Death notices and notices from Bridgeport area 1815
Bridgeport records death of Timothy Wheeler aged 65 Danbury reports Mrs Phoebe Ames aged in 65th year Greenfield Andrew Burr son of Ebenezer Burr 3rd aged 11 Westport Nathaniel Weeks aged in Woodbridge New Jersey Hannah Roe wife of Rev Azel Roe pastor aged 65 and the pastor’s death noted Reverend Roe long time Woodbridge pastor Archbishop John Carroll nearing 80 Vermont Norton Barber killed on squirrel hunt by boy in accidental shooting Married Ephraim Mercial to Mary Barnum Benham's new block on Courtland street aims for April occupancy Street paving stones urged to be replaced or relocated Farms Westport 150th anniversary Yale Courant launched Annual meeting Connecticut National Bank Bridgeport January 9 13866 chaired by John Shelton Cashier
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Bridgeport
Timothy Wheeler
Danbury
Phoebe Ames
Everett Ames
Norwich
Greenfield
Andrew Burr
Ebenezer Burr
Weston
Woodbridge
New Jersey
Hannah Roe
Azel Roe
R. Roe
New York Synod
Wooabridge
Baltimore
John Carroll
Catholic Church
Vermont
Norton Barber
Twenty Years Ago News Briefs From Stratford
A six year old, Johnnie McCarthy, hurt by a pin in his ear. the pin damaged the drum but doctors hope hearing remains. Rev. A P Chapman resigns as rector of St Luke's church. Aragon Council K of C installs officers. Court Marina Ball features a Forestry tree emblem and officers elected for the mayor arc. Five S of V recruits are mustered at Bartlett camp. Ween and Wren calendar calendar piece with a sailor couple. City Clerk Mullins to pursue damages for a Williston street incident. Mrs Eames plans to reside in Washington. Sailor Boucher drowns after his skiff disappears near Milford Point.
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Johnnie
J. McCarthy
Pine Street
DeWalfe Yesteree
A P_ Chapman
St. Luke’s Church
Fred Mullins
Hall & Johnson
Harry Siefert
Failll
Williston Street
Former Sing Sing Chaplain To Speak For Y M C A
An ex chaplain of Sing Sing prison and the Tombs of New York City, George Sanderson, will address a men only Y M C A meeting tomorrow at 3 30. He is secretary of the National Lend a Hand society, with offices in New York. Sanderson advocates helping ex-prisoners reintegrate into work and society, citing probation and rehabilitation as key. He has spoken in Bridgeport several times and is praised by Leslie's Weekly for his dedication. Admission is free.
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Sing Sing
New York City
George Sanderson
National
Lend-a-Hand Society
Sanderson
I ‘N
Bridgeport
Leslie
Ng Lcon
Nan
Lend
Oxford extends university boundaries to Carfax center
Oxford England December 11 officials announce the university boundaries have been extended to include all land within a three and a half mile radius of Carfax. Previously residence within one and a half miles was required for a degree, a rule now relaxed to speed up travel. Carfax is the city center where High Street and three other lanes meet.
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Oxford
Eng
Oxford University
Carfax
Bigh Street
Poster Scout Salute Marks Fund Raising Campaign
A New York fundraising effort for the Boy Scouts of America raised $200,000. Arrangements used flag signals to relay progress from a scout on the World Building to another on the Equitable Building, then to scouts atop high structures, finally to the Seventy-First Regiment Armory tower at Park Avenue and Thirty Fourth Street. The poster pictured promotes public awareness of the campaign’s success.
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New York
Boy Scouts of America
Equitable
Seventy-first Regiment
Park Avenue
Thirty Fourth Street
Once An Irishman Always An Irishman Sergeant John Fox Finds
Philadelphia December 11 First Sergeant John Fox United States Marine Corps retired after thirty years honorable service seeks a watchman post at a munitions factory serving the Allies. He was told his Irish birth barred him though his wartime record and thirty years of service counted for nothing. Fox says he is intensely American and neutral but notes discrimination and continues drawing eighty dollars monthly retired pay.
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Philadelphia
John Fox
United States Marine Corps
Fox
Emerald Isle
Guantani
Cuba
United States
Sam
French loan deemed most attractive by London papers
London financial papers rate the new French government loan as the most attractive since the war began. A price around 88 yields about 5.3 percent for local buyers and a higher yield for English or American investors due to favorable exchange rates. Historical note shows 1870s French loans rose from below par to peak near 121 before conversion.
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London
France
Americans Fund War Prisoner Reading Rooms in Germany
Berlin dispatch notes eleven reading rooms and recreation halls for prisoners of war in German camps funded by American donations averaging 6000 marks each. The effort, run by the Committee for the Erection of Soldiers' Homes in the East and Southeast, collects literature from multiple languages and distributes it to front trenches and camps, aided by volunteers including Conrad Hoffman and James B. Springer.
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Berlin
Germany
France
England
Russia
University of Warsaw
Conrad Hoffman
James B. Springer
Thompson resigns as Immanuel Baptist pastor after six years
Reverend A C Thompson, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church for six years, has resigned. His resignation was accepted after three weeks of deliberation. He cites belief that a younger man’s enthusiasm may benefit the church.
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A. C. Thompson
Immanuel Baptist Church
Thompson
Fairfield Women to Send Garments To Europe War Zone
Fairfield branch of the American Girls Aid Society will pack two large boxes of newly made garments at Mrs William B Glover's house on Thursday morning December 16 Second hand clothing will also be sent and donations of good warm clothing are welcome Shoes flannels and all kinds of undergarments are requested including large size shoes for men by readers aiding those in war zones of Europe
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Fairfield
American Girls’ Aid Society
William B. Glover
Europe
Bridgeporters Form Seven Corporations In Bridgeport
Seven new corporations have been formed by Bridgeporters to conduct business in Bridgeport. They include Ozark Construction Co. Pure Food Delicatessam Storey Co. Reliable Fur Co. Siskind & Kaplan Co. Bridgeport Home Builders Investment Corporation Bridgeport Cutter Works Inc. Siskind & Kaplan Inc. Incorporators include C C Waren Jr James A Byrne O F Frist David Feuer B W Brownstein Samuel Feinstein Samuel Kahn Berth Kehn Orville Rector Rufus G Cleveland James S Farmer Charles E Williamson William Jan Florence W Allen Samuel Kaplan Amy Brady. The note adds a jest about vice presidents being chosen but ignored.
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Bridgeport
Ozark Construction Co
C. C. Waren, Jr
James A. Byrne
O. F. Frist
Pure Food Delicatessam Storey Co
David Feuer
B. W. Brownstein
Samuel Feinstein
Reliable Fur Co
Samuel Kahn
Berth Kehn
Siskind & Kaplan Co., Inc
Brigeport
Albert Siskind
Samuel Kaplan
Bridgeport Home Builders’ Investment Corporation of Bridgeport
Orvile Recter
Rufus G. Cleveland
Eens
James S. Farmer
Devon
Bridgeport Cutter Works, Inc
Charles E. Williamson
Darien
William Jan
Florence W. Allen
Stratford
Siskind & Kaplan, Inc
New York City
Albert ‘Siskind
Amy Brady
Parkes forecast on war deaths and civilizational impact
London reports Prof Louis C. Parkes of the Government Health Service warned at the Royal Institute of Sanitation meeting that two years of war could claim 20,000,000 lives. He suggested such devastation might spur a future civilizational improvement and noted Europe’s birthrates fall, except in Bulgaria, Romania and Ireland. An advertisement for Christmas fur gifts follows.
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London
Louis C. Parkes
Government Health Service
Royal Institute of Sanitations
Parkes
Great Britain
Europe
Bulgaria
Rumania
Ireland
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Annie Hartigan
Benham
Courtland Street
Wall Street
Congregational Church of Farms
Westport
BJ. Rolyea
THE
Yale Courant
Yale College
Fale Courant
John Bucke
Chatfield
John
Davenport
Lovell Hall
Connecticut National Bank
John T. Shelton
Aragon Council
K. OF C
Patrick Phelan
John J. Cullinan, Jr
John BD. Deomey
Willaam R. Hurley
J. Kennedy
Francis H. Irwin
Robert E. Hurley
Patrick Coughlin
Bernard Keating
Thomas Devitt
EB. M. Fitzgerald
John F. Fay
Outre
Harry A. McElroy
F. J. Kelly
W. H. Harty
John F. Keane
Court
Marina
Madison Hall
Forestry
Ager
Anthony H. McCarthy
Joseph C. Ivers
Royal Arcanum
Franklin A. Bartlett
S._of V
Holbrook
Charles M. Watrous
T. J. Scripture
E. D. Keyes
George Derrick
Edward Booth
W. B. Clifford
W. C. Daniels
Henry F. Morris
Alfreed Glenn
Washington
Horace Ll. Eames
Col
8. C. Kingman
Eames
Boucher
Henry Boucher
Milford Pont
Charlies Stage
Sing Sing Prison
John Hmson
Wat
Amerea
Sigartic
Sergt
Baptist Church
Bridgeporters
Hayes Fish CO
Water Street
Boston Blues
Long Island
E. H. Dillion & Co
Main Street
M. J. Buechler
J. C. Bradley
Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport Public Market&Branch
State & Bank Sts
E. Main ST
First Bridgeport National Bank
American Bank & Trust CO
East Main ST Street
Conn
Barnum Avenus
Highland Spring
Highland Spring Water Co
Warren Street
the People's Dairy
State Street
Geo. A. Robertson
BOS
Main
Clark’s Furniture
George B. Clark & Co. Complete Home Furnishers
Broad ST
Post Office
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