Red Cross Christmas Seal Sale Boosts Bridgeport Efforts
City banquet attendees purchased 5 278 Christmas seals to aid tuberculosis work in Bridgeport and nationwide. Nurses and Red Cross volunteers coordinated sales at Read’s Howland’s and Stratfield with dozens of helpers including Marie Lyon Jennie E Dewning and Ethel Sterling. Proceeds support local TB work and national printing and expenses.
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Stratfield
Bridgeport
Visiting Nurse Association
Elks
Marie Lyon
Jenmie E. Dewning
Edward Mayo
Agnes
Celeste Feeley
Ethel Haggerty
American Red Cross Society
Read's
Howland
Howland’s
Membare
Red Cross
Ethel Sterling
Helen Grumman
Carol Sterling
Esther, Sraiin
Walter
Wilmot
Laughley
Pauline Hall
Frances Willams
Sally Wilmot
Margaret Oliphant
Edith Wilson
Helen Plumb
Joes Dorothy Lyon
Allen
Catherine Plumb
Mildred Fos
Annie Segee
Walter Loewith
Schoolteacher Injury Claim Mixup Prompts City Action
A public school teacher inquiry about compensation for injuries becomes a clerical error with Miss Lillian Sisi as claimant. Commissioner Edward T. has sent the matter to the city attorney while Miss Fenton has been noted as in good health for years. Also noted is the death of William B. Wason in Garrison City at age 32 years, with funeral plans in Port Chester, New York.
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Emilie Fenton
Miss Fenton
Lillian Sisi
Mg Grasa Lee Canlletenalysi
Edward T
Wason
William B. Wason
August G. Baker
Stratford Avenue
Port Chester
New York
France Appoints Five-Man War Council Following Britain
France follows Britain by creating a five man war council led by Premier Aristide Briand. Members include Alexandre Ribot, Hubert Lyautey, Rear Admiral Lacaze, and Albert Thomas. The council aims to work with Britain's and shares similar leadership style with Lloyd George. Stephane Lauzanne notes Briand chose capable colleagues.
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Great Britain
France
Aristide Briand
Alexandre Ribot
Hubert Lyautey
Lacaze
Albert Thomas
Stephane Lauzanne
le Matin
Paris
Briand
French War Council
New
War Council
Lauzanne
British War Council
Lloyd George
Lyautey
Morocco
Ribot
Thomas
City Opposes New Gasoline Curb Pumps
City officials indicate curb pumps congest main streets and back proposals for new gasoline outlets. Committee plans reports urging withdrawals or relocation of pumps to side streets, with several garages and firms listed as petitioners for permits.
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Common Council
United Tire & Vulcanizing Co
Fairfield Avenue
Joseph Whitman
Hancock Avenues
Russenbaumer & Silverman
State Street
Myrtle
West Avenues
Fairfield Auto Co
John Street
Hellman Brothers
Detroit-Cadillac Motor Co
Arrow Motor Sales Co
Commonwealth Garage
Daniel J. Byrnes
Connecticut Avenue
Harris Dolid
East Main Street
J. H. Cohen Co
As Eee Avenue
F. Oklegewicz
Park Avenue
Christmas Tree Event For St Joseph's Society Members
The St Josephs T B L association entertainment committee plans a Christmas tree for members families. Open house continues New Year’s Day with an elaborate tree and planned electrical decorations. Admission by invitation and a New Year dance in the ball room to follow. A weekly Friday dance at 671 Barnum avenue is open to members and friends. Federal agents in Galveston seized 100000 rounds of rifle ammunition believed intended for Mexican factions.
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St. Joseph's T. B. & L Association
Barnum Avenue
Speeding Truck Crashes Through Cemetery Wall and Tombstones
Norwalk, Dec. 14 Special to The Farmer. David Harmstein of Bridgeport drove an auto truck loaded with wallpaper at excessive speed on the Post road reaching Mortuary Turn. The truck smashed a stone fence, plowed into a cemetery, toppled five tombstones, and sank into a family vault. About $300 damage. Harmstein arrested for reckless driving and held for bondsman. The vault belonged to the family of George Bishop.
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Norwalk
David Harmstein
Charles Street
Bridgeport
Post Road
Harinstein
George Bishop
Bishop
New York
Christian Union to Dispense Christmas Dinners to Hungry
The Christian Union mission led by Rev. Charles W. Simpson plans Christmas Day dinners with turkey plum pudding music and gifts for all attendees. November figures show lodging for 1,544 and meals for 3,836, as the group aims to feed every applicant on Christmas Day in Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport
Christian Union Mission
Charles W. Simpson
Simpson
Sagal Case: Burglary Charge In New Canaan Apartment
Michael Sagal 29 of New Canaan charged with burglary at Rose Rock residence at 70 State Street. He was arrested on the Rock woman's roof by Policeman Charles Beamer and held for hearing December 22 by Judge Frank Wilder in city court. Rock allegedly caught fleeing via skylight.
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Rose Rock
State Street
Michael Sagal
New Canaan
Charles Beamer
Frank Wilder
Rock
Obituary notices from Bridgeport area
Obituaries for Alice L Mills wife of Fred D Hallock who died at 230 Lind ley street Bridgeport. Ethel Foley wife of Daniel Foley funeral held at 166 Morningside Drive. Thos Kiley formerly of Worcester buried in Potter's field. Adalard Quintall funeral from 452 Union avenue and St Mary's church with pallbearers. Louise Neslaw widow of Mitchell Neslaw died after cerebral hemorrhage at 104 Davenport street buried in Bridgeport hospital. William B Wason of Seaview and Stratford avenues died of pneumonia at St Vincent's hospital. survivors listed for each case.
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Alice L. Hallock
Alice L. Mills
Fred D. Hallock
Lindley Street
Ethel Foley
Ethel
Daniel A. Foley
Morningside Drive
C. W. Findlay
St. John's Episcopal Church
Milford
Thos
Kiley
Worcester
St. Vincent's Hospital
Potter's Field
Riley
Bank Street
Adalard J. Quintall
Adalard Quintall
Union Avenue
St. Mary's Church
John J. Conway
Eorge Bowen
Joseph Martin
Frank Reba
William Toppin
Henry Webster
John J. Eagan
St. Michael's Cemetery
Louise Neslaw
Davenport Street
Louise
Mitchell Neslaw
Bridgeport
Neslaw
Germany
Marguerite Southerland
New York
Gertrude
Ruth Neslaw
Robert Neslaw
City
Otto Neslaw
New Haven
William B. Wason
Seaview
Stratford Avenues
Frederick Booth Plumbing & Heating Co
Middle Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Mr. Wason
Harry
Greenwich
Joseph
Port Chester
Walter
Elizabeth
Philadelphia
Sophia
Felix Chauseret
New York City
Elsie
William Elchinney
Blanche
Beatrice
Rearrest Markarchik As Man Who Shot Cop
Markarchik, charged with theft of 75 dollars from a roomer at 46 Walter Street, was rearrested yesterday at the urging of Lieut. Cronan. Brought back by Detective Dooley, the case was marked ready yesterday and he is held for trial on December 20. Cronan alleges he is a desperado who shot a constable near New London recently.
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Max Markarchik
Earle Garlick
Walter Street
Nalled
E. O. Cronan
Markarchik
James Dooley
Lieut. Cronan
New London
Clinton E Woods to Talk on Bonus
Clinton E Woods will lecture on Premium and Bonus Systems at tonight's Efficiency Club meeting. Woods is a recognized figure in efficiency circles and draws a strong audience. The club grew from the Emerson course in personal efficiency at the Y M C A led by Joseph F Mac Grail and now welcomes more members beyond the original eighty executives and business men.
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Clinton E. Woods
Efficiency Club
My. McA
Woods
Emerson
Joseph F. MacGrail
New York
Club Promotes Efficiency Viewpoint With Automotive Officers
The group invites any man interested in efficiency advocacy. Officers listed include H. H. Brautigam of Bridgeport Motor Co. as president, William Van Wagoner of Locomobile Co. as treasurer, and H. C. Bullard of Bullard Machine Tosl Co. as secretary.
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H. H. Brautigam
Bridgeport Motor Co
William van Wagoner
Locomobile Co
H. C. Bullard
Bullard Machine Tosl Co
Swedish Baptist church hosts benefit for Children’s Home
The First Swedish Baptist church at Seeley and Lewis streets will hold an entertainment and social Friday after 8 o clock to aid the New Britain Children’s Home started about ten years ago by Rev J E Klingberg. The home began with Klingberg's own children and now comprises five homes with about 125 children. A free will offering will be collected and coffee served. Recitations and music will entertain, with Edbert Walt singing. The church supports the poor year round and especially at Christmas.
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First Swedish Baptist Church
Seeley
Lewis Streets
Children’s Home
New Britain
J. E. Klingberg
Swedish Baptist Church
Edbert Walt
Aid Society Allocates Christmas Gifts and Aid
The Ladies' Aid society, in its latest meeting, voted to distribute between 350 and 360 in gifts for Christmas. A generous family added 25 to be used where most needed. The pastor received 10 to buy flowers and provide for sick people in hospitals and homes.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Corset Workers to Procure New Hall
Tomorrow night a special meeting of the Corset Workers Union will be held to arrange a new hall and to nominate officers. Members of the crew of the German auxiliary cruiser Berlin, interned at Trondhjem Norway since 1914, have been granted four months leave in Germany.
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Corset Workers’ Union
Berlin
Trondhjem
Norway
Germany
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