Normal News First Issue From City Training School
A school newspaper named the Normal News debuted at the City Training School to strengthen ties between teachers and parents. Edited by Miss Ada V Hallock and produced by students in the State Trade School printing course, it aims to acquaint parents with teachers' aims and plans. The initial reception was enthusiastic and the project may continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Training School
The
Normal News
Ada V. Hallock
Bessis E. Howes
City Normal Schools
Trading in Bonds Shows Few Changes on Dec 6
New York reports light early trading with a 24 000 share sale of Pennsylvania Railroad convertibles at 99. Rock Island collateral 4s and debentures 6s shift half a point each. Local items note a boy near East Main street recovering from a flashlight accident. a theft wave hits Wood avenue and North avenue with suspected tramp-hangout suspects. Derby and Shelton trolley service improves slightly, with hourly to twenty-minute gaps on different routes and a push for direct Shelton Elm City service. Civic Confederation luncheon at Hotel Astor features compensation official attendance, discussing 24 compensation laws and accident pensions. Local obituaries note deaths in Bridgeport area and Shelton/Port towns with funeral arrangements in several cemeteries.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railway
Rock Island
Derby
Shelton
Port
New Haven
Comny Hes
Elm City
Bridgeport
E. T
Civic Confederation
Hotel Astor
Bridgeport Board of Trade Plans Civic Amalgamation
A conference Thursday will discuss uniting diverseBridgeport civic and industrial groups into a central Board of Trade type body. The plan preserves current organizations while creating one large entity to drive city improvement, with specialized departments and full voting rights for all members.
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Board of Trade Rooms
Committee of Seven
Committee of Seven Was Read By Judge Nicholson
B. K. Nicholson
W. R.webster
Lewis B. Curtis
Charles D. Davis
W. Leroy Ketchum
David
Board of Trade
Commission
Conmi
Mittee
Bridgeport
Bridesport Board of Trade
Board of ‘Trade
President Wilson praises local songwriter and warantful hope
Jack O Neil of 96 Cannon Street received a White House letter from President Wilson expressing appreciation for his song Hats Off. O Neil hopes it becomes a Boy Scouts anthem. Bridgeport friends sent a copy, prompting the President s reply. Also noted is the destruction by fire of Gen Stonewall Jackson s boyhood home near Weston West Virginia.
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Jack O’neil
Cannon Street
White House
Wilson
O'Neil
Scouta
Bridgeport
Gen
Stonewall Jackson
Weston
W. Va
White Way Jubilee plans show little progress
Work on lights for the White Way opening proceeds with the United Illuminating Co installing fittings while standars and globes remain. The December 15 target date stands but funding for music and expenses is unclear. Alderman J H Stagg Percy P Anderson and Charles D Davis lead the commission with limited input from the mayor and business groups.
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United Illuminating Co
J. H. Stagg
Percy P. Anderson
Charles D. Davis
Business Men's Association
Board of Trade
Pearcy P. Anderson
Anderson
Wilson
Judge Hallen to Return Tonight from Nashua Illness
Judge Edward F. Hallen of the Probate court, long ill at his Nashua home, will return to Bridgeport tonight after a rest following election days. He spent a week at Atlantic City and visited old school friend Dr. Augustus Shea of Nashua before his condition alarmed his brother Thomas Hallen who was summoned.
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Edward F. Hallen
Nashua
N.el
Bridgeport
Atlantic City
Augustus Shea
Thomas Hallen
Hallen
Body of former pugilist Harry Lane to be buried in Bridgeport
The body of Harry Lane, once a professional boxer, is being shipped from Portland, Oregon by American Express to Bridgeport for burial. The arrival is expected Wednesday evening. Lane reportedly sought gold in the Klondike and may have carried a substantial sum. He had no known ill health and was unidentified in a hospital for months before his death.
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Klondike
Harry Lane
Bridgeport
American Express
Portland, Ore
Walker & Banks
An Tiks
Obituary items from city families include three deaths
Obituaries report Catherine M Neagle infant burial at St Michael cemetery after a 2:30 funeral from 74 Hamilton St. Mary Dunlap widow of George W Dunlap dies after pneumonia at St Vincent's Hospital. she leaves three daughters and two sons. Rosanna Weldon wife of Christopher J Weldon dies at home 8 Lott St Dublin born, 57, member of Holy Rosary and Holy Cross parishes. funeral Monday with requiem high mass at Holy Cross church. she leaves husband two sons Thomas and Christopher three daughters and a brother.
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Soma
George W
M. J Gannon
Broad Bt
St. Michael’s
Otto Bonness
Liberty Street
Lakeview
Krigan
Shelton
Jony Regan
Weed
Bouthport
Conn
Deember
Catheirine M. Neagle
Catherine M
Michael
Mary Neagle
Hamilton Street
St. Michael's Cemetery
Mary Dunlap
Mary
George W. Dunlap
St. Vincent's Hospital
James Callahan
Julia MacGuinness
Elizabeth Dunlap
James McGuinness
Philadelphia
Mark McGuinness
Wyoming
Rosanna Weldon
Mra
Osanna Weldon
Christopher J. Weldon
Flatbush
Lott Street
Dublin
Ireland
Holy Rosary Society
Holy Cross R. C. Church
Rogers Avenue
Thomas
Christo— Pher
Martin Crotty
Elizabeth
Rose Welton
Thomas Byrnes
Railroad Men Will Hold Meeting Sunday in New Haven
Railroad men of the New Haven system will meet in a theatre tomorrow to discuss consolidation of the unions. Only union members will be admitted. Carranka has demanded payment of all taxes on mining and oil property to him in Vera Cruz.
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New Haven
Carranka
Vera Cruz
Police Hunt Teamster After Whip Blinded Boy
Police under Superintendent Birmingham seek the teamster who struck eleven year old William Watkinson of 201 Lewis Street on State Street with a whip. Doctors say sight may be lost for life as detectives search the West End for witnesses.
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Birmingham
William Watkinson
Lewis Street
State Street
D. C. DeWolfe
Watkinson
Tax Board Ratifies Action On Rescinding Funds
The tax board at city hall ratified earlier moves to rescind appropriations across several departments. It also noted potential legal questions and aimed to warn the meeting. The largest reversal involved over $12,000 from the public works director’s department. The council will consider reappropriating this sum plus about $4,000 more to cover a deficit in the charities department.
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Director of Public Works
Common Council
Charities
Selleck Gets Rule of Father's Estate
The will of George C. Selleck was admitted to probate today with son George A. Selleck named executor. The son receives all estate, both real and personal, except $100 bequeathed to the testator's daughter Mia. Appraisers named Joseph H. Whitcomb and Fresi A. Doolittle.
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George C. Selleck
George A. Selleck
Mia. Thos. Spear
Stratford
Joseph H. Whitcomb
Fresi' A. Doolittle
Board Awards Jennings Bros 4000 for Elm Street grade changes
The board of appraisals voted last night to award Jennings Bros Co. $4,000 in damages for grade changes on Elm Street during permanent pavement. They sought $6,667. A. W. Miller of Broad and Elm was recommended $300 from a claimed $820. Neither party has stated whether the award is acceptable.
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Jennings Bros Co
Elm Street
A. W. Miller
Broad and
Flying Squadron to campaign against saloon in city
The Flying Squadron of America visits Bridgeport for a three day temperance campaign at the First Methodist church with six engagements and heavy anti saloon messaging. Other items note court actions against several individuals, a theft report on James Street, and updates from local veterans groups and the Baltimore Stock Exchange reopening.
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Flying Squadron of
America
First Methodist Church
Bridgeport
Butler
Nafagar
Polimg
Universalist Church
Elks Memorial Service At Bridgeport Lodge
Bridgeport Lodge of Elks holds annual memorial exercises for absent members at Elks Home on State Street at 8 pm with a musical program and oration by Hon Maurice Deiches of New York No 1. The service honors deceased members through a formal Lodge of Sorrow led by lodge officers and a glee club performance.
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Elks Home
State Street
Bridgeport Lodge of Elks
Lodge of Sorrow
Maurice Deiches
New York No. 1
Deiches
New York
Lenhardt
Verdi
John F. McDonough
Nevin
James Mehoney
Maurics Deiches
New York Lodge
Ambrose
T “Abbott
Loren Delbridge
Een Sthumann
Faure
Raymond F. Bellew
Elks Glee Club
Lodge
God
John J. Raynolds
Ae Ee Ene Foland
George Bi Gray
Charles Sanger
Victor Heisterhagen
Michael J. Boyle
W. H
Edward B. Kunkelman
George F. Eckart
George N. Morgan
Charles H. Cole
Charles W. Roberts
William Gunderman
Stiles H. Whiting
Frederick Beyer
Charles Paul
George W. Banks
George Doolittle
Christian
F. Bishop
L. B. Stuart
James Rogers
Hiram Www. Batcheller
James T
Joseph Brundage
William H. Stevenson
Charlies R. Smith
Frederick Jennings
Pitlo H. Skidmore, Jr
George BD. Cassidy
Frederick Dermuth
Arcaeeate
Jamea W. Clancy
William C. Shay
St Inder Orvreng
Adolphus McWain
Gus Mcloughliin
John L. Walsh
Onesime
E.B. Johnson
Eee Hague
James
Flood
William 'S. Schreiber
Paul King
Howard
Rafferty
John ‘Kearns
Abraham Fowler
Willard R.ayer
John G. Cornell
Dumont
P. Eeeves Murtagh
Thomas C. Foley
James Reeves
Pierre. Hey. Gallacher
John Kuhlmann
I. B. Willams
Michael T. Carrigan
John J. Finlan
Joseph A. O'Brien
Thomas F. Cotter
Peter Doolan, Jr
John C. McGuinness
Albert B
Henry Weltner
Lester Burdick
William E. Morris
Edward Bennett
William J. Lee
Harry Penfield
Joseph Hulbert
Ollie Os
Howland Dry Goods Co. Mourns Loss of Arthur Randell
Obituary notice for Arthur Randell, longtime employee of Howland Dry Goods, Bridgeport native, active church and fraternal member. Describes his business ties with Howland Dry Goods, prior work with Copeland Brothers, character and community involvement, and the shock of his sudden illness and death at home after pneumonia.
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Arthur
Hani
Honmie
Prema
Randill
Cicr
Howland Dry Goods Company
Howland
Copsiead Brothers Company
Randall
Brantley
Rapdall
Hingworth
Wiico
Fire at Lee Piano Co. blamed on cigarette butt
A smouldering cigarette butt dropped into debris under a used fire register sparked a stubborn blaze at Lee Piano Co No 84 Cannon Street near Broad Street early today. Eight residents above the store were awakened and rescued as water and smoke damaged the floor and instruments. a heavy loss is expected with the manager injured in a prior car crash.
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Lee Piano No
Cannon Street
Broad Street
Busess
Gemoire
Piano House
Edward J Eever
George Bradley
McKeever
Sarah Lee
Uneeda
William Higgins
William A. Tomiins
Gon. George
Bradley
Henry
Reach
Henry E. Reilly
Thomas J. Carr
D. J. Sullivan
Samuel Gregory
Joseph Casillo
Carr Cafe
Anna Smith
Carr
Mary Fullen
Ann Fotlas
Jennis Peterson
M. A. Gaffney
Matilda Wranger
Sullivan
Weldon
Piano Co
West End
Burglary Ring Tied to Newspaper Wrapped Tools
Detective work in Detroit traced embezzlement suspects Mick and Samuel Rubens as authorities pursued records. Joseph Wallestein and Kutbepe were linked to a major burglary operation. Wallestein received a five to ten year sentence for possessing tools hidden in Bridgeport newspapers dated August 4 and admitting repeated Bridgeport visits over four years.
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Cronan
Detroit
Mick
Samuel Rubens
Fers
Toseph Wallestein
Kutbepe
Wellestein
Michipen
Bridgeport
Wallestein
Pneumonia Death Toll Drops In November Reports
pneumonia claims fewer victims in November with 16 deaths from the disease. compared with 26 deaths in the same month last year. the total mortality for the month reached 117 with causes including scarlet fever 8 diphtheria 5 meningitis 1 and bronchitis 1. one Bridgeport resident died in a public institution.
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Mienis
Bridgeport
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J! McMiroy
East Mainstreet
J. Fahes
Wood Avenue
North Avenue
Fairfield
Hawkins
Wheeler Avenue
Parmer
John &T
Furnishea Nhouserooms
W. D. Neff
D. Rkey
Main St
East Washington Ave
Johnson
Stratford Avenue
Fannis Wollen
Samuel Wollen
Fannie Wollen
Frederick Ei. Morgan
Daniel Pere
Wa- St
A*d
Judge Hallen
Sricken
Lane
TAX Board
Selleck
Board of Appraisal
Jennings Bros
Wilder
Clyde Melson
Sland
Mich
James Kelley
Smith’s Ferry
Mass
Patrick Ghalis
Boston
William Gibson
Pennsylvania
Andrew J. Krivosky
Joseph Curcio
Abraham Handleman
James Street
Hadieman
Frank C. Gernert
Mountain Grove Street
Danbury
J. H. Crossley
Citizens’ Corps
Elias Houwe Jr
G. A. Rt
E. J. Morgan
George Hugo
Charles B. Buckingham
Adam Hugo
Frederick A. Doolittle
Baltimore Stock Exchange
ELKS
Elks’ Home
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Howland Dry Goods CO
Esquire
BH Plumiey
James H. Cahill
William 5. Norris
Charies H. Miller
Tyler
George
BieCarthy
Charles A. Ryder
Charles J. Mercer
Joseph C.re
Peter Bellew
John
Raynolds
Arthur W. Randall
Lee Piano Company
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