New Barnum Avenue trolley and Congress Street bridge routes open
Two major trolley lines from Stratford to Bridgeport via Barnum Avenue and from Con reap Street bridge to the Pequonock river will operate tomorrow due to the lower bridge dredging closure. Permanent Congress Street bridge service, temporary Barnum Avenue service, and revised downtown routes affect East Bridgeport, Golden Hill, Seaview, and Stratford areas with early start times and transfer advice.
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New Barnum Avenue
Congress Street Bridge
Congress Street
Stratford
Bridgeport
Barnum Avenue
Pequonock River
Conreap Street
Tower Bridge
Derby
New Haven
East Bridgeport
Upper Barnum Avenue
East Main ST
OM Mill Green
East Main Street
East Strest
Hattie Le Blanc trial enters second week in Cambridge
Cambridge December 5 The defense strengthens as the trial of Hattie Le Blanc the 17 year old Canadian charged with murder resumes after a Sunday recess Judge Bond rules the three questions and answers from the police station cannot yet be admitted The examiner Elmore testifies about money from Mrs Glover and the saved bank book detailing expenses and plots against Mrs Glover by her husband’s brothers The cross examination probes furnishings property and the whereabouts of Hattie's effects with details of the room lights and surrounding witnesses
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United Press
Cambridge
Mass
Hattie le Blanc
Clarence F. Glover
Bond
Hattie
Samuel D. Elmore
Glover House
Elmore
John~ Tie
Johnson
Elmer
Freeman
Norwalk Carpenter Dies by Own Gun After Crisis
William Saunders, a Norwalk carpenter, sold tools on Saturday and bought a revolver. He shot himself four times in a tent during a personal crisis, was taken to Norwalk Hospital, and died at noon. He reportedly felt he was too old to be of use.
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Norwalk
Llam Saunders
Norwalk Hosital
Doctor's Wife Joins Naughty Marietta 60
Mrs Meria Phalen Weidlich, wife of Dr H C Weidlich, abandons home life to enter comic opera with Naughty Marietta at the New York Theatre. Her rise follows earlier local fame in entertainments and a dramatic auto smash in Jer om e avenue. Fire at Sewing Machine Cabinet Co. injures Workman 777 John Jackson of 64 Gilmore street. fire started in shavings bin chute. he escapes with superficial burns.
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Meria Phalen Weidlich
H. C. Weidlich
Main Street
Central Avenue
Weldfich
Marietta
Metropolitan Theatres
New York Theatre
Broadway
451 Street
Emma Trentini
Grand Opera
Fritzi Scheff
Weidlich
Te Néew
Newark
Weldlich
Meria Phalen
Weintich
Warner Hall
Fashionable Catholic Seminary
Mt. St. Joseph
Hartford
San Francisco
Sewing Machine Cabinet Co
Seamstress Engine
Krause
John Jackson
Gilmore Street
Jackson
New Organ Installed at St. Pauls Church
Expert organ builders install a modern Hall of New Haven organ at St. Pauls on Kossuth Street. The $4,500 instrument arrives from Bridgeport and should be ready by late December for Christmas services. Church leaders and a committee including Felix W. Meigs and E. J. Morgan oversee the work as seasonal decorations promise a notably elaborate observance.
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St. Paul's Church
Kossuth Street
Bridgeport
Hall of
Ocean
Felix W. Meigs
E. J. Morgan
Charles Williams
W. H. Conley, Jr
Samuel Lister
St. Paul's
Millionaire Heinze Led Trial Over Bank Fund Misuse
The Department of Justice secured a Supreme Court trial for Fritz Augustus Heinze, Montana miner and former president of the Mercantile National Bank of New York, charged with misappropriation of bank funds. The action was finalized today before the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Fritz Augustus Heinze
Montana
Mercantile National Bank of New York
United States
City Aldermen to elect Lavery president as council chambers glow with flowers
The Common Council session opens with a floral display as Aldermen receive gifts and elect Hugh J. Lavery as president. Mayor Buckingham plans vetoes on Congress street widening and outlines bridge study needs for East Washington avenue. Committee assignments buzz with speculation, including Lamp, Harbor, Street and Sidewalks, and Ordinance chairs.
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Hugh J. Lavery
Thomas Cleary Page
Buckingham
Congress Street
East Washington Avenue
Finance
Alderman Mahoney
Lamp
Garry Paddock
Harbor Committee
Henry J. Clampett
John H McMurray
Street and Sidewalks
Daniel B. Walker
Alderman Conlin
Thomas W. Reddy
DeForest
Lavery
P. H. Brady
Busy License Day as Bridgeport Commissioners Start Grantings
On Monday December 5 the Bridgeport County Commissioners opened the liquor license process. At 6 oclock saloonkeepers Fritz Henninger Albert Borg and Johnsein arrived to seek licenses numbered in sequence. E W Ensign C E Pickard secured drug licenses while Christian Fieganspan and H L Dins berger received beer licenses. The 682 East Main street license held by Fred Wild marks the citys oldest license renewed annually for 45 years.
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Bridgeport
Af County Court House
Fritz Henninger
North Main Street
Albert Borg
Bank Street
Johnseein
East Washington Avenue
Gthey
Henninger
Kalin
Way
Allowae Kalin
E. W. Ensign
State Street
C. E. Pickard
Christian Fieganspan
Howard Avenue
H. L. Dinsberger
East Main Street
Fred Wild
Pastors Read Names of Immoral Property Owners
A prominent minister reports that the Pastors Association plans to read from pulpits the names of landlords and first mortgage holders whose properties in the city are used for immoral purposes. He says Mayor Buckingham supports a careful, targeted approach over widespread raids and that foreigners involved in trafficking may be addressed. The group aims to identify problem properties outside red light districts, targeting those who push into respectable neighborhoods.
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Pastors’ Association
Buckingham
Mmayor
Birmingham
Redlight District
Bec Mn
Yale Student Almost Wears King’s Clothes
Meelby Lynge, a Yale student from Bridgeport, was visiting Denmark last summer when consular help saved him from mandatory Danish military service. Stopped at a Grandfather’s home and jailed briefly, he appealed to the American consul who secured his release. He returned to his studies in New Haven.
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Meelby Lynge
Yale
Carl H. Lynge
Washington Avenue
U.S
Consular Service
Sheffield Scientific School
Lynge
New Haven
Denmark
United States
Young Lynge
Bridgeport Steam Dyeing and Cleaning Co
State St
Bridgeport
Sheff
Synge
Mayor Buckingham Wins Dredge Hour Change Victory
The Stratford avenue bridge draw change secures 7:15 opening after pressure from Mayor Buckingham and Washington. Coastwise Dredging Co will adjust hours to aid working people while merchants protest loss of East End, Stratford, and Milford patronage during the holiday season.Congressman Hill and War Department considered the issue, with Col. Taylor noting no contract provision requires midnight to 4 am work without extra pay. The city seeks to avoid $225 nightly fees while keeping travel flow, as the draw schedule shifts between 6 am and 7:15 am and daytime openings.
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Buckingham
Stratford Avenue
Washington
John Smith
Coastwise Dredging Co
Capt. Smith
Connecticut Co
East End
Stratford
Milford
Congressman Hill
War Department
EB. J. Hill
Cochran Hotel
Washington, D. C
Smith
Col. Taylor
T. Buckingham
Ging Co
Kenny
Coastwise Co
Congress Street
Heneath
J. B. Randerson Dredging Co
Col. H. Taylor
Ening
Ida
Capt
Eat
Shutts Orr
Captain Smith
Connecticut Co. Wi
Barnum Avenue
Secret of His Adventure Becomes Classwide Knowledge
A student hurried back to college this fall to resume work after a hidden voyage. He guarded the secret closely and gradually his tale leaked, becoming widely known among classmates in the Scientific school.
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Winder
Obituary Daniel Healey Dies After Brief Illness at Hospital
Daniel Healey, elderly resident of 196 East Main Street, died at St. Vincent's Hospital today after a brief pneumonia illness. He entered the hospital December 2. He is survived by a family.
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Daniel Healey
East Main Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Factory Fire Causes Big Damage in Boston District
A factory building in Boston's business district suffered an estimated $60,090 in damage. The fire, which began in the factory, was brought under control by early afternoon. About 150 people, including 100 girls, escaped unharmed from the premises occupied by cloth and seed foods manufacturers.
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United Press
Boston
Sether Foods
LOCAL NOTES AND CLASSIFIED ITEMS PROMPTLY LISTED
Unclassified dancing tonight at Lyceum hall Lincoln building Stratfield Circle Foresters 16 cents a to rent 16 Lafayette St 10 room house 30 Apply to Anderson Agency Cannon St to rent 14 first floor in new two family house 627 Carroll Ave near Connecticut Ave do you live in a cellar It not cover pipes and boiler and save cost in coal J F Welsh 114 Kossuth St Lost bunch of keys Dec 1 Finder return to J M Jeroy Brewster street school Black Rock Reward Wanted competent girl to do general housework in small family Apply 20 Crown St Typewriters New York bankrupt stock like new Bridgeport Auction Company 1280 Main Dog for sale Russian wolf hound Thoroughbred pedigrees given splendid animal 1 year old owner sells because of removal Enquire of Wm C Sanford Redding Ridge Conn Notice All members of the Young Emmet Football Club are requested to attend meeting Tuesday evening at Woodmen's Hall corner Gold and Middle Sts Election of officers and other important business also to elect captain for the year TLANNAGAN Press
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Carroll Ave
Connecticut Ave
J. F. Welsh
Kossuth St
Wm. C. Sanford
Redding Ridge
Conn
Teadad*o
Young Emmet Football Club
Woodmen's Hall
Cor. Gold and
Middle Sts
Tes
Tlannagan
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Water Streets
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Lower Bridge
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Ash Creek
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Sum Avenue
Ian x
Golden Hill Street
Waterstree
Main
Lower ‘Bridge
Stratford 7
Stratford Center
Barnum ’Avenue
Paradise Green
Barnum ‘Avenue
Workman
Singer
Emergency Hospital
Shel
Common Council
Hugh Lavery
King
Lyceum Hall
Lincoln Building
Stratfield Circle
Foresters
Lafayette St
Anderson Agency
Cannon St. Tes
J. M. Jeroy
Brewster Street School
Black Rock
Washington Ave
Cannon St
TE St
Pequonnock St
Joe Koyck
Southport
Poultry Farm
Round House
Clanocy
Poli Building
Fairfield Ave
Bimmes & Riltz
Fairfield Avenue
Farmer
Steinwey, Mathushek, Demarest
Ivers & Pond Square
Estey and Worcester
Dial & Lee
Crown St
New York
New
Bridgeport Auction Company
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Kregsing
Whitney Ave
Teliny's
Main St
Bratwurst
Mark Nagel
E. Math
Fritz G. Hartmann
Wall St
Fairfield Ava
Water St
McPadden‘s
F. & M. Schaefer
M. McPadden
Locust St
Waterbury
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