Stratford Court Handles Debts and Local News Summary
Civil suits filed in Stratford include Jacob C. Heininger seeking 200 from E. Conine of Conine Nursery Co and Bridgeport Engineering Co charging Charles B. Hawley 60. Judge Howard W. Curtis to preside. 22 cases heard in Novem ber with 15 breach of peace, four reckless driving, two incorrigibility, one selling short of weight. Arrows win junior football title 27 to 7 at Knowlton park. Community events: Stratford Woman's Suffrage meet Dec 6 at 3 pm hosted by Miss Alice Judson. Christmas sale by Woman's Aid Society at parish hall. Also notices: money turned over to Town Treasurer, and a future reck less driving case for Joseph Smith set before Judge Curtis on Dec 5. Leather prices rise. Mollan promotes Christmas shoe deals at 1026 Main St.
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Stratford
E. Conine
Conine “Nursery Co
Jacob C. Heininger
Wilton
Leo Davis
Norwalk
Conine
E. Mills Tomlinson
Bridgeport Engineering Co
Charles B. Hawley
Paradise Green
Stratford Woman's Suffrage Association
Alice Judson
East Broadway
Sterling
Woman's Aid Society
Congregational Church
Arrows
Cutler Club
Knowlton Park
Joseph Smith
State Street
Bridgeport
Howard W. Curtis
Towns File School Enumerations Increase Statewide
Hartford dispatch reports twenty four additional towns filed their school enumeration with the state comptroller this year. Most show increases with Chaplin posting the largest gain over 100 percent while Ashford Old Saybrook North Stonington and Sherman remain unchanged. Marlborough rises seven and Danbury gains 116.
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Hartford
Ashford
Old Saybrook
North Stonington
Sherman
Chaplin
Ola Saybrook
Marlborough
Danbury
Vaccination Urged After Smallpox Spread Report
New York reports from the Public Health Service prompt re vaccination for anyone not vaccinated within five years. John T. Black secretary of the state board of health and Dr. Charlies F. Dolduan of the city health department issue warnings amid smallpox in nineteen states.
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New York
United States Public Health Service
John T. Black
State Board of Health
Charlies F. Dolduan
City Health Department
House Leaders Pledge Help on Rail Regulation Bills
Washington reports President Wilson won assurances from Speaker Clark and Majority Leader Kitchin to push railroad registration and related acts in the short session. Senate cooperation and an embargo idea to curb food prices are noted as Congress reconvenes. Woodmen of the World marks its 25th anniversary with a regional gathering, parade, and silver cup presentation in Bridgeport.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Clark
Representative Kitchin
Senate
Woodmen of the World
John C
Live Oak
Tuthill Camp
A. C. Garvin
New Haven
G. C. Frazer
Odd Fellows’hall
State Street
Ivy Grove Circle
Woodmen of the World Orchestra
Etta
Rosa Christianson
Genevieve Brown
Mary
Julius Beck
Jerry Kelly
Anti-Trust Suit Against Shipping Firms Dropped
Washington reports the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to dismiss anti-trust prosecutions against British and German steamship lines and associated individuals for wartime combinations now dissolved by the war. The government seeks renewal rights if peace returns and also requests prompt rulings on tax deductions for Ins Co of North America and ICS coal supply for railroads. T. St. John Gaffney, ex-US Consul at Munich, sailed to Germany aboard the Stockholm.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
New York
theAmerican-Asiatic Steamship Company
Prince Line, Ltd
Paul F. Gerhardt
Francis J. Zimmerman
Insurance Company of North America
Illinois Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dangerous Dust Cough Syrup Ad Promises Breath Safe
An old advertisement urges protection from street and workshop dust and promotes Leon ardi’s Cough Syrup Creosoted as a remedy for coughs colds bronchitis grippe and croup. It claims antiseptic relief and safety for all ages with a 25 cent price at Hindle’s Drug Stores 987 Main Street and 909 Main Street.
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Leonardi
Hindle
Main Street
Recuperpatales touted as quick nervous cure in Paris ads
Advert announces Recuper tales in Paris derived from Dr Albert Robin formula to relieve appetite loss weight loss sleeplessness and nervous exhaustion. Glycerophosphates claim to provide vital elements and quick blood tonic effects with sales at drugstores or by mail from Curts Chemical Co New York distributed in Bridgeport by J D Hartigan.
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Albert Robin
Paris
Curts Chemical Co
West 28Rd St
New York
Bridgeport
Abdul the Wanderer Returns as Abdul the Camel
Abdul the Wanderer returns to Bridgeport after touring with Ringling Brothers and New York studios. The camel formerly featured with Miss Mary Pickford and in Less Than the Dust faced censors after a costume rack incident at a Bronx theatre.
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Abdul the Wanderer
Bridgeport
Winter Quarters
New York City
Mary Pickford
Abdul
Desert Sands
Ringling Brothers
Miss Pickford
John Ringling
New York
Moving Picture
Bronx
Knights of Columbus Exemplify Third Degree Event At Eagles Hall
Supreme officers and district deputies attended the third degree exemplification for about 100 candidates at Eagles Hall. Supreme Dictator William J Mulligan received a gavel fashioned from a Panama city railroad tie. present by Supreme Warden T J Mc Laughlin. Clubhouse on Washington Avenue praised after inspection. repast served at The Stratfield. Meanwhile Turkish soldiers in Syria die from typhus fever at about 1000 daily.
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Grand Lodge
K. of C
Eagles’ Hall
William J. Mulligan
Thompsonville
Panama
Puerto Cabella
Columbus
Bridgeport
T. J. McLaughlin
Washington Avenue
Stratfield
Australian miners settle differences in eight hour day
Melbourne reports a pact ending the coal miners strike with an eight hour day and abolition of double shifts. Owners gain by higher selling prices. Relief spread across the commonwealth as parliament cheers. Federal authorities stay in control of distribution until output normalizes.
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Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth
Texas to Sell Rabbits
Texas state department of agriculture aims to create nationwide demand for rabbit meat. At least one million Texas-bred rabbits are to be shipped to New England and eastern markets this winter as prices in some cities rise above turkey or chicken.
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Austin
Tex
Texas State Department of Agriculture
New England
Davis
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Mollan
Main St
Piquette Piano CO
Cannon Street
Sonora
Grafanola
Talking Machines
HOUSE
Woodmen OF World
Tuthill
T. St. John Gaffney
United States
Munich
Germany
Stockholm
Abdul the Drum
Norfolk
Garber
Turkey
Housewives’ League
C. B. Stanworth
Norfolk Housewives’ League
Stuart
Pittsburgh
State Dairy &Food Commission
Allegheny County
Knights OF Columbus
Syria
Eastman Kodak ‘Co
Rochester
Texas
W. K. Mollan
Perarmiscie
Rai
Richmond
Hub
Kodak
Fritz& Hawley
Opticia
Postoffice News Store
Postoffice Arcade
Port Jefferson
Park City
C. E. Tooker
M. Tooker
John F. Fay
Fairfield Avenue
Highland Spring Water CO
Wheeler & Howes Co
Congress ST. Bridge
Sprague Ice & Coal CO
East End
E. Wash. Ave
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