Fairfield County News Fr A M to confer RK A degree
Notice: Elsie Todd of Bethel files appeal from Judge Gager in Superior Court regarding her divorce from John Todd of Redding on grounds of desertion. Local item notes laudanum death of Bratcis Deubel after illness in Danbury with father claiming overdose intended to aid sleep.
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Elsie Todd
Bethel
Gager
Superior Court
John Todd
Redding
Danbury
Bratcis Deubel
William Deubel
German Catholic Notes at St Josephs Church
Winter weekday masses move to the Convent basement at 15 a.m. except on feast days. Saturday confessions from basement in cold weather 4 to 7 30 p.m. Father Dahme reports census totals and new families. Sunday masses 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sewing Circle meets Thursday at 8 in the school hall. St Boniface monthly meeting and smoker Wednesday at 8. Sick Benevolent society meets Tuesday at 8. Parochial school plans a late month Eagles hall entertainment led by Theresa Polke. Society officers to be elected next month.
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St. Joseph's Church
St. Boniface Society
The
St. Joseph's Sick Benevolent Society
Park City Lodge N E C P elects officers and reports
Park City lodge N E C P initiated two new members and received two applications. Officers nominated for December 21 include Warden Henry Turpenning, vice warden Mrs Jennie Nelson, secretary William H Parsons, treasurer A F Nilson, financial secretary John Lyddy, chaplain Miss Carrie Kirk and Mrs Henry Turpenning, guardian Mrs Mary Donovan, sentinel Fred Dolan, trustee for three years Mrs John T Reckers. Grand Vice Warden James L Christie reported the joint six lodge anniversary committee’s final, satisfactory findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park City Lodge
Henry ‘Turpenning
Wice
Jennie Nelson
William H. Parsons
A. F. Nilson
John Lyddy
Carrie Kirk
Henry Turpenning
Mary Donovan
Fred Dolan
John T. Reckers
James L. Christie
Wholesale Prices for Butter Eggs Meats and Produce
Wholesale price list covers butter creamery skim, 28 to 30 cents. eggs fancy 3 cents. apples various varieties with per bushel and per case rates. hay straw and fodder with bale and ton prices. live poultry and game including chickens fowl ducks geese turkeys and squabs with per dozen or pair rates. vegetables such as potatoes cabbage celery cauliflower mushrooms onions and more with pints, quarts, and crate prices. nuts furs skins and miscellaneous market items including foxes raccoons and opossums with current values.
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Broilers
Jens
Long Island
Connecticut
Hubbard
Thi Jc
Enumeration of school children by town in Litchfield County
Litchfield County News reports totals for school age children in towns including Winchester 1859 New Milford 1161 Bridgewater 118 Litchfield 666 Washington 218 Watertown 868 Sharon 71 Winchester 1895 New Milford 1161 Bridgewater 118. Samuel Fell Downstairs at West Torrington hurt with head and shoulder injuries from a barrel mishap. Charles Allen of Morgan Silver Plate Co in Winsted inherits about 23000 from English uncle’s will. share with brother in England after death of uncle valued at 45000.
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There
Winchester
New Milford
Bridgewater
Litchfield
Washington
Watertown
Sharon
Stalin
Samuel
West Torrington
Charles Allen
Morgan Silver Plate Company
Winsted
England
Mr. Allen
Newtown Helpers Clean Sidewalks After Snow
Boomas Wright the Newtown Inn driver and Wm A Leonard manager led a sidewalk cleaning campaign along both sides of the street on Tuesday morning aiding residents especially widows and spinsters Elmer W Fairchild and Charles G Peck also helped neighbors. Mrs Ciscero Beardsley entertained her nephew Charlies Nichols of Shelton who plans a Florida trip. Dr Charles H Peck of New York visited friends Monday. At St Roses Church Sunday evening the Children of Mary will receive, wearing white dresses and carrying candles. The public is invited. John Keating of Bridgeport visited Miss Elizabeth Keating. Mr and Mrs Alexander Allen hosted a dance at their Zoar home last week with Conger Peck providing music and about thirty guests attended. Miss Marie OConnell returned from a visit with Waterbury friends. John Donohue of Walnut Tree Hill hosted his son John Donohue of Bridgeport recently. Cyril Tucker left R H Beers Co for a position in Springfield Mass. B N Beard begins road work between Sandy Hook and Bennetts Bridge. Miss Florence Marley died aged six from pneumonia. funeral arrangements handled by Honan. interment at Huntingtown cemetery. Frederick Bressen of Zoar making home improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boomas Wright
Newtown
Wm. A. Leonard
Elmer W. Fairchild
Charles G. Peck
Ciscero
Beardsley
Zoar
Charlies Nichols
Shelton
Florida
Charles H. Peck
New York
Friends
St. Rose's Church
John Keating
Bridgeport
Elizabeth Keating
Alexander Allen
Conger & Peck
Marie O'Connell
Waterbury
John Donohue
Walnut Tree HM
Cyril Tucker
R. H. Beers & Co
Springfield
Mas
B. N. Beard
Sandy Hook
Bennett’s Bridge
Sandy
Don’t Wear A Truss Heal Rupture With New Appliance
C E Brooks of Marshall Michigan advertises an appliance for hernia rupture claiming 30 years of success. He offers a free illustrated book and a no risk trial by mail with a coupon, asserting instant relief where other methods fail and cash prizes or patient letters to read.
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B. Brooks
Brooks
Marshall, Mich
Artists Emblems: Whistler Butterfly Monogram and Signatures
The piece explains how artists used emblems or monograms on works such as Whistler’s butterfly symbol and J W initials. It cites Chelsea Wharf dated 1863 as an early butterfly ending and notes other artists using marks like caduceus, owl, skull, wheel, and serpent to sign or symbolize their art.
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Whistler
J. W
James Abbott Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
Chelsea Wharf
Hieronymus Cock
Mariotto Albertinelli
Martin Rota
Pieter de Ryng
Giovanni Dosal
del Mazo Martinez
Lionello Spada
Jacopo de Barberi
Hendrik de Blex
Lucas Cranach
Cornelius Engelbrechtsen
Hans Holbein
The Tin Plated Tomato Moral Lesson
A Chicago Tribune quip about a young inventor who imagines tin plating tomatoes to last twenty years. He predicts huge profits, but no such product exists and he remains earning only fifteen dollars weekly. The tale warns that grand reforms may be mere tin plated ideas.
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Chicago Tribune
Locust Plague Triggers Military Response Across Centuries
From ancient to early modern times armies faced locust swarms. Pliny notes Greece laws requiring pest combat thrice yearly. Sweden 1749 saw locusts halt Charles XII retreat after Poltava. Transylvania 1780 reports huge swarms forcing military use to gather and bag the pests.
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Pliny
Greece
Charles XII
Sweden
Bessarabia
Poltava
Transylvania
Locusts Sold as Delicacies Among Arabs
A fragment notes locusts as edible in Arab regions. It describes the insect’s pale body, pink legs, and whitish wings with a silly expression. It mentions camels eating dried roasted locusts and compares savor to crabs and its wide Bagdad consumption impacting meat prices.
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Bagdad
Rivers of Alaska and Other Tales from Collier's
A saturated page notes Alaska’s navigable river network totaling about 5 000 miles with Yukon and Kuskoqulm as key streams and seasonal navigation. It also covers Noah as a female Bible name and German betrothal procedures that seal marriages with formal town hall records and compensation rules.
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Alaska
Yukon
Kuskoqulm
Tanama
Koyukuk
Collier’s
Obscure 19th Century Notices From Norwalk Area
In Stamtora Dec 3 Reginald 3B Martin and Miss Hortense daughter of James W Daskam. Pan Pace Dea Martha J wife. In Noack Dec 4 Symone Meainee BRADEton. In Bo Norwalk Dec 5 Margaret A wife of ease T Hubbard 72 years. In Greenwich Dec 5 Alexander Sweeney BRIMBLE In Torrin Dec 6.
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Imartin—Daskam
Stamtora
Dec
Reginald
Martin
Miss Hortense
James W. Daskam
I. Et Nanan
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Waitham
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M. J. Buechler
Fairfield Avenue
Este
F. E. Beach
Main Street
Ike Peck & Lines CO
Middle Street
Bridgeport, Conn
Formnatem
FR. A. M
Fairfield County News
Hubert Dahme
Dahme
Father Dahme
Will
Pious X
Eagles’ Hall
Theresa Polke
Hennery
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Jonathan
Northern Spy
York Imperial and King
Litchfield County News
C. E. Brooks
Dame - Specieeeeee
Peeweeee
America
Steinway
Jewett
STECK
Woodbury
Wheelock & Stuyvesant
M. Steinert & Sons CO
New England
Foliys
Foley
F. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy
Rivers OF
Noah
Feiere
Mablah
Tirzah
Hoglah
Milcah
Zelophebad
Germany
Bert
Imridge
Ata Siaren
Bane Brad
Xe Wall
National Window Cleaning
Pairficla
Telehone
Longacre
47Th Street
Broadway
New York City
A la Carte Club
Breakfists
J. G. Boggs
Rachman
Woman's Drug Store
State St
Main St
Lady Alnoye
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District OF Bridgeport
William Ryan
William V. Devitt
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