Mayor hints at million dollar bond issue for Bridgeport
Mayor Wilson signals over one million dollar bond program to fund pavements sewers schools firehouses street extensions and expanded city services. He seeks police and sanitary upgrades plus moving pictures Sundays policy while urging council committees to advance the plan and inflation of Bridgeport’s growth.
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Common Council
Wilson
Board of Health
Charles Santora
George
Sess
Oa Ohana
Iain
Spynioxg
Posgeesuts
Étru
Phe
Vaapeenet
Eit
Ristehece
Bridgeport
Board of Police Commissioners
Pa Armission
Peace Advocate Prof Hull to Address Churchmen
Professor William L. Hull Swarthmore College history and industrial relations chair and peace union trustee to discuss possible international peace with the Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian on Thursday evening December 9. He will debate Congressman Gardner and invite listeners to hear both sides. Music and refreshments to follow. all are welcome.
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William L. Hull
Swarthmore College
Peace Union
Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian Church
Hull
Congressman Gardner
Oratorio Sale At Armory Seats Run Rapidly Tonight
Bridgeport Oratorio Society presents Samson a Delilah at the armory tonight at 8 o clock with a chorus of sixty voices and full orchestra. Final dress rehearsal completed this afternoon. Advance seats sold out, box office and Steinert's will handle remaining demand as seats last.
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Samson
Delilah
Bridgeport Oratorio Society
Armory
Saint-Saens
Steinert
Express Drivers Prepare for Christmas Rush
An Adams Express Co manager told route men to speed Christmas package deliveries as crowds grow. Employees were urged to load shipments promptly and send festive labeled parcels to a central distributing point, with Santa Claus labels for all Christmas packages.
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Adams Express Co
Driver
Howland Night at the Lyric unites Spooner cast for 500
Howland store party of about 500 plans to greet and meet Spooner and her company before the performance of Kick In a police and crogic melodrama by Willard Mack at the Republic Theatre New York. Special acts accompany the tour. A bonus is noted for Inland Steel Co employees at Indiana Harbor on December 24. Union label hats are advertised.
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Bridgeport
Thanenombee
Spooner
Howland
Willard Mack
Republic Theatre
New York
Cecil Spooner Co
Inland Steel Co
Indiana Harbor
LY Cad Bretheits
Architects seek 6 percent of rock sale proceeds
Board of Charities leaders face trouble over Skinner and Walker claim for 6 percent of rock sale proceeds from the Hillside Home excavation. Architects previously contracted for 5 percent of $116,795. They request about $750 extra from rock sales, but officials dispute the gain and consider city savings if site were moved. Affected bills and future actions were discussed at length.
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Board of Charities
Skinner & Walker
Hillside Home
Wilson
Oscawanna Building Co
Spencer’ R. Gordon
Ee Ie
Ate Area
Wrec! Co
Bridgeport
Mics Ford
Ambul
Harris
Richardson
Stomers
Alexander MacPherson
Boston
New York
Providence
Supt
Gordon
J. ¢.“MacDonald
Lakeview
J. MgcLaren Richardson
William P .Kirk
City mayor snubs Democrats on key council committees
Mayor Wilson refused to name any Democrat to important committees at the common council organization last night. Republican members dominate all finance and funds handling committees including Ways and Means, Streets and Sidewalks, Sewers, Claims, and Miscellaneous Matters, signaling a partisan tilt in committee assignments.
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Wilson
Common Council
Roswell
Renchi
Cannon
Clark
Carr
Lewis
Caldwell
Roder
Tierney
Clancy
MacFayden
Olson
Steigler
Calawgill
Olsen
Kearns
McBride
Stage
Grossarth
Moran
Winterburn
Blakeslee
Cole
Rere Blakeslee
Pinance
Hill's Debut Signalized by New Tariff Proposals
Washington dispatch reports Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill introducing a bill to fund the government and foster the dyestuffs industry. The measure, tied to a 1914 American Chemical Society report, outlines new duties on coal derivatives and colors or dyes to spur domestic production and postwar protection.
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Washington
Ebenezer J. Hill
Fourth
Anm
Chemical and Dyestuffs Committee
American Chemical Society
New York
United States
Phillippine Islands
Guam
Tuitila
Seaside Arcanum Leaders Plan Visit and Initiation
The Boosters of Seaside Council Royal Arcanum will visit Ponass's Council of Norwalk Thursday evening to institute several candidates by Seaside's degree team. The Read's Corner departure is at 6:50. Seaside Council meets Wednesday at 1,025 Main Street to discuss business and elect officers. all Royal Arcanum members invited. Also Cyrus Wart Remover advertises painless wart removal at Cyrus Pharmacy 418 Fairfield Ave.
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Seaside Council
Royal Arcanum
Ponass
Council
Norwalk
Seaside
Read
Citizens
Main Street
Royal, Arcanums
Cyrus
Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Ave
Thrills galore in famous crook play at Lyric Theatre
The first performance of Kick-In by Cecil Spooner’s company drew roaring applause, hailed as the season’s best production. A four act crook drama portrays loyalty and danger, with vivid characters Chick Hewes Molly Halloran and detective Whip Fogarty, plus humor from Mrs Halloran and Daisy. Tonight Howland Night invites 500 store employees.
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Willard Mack
Cecil Spooner
Pell Trenton
Miss Spooner
Molly
Myrtle Sylvester
Beulah Monroe
Robert Lawrence
Whip" Fogarty
Edna May Spooner
Miss Cecil
Memphis Bessie
Philip Leleh
Charley Cary
Carvey
Charles Hiltons
Frederick Clayton
Jack Diggs
Chick
Reta Villers
Muriel Valentine
Mrs. Halloran
Daisy
G. Lewis Ungerer
Old Tom
George Kelly
Gus
Howland
Casper Leon Last of the Old Bantamweight Champs
The article argues there is no true bantamweight champion today, naming Casper Leon as the last widely recognized 105-pound titleholder from 1891 to 1900. It traces early bantamweight history, notes weight limits and key rivals such as Jimmy Barry, Johnny Conners, Kid Madden, and Spider Kelley, and claims later champions rose in higher weight classes.
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Kid Williams
Johnny Ertle
Charney White
America
Casper Leon
Leon
Palermo
Sicily
Charley White
Poon Kelley
Harlem Spider
George Dixon
Nune Wallace
London
Jimmy Barry
Jimmy
Casper
Lamont
Lil
Casper Leon Ws
Kid Madden
New York
Johnny Conners
Springfield
Mass
Jimmy Gorman
Paterson
N. J
Conners
Gorman
New Orleans
Niagara Falls
Jack Madden
Spider” Kelley
Ginmy Barry
Chicago
Davenport
Danny Doucherty
Steve Flannigan
SG Peerere Tle
Danny
Spider Kelly
Hughey Boyle
Jimmy George Dixon
Terry McGovern
Pedlar Palmer
Harry Forbes
Frankie Neil
Joe Lawler
Jimmy Walsh
Brief News Notes From Early 20th Century Fronts
James Henderson a Quaker from Barnesville Ohio preached to President Wilson opposing military preparedness. Wilson said he would soon discuss with his cabinet a Federal constitutional amendment to guarantee women suffrage. Whitlock Day was celebrated in Toledo honoring Brand Whitlock American minister to Belgium. Canadian Westinghouse Co declared a 6 percent quarterly dividend. Rioting erupted again at the Theodore Kundtz automobile body plant in Cleveland as returnees clashed with workers. Federal customs officers in Galveston sealed wireless apparatus on all foreign steamers after a foreign warship appeared off port. Robert L Sterling of Beaver Pennsylvania died from blood poisoning caused by a shoe injury. The Cotton State Bankers Conference opened in New Orleans with delegates from southern cities and many bankers. Fire of unknown origin damaged the British steamer Tyningham 425.5.
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Federal Customs
Galveston
Tex
Courtland School Opens Twenty Fifth Year on Sept 30
Miss Mary J. Miner, principal, announces the twenty fifth year begins Thursday September 30 at Courtland School, 431 Washington Ave. Booklets available at local stationery shops. Office hours 16 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays and Saturdays excepted. other hours by appointment.
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Courtland School
Washington Ave
Mary J. Miner
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Emith Lochead
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Wilmot Avenue
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Thrills Galore
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Lyric Theatre
John Reck & Son
Casper I Leon
James Henderson
Barnesville
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