Vaudeville Week Shines at Polis and Jackson's Theater
Bridgeport enjoys a lively vaudeville week with Marguerite Haney Ralph Lynn and Ba Coleman in The Leading Lady. Kalmar Brown Barrows Lancaster and more headline acts, with Yiddish Hadasa and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at Jackson's Theatre and Elsie Janis in The Fair Co Ed. Schedules note Hadasa at Jackson's tonight and Jekyll Hyde tomorrow plus a Friday concert with Songa at Jackson's.
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Poli's
Polis
Bridgeport
Marguerite Haney
Ralph Lynn
Coleman
David Kessler
Hadasa
Jackson
Prager
Juvelier
Clara Young
Mr. Fishkind
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Jackson's
Froderick W. Pierce
Dr. Jekyll
Hyde
Jekyll
Elsie Janis
Charles Dillingham
George Ade
Gustav Luders
Mother Buys Joy Clothes as Husband Jailed for Non-Support
Marcella, a domestic helper, complains about her husband Adonis for unpaid support. In city court Judge Wilder orders $3 weekly payments and $200 bond. six months jail if bail not posted. After adjournment his wife enters the cell, weeps, and he is sent to jail.
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Adonis
Moth
Marcella
Maple Street
Wilder
Can She and You Tae Fears Boug
Fragmented passage mentions fears around Boug with unclear context. Names and specifics are unreadable. The readable text suggests a personal or community concern but lacks verifiable details to summarize a distinct event.
Harvard Names Captain for Football Team
Elected captain Lothrop Kingston of Ly is 20, formerly rowed No. 5 on the varsity crew that beat Yale. He will lead Harvard football this season, with two ace players missing the Yale game for the H award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eembridge
Mass
Yale
Rephen Galatti
New York City
Earl V. Long
Maroa
Ill
Burglars Loot Saloon of Cigars on Worth Avenue
Abstracted report notes burglars raiding Edward Peichert’s saloon at Worth Avenue on Sunday night. They took about eight boxes of cigars through a rear window, leaving beer, wine, and other items untouched. Police likely investigating possible motives and suspects.
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Edward Peichert
S04
Worth Avenue
Avay
Wax Explosion Burned Worker at Monumental Bronze Co
An industrial accident at Monumental Bronze Co on Howard avenue and Cherry street left Joseph Carroll with severe burns to the face and forearms after molten wax exploded due to moisture in the poured material. Fire spreader steam injured him while others escaped. He was treated by fellow workers and taken home by factory car.
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Monumental Bronze Co
Howard Avenue
Cherry Street
Joseph Carrol
Carroll
Fairefield
Weather Indications Special From United Press
New Haven December 14 forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Wednesday with slightly colder temperatures. A storm that centered in Illinois yesterday morning has moved rapidly eastward and is now centered over Maine. Conditions favor generally pleasant weather in this vicinity with lower temperatures. Storm warnings are posted along the New England coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New Haven
Illinois
Maine
New England
Birdsey Somers Girls Challenge Local Teams
The Birdsey Somers Corset Company girls form a basketball team and issue a challenge to any city ladies team. They aim to replicate the factory baseball team’s success by defeating all opponents. Interested players should contact Miss Finn at Birdsey Somers Co.
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Birdsey Somers Corset Comany
Miss Finn
Birdsey Somers Co
Ember Days and Christmas plans at Newtown Trinity
Notes from Newtown Trinity and St Rose indicate Ember Days on Wednesday Friday and Saturday with meetings in the guild room to tie greens for decoration. December offering for Sunday School Christmas festival, and Holy Communion planned for next Sunday at 10 oclock. St Rose notes fasting Ember Days and a brush-clearing effort by Father Fox on Dec 20 if weather permits, with a plea for cemetery lot owners to assist or pay one dollar. Congregational notes cover a Christian Endeavor meeting led by Gustave W Carlson, Pilgrim's Progress themed lesson, and local social updates including visits and editor A P Smith at New Milford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Notes
St. Rose's
Christian Endeavor Meeting
Gustave W. Carlson
Mary Northrop
Mabel Gilbert
Botsford
Kate Ward
Bridgeport
Maurice Leavy
Walnut Tree Hill
Mae Wooly
Seabright
N. J
Wm. Driscoll
F. J. Gale
Herbert Wright
Danbury
William Driscoll
Park City
A. P. Smith
Newtown Bee
New Milford
Furnishings and Silver Pieces at Read Co Gift Room
An extensive sale of furniture and embraced by the D. M. Read Co includes Mahogany and Oak pieces such as Winged Fireside Chairs Dutch Colonial Corner Chairs Chippendale cabinets and dressing tables. Also offered are tea sets leather goods and a range of baby carriages and handkerchiefs with prices and floor locations noted.
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Kenilworth
Hoghton Towers
Eure
Inne Sheraton
Gallene
Coalport
Sheffield
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Meigs & Co
Meigs &Cincorpora Outfitters
GUNN
Poli
Kalmar & Brown
Barrows, Lancaster & Company
Messrs. Barrows and
Lancaster
Bowman Brothers
Francis
Hill
Cherry
DR. Jekyll and
Sousi
Frances
Florente Hardeman
Covington
Warren
Herbert L. Clarke
America
Europe
Songa
Honolu
U Man Crimson
Eas Oae
Ayer’s
Ayer
Eadsches
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Corbine Rider-Kelsey
Uremberg
Max Fiedler
Tschstkowsky
D. Larsen
William J. Sullivan
P. J. Rivers
Fnaeden
J. R. Cona
Messrs. Rivers and Sullivan
iBirdsey
Mr. Thos Carlson
The
D. M. Read Co
Fairfield Av
John Street
Connecticut
B. F. Cannon Co
Commerce ST
John ST
A. Elwood & Son
N. Buckingham & Co
Buckingham's
N. Buckingham & Co., Inc
State Street
Radford B. Smith
Main St
Fairfield
Frankel’s
Gale Electric Co
Ween Bridgepot
Travis Inn
Koonchang Inn
Bert
Telen
E. H. Reed
Tratford Inn
Swift Lowell Fertilizer
Stratford
Conn
Boston Post
Dudley J. Stafford
Old Homestead
East Main
Walter Stre
Het
BECP
Kossuth Street
Lowe’s Laundry
Seaview Ave
Thomas L. Lowe
Welle & Wee Phone
NION
Privat
Farrell
D. D. Smith's
S'ipon
Seeeias, TaResons
D. D. Smith
Xou's Theatre
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