Westport Club Delays Meeting and Notables Join
The Ameri can Boys Club plans a delayed weekly meeting led by Miss Gatherine Hutt with a history talk and games. New members joined as the club grows, and a civil engineer A W Wyndham will lecture at Staples High School on Monday evening December 16, sharing insights from French and U S commissions. Several locals return or move, including Mr and Mrs Arthur Selig, Mr and Mrs George Presseur, George Walters of Philadelphia, and the Huenerberg family.
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Amerian Boys Club
Gatherine Hutt
A.W
Maui
Arthur Selig
George Presseur
Nor
Coughing at Night Causes Sleep Loss
A man reports severe coughing kept his family awake until he used Foley's Fancy and Tar Compound. He says the cough lessened and he slept soundly through the night afterward, noting his weakness improved.
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Phil Diser- le Schaffer
Mi H
Foley
B. Brill
Stratford Avenue
Sixth Paterade
Fairfield Adds 10 Minute Trolley Service To Bridgeport And Stratford
A new Fairfield trolley schedule goes into effect with cars to Bridgeport every 10 minutes and through Stratford via the Golden Hill loop. Southport Norwalk and other lines run east and west on Fairfield avenue, crews unchanged for Stratford trips.
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Fairteld Avenue
Golden Hill
Stratford
Southport
Norwalk
Fairfield Avenue
Ronnine
Hratford
Eli Jennings
St. Thomas
Young People’s Agregltural Society
Wlliam Gurr
Eben Burr
Theodore Purr
Sherman School
Spring Street
Wiliam Dalling
State Highway Department
Fairfield Dominates To Cap Season With 31-0 Win
Fairfield shutout visitors 31 to 0 to cap a perfect 4-0 season as one of the season’s largest crowds watched. Home stars Smith Hail and Rist led the offense while McCarty Lewis Barry and Johnson stood out for the rivals.
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Fairfield
Sud
Smith
Hail
Rist
McCarty
Lewis
Barry
Johnson
Ladies of Charity to hold St Vincent's Hospital reception
Under the Ladies of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, the annual reception at St Vincent's Hospital will be on Saturday January 4. It marks the first public inspection of the new maternity and children wards and follows a hospital society meeting where committees were named. The event offers open house for visitors and society members with decorations led by Mrs Elmer F Blank and Mrs F C Sanford. Music will be provided by Mrs Molly Daly Deren. Separate notes mention work on a new pipe organ for North Avenue St Patrick's church to be used at Easter.
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Frank Grames
H. H. Benedict
Hove Chapel
ST. Davis
Bridgeport
Pritgeport
Fairfield
Associamn
Mises Kathleen Grover
Anna
Jennings
Ren
Bowman
Trumbull
Turner
Ladies of Charity of
Ladies of Charity
Elmer F. Blank
F. C. Sanford
D. ©. McNamara
Molly Daly Deren
Sacred Heart Church
St. Patrick's Church
North
Aenvue
First Championship Battle Between a White Man and a Negro
One hundred and two years ago on Dec 1810 Fagand staged the first championship battle between Thomas Molineaux, a Virginian, and Tom Cribb, England’s heavyweight champion. The open air ring in rain saw Molineaux absorb punishment, rise after knockdowns, and finally concede in the thirty second round, proving the black boxer’s superiority though Cribb claimed the victory.
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Thomas Molineaux
Tom Cribb
England
Fritish Pugdom
Cribb
Sporting England
Moineux
Yankee Republic
Molineaux
Cebu
Hone
Crub
Berckers
Nesro
Orld
Strurce
Morneaux
This Date in Pugilistic Annals December 8 1995
Boxing notes recap bouts from 1896 to 1911 listing Johnny Conlon Charlie Moran Owen Moran Ty Cobb Jimmy Clabby and others with results and locations including Chicago Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Sydney Australia. Ad text appears for Farmer.
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Stanley Ketehel
Kid Werrick
Butte
Mont
Johnny Conlon
Bob Presser
Chicago
Jim Driscoll
Charney Griffen
Boston
Young Wasener
Yak McGovern
Newark
Frank Moran
Owen Moran
Tommy O'Toole
Philadelphia
Ty Cobb
Young Britt
Baltimore
Jimmy Clabby
Dave Smith
Sydney
Australia
Liberty Bell petition reaches two mile length for San Francisco
Philadelphia authorities confront a giant petition from San Francisco schoolchildren asking that the Liberty Bell be sent to the Panama Pacific Exposition of 1915. When joined, signatures stretch two miles. Officials had previously decided the bell should not leave Independence Hall again due to danger in transit.
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Philadelphia
Petit
Pty Pell
San Fangisan
San Francisco
Golden Gate City
Independence Hall
Wedding Stories of Laughs and Looming Tragedy
A column of wedding anecdotes from Chicago clergymen recounts chaotic and humorous wedding moments. Tales include verbal slips at vows, a bridegroom’s unexpected missteps, a sudden best man marriage surprise, and a widow’s awkward self in a crowded ceremony.
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Chicago
Nieve
Vestrys
Bob
John
Jean
Chicago News
A French Take on Golf Absurdities
A Paris Journal contributor mocks golf in humorous fashion. He notes golfers sweating on warm greens, filling holes, and using many clubs. He recalls stone breaking as an ancestor sport and quips about the iron butt of clubs and the evolving toolset used between strokes.
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Paris Journal
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