Chain Store Chains Show Strong Gains Across Markets
World of Finance notes Kresge, Woolworth, McCrorys and other chains report large sales gains for ten months and year projections. Kresge expands to 157 stores. Woolworth enlivens 60 new stores with near 900 planned. Acme Tea posts 15.63 percent rise. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea reaches 44,928,233 in ten months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
S. S. Kresge Company
Woolworth
McCrory
H Kress & Co
Acme Tea Company
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea J Company
Stock Market Opens With Losses Amid Weak Export Signals
New York opening trading shows broad declines led by copper and related shares. Ajax Rubber climbs to a new high, while Beatine preferred Central Leather and Pacific Can gain. Steel dips, rails ease, and United States suffers steep losses as short selling and liquidation weigh on overall market mood. Total volume around 650000 shares.
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New York
Ajax Rubber
Béatine
Atlantic Gulf
Marine Common
Gulf States Steel
Lee Rubber T
United States
Reading
Permits Granted for 27 Building Additions in Bridgeport
Building commissioners approved 27 permits totaling 75 640 for factory and residence additions in Bridgeport. Projects include Harvey Hubbell private garages, a two family house on Fast Main street, a tool shed for The New England Development Co, a remodel of a plumbing shop, and multiple garages and cottages on streets such as East Main Capitol Avenue State and Warburton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Crucible Co
Knowlton Street
Electric, Cable Co
Bunnell Street
Bostwick Avenue
Harvey Hubbell, Inc
Still‘mat Street
John Scorba
Dae Wall
East Ian Avenue
Brewster Street
Bridgeport Land & Title
State Street
Franks. Cohen
Alder Street
F. Carlson
Staples Street
M. Newman
Warrh Street
E. C. Heade
Wheeler Avenue
T Ie Rudderman
East Main Street
Julius Vogel
Main Street
S. Drouwe
Lexington Ave
Griestling Antiguain
Hallett Street
Fae Wraneis Petruccilli
Hallett Priest
New York Stock Exchange Quotations and Trade Highlights
Quotations reported over private wires show numerous tickers with prices for Allis Chalmers American Sugar and other major stocks. The list includes Am Beet Sugar 104, Am. Car & Fdy 76, Am. Can 61, U S Steel 124, and many others with varied percentages. A separate note reports US Steel unfilled orders for November 30 at 11,058,542 tons, a new record, and Buffalo hosts the New York Fish Game and Forest League convention, with Thomas Z. Hickey of St Paul prevailing in a competition.
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Allis Chalmers
Car & Fay
Can
Hide & Lea. Pfd
Locomotive
Atl
Gulf & W. Indies
Smelt. & Re. Co
Sug. Refg. Co
Tel.’ & Tele
Atch. T. & S. Fe
Anaconda
Baldwin Loco
Baltimore & Ohio
Butte & Sup
Canadian Pacific
Calif. Petroleum
Cen. Leather Co
Chi. M. & St. Paul
Chi. & Great.w
Chi. & Great W. Pfd
Chi. Rk. Island& Pic
Chile
China
Chesapeake & Ohio
Col. Fuel & Iron
Crucible Steel
Distilleries Security
Erie
General Electric
Goodrich Co
Northern
Inspiration
International Nickel
InterBorough
Nh&e BH
Ont. & West
Peennsylvania
Ray Cons
Reading
Repab, Iron & Steel
Ry. Steel Spring
Sloss-Sheffield & Iron
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Southern Railway Ptd
Studebaker Cor
Third Avenue
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Federal Mining Bureau touts radium and process gains
Washington reports the Bureau of Mines highlights several advances including radium production with the National Radium Institute, a $20,000,000 gas saving in the Blackwell field, a six cent gallon gasoline from waste gas oil via the Rittman furnace, and safety boosts with new electric miners lamps.
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Washington
Blackwell
Oklahoma
Federal Bureau of Mines
Van
United States
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Kansas
Rittman
California
District of Columbia
Minnesota
Joplin
Polish Provisional Government Formed in Occupied Territory
The Polish state council to be set up in areas held by German and Austrian troops will act as a provisional body until elections and a permanent administration are ready. Fifteen members come from German occupied areas and ten from Austrian areas. sessions occur in Warsaw and the presiding officer is titled marshal.
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Berlin
Polish State Council
Warsaw
Seven Tenths of Penny Weight Machines Declared Misbalanced
Dennis Kelly sealer of weights and measures says nearly seven tenths of Penny Weight Machines on street corners stores and public places are misbalanced and useless to the public Fat men or those of very thin build may lose or gain weight by using them and efforts to fix them have failed due to owners being distant from Bridgeport Large sum of money imported and deposited in the banks is noted in the report.
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Dennis Kelly
Weights and
Bridgeport
Start the Children Right Now and Seek Your Checking Account
Activists urge immediate action for child welfare while also soliciting donations and urging readers to open or maintain checking accounts as part of a broader community appeal.
Schultz Rule Broken and Vault Smoking Banned in City Hall
Town Clerk Joseph Schultz enforced a no smoking rule in the vault where records are kept while issuing a marriage license. A clerk and others in the office were seen smoking nearby, prompting Schultz to halt work, admonish the violator, and return to finish the license in 23 minutes. The incident disrupted the noon shutdown by six minutes.
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Joseph Schultz
Schultz
Mr. Schultz
Delbridge Blackman
Assessors
Mr. Blackman
Joseph ‘Costel- Tenci
North
Washington Avenue
Mary D’alleteri
Harvard Street
Injured Firemen Laid Up After Fire Call
Lieut Thomas Reilly suffered an ankle fracture requiring a plaster cast after an alarm response. At St Vincent hospital X ray showed immobility needed for weeks. Hoseman James Neary of Engine Company No 5 rests comfortably. Chief Johnson exonerates driver. Proposals to seat men on rear wagons deemed impracticable.
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Thomas Reilly
St.Vincent's Hospital
James Neary
Engine Company No. 5
Chief Johnson
Catherine
Main Street
Vaudevillians Open Fight With Managers Association
Big Chief James William Fitzpatrick declared the White Rats vaudeville performers will fight the Managers Protective Association and move to close New York moving picture houses on Sunday. He leaves for the West to lead the action. President Wilson commuted six month sentences for contempt on four labor activists.
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Waterbury
James William Fitzpatrick
White Rats
Vaudeville Performers’ Association
Managers’ Protective Association
New York
Moving Picture Houses
The
West
Wilson
Laberawa
Teiper's Sister Grace Teiper Testifies in Murder Case
Grace J. Teiper testified at the Teiper home in Richmond avenue in the murder case against her brother John Edward Teiper. The Toledo defense will rely on her statements to support the robbery motive theory.
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Teiper
Buffalo
N. Y
Grace J. Teiper
John Edward Teiper
Richmond Avenue
Moore
Edward R. O'Malley
Miss Teiper
Pequonnock Yacht Club to Buy Present Quarters
At the annual meeting to be held next Tuesday night the Pequonnock Yacht Club will announce plans to purchase the property it occupies. The club has leased the building from Mrs. E B Jones of Cold Spring NY since its organization and now, in strong financial condition, will proceed with the purchase. The 125-member club has a waiting list, with harbor frontage of 80 feet and equal street frontage. Commodore J B Babineau and secretary William J H Brown serve the organization.
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Pequonnock Yacht Club
E.B. Jones
Cold Spring
N. Y
California Street
J. B. Babineau
William JH. Brown
Banner Money Order Boom in Bridgeport November
Bridgeport money orders totaled 215797.30 in November with 16261 domestic and 2360 foreign orders. Domestic fees reached 1213.54 and foreign 425.60, while 1916 set new records with higher totals. The rise mirrors city and national prosperity and many workers sending funds to relatives.
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Bridgeport
United States
Fairfield School Registration Rises by Nearly 400
The Fairfield enumeration shows an increase of nearly 400 pupils from last year. Bridgeport proximity is cited as a factor. Bristol gains 290. Brookfield loses 15. Cromwell and Durham gain 1 each. Hartland drops 7. Hebron 21. Middletown up 108. Waterford up 50. Woodstock and Easton show small declines.
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Hartford
Fairfield
Bridgeport
Bristol
Brookfield
Cromwell
Durham
Hartland
Hebron
Middletown
Waterford
Woodstock
Easton
Railroad Probers Seek Extension of Their Powers
The Joint House and Senate committee probing transportation problems urged Congress to extend its mandate so hearings can be postponed until after adjournment. If not extended, further hearings and a partial report may occur before January 8, the current limit of the committee’s authority, to align with President Wilson’s railroad program.
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Washington
Joint
House and
Senate
Congress
Wilson
National Women’s Peace party opens three day convention
The National Women’s Peace party begins a three day convention in Washington. Oscar II leaves Copenhagen for New York. Sir Ernest Shackleton plans to sail from Dunedin on December 16 to rescue Antarctic expedition marooned crew. President Poincare awards a gold medal to Mrs. Harry Duryea of New York for two years of service as head of an organization.
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National Women’s Peace Party
Washington
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Dunedin
New Zealand
Ross Sea
Poincare
Harry Duryea
New York
Estate of Karol Knapik Creditors How to File Claims
December 7 1916 probate notice for Karol Knapik late of Bridgeport shows six months to present creditors claims for settlement. Admin Mary Knapik 689 Berkshire Ave requests immediate payment from debtors. A second notice for Catherine F Fagan lists six months to file accounts. administrator Joseph F Keeley at 1115 Main Street.
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Karol Knapik
Bridgeport
Court of Probate
District of Bridgeport
Mary Knapik
Berkshire Avenue
Catherine F. Fagan
Joseph F. Keeley
T. A
Main Street
Dodge Brothers Get Injunction Continued
Three circuit judges extended the temporary injunction restraining Henry Ford from using Ford Motor Company profits for 60 days to hear further arguments and decide on a possible permanent injunction.
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Detroit
Dodge Brothers
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Inherits Most of Eight Thousand Estate of School Teacher
Amelia Agbinette Conger a longtime local teacher leaves most of about 8000 dollars to son Bruce Hawley Conger as executor. Real estate at 46 Pleasant Street and shares of stock plus cash fund the bequests. Granddaughter gets watch and beads. sister and nephew receive jewelry and small sums. all grandchildren receive 26 dollars each, with cash contingent on preserving realty.
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Amelia Agbinette Conger
Bruce Hawley Conger
A. G
Stillman
Robert Goddard
Pleasant Street
Alice Hawley Conger
Eula Rowley
Helen Rowley
Edwin C. Rowley
Clifford Rowley
Charles Victor Conger
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New York Stock Exchange
T. L. Watson & Co
Corner Main
John Sta
Conn
Boston
New York State Fish, Game and Forest League
Thomas Z. Hickey
At. Paul
T. Lk. Wawawon
Arizona Com
Allouez
Butte & Superior
Cal
Arizona
Hecla
Centennial
Daly West Davis Daly
East Butte
Franklin
Gulf
Hancock
Island Creek
Isle Royale
Lal Mass
Michigan Mohawk
New Arcadian
North Butte
Old Colony Old Dominion
Osce
Mining Bureau
American Bank & Trust CO
East Main ST
Bridgeport, Conn
Neap. Barnum Avenue
Vaudevillians
Managers’ Association
Banner Business
Ner Oscar II
Copenhagen
Bankers Corner
Main and
John Streets
Naugatuck
Pequonnock Dock
Pier
BE. R
Catharine St
Ly. Foot
Andrew M. Ewing
Fairfield Ave
State OF Connecticut
Atp
Hodgeman Rubber Co
Yonkers
Wagee
City National Bank
Siven
Main &T
Savings Bank Big
Connecticut National Bank
Cor
Main and Wall Street
T. B. Warren
Golden Hill St
Tel
John Street
Cunard
Anchor
White Star Line
Great Britain
Ireland
Loewith & CO
Bank Street Telephone Barnum
Main St
Poli
Frisbie’s
Kelly’s Cigar Store
James H.krlly
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