Improvements in North End urged by taxpayers
North End residents plan to form the Eighth District Improvement League to push for police protection fire protection sewers pavements and other public improvements. A meeting is set for Sunday at 2 pm in Elite Theatre Main and Charles with Aldermen Harrigan and Mark backing the effort. An executive committee and officers will be chosen to press the needs before the common council and board of apportionment.
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Eighth District Improvement League
Main and
Charles Street
Tepatey
Daniel
Harrigan
M. O Clark
Jon
Ind
Barriigan
Jana Mark
Nlews
Hth
Hitle
Sunjan Dattaseebat
Buechler asks patrons indulgence after Fairfield fire
Max J. Buechler reported property damage from a morning fire on Fairfield Avenue. He asks patrons to be indulgent for a few days while he makes necessary adjustments to operate and settle the situation.
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Buechler
Max J.buechler
Fairfield Avenue
Fairyland Opera Wins 10000 Prize Sparks Lecture Review
Dr Parker describes Fairyland the prize opera by Brian Hooker and Horatio Parker, produced at the National Federation of Musical Clubs convention in Los Angeles. The lecture at the Wednesday Afternoon Musical Club highlighted its libretto, staging, and artistic value despite technical interruptions from pedals and steam pipes. The work sets All Hallows Eve in the Valley of Shadows with five principal characters and includes The Rose Song and Dance of the Fairies.
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Brian Hooker
Horatio Parker
Parker
Yale ‘Music
National Federation of Musical Clubs
Los Angeles
Valley of Shadows
Captain Schomberg McDonnell Salisbury's Secretary
London December 9 Captain Sir Schomberg McDonnell death from wounds announced he served fourteen years as private secretary to the late Lord Salisbury and later as secretary of the Board of Works overseeing Parliament buildings crown post offices public monuments and all British embassies abroad He was a years old and brother of Lord Antrim.
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London
Sir Schomberg McDonnell
Lord Salisbury
Board of Works
Crown Post
McDonnell
Lord Antrim
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Ad Promises Health Benefit
A Brooklyn man claims Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey cured his consuming illness. He says three years ago doctors failed, yet after half a bottle he recovered, regained strength, and returned to work, urging every home to keep a bottle.
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Duffy
Dufy
Mr. M. Tracy
St. John’s Place
Brooklyn
Battery Barricade of Cattle as El Paso Goes Down
New York reports a barge El Paso carrying 126 steers 138 calves and 252 sheep sank off Battery Park after a collision with the North Star. Firemen police and civilians rescued many animals, formed a wall of benches as a corral, while some cattle and sheep perished or were carried away by currents.
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New York
Battery Park
Timmins and
Fitzpatrick
el Paso
Battery
Aquarium
Eastern Steamship Company
North Star
Portland
Francis Rickert
Eri
Jersey City
East River
Piér 1
North River
Rickert
Halleck
United
Wilfred Miller
Martin O’grady
John Miller
Lyon
William L. Strong
Flahive
Cafill
Whelan
Walsh
Kelly
Reéisher
Sheehan
Park Bench Corral
Staten Island
St. Geo
Merrit-Chapman
Obituary notices for Lis and Baillie families
Leonard Lis of New Town died this morning at his daughter's residence after a year of illness. Survived by four sons John Michael Lawrence Joseph and two daughters Mrs Martin Donohue and Miss Margaret Lillis. Burial will be in Newtown. Matilda M Baillie died suddenly at her brother-in-law William E Baillie's home, daughter of Maria Beck and Daniel Sterling former Bridgeport mayor. Lived in Rio de Janeiro and Edinburgh after marriage. Widow later resided in London. sister survives her.
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Leonard Lis
Newtown
Black Rock
Matilda M. Baillie
William E. Baillie
Maria M. Beck
Daniel H. Sterling
Bridgeport
Newtown Fire Chief Heroes Blaze at Printery
Newtown on December 9 reports Fire Chief P H Gannon crawled through a window, connected a hose to a sink faucet, and extinguished a printery blaze at Bee Publishing Co. The fire originated from a candle used by machinists, causing only trifling damage as firefighters arrived. two other local notes include Miss Ann Blackman’s apoplectic shock and funeral services for Antoinette Cullen of Douglassville. Levi C Morris travels to Cleveland to aid his dangerously ill son Phillip. Sheriff Beers attends Bridgeport superior court. Robert Anderson returns from New Britain. Frank Artist visits Bethel Road to see his parents.
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Newtown
Bee Publishing Co
Church Hill
Theodore Taylor
P. H. Gannon
Ann Blackman
Upper Main Street
F. W. Barnett
Antoinette C. Cullen
Douglassville
E. W. Troy
Sandy Hook
St. Rose’s Church
St. Rose’s Cemetery
Anthony Gallagher
Jane Mallee Gallagher
Weaver
West Hartford
John Gallagher
Trenton
N. J
Levi C. Morris
Cleveland
Ohio
Phillip
Morris DB. Beers
Superior Court
Bridgeport
Robert Anderson
Sugar Street
New Britain
Frank Artist
Holmes
Benjamin
Bethel Road
Bridgeport Patents Lead in Washington This Week
Bridgeport manufacturers dominate a weekly patent list with Walter Lashar of Weed Tire Chain Grip Co and Ernest Crocker of Ashcroft Manufacturing among the names. Other patentees from Connecticut include Monroe Guett Hartford and Henry B Cooley New Britain. Reverend H Douglas Pierce of Rockville preached at Memorial Baptist, and Richard Oppel spoke on Preparedness in Merchandizing at Lehmann’s with many employees present.
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A. M. Wooster
Bridgeport
Monroe Guett
Hartford
Charles W. Spensel
Universal Joint
Benjamin M. Des Jardins
West Hartford
Thomas C. Johnson
New Haven
James E. Matthews
Robert F. Metcalfe
Edward H. Angle
New London
Henry B. Cooley
New Britain
Charlies H Case
Oneco
Mike Lubas
Reinhold Schoell
Stamford
Timothy J. Watts
South Wind
Stops Indigestion With Magnesia
A sponsored ad explains that most stomach trouble comes from excess acid and fermentation, not a diseased stomach. It advises taking one to two teaspoonfuls of bisolated magnesia after meals with water to neutralize acid and stop fermentation, promising immediate relief and normal digestion. Mindle's Drug Store advertises the product.
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Mindle
Ady
McCormack to Help K of C Build New York Home
John McCormack plans a December 19 benefit concert at the Hippodrome to aid the Knights of Columbus building fund in New York. Organizers, led by state deputy William F. Larkin, expect well over 10 000 from ticket sales, with seats priced 1 to 2 50. Proceeds will support the Knights of Columbus home project.
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John McCormack
Knights of Columbus
New York
William F. Larkin
Victor P. Dowling
Cabot Ward
Dudley Field Malone
McCormack
Count Leary
Morgan J. O’brien
Nicholas ‘Brady
Lounsbury
Crimmins
Fritz Kreisler
Cardinal Farley
Whitx
Glynn
Mitchell
Lawlor
Hartford
Ireland
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Washington
DeSoto Council
City
McSweeney
Wall Street
K. of C. Building Fund Committee
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Mes
My Tracy
Duffy’s
New York Waterfront Park
Printery
Rev
H. Douglas Piercé
Rockville, Conn
Memorial
Baptist Church
Pierce
Lehrmann
Richard Oppel
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W. L. Douglas
Concine
W.L. Mosane
Main Street
M’cormack
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W.K. Mollan
Dr. J. Nelson Sherwood
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Golden Hill Sts
Misch
Frank Miller Lumber Co
John F. Fay
the People’s Dairy
State Street
Geo. A. Robertson
Wheeler & Howes Co
Congress St
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East End
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