Probate court commits two children to county home
Yesterday Judge Miller ordered Florence Slattery aged five and Dorothy aged two, children of Howard and Mary Slattery, placed in the county home due to parental neglect and father's desertion. The mother cannot care for them, though she objects. charity officials determine they cannot be properly provided for.
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Miller
Florence
Dorothy
Howard
Mary Slattery
Charities Department
Capitals We Have Had
A brief note argues the United States has had three true capitals: New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. It lists Philadelphia Baltimore Lancaster York Princeton Annapolis Trenton and New York as loosely serving as seats of government before the Constitution.
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United States
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Continental Congress
Baltimore
Lancaster
York
Princeton
Annapolis
Trenton
Congress
Life's Three Questions in Education
The three great questions are right or wrong, true or false, and beautiful or ugly. Education should guide us to answer them to reach moral standards. Slothful work is linked to wastefulness, a caution echoed in Bible passages.
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Bible
Paper's Cold Compound Promises Quick Cure
A drug ad claims a dose every two hours for three doses will end grippe misery and break up a cold. It asserts quick relief from nasal congestion, discharge, headache, feverishness, sore throat, and sneezing, touting genuine paper brand for 25 cents with no assistance needed.
Firemen Urge Holiday Fire Safety Across City
Bridgeport fire officials issue a decade long warning urging homes stores and churches to inspect insurance policies and decorations avoid inflammables set trees securely and keep candles matches and electricals out of children's reach. They warn against altering wiring without experts and stress removing packing material to prevent January fires.
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Bridgeport
Daniel E. Johnson
Obituary notices from local town papers
Obituaries report multiple local deaths and funeral details. Peter Priziz aged three years eight months of Trumbull died at Bridgeport hospital. services held at parents’ home and burial in St. Michael's cemetery. Other notices include Mary A. Boulton, Walter I. Day, Amelia A. Conger, Caroline A. Hadley, and William G. Meyer with funeral times, residences, and burial sites.
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Peter Priziz
Peter
George
Mary Priziz
Trumbull
Bridgeport Hospital
St. Michael's Cemetery
Mary A. Boulton
Mary A
Harry Boulton
Taft Avenue
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Walter I. Day
Frank H. Day
Barnum Avenue
James A. Gardner
Advent Christian Church
Lakeview Cemetery
Amelia A. Conger
Pleasant Street
Everett (A. Burnes
Washington Park M. E
William G. Meyer
Olive Street
Mr. Meyer
H. D. Wiemer
German Reformed Church
Park Cemetery
Adelphian Lodge to Host Reception for Grand Officers
Adelphian Lodge No. 80 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows plans a reception and banquet to honor grand officers on December 26. Lodge officers and the arrangements committee meet at Odd Fellows hall on Broad Street, as the degree team rehearses for a large candidate class during the grand visit.
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Adelphian Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows' Hall
Broad Street
Sloan's Liniment Heals Friend’s Sprained Ankle
Henry A Voehl of Plainfield New Jersey recounts how Sloan's Liniment helped a close friend with a severely sprained ankle. The man’s leg turned black but after applying the liniment daily, the ankle improved in three days and he was back at work in four. Available at drug stores in 250 500 and 1.00 sizes.
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Henry A. Voehl
Plainfield
N. J
Mr. Voehl
Sloan
Marketing Fairfield County Crops to Lower Living Costs
The Fairfield county marketing plan aims to boost agricultural potential to cut living costs. Secretary George Gove reports the Chamber of Commerce will host Benjamin M. Rastall for a conference with D. Fairchild Wheeler and committee members to draft a winter campaign based on rural-urban economic links and regional farming growth.
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Fairfield County
Chamber of Commerce
George Gove
Benjamin M. Rastall
California
San Francisco
D. Fairchild Wheeler
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Rastall
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