Fairfield community posts a busy week of events and meetings
Local notes report a Greenfield Country club planning committee naming decorators and hosts for a reception and social event. School board members approve a new funding plan for a building project and pay several monthly bills. A Ladies Missionary meeting, a church social, and an awards ceremony for campus honors are also noted along with travel updates and upcoming ball plans.
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Greenfield
Decora
Lote
Wrinns S. Bratt
J. Murr Wilson
Wiliam B. Weilesn
J. Frank Brothyell
Witten
Wchool Board
Plana
Bowman
Pistesville School
Mncrepee
S. F. Smith
Aitar
Nichols Rerrier Adubs
Ladies Missionary Mocly
Gee W. Polk
Poughkeepsie
Tharing
William Buretap Ford
Gutheau
J. T. Hache
Rid of pimples with fast acting Glocens solution
A dubious health claim promotes a product named Glocens promising rapid removal of pimples and impurities. The ad mentions quick elimination from the system and urges purchase at a drug store for 60 cents, touting mirror tests and dramatic improvements.
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Ktworth Colotam
Congregational church service and local school notes
Rev H H Benedict led mid week Congregational service while Citus H King spoke on a trip to Cubs to Eunice Dentle Burr chapter of the D R. Tuesday featured a visiting day for teachers before Christmas. Fred R Jennings builds a tenant on Contress street as Mies Sadie Banks starts Bridgeport Business College course. Brotherhood executive committee meets at Livingstone G Smith home to organize committees for membership social sick relief civic and boys with growing success.
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Veuxung
Congregational Church
H .H. Benedict
Citus H. King
Eunice
Teschere
Fred R. Jennings
Contress Street
Mies Sadie
Yale Dean Highlights City Gambling Issue at Club Meeting
Dean Charles R. Brown of Yale Divinity School told the New Haven Federation of Men's Clubs that about 30 students were seen gambling in a city venue last Saturday, with police reportedly nonresponsive. He urged moral force and civic action, praising Des Moines’ approach and urging officials to unite for reform.
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New Haven
New Ha~ Yell Federation of Men's Clubs
Harmonie Hall
Charles R. Brown
Yale Divinity School
Victim of Rosenthal Case Denies Escape From Crime
Charles Rice a 50 year old flashily dressed man arrested in Yonkers on burglary charges told New York police that after the Rosenthal trouble he has given up his singing career and turned to burglary. He said he was broke and heard others discuss an easy Yonkers robbery and agreed to join. He admitted guilt but would not name his accomplices.
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New York
Rec. D
Charles Rice
Yonkers
Rice
Community notices and lectures mark Southport event list
The Congrega sional church hosts a winter lecture series by Mr ei RK Mitchell of Westport on Current Revenue starting tomorrow at 2 30 at Mrs Simon C Sherwood’s home. Ladies Missionary society meets in church parlors with tea after, and Mrs Carl Williams and Mrs Edgar Welle entertain the King’s Daughters. The Sunday school plans a Christmas carol rehearsal and Mrs Wand remains ill on Willow street. Extraordinary bargains at BOD Dilden & Co purport to offer imported pattern bats on 11% Alain St.
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Basquanaue
Thomas Curlan
Ladies Miscionary Society
Conresat Logal Church
Meir
Carl Williams
Edgar Welle
S Wand
Willow Street
BOD Dilden & Co
Alain St
Desperate New Measures Against Cholera in Constantinople
Constantinople authorities wage a hard fight to halt cholera as thousands die. The city is unusually cleaned, streets washed repeatedly, and disinfectants used extensively to curb the spread.
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Constantinople
Constipation and liver cleanse cure advertised in old ad
An old advertisement promotes Gascarets as a cure for constipation headaches biliary issues and a torpid liver. It claims undigested food causes foul gases and stomach misery and promises relief by morning with a one cent box from a local druggist. It also pleads for children to benefit from the remedy due to its benefits.
Wife sues General Ford for intolerable cruelty and desertion
New Haven December reports a divorce action filed by Ruth Leonard Ford against General George Hare Ford alleging intolerable cruelty and desertion since 1907. Mrs Ford, once a counting, widow of Count Latrenils, has lived abroad in Rome and Paris. Ford, a prominent New Haven figure, values his wealth at 150,900 dollars and seeks alimony. He is represented by A Heaton Robertson.
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New Haven
George Hare Ford
Ruth Leonard Ford
Paris
Ford
General Ford
Count Latrenils
Austria
Fordheim
St. Ronan Terrace
A. Heaton Robertson
Governor Bigelow
Quinniplack Club
Union League Club
Connecticut Society
Sona of the American Revolution
Society of Colonial Wars
Gurobe
Stamford youths bound over for street-pocket thefts
New Haven Dec 3 two Stamford youths Pasquale Copperale and Nicholas Volpe both 17 were bound over to the summer court after being charged with picking pockets in a Church Street poolroom. Copperale faced a 350 dollar bond and Volpe a 200 dollar bond. The alleged robbery occurred as Willet Towers conversed in the poolroom, with money taken from his hip pocket.
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New Haven
Chi
Stamford
Pasquale Copyer— Ale
Nicholas Volpe
Sunémer Court
Church Street
Willet
Champion Servant Dead Elizabeth Cline 70 Years in Laurelil] Cemetery
Philane'pnin Dec. A servant of the same family for seventy years was buried yesterday in the family plot in Laurelil] Cemetery. Elizabeth Cline was ... years old. All but eighteen of the eighty-eight ...
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Philane’pnin
Laurelil
Elizabeth Cline
Wreck Unavoidable report on Greens Farms wreck
Engineer Elwell of the public utilities commission renes his finding that the Greens Farms wreck was unavoidable and caused by a broken equalizer bar. He notes tests and tracks were in good condition and urges railroad firms to inspect equipment for defective metal to prevent similar incidents.
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Elwell
Greens Farms
CC. Elwell
Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Mrs Brigge of the Poultry Yard play Friday at Methodist church
The Methodist church basement hosts a Friday evening performance of Mrs Brigge of the Poultry Yard with ensemble roles for Mrs Fred Sutherland Ralph Briss Ostorne Jr Timmy Briggs Robert Evans Alvira Briggs Carolyn Osborne Suray Green Edward Beardsley Mr Lee Virginia Lee and Mrs Arthur Hull among others. A supper will be served by church sisters after the play.
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David Fairchild
Virginia
Lee
Arthur Hull
Chisy ‘Thornton
Gram Osborne
Mra O'Connor
Ci Osborne
Mundy Paites
Murry Morgen
Joh Hinckley
Bridgeport
Paris
Pheodore Beariuby
Bim “Street
William Prett
Haven
Leavenworth Hall
Criminal Superior Court
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New Westport Country Club
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Staples High School
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Walter Eddy
Mary Jonninge
Mise Dorothy du
Bles Grave Bulkley
Chfford Tayor
Finina Decker Nes
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William Nesh
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Clark Crossman
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George Darrow
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New York Board of Education
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