Bridgeport Y M C A Minstrels Promise Best Ever Show
Forty or fifty Bridgeport boys stage the Y M C A Boys Division Minstrels in Warner hall to benefit Camp Pootatuck. The program features interludes by Theophilous Burke, Russell Shaw, and Harry Melville with Miss Dorothy Somers, plus a farce An Easy Mark. Music by the Boys Mandolin Club under W Erwin Berg. Proceeds fund camp equipment. full houses expected nightly.
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Bridgeport
Pootatuck
Berkshires
Theophilous Burke
Russell Shaw
Shamnon
Harry Melville
Dorothy Somers
William Bernhard
George Moses
Harry Barnes
Gifford Hurlburt
Michael Bump
Martin Anderson
W. Erwin Berg
James Augustus Kelly
Fred
Night Shadows of New York underworld drama review
Empire produced in New York presents Night Shadows of New York showing dives joints and police method of crime identification. Critics note the film depicts crime vividly and may offend delicate tastes while praising the creator’s understanding of the underworld. In other news Ws. U. asks for a curfew law restricting youths under sixteen to 5 p.m. in winter and 9 p.m. in summer.
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New York
Night Shadows
Iife
Underworld
The Secret of Success Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Ad
An old time ad explains why popular medicines fail and praises Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. It claims the preparation cures kidney liver and bladder diseases and neutralizes uric acid to help rheumatism. Readers can request a sample bottle by sending ten cents and a self addressed envelope to Kilmer & Co.
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Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
WN. C
Bridgeport Daily Farmer
Thanksgiving Week in Monroe Delights Town News
In Monroe all schools closed last Wednesday for Thanksgiving. Families gathered for holiday meals including Mr. and Mrs. Hurd and relatives. A busy month features meetings of Washington Lodge Harmony Grange and Clover Leaf Whist Club, plus a drama "The Turn of the Tide" set for December 15 at the town hall. Funeral notices, vacant positions, and local thefts of poultry are noted as the community resumes after the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin S. Hurd
Susan Burr
Miss Sadie
Cornelia L. Shelton
Marshall Beach
Edward L. Hurd
Lewis Thompson
Lucy J. Lo
South Eleanor
Catherine H. Washington
Conn
James McDermott
Wathington Lodge
Harmony Grange
B.S. Hurd
Merwin W. Johnson
D. A. Richardson
Derby
Henry J. Lord
Gravel walks good enough on Barnum Avenue
Stratford residents on Barnum Avenue between Franklin School and Bruce Avenue favor gravel sidewalks for now citing cost and desire to keep children off the road with trolley tracks and heavy traffic. Town meeting discusses lighting, street repairs, and a possible shared sidewalk funding plan with residents.
Chicago Mayor Bans Horizontal Plumes on Hats
Chicago on December 3 Mayor Harrison issues an order banning horizontal plumes aigrettes pompoms and similar adornments on women hats. He endorses perpendicular plumes if they avoid trolley wires and stay below 260 feet building limit.
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Chicago
Harrison
Messina Panic After Earthquake Strikes City Streets
Rome reports Messina residents spent the night in panic after the latest violent earthquake since 1908. Shocks felt on the mainland with Regio hit hard in 1903. London notes that British Post Office staff unrest recently led to vandalism of government property.
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Rome
Messina
Reggio
London
Militant Suffragists Prepare to Arrest Pankhurst in Plymouth
Preparations are reported in Plymouth for the arrest of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst on arrival from the United States aboard the Maudestree. A force of suffragettes led by Flora Drummond will be on hand to defend their leader and fight for her freedom.
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Plymouth
Eng
Emmeline Pankhurst
United States
Flora Drummond
White horse wanders Fairfield streets. Grange meeting planned
A stray white horse with no owner was seen on Fairfield Broadway early yesterday and last headed toward Mill Plain. Several witnesses could not identify an owner, with some believing the animal’s owner released it to avoid a possible death. Greenfield Hill Grange plans an evening meeting with officer elections and a social hour after the business portion. The town clerk filed marriage licenses for A H Wright and Ellen Wright, noting Justice Beach united them. Residents complain of night lights being cut in Greenfield Hill, some nonfunctioning for three weeks. Sherman school yard grading should wrap up within the week. An advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills for kidney trouble symptoms.
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Fairfield
Broadway
Mill Plain
Greenfield Hill
New Sherman School
Westport Notes on Tramp Remains and Local Updates
Dr Frederick Powers searched Purcell farm for remains of a tramp believed burned in a fire last Thursday. Farm hands found bones earlier but none were seen yesterday. Woman's Town Improvement League posted a sign on the Boston Post Road near the country club. A new guard rail was installed on the main road near the pumping station. Alma Marie Kartesan of Edgarhill will marry Everett B Call at the bride’s home tomorrow afternoon with Katherine Kartesan as bridesmaid and a groom’s brother as best man. Edward Sipperly sails to Sandy Hook to sink a well. Mr and Mrs James French entertain visitors from New Haven.
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Westport
Frederick Powers
Purcell
Woman's Town Improvement League
Boston Post
Reading
Country Club
Alma Marie Kartesan
Edgarhill
Everett B. Call
Katherine
Edward Sipperly
Sandy Hook
James French
Main Street
iNew Haven
Birthday Surprise For Miss Marion Summers In Hattertown
High school graduates held a surprise party Saturday night at Miss Marion Summers home in Hattertown for her eighteenth birthday. The event featured games music and a festive feast as gifts and congratulations were exchanged. Summers is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Summers.
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Alice
Stevenson
A. F. Bibbins
Easton
John Carlson
Henry Carlson
New York
Charles N. Shepard
South Main Street
Stephen Wenzel
Passaic
N. J
William Walsh
Walnut Tree Hill
Philadelphia
Paul Beardsley
Stanley Rule & Level Company
Charles F. Beardsley
Main Street
Clarence Beardsley
New Haven
New England
William Comer
Bridgeport
Frederick Leiss
The
Glen
Pootatuck Grange
Grange Hall
W. B. Glover
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Glover Avenue
Hattie Reed
N. H
Marilla George
St. Margaret’s School
Waterbury
J. H. George
Trinity Rectory
Florence Page
John R. Peck
New York City
Jacob Schoch
Etta Martin
A. L. Peck
Boulevard
James Brennan
W. A. Canfield
George
New Milford
The Man Who Neglects Himself Kidney Trouble Adverts
An old advertisement urges treatment for kidney trouble, listing backache, pain and soreness around the kidneys, nervous spells and poor sleep. It claims Foley Kidney Pills restore kidney and bladder health. Hindie's Drug Store promotes the product.
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Hindie’s
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Easy Digestion
A nostril of lines touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and a remedy to stomach objections at banquets. It claims one or two tablets digest large meals, stops sour stomach belching and heartburn, and urges readers to buy a 50 cent box from the drugstore.
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Stuart
Ruggist
Social Guests and Postponed Dorcas Society Meeting
Miss Elizabeth Patterson of New York visited Maple Row Dairy Farm with Mr and Mrs John Sherwood on Tuesday. Miss Hazel Sherwood stayed with Mrs Mary Rowell on Round Hill. Joseph Haverstraw visits friends in Bridgeport. The Dorcas society of the Baptist church postponed from Tuesday to Thursday due to the illness of members. Mrs Grace Clark and her daughter Mrs Clarence Andrews were entertained Tuesday at Mrs Arthur B Wheeler's home on Sport Hill.
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Elizabeth Patterson
New York
John Sherwood
Maple Row Dairy Farm
Hazel E. Sherwood
Mary F. Rowell
Round Hill
Joseph Haverstraw
Friends
Bridgeport
Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church
Grace Clark
Clarence B. Andrews
Arthur HB. Wheeler
Sport Hill
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Een
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Win‘ter
Monroe
Washington Lodge
Augusta Posner
Birdseye’s Plain
Bertha Sutherland
Andrew J. Ray
Stephen Nichols
Christ Church
Tashua
Alexander Sinclair
Solon B. Wales
Hampton
Virginia
Homer F. Sherman
Charles B. Nichols
Theodore Hubbell
Huntington
Clark Place
Harriet Kyle
Carrie M. French
Master Harold
Edwin Co. Shelton
Lucy
Birdsey McEwen
Milford
East Village
Fred McEwen
White Hills
Daniel B. Shelton
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Horace E. Montague
Jersey City
Board of Commissioners
Barnum Avenue
Charlie Stagg
Stratford
Franklin School
Bruce Avenue
General Assembly
Paradise Green
Fred Converse
Warwick Avenue
Florida
Stratford Savings and Loan Association
Abercrombie
LeRoy Oddenbrow
Leonard Sanders
Charles &. Stagg
Palm Beach
Fla
Stratford W. C. T. U
North Main Street
Mark Mallory
Burns Company
Connecticut Company
Board of Finance
Pankhurst
Mary A. Dean
E. Walnut &J
Taunton
Mass
Foley
Union
Christian Eiseman
Pembroke St
East Main St
Bulive Head
Blume
Victoria
Fifth Avenue
27Th Street
D. D. Smith
D. D. Smith Cigar Emporium
Fairfield Avenue
Plaza Theatre
Lehigh
EGG
Patrick McGee
Sprague Ice & Coal
E. Wash. Ave
East End
East Washington Ave
IRA Gregory & CO
Stratford Avs
Naugatuck Valley Ice CO
Housatonica Avenue
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