Tribute by board head at police banquet speech
Attorney George B. Hul, president of the police board, led the banquet for the Men's League of the People's Presbyterian End and introduced the auto patrol wagon. H A Chaffee of the Federation of Men's Church Clubs also spoke as toastmaster, with the Ladies Aid Society providing the meal. The text also mentions hexamethylene diamine as a German chemical name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Hul
Men's League
People’s Presbyterian
H. A. Chaffee
Federation of Men's Church Clubs
Samuel W. Davis
Social and Personal Notices Mention Local Notables
The column lists social events and personal notices including Mrs Mor and Mrs Willard Piper, Miss Julia Pair, Mrs Hall and others attending or hosting events. Yale professor John Wetzel is noted, and Mrs W Kupfer presented a large American flag to Calanthe Pythian Sisters. Various gatherings featured ice cream and music amid inclement weather affecting attendance.
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Ris
Hobart
Dora Fairchild Brinsmade
Mra Mor
Willard Piler
Julia Pair
Michild
Frederick Hall
H. C Fairch
Celina Child
D. Clifford Hall
Pred ‘Parson
Frank Smith
Julia
W. E. Halll
John Wetzel
Yale
Cyrus Pharmacy Sells Floral Scented Soap
The flower loving woman enjoys Violet Rose Carnation Lilac Sandalwood or Heliotrope scented soap. Available at Cyrus Pharmacy in 10 cents per cake and 25 cents for a box of three cakes.
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Cyrus Pharmacy
Edward C Yale Dead in New Haven Home
Edward C Yale, descendant of Yale founder, died last night at seventy four from heart failure in his lifelong New Haven home. He was married in 1380, survived by his widow, two sons and a daughter. Elder son Edward R Yale is connected with a New York linen firm and is president of the Invincible Club in Brooklyn. He had a long career in shipbuilding and later retirement, with recent ties to Republican politics in his native state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hay Dee
Edward Chauncey Yale
Bil Yale
Yale University
Yale
Janet Yale
New Haven
Edward R Yale
New York Linenorm of Co
Russia Crushes Finnish Authority in All-Out Campaign
United Press dispatch reports Russia openly moves to erase Finnish autonomy. Grand Duke me alevitch named governor general as Moscow doubles garrisons at Viborg and Tavastohna, Helsingfors, Viborg, and Fredrikshamm. Harreka fortress island is fortified for potential hostilities.
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United Press
Etnias Finland
Finstatesmen
Mealevitch
Saal
Finland
Russia
Ater
Viborg
Tavastohna
Helsingfors
Fredrikshamm
Harreka
Harraka
Sveaberg
Crop report shows larger winter wheat sowing area
The Department of Agriculture releases a December crop report estimating winter wheat area at 2,155,000 acres, up 12 percent from fall 1908 revised figures and 25,000 acres above last year. The report notes a ten year average yield condition and links to broader seasonal data. A separate ad promotes Christmas cakes and delicacies at Brock's Delicatessen Store with German items and Ohio beers.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Brock
Main Street
State Street
California
Moprism
Jwoch
Reverend Alfred Boutwell to Lead West End Baptist Church
Rev Alfred H Boutwell, after a year at Stepney Baptist, has accepted the call to Memorial Baptist in the West End. He will preach his first sermon with the New Year, succeeding George Fore and following favorable impressions from pulpit exchanges. Boutwell, a South Jed native, has served in local churches and will occupy a West End pulpit on Sunday.
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Alfred Boutwell
W. E. Baptist Church
Alfred H. Boutwell
Stepney Baptist Church
Memorial Baptist Church
West End
George Fore
Sir. Boutwell
Sauer
Me. Boutwell
South Jed
Sanday
Bridgeport Christian Union committees named in meeting
President E. B Knowles announced the Bridgeport Christian Union committees including Executive chaired by W. B. Spencer with HA Chaffes and Rev. W. Maurer, Relief Work chaired by Rev. W. J. Maurer with W. Ives and Rev. W. H. Paul Miller. plans to form a city Mission under their direction.
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Bridgeport Christian Union
E. B Knowles
Trathaway
A. E. Warner
Hiace BH. Smith
Rev. J. M. Con
W. B. Spencer
HA. Chaffes
New Haven Auto Club Seeks Highway Talk From Commissioner
At the January smoker the New Haven Auto Club voted to invite the state highway commissioner to address members on Good Roads. Commissioner Macdonald spoke of road making experiences and outlined ideas for state highway construction amid concerns about his health.
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Reed
New Haven Auto Ie
Macdonald
Bia
Collision sinks steamers Ellanyano with all on board
Reports from the Mersey mouth describe divers viewing the Ellanyano wreck after sinking in Friday's storm. It is believed the ship collided with another vessel and also went down with all aboard. One life is known to have been lost. Weather updates forecast colder conditions tonight and Thursday with widespread snow flurries in the eastern lake region and New England, as a western cold wave moves east of the Rockies.
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Ates
Divers
Ellanyano
Ies
Mersey
United Press
New Haven
Dec
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ontario
Canada
Lake Region
New England
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Gulf
Kansas
Wisconsin
Dillon and Black Lynx Muffs and Une Rel Skins Displayed
A local shop presents Dillon and Black lynx muff styles priced between 23.98 and 50.00. The display also features large Une rel skins suitable for hat and dress trimming, with BS Ber noted in the listing.
Fur Coat and Scarf Prices From Local Advertisements
Readable fragments show prices for blended squirrel scarfs from 1 to 15 dollars and jap mink from 7.48 to 20 dollars. Mink scarfs list 7.48 to 20 dollars and children's fur sets range 1.25 to 10 dollars. Skin coats 62 inches long appear priced from 39.98 to 95 dollars. Deals reference various skins including fox and mink in a local ad listing.
Bathtub Mystery Victim Odyns Family Ties in Case
Oceb Snead and her infant child are central to a famed bathtub mystery. Suspicion falls on three elderly relatives, including her Wardlaw kin. The story traces a life in Brooklyn, questioned infant fate, and Fletcher Snead, husband and father. Mrs. Snead held a $25000 life policy.
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Ocey Snead
N.N J
Snead
Wardlaw
Caroline Martin
Virginia
Brooklyn
Fletcher W. Snead
Divorce Granted to Mrs Curtis in Desertion Case
Irene Laurie Curtis nee Skidmore wins a decree of divorce from Henry 8 Curtis, Adams Express Company agent, on desertion grounds. Judge Lucien F Burpee grants the decree in Superior Court. Details note custody schedule and holidays, with children to school year plans and travel between Ashley Falls and Canaan.
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Irene Laurie Curtis
Skidmore
Henry
Curtis
Adams Express Company
Lucien F. Burpee
Dee
Ashley Falls
State
Canaan
Auto Patrol Struck Twice This Week Repaired At Locomobile
The mute patrol has suffered two smashups this week and required repairs at the Locomobile factory. Around midnight P driving hit a ditch at Jones avenue and Pequonnock street. the right guard and running board damaged, yet the patrol reached headquarters. Earlier Monday it collided with a Coles Ex from New Haven at East Main street and Stratford avenue with minor injuries but sent to the factory. President Hills voiced frustration, joking a police commissioner can be held accountable for most anything.
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Jones Avenue
Pequonnock Street
Lynch
Coles
New Haven
East Main Street
Stratford Avenue
Hil
Pon
Scarlet fever cases dip little in city schools
The health officer monitors Prospect Street School amid steady cases. Only two cases in the school with some mild rashes. Three children were taken to Dr. E A. McLellan for examination and returned to class after no serious findings.
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Prospect Street
E A. McLellan
Silk and Velvet Collars and Lace Stock Collars Sale
The Smith Murray Co offers New Silk and Velvet Bowl colors and multiple collar styles. Special prices from 12%c to 50c, including lace trimmed collars, Venice lace designs, and pure white lace stock collars, with extensive selections and table displays in Main Floor Front.
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Venice
Houses of Strike Breakers Blown With Bynamitz
Special from United Pros. in Youngstown Ohio reports a blast damaged one house occupied by families of two strike breakers at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company in Struthers and two adjoining houses. Injuries included Harry Berney, a weaker, who was badly hurt. others suffered bruises from debris as three other houses of company officials and employees have been blown up since the strike began.
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United Pros
Youngstown, O
Dec
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
Struthers
Harry Berney
New York Girl Weds Irish Peer in London Ceremony
In fashionable St Peter's Church London a New York girl Caroline Debillier daughter of Frederick Debillier attended a society audience wedding to an Irish peer. The ceremony occurred amid political and social circles with observers noting the nuptials as a notable transatlantic alliance.
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New York
London
United Press
St. Peter's Church
Mise
Caroline Debillier
Frederick Debillier
New
Deaths and Funerals: Barnum & Bailey Employee Dies
John Malilland died yesterday afternoon at Bridgeport Hospital from typhoid fever. A 24 year old employee of the Barnum and Bailey circus, he had been with the show when it arrived in the city over a week ago. He is survived by a father residing in New York. Webster Brown of East Side died yesterday afternoon at his home 754 Connecticut Avenue. He is ee years. He is survived by a fe
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John Malilland
Bridgeport
Barnum & Bailey Circus
New York
Webster Brown
Well East Side
Connecticut Avenue
Taft Doubtful On Bond Issue At Rivers and Harbors Meet
President Taft voiced support for a congressional declaration favoring Mississippi Missouri and Ohio river improvements and current revenue funding, delaying a bond issue. He warned that a bond would come only after a resolution for completion and noted next Congress may act. Delegates, hoping for a bond, reacted with mixed reception. Representative Joseph Fa ndell of Louisiana presented the annual report.
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United Press
Washington
Dec
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Taft
Congress
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Ue Army
Joseph Fanadell
Louisiana
Less Cotton Being Ginned
The census bureau reports that 8,878,277 bales of cotton had been ginned by December 1, from 1903 growth, compared with 11,005,061 in 1908 and 10,067,968 in the prior year. Proportion of crops ginned to date reached 54.1 percent in 1908, with other figures noted.
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Washington
Dec
Census Bureau
The Generosity and a Jelly Gift Incident
A tired woman recounts her generous husband who brags about his wife’s jelly effort. She made eight jars, and he offered half a dozen to a friend. She notes the sting of his generosity contrasted with her toil and the lazy wife who never lifts a finger. The piece ends with a humorous quip about a generous husband.
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New York Press
Privateering and its rise in medieval naval warfare
The article traces privateering from Edward I’s era, noting commissions to private vessels to wage war at sea, the shift it caused in global naval power, and the drift toward piracy as merchant ships bore the legal license. It also includes assorted quotes on railway employment, name changes, water jet pile driving, and spiritual aphorisms.
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Edward
England
Europe
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