport for decorations. Alfred D Beresford, a Drexel Building salesman, leaped from a ninth story window in Philadelphia and died.
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Ernest Northrop
Marjorie Northrop
Stamford
Edgar Northrop
William Craft
Howard Edwards
George Smith
M. B. Hawley
Town Hall
Edwin Shelton
Merwin Burr
Boughton Noble
John Roberts
Hattertown
Stephen B. Hayes
Oscar Plumb
Beatrice Plumb
Nichols
Harry C. Morgan
Anna Gilbert
Elizabeth
George Osborne
Monroe
Edward Booth
Sampson Cutler
Bridgeport
F. W. Paten
Long Hill
Herbert Garlick
M. Garlick
Edwards
Beardsley
Jesse Luckner
A. J. Hull
Laude Lewis
Waterbury
Jesse Lewis
Alfred’ D. “Beresford
Drexel
Philadelphia
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Boston
Forestreet
New Milford
Farmers’ Paster Association
A. H Abernathy
Dr. Hine
Beaver Street
Harrison
Lyons Block
Norwich
Professor
Arms Co. Club
Union Typewriter Co
Belgium
France
Commission For Relief In
Col. Roosevelt
Armenia
Lusitania
Mexico
Adamson
Mr. Wilson
Hughes
E. W. Burt
Massachusetts Retail Shoe Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Buechler’s
Federal Highway Builders
Jim Hill
Stepney
John Reck & Son
Hayes Fish CO
Water Street
Cape Cod
Gardner Bay
Lynn Haven Bay
Barnum
Public Market&Branch
State & Bank
STS
E. Main ST
C. W. King
King
Adams
ErDon
the Electric Shop
United Illuminating ‘Co
Broad and
Cannon Streets
Anna Thackimeyer
General Chemical Co
New York City
the United Illuminating CO
Telephone Barnum
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