Underwear Co's Fairfield Plant Prospers With Expansions
Edison era report notes Fairfield Eastman Underwear Company enlarges plant with 800 extra square feet for cutting room a new stock room electric cloth cutter and a rail spreader. Shipping room grows 500 square feet as orders exceed this year leading to Newark plant expansion and 170 new Newark workers.
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Fairfield
Easteen Underwear Company
Sariain
Union
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
North Dakota
Reno
Tennessee
Unquowa Road
Newark
N. J
Sartain
Boilermakers Return to Work in England After Lockout
Thousands of boilermakers in London yards resume work after a long lockout. Workers vote 13,715 to 1,290 to accept the employer demand for arbitration before any further strikes.
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Csberg Peyuy
London
Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation
Fashions blamed for men’s downfall at St Mary’s talk
Elgin Illinois December 15 Reverend Ignatius a Passionist priest from Cincinnati leading a week long mission at St Marys church argues present day fashions scandalize women and tempt men. He denounces flirtation and vulgar street talk and faults parental bad example for youths moral decline while condemning race deaths by own action.
Insane husband kills wife and self in Astoria tragedy
John Hines aged 61 of Astoria Long Island shot his wife Josephine then cut his own throat ending a distressing incident driven by business worries. The case is reported as a double tragedy with authorities noting a sudden end to the couple's struggles.
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United Press
New York
John Hines
Astoria
Long Island
Josephine
Trolley Kick in Providence
Providence leaders condemn Rhode Island Company's trolley service as insufficient cars crowd riders and debilitating delays spark public protest across the state. Officials blame evasive strategies and call for action by city and state to restore decent service. The page also notes a divorce ruling, property transfers, and local health and farming notes.
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Providence
New Haven
Bridgeport
New England
New Haven Road
John H. Higgins
Providence Board of Aldermen
Rhode Island
Higgins
Rhode Island Company
General Assembly
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
City of
Redding News Briefs On Property Rumors And Local Affairs
The New York World report on a large realty swap involving city buildings valued at 58 000 and country property near Redding Ridge is likely about Quaker Ridge not Redding Ridge. Local officials discuss recount election costs and recent tax hearings as assessors prepare full value valuations amid protests over taxes and interest charges. The piece notes a pinochle contest in Danbury, and mentions Louis Burnett jailed in Bridgeport for a recent stabbing, a former local wood chopper.
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Ridge
Danbury Hospital
Winsted
Estella Benedict
Shumway
Stephen H. Benedict
August Brunessen
Howard
Seth Rider
Edwin Gilbert
Gilbert
George Area Congregational Church
Swedish Lutheran Church
Catholic Church
Methodist Church of
Georgetown
Congregational Church of
Wilton
Redding Center
Delaney
Margaret Collins
Patrick McDonald
Redding
New York World
Redding Ridge
Conn
Sin
Wen
Mark Twain
Commodore Luttgen
L. O. Peck
Daniel Wood
Sunset Hill
Peck
New York
West 76Th Street
Quaker Ridge
Mt. Kisco
Barnett
Republican Town Committee
E.A. Pinkney
Iti
Gilbert & Bennett Co
Duncan
Selectmen
Soule
First Selectman
Sanford
Danbury
Danbury Ten
Louis Burnett
Bridgeport
Bottsford
McDonald
Hoppe, Billiard Champion, Elopes With Heiress Miss Walsh
Willie Hoppe the world billiards champion elopes with Miss Alice Walsh heiress of Thomas W Walsh of New York. They wed at the Cathedral with Rev P C Gavan officiating after a secret morning rendezvous. The couple's romance began when Hoppe rescued Walsh from drowning in Atlantic City surf.
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Baltimore
Willie” Hoppe
New York
Thomas W. Walsh
West Ninety-fifth Street
Hoppe
Alice Walsh
May Maxwell
Amsterdam Avenue
Cardinal Gibbons
P. C. Gavan
Burton L. Manks
Monk
Mr. Walsh
Miss ‘Walsh
Miss Walsh
Atlantic City
Miners Trapped as Leyden Shaft Fire Rages
In Leyden in the Leyden Coal Company's mine eleven miners are trapped after a shaft fire started last night and continues. rescuers cannot enter the shaft as the blaze runs hot. Company officials fear for lives while miners' fate remains uncertain.
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United Press
Denver
Leyden Coal Company
Leyden
Turkish Troops Rushed to Syria to Quell Bedouin Revolt
Jerusalem reports twenty thousand Turkish troops move from Adana to the Syrian districts today to suppress a Bedouin revolt. The action comes as authorities dispatch forces to restore order amid unrest in the region.
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Syria
United Press
Jerusalem
Adana
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Wm. R. Winn
Stratford Ave
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Jaycox Rubber CO
Main Street
Willie Hoppe
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Columbia
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