Rockefellers Suspected in New Haven Aims Proxy Fight
New York reports raise question whether the Rockefeller interests are building influence in New Haven stock to gain control. Brokers tied to Standard Oil accumulate shares after prices rose, with William Rockefeller already a New Haven director. Major Morgan figures hold substantial stakes but proxies may shift as dividend policy changes affect investor willingness. Charles M. Pratt is named as a top Rockefeller representative with blocks totaling over 21 thousand shares.
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New York
Rockefellers
New Haven
Hartford
Financial
Standard Oil
William Rockefeller
New England
Morgan
J. P. Morgan
George F. Baker
Lewis Cases
Yard
Mr. Morgan
Charles M. Pratt
Building permits issued by local commissioners last night
The meeting approved permits totaling 14 550 for various structures. Projects include a two family dwelling for M Lanese, a frame garage at 47 Hanley avenue, a store front on 768 Stillman street, cell ar wall work on Bishop avenue, and additions to dwellings on 310 Eagle street and 415 Charles street. Other items cover factories, brick stores, and multiple two family houses across Ridge, Lindley, Central, Parrott, Madison, Harral, Main, James, Bond, Mill Hill, and Suburban avenues.
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M. Lanese
F. Wright
Hanley Avenue
J. F. Henda
Stillman Street
Lee Tayne & Charbonneau
Bishop Avenue
Lucy F. Kirke
Eagle Street
Morton & Carroll
Ogden and
Knowlton Streets
Vine E. Lindin
Charles Street
Joseph Lang
Parrott Avenues
Frank Jacoby
Madison
Harral Avenues
B. L
L. R. Blackman
Main Street
James Street
Gussie Kinkletstone
Pllen Doherty
Mill Hill Avenue
J. Marake
Bond Street
Fairfield Avenue
John Clarkson
Andrew Mastrania
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a quick remedy for nasal congestion and cold symptoms. It claims the dose opens nasal passages, stops discharge, relieves headache and feverish symptoms, and costs 25 cents at any drug store.
Retreat at Sacred Heart Church Begins Monday
The Sacred Heart church under Rev Dr Moore plans a Monday 7 30 pm women retreat a Vincentian Mission House priest from Springfield will lead. Three masses daily at 5 30 7 and 8 0 0 pm and a half hour talk at the early mass. The rector aims to renew the church and build a new vestry while expanding parish activities for families.
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Sacred Heart Church
R. F. Moore
Thomas Judge
Boston
Vincentian Mission House
Springfield
Mass
Stratford High presents Pirates of Penzance to large crowd
Stratford attendees praised the operetta The Pirates of Pen zance produced by the high school. Jud ith Sandberg as Mabel and Norma Weber as Kate delivered strong performances with W B Main and F W Roberts excelling in difficult roles. The piece featured notable solo and chorus numbers supported by Miss Louise Dufour at the piano and Mr Clark's directing. Proceeds and tickets note upcoming Stratford Library lectures starting January 9 with topics from Southwestern New England to Kipling.
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Judith Sandberg
Mabel
Norma Weber
Kate
Fred
W. BR. Main
F. W. Roberts
New Haven
Clark
Louise Dufour
Stratford Library Association
Herbert F. Sherwood
New England
Charles Reynolds Brown
Russia
Rudyard Kipling
Frederick H. Sykes
James A. Cruishank
Sykes
George Meredith
Library Association
Shaw
Morehouse Lastight
Ralph Parks
Bertha Malloy
Irene Russell
Christopher Eght
Christ Church Guild
Moving Picture Theater
Mabel Powell
Mary A. Powell
Stratford Avenue
Lakeview Cemetery
George
Stratford M. E
E. C. Carpenter
Christ
A. Edison Company
Methodist Church
Hazel Rush
Norwalk
Julia Savage
Berlin
Conn
Laura Ford
Bridgeport
Ruby Reed
Blakeman Place
Ramblers
Devon
Edward Roberts
Frank Bunnell
Before Court And Holiday Gift Ad In One Page
The page blends court notes and shopping copy. Local matters include John Heeney facing hedge damage charges. a judge delays proceedings pending investigation. A Danbury dealer testifies in an embezzlement case. A Stamford engineer appears for an intoxication charge. Domestic neglect actions seek probation or jail, with notes on liquor use and work at American Graphophone Co.
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Louis Slavin
Arctic Street
The
Standard Steam Cleaning and Dyeing Co
Danbury
Slavin
L. A. Kornblut
James Alexander
Stamford
Mary
Matthew McNally
East Main Street
Frank L. Wilder
C. W. Simpson
Matthew
Nicholas Beaudoin
Howard Avenue
Simpson
American
S Graphophone Co
City Court Cases Conclude With Milk Adulteration Guilty
Paris restaurant owner Tony Caraville found guilty on two counts of selling milk adulterated with water and fined the minimum seven dollars. State Dairy representative testified two samples dated September 19 showed added water. Defense claimed dealer backed quality. Inspector Knapp and Dr Bailey testified. Other defendants faced fines, jail time, or probation for theft, vagrancy, or assault related charges in the same session.
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Tony Caraville
Paris
Main Street
Frank L. Wilder
A. Cc. Knapp
Ddpartment of Health
George T. Fowler
Branford
State Dairy Commissioners’ Office
E. M. Bailey
Connecticut
Frank Ryan
Lynn
Mass
Samuel Proctor
Wordin Avenue
Ryan
Proctor
Water Street
John Baldagi
Gilbert Street
David Condon
Austin Street
Condon
John Lynch
Franklin
Mase
John E. Barton
Arthur Bernard
Chambers
Harold Anderson
Simpson
Frank
Joseph Sen
Swarthy Man Sought as Sender of New York Bomb
New York detectives hunted a swarthy clean shaven man as the sender of the infernal machine, which killed Ida Anusewitz at her desk in D K Bottling Co. A motive theory emerged overnight, with police believing the victim was not the intended target and that business rival William H. Callahan may have prompted the act.
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New York
Ida Anusewitz
D K. Bottling Company
William H. Callahan
Jim Marshall Is At Home Again
James E. Marshall the Bridgeport millionaire who disappeared from Grand Central Station New York on Tuesday has returned to his home accompanied by his brothers John and William. He was en route to a sanitarium for nervous trouble and later visited several business acquaintances in New York before rejoining his physician Dr A W Buck. Police had searched for him and Bridgeport was notified he might have come there.
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Fall River
James E. Marshall
Bridgeport
Grand Central Station
New York
Marshall
John
William
A. W. Buck
New York City
Mr. Marshall
Reporter Osgood Covers Police Again
Edgar Osgood of The Hartford Courant city staff and former Bridgeport political and police reporter visited the police and charities building today and found many changes since his earlier era as a caller on old acquaintances.
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Edgar Osgood
The
Hartford Courant
Bridgeport
Police and Charities
First Auction Case Convicts Fraud Ad Seller Meloney
Hartford report: William H. Meloney fined $20 in police court under new fraud advertising law for selling second hand goods at Wethersfield avenue. Buyer paid $20 for a rug valued at $65 but found it new from a department store for $12.50. Judge Clark called it a light sentence as the first such case.
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Hartford
General Assembly
William H. Meloney
Wethersfield Avenue
Clark
Douglas Appeals From Fine of 100
Douglas was arraigned in city court on February 5 1913 for selling turpentine below standard to W F Potter of North Haven representative of the state board of education and was found guilty fined 100 and costs bonds for appeal 200 delay due to analysis notification and absence of prosecutor Delahey. turpentine sample sent for analysis showed eight percent adulteration largely mineral oils per Connecticut Experiment Station report.
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W. F. Potter
North Haven
State Board of Education
George A. Douglas
Howard Avenue
Frank L. Wilder
Douglas
Delahey
Hartford
Potter
W. B. Morrison
Connecticut Experiment Station
Police hunt thief after missing dress suitcase
Police seek the person who stole a dress suitcase valued at seven dollars from in front of Samuel Weissman’s store at 1161 Main Street yesterday afternoon around four. Less than half an hour later Detective George F. Simon found the suitcase in Peck’s Middle Street pawn shop where an elderly man had left it.
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Samuel Weissman
Main Street
George F. Simon
Peck
Middle Street
Gift Suggestions and Pricing Notes
Market items list prices for men boys and children shoes and apparel. Menars and women sizes show price ranges from 98e to 2.85 with crate pricing 1.25 to 1.60 and 1.10 to 1.60 for various goods. Women misses and children items priced 1.00 to 2.25 and 0.85 to 1.25 respectively.
Goodyear Bear Brand Rubber Footwear Prices
Rubber shoe prices listed for men women and children in varied styles. Includes men's plain and rolled edge from 98e to 1.10, boys and youths from 60e to 85e, women's 68c, misses 45e, children's 1.65 to 2.00, and men's to $6.50. Also notes overall best rubber footwear value for the season.
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Goodyear Bear
Holiday Gift Suggestions by The Smith Murray Co
A retail page lists Fancy Goods Department offerings with prices for gift items. White brush and comb sets priced from 1.25 to 2.39, brush and comb mirror sets 2.98 to 3.98, full sets 3.98 to 14.50, manicure and infant sets 1.25 to 5.75, plus white celluloid boxes puff bottles and hair accessories. Fragrance and cosmetics including perfumes 0.25 to 5.00, shaving products, gents cuff links and pins, jewel boxes, bracelets, vases, baskets and various boxes and knickknacks priced from 10 cents to 35 dollars and up.
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Fancy Goods
Christmas Gifts For Children and Men at Noah's Ark
RBOCOKS FOR THE CHILDREN Books at popular prices for boys girls and grown up folks. 4914 calendars boxed at 10c 12 1-2c 20c. Children's paint books at 23c. Paints 10c 15c box. Holiday belts fancy boxes 50c. Ladies bags great ae special prices. Real pin Morocco bags purses inside $1.00. Ladies bags with genuine watch inside $5.00. Children's bead and leather bags 50c. CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR MEN neckwear in fancy boxes 25c to $1.00. Suspenders in boxes garters and arm umbrellas from $1.00 to $3.50. MEN'S SHIRTS sizes 69c up. GLOVES Kid gloves 79c to $1.50. Mocha or silk lined $1.50. Noah's Ark in the Basement offers toys games sleds dolls horses and more. Free parcel post delivery within limit. SILK HOSIERY Women’s silk hose 50c to $1.50. Colors black tan white green.
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Noah's Ark
Cornerers of cotton crop fined in federal court
Fines of 4000 each imposed in Washton federal district court on Eugene G Sealea Texas Frank Hayne and William Brown New Orleans Morris Rothschild Mississippi and Cal Robert M Thompson New York City after nolle contendere pleas to cornering the 1909 cotton crop in violation of the Sherman anti trust law James A Patten of Chicago had earlier been fined similarly The article also notes plans by German dentists for three airship trips across the uncharted island of New Guinea to study routes for men traveling on foot.
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Wasston
Federal District Court
Eugene G. Sealea
Texas
Frank Hayne
William Brown
New Orleans
Morris Rothschild
Mississippi
Cal
Robert M. Thompson
James A. Patten
Chicago
Island
New Guinea
Ald
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Pape
Cyrus
Peiedeld Ave
Courtland
Church OF Sacred Heart
Vincentian
Dr. Moore
Stratford
Main St
E. Hi. Dillon & CO
Biain
Rue ST. Cecile
Frederick Lewis
Yale Field
Hests
Annex
Christchurch
Ruth Bartlett
John Heeney
South Main St
Justice of the Peace
Anna Egirt
Sedgwick Avenue
Heeney
Robert Emmet Donnelly
Jim’ Marshall
Osgood
Rayo Lamp
CEE
New York of
Albany
Ean
Arctics
Alling Rubber CO
Main Street Syndicate
Smith-Murray CO
William F. Mullins
Bridgeport Savin‘ Bank
Main
St. Vincent’s Hospital
North End
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