Polly of The Circus and Other Theatre Notes
The closing performance of Polly of The Circus draws a large crowd with Edith Talliafero star rating. A Yiddish company led by Mme Prager and Mr Juvilier plays at Jackson's next Tuesday. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring Frederick W. Pierce comes to Jackson's Wednesday. Sousa Band visits Tuesday Dec 21 with Frances and Grace Hoyt. Marguerite Haney returns from London for The Leading Lady. Numerous vaudeville acts and a fiction of performances fill the bill at Poll's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Yere
Edith Talliafero
Ees Yiddish Co
Tadasa
Jackson's Theatre
Mme. Prager
Mr. Juvelier
Mme
Clara Young
Mr. Fishkind
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Jackson's
Dr. Jekyll and
Frederick W. Pierce
Dr. Icky
Hyde
Jekyll
Zse
Sousa’s
Gereina
John Jae
Sousa Band
Germany
Austria
Russia
Bohemia
Sousa
Frances
Grace Hoyt
Scarlet Fever Placards Face Public Warning Debate
Dr Eugene Ober urged Health Board meeting to discuss alleged hiding of scarlet fever placards. He noted placards warn only those entering and suggested barn or house postings. doctors sometimes mislabel cases to avoid posting. The health department confirmed a placard once seen on a barn linked to a case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Ober
Board of Health
Oberg
Health Department
Fraternal Dance and Initiation Featured in City Halls
Fraternal news reports a hundred Wowompon tribe members and friends gathering at Lyceum Hall for a Red Men dance with local leaders listed. Live Oak camp plans a class initiation for 125 candidates at Live Oak hall, while delegates from Waterbury and Rhode Island attend. Death notice for Catherine Rowe, widow of Michael Rowe, Irish settler and Augustine’s parish contributor, notes six children and long Catholic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum
Clarence W. Dy. Thomas
Stephen J. White
James Hungerford Bundock
William Clark
Walter Gault
Charles Roder
Howard Bodurtha
F. Conway
William Lane
George Anele
George Northrop
Roland
Kolb
Live Oak
City
Pionerr
Live Ok
Middle
Golden Hill
Live Oak Camp
Ees
Waterbury
Waryer
R. I
Rowe
Bridgeport
Augustine's Parish
Cattirrine
Michael Rowe
Michael Fitzgerald
Harvall Avenue
Kidreport
Dr. Minece
Social and Personal Notes From a Bridgeport Page
Mrs Blanche FE Fowler of 46 Cannon Street left Saturday for Worcester to remain during the hall. Miss Emily D Wheeler of Stratford attended a reception at the home of Mr and Mrs Wiliam Al Putnam of 7 Willow Street. Miss Margaret Wryling Putnam, debutante, attended a theatre party after the reception to see Seven Days. John HB reporters spent a vacation at Alton and will stay at a southern resort for winter recuperation. Judge and Mrs Patrick Kane and their niece, who accompanied Mr Kane to Baltimore, returned to Bridgeport last evening for the mild southern climate benefitting the newspaperman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche FE. Fowler
Cannon Street
Worcester
Emily D. Wheeler
Stratford
Wiliam al Putnam
Willow Street
Lyn
N. Y
Margaret Wryling Putnam
John HB
Alton
Judce
Patrick Kane
Kane
Baltimore
Bridgeport
Building Permits Granted by Commissioners Last Week
Building permits totaling $5.75 were approved by the building commissioners for projects including multiple family and single family dwellings. Notable items include John Berea’s three family frame dwelling on Union Avenue and Archibld McNeil Sr’s frame addition to a house. Other entries cover alterations, garages, and a three-story brick ere on Pembroke and Arctic streets. Place names include Union Avenue, Mitching Street, Noble Avenue, Hawley Avenue, Centre Street, Ann Street, Lindley Street, Main Street, Cleveland Avenue, Washington Court, Pembroke and Arctic streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Berea
Union Avenue
Frank McCormick
Rine Avenue
G. Mor
Mitching Street
Sarah A. Beardsley
Noble Avenue
Archibld McNeil, Sr
Fairfeld Avenue
Wilson Marshall
Barnum and Bailey
Catherine Wade
Hawley Avenue
Alger
Minot
Centre Street
Thomas C. Coughlin
Ann Street
A. M. Arhul
Lindley Street
David Abbot
Main Street
8. Ocko
Pembroke
Arctic Streets
J L. Adams
Julius Poles
Cleveland Avenue
Josiah Kent
Washington Court
Leather Goods and Holiday Gifts Highlight Read Co Display
The D M Read Co promotes leather items from English Pikskin to French leathers with gold frames and inside pockets, plus sewing cases and travel sets. A Madras fabric line and assorted wash goods are offered on the lower floor with giftable holiday packaging and hosiery sets priced to attract shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Madras
A Gift for A Man A Kipling Kalendar
A desk year round notepad titled A Gift for A Man A Kipling Kalendar offers daily note space and targets Kipling as a male author. Women readers who enjoy Kipling may also like it. Available for $1.00 at the Stationery and Gift Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
Fine Furs Highlighted in Gift Articles Collection
A newspaper gift article notice promotes a Fur Section on the second floor featuring Black Fox, Mink, Caracul, Russian Pony, Opossum and Raccoon scarves and muffs, Caracul and Russian Pony coats, Near Seal and Brown Marmot furs. It notes medium and low priced furs, reliable quality, children's fur sets, and a focus on elegance and style.
Read Co. Receivers Reject 65000 Offer For Foundry Plant
The D. M. Read Co receivers refuse 65000 for the National Foundry plant at New Haven. A motion for further instructions on the sale was deferred to January 7 in Superior court. Receivers Frederick Farnsworth and H Stewart Hotchkiss say the offer is too low. The plant’s history includes a past conviction of National Organizer McGee of the Iron Molders union for conspiracy during a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ito
National Foundry
New Haven
Frederick Farnsworth
H. Stewart Hotchkiss
McGee
Iron Molders Union
Day of day speaker at Y M C A men’s meeting
Thomas Henry Day of Hartford is featured as the speaker at a 3:30 p.m. Sunday men’s meeting at the Y M C A. The program also includes a 2:30 p.m. concert by Bentley’s Metropolitan Orchestra with solos by Booth on violin and Halsey on cello with violin obbligato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
Bentley
Metropolitan Orchestra
Booth
Halsey
Thomas Henry Day
Hartford
Ness
CleanEasy Rest AWD Guarantee Ad Copy
An old advertisement promotes CleanEasy rest AWD and ink used for skin or clothing care. It mentions a large can priced ten cents and credits manufacturing to Wm R Wing on Stratford Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm R Wing
Stratford Ave
Religious Services Across City Churches Schedule
A long list of Sunday services in multiple churches. Christ Episcopal on Courtland Street offers Holy Communion at 8 am and 10:30 am, with Sunday school at 12:15 pm and evening prayer at 7:20 pm. Other churches noted include First Congregational, Long Universalist, King’s Highway Congregational, West End Congregational, Park Street Congregational, Wash ington Park Methodist, First Methodist Episcopal, The People’s Church, First Presbyterian, First Church of Christ Scientist, and a Christmas Carnival by Universalist Women’s Club with turkey supper and entertainment on Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal Church
Courtland Street
E. J. Craft
Holy Communion
First Congregational Church
Corner Broad and
Bank Streets
John DePeu
F. A. Dillingham
First Universalist Church
Ogan
West End
Park Street
Young People’s Alliance
John
Aenes Renton
Roy B. Guild
Italy
Guild
Church Building Society
Crandall J. North
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Epworth
Robert Lauder
George M. Brown
People’s Church
Laurel and Park Avenues
H. A. Davenport
Elmer
Joyce
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Lafayettes St
God the Preserver of Man
Universalist Women’s Club
F. M. Hammond
W. J. Taft
M. A. Marsh
Mary Dewhurst
James Coulter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jackson
Polly of
The
Circus
Poli’s
England
Marguerite Haney
B. A. Rolie
Racis
Jan
Miss Haney
London
Poll's
Kaimar & Brown
Kalmar
Miss Brown
Barrows, Lane & Company
Messrs
Barrows
Lancaster
Bowman Frothers
Ernie
Mildrea Potts
Zee
Mr. Potts
Corrinne Francis
Hill
Cherry & Hill
Alliance ‘Francaise
Camillé Enlart
Alliance Francaise
Bridgeport “Groupe
Stratfield
Enlart
Europe
New York
Boston
Entart
L'Architecture
L'Architecture T la Vie~Monastique
Ayer
D. M. Read Co
D. M. Read
Arade Mark
Fairfield Avenue
Post
Post Office
Miles
Bartholomay
Rochester
M. J. Maloney
Jones Avenue
Morris
Ons
N. Buckingham & Co
State ST
Bay State Ranges
Religious
Main St
Fairfield
E. H. Reed
Swift Lowell
Conn
Boston Post
Dudley J. Stafford
Bridgeport Distributing CO
State Street
California
Washington
Southland
Federal Express
Aerieanwars
Philadelphia
Colonial Express
D. D. Smith’s
D. D. Smith
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