Stratford smoke causes late trolley car clash
Stratford dispatch notes John Boyle of Bridgeport fined 7 dollars plus costs 12.47 for disorderly conduct after smoking a forbidden cigar aboard a Bridgeport trolley. Motorman O'Cain assisted in removing him. State Policeman Rowe Wheeler arrested Boyle. Also reports youths aged 12 and 16 taken to the lockup for itinerant behavior and lodging with a local woman.
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Stratford
John Boyle
Bridgeport
Charles H. Peck
Boyle
One Eyes
T Nolan
O'Cain
Boyie
Main Street
Rowe Wheeler
Miller Returns Home After Town Visit
Gilbert Campbell of New Halrs visits Centre Congregational as guest of Mr and Mrs G Metre of Adams Corners. Easton reports Mills Beach ill and not expected to recover though slightly improved.
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Miller
Gilbert Campbell
New Hal Rs
Gmette
Adam’s Corners
Wiwin Beach
Prince Arthur to Become Vice Regent of India
London reports state Prince Arthur of Connaught will succeed Lord Hardinge as vice regent of India. Earlier word suggested he might be appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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Prince Arthur New Vige
India
United Press
London
Prince Arthur
Connaught
Lord Hardinge
Ireland
November totals from five Hartford employment bureaus
In November the Hartford public employment bureau system logged 220 job applications and 129 aid applications. New Haven led in employment applications with 306 (193 men, 113 women) and 158 secured positions (114 men, 45 women). Bridgeport recorded 287 employment and 250 aid applications, with 209 positions filled (125 men, 144 women).
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Free Public Employment Bureau
Hartford
New Haven
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Norwich
Tix
Norwich Application Statistics by Gender
The record lists gendered counts for employment and help requests in Norwich. It shows 1173 initial entries split as 552 males and 622 females for employment, 362 males and 481 females for help, and 317 males and 370 females for situations secured, with totals given for each category.
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Norwich
Charity Ball at Stratfield Tonight For Day Nursery
The Stratfield Hotel hosts a charity ball tonight to benefit the Day Nursery. Receiving line forms at 9 o'clock with numerous society ladies listed. Bentley's orchestra will provide music and Punch will be served in the assembly room with supper during intermission under hotel management.
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Stratfield Hotel
Joel P. Omans
E. W. Downs
W. E. Halligan
E. F. Shepherd
C. A. Hotchkiss
John E. Foster
M. M. Downer
T. L. Ferris
C. E. Wilmot
John C. Curtis
N. H. Heft
Morris B. Beardsley
Allan
Masquerade Carnival Flourishes at Park City Rink
A masquerade carnival at the Park City rink drew a large crowd last evening. Twenty prizes were awarded for costumes with Lena Finger winning first as George Washington and Gertrude Palmer second as a milkmaid.
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Park City
Lena Finger
Newfield Avenue
George Washington
Gertrude Palmer
Ella Hall
Marion Handley
Nellie Brophy
Dorothy
Hanserkan
Lillian Fay
George Wilson
Charles Hunt
Charles Blydenburg
Michael Sweeney
James Lynch
James Howell
Darkeys
Obituary of Joseph A. O'Rourke and Quinn Hotel Fire Rescue
Joseph A. O'Rourke, 31, dies after weeks of illness at his mother’s home on Lexington Avenue. He ran a family trucking business and is survived by his mother, two sisters Mrs. George A. Hawkins and Mrs. Alfred M. Church, and two brothers Patrick and Christopher. Firefighters at the Quinn Hotel rescue a green parrot as flames rage, with Patrick McTige entering the blaze to save the bird.
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M. Wyndham
Bakey
Franklin School
Clarence Bradley
Fairfield
Baird
Avon Park
Clara Byington
Louisa Wells
William Blamey
Stiles Smith
William Blake
Redding
Bridgeport
Clarence Andrews
William Manson
Ralph Marsh
George Marsh
Sport Hill
Albert Ruman
Randolph Bradley
Easton Grange Hall
The
Baptist Church
Arthur Locke
Mallette Sanford
Willard Gillette
Edwin Var- Zoshe
Albert Hawkins
William Andrews
Stanley Ribbins
Samuel Seeley
Joseph A. O'Rourke
Lexington Avenue
George A. Hawkins
Alfred M. Church
Patrick
Christopher O’rourke
Chicago
Quinn Hotel
Patrick McTige
GOP Leader Murphys on Trial for Vote Buying
New Bedford Mass December 15 John E B Murphy Republican leader is on trial charged with promising Patrick H Foye three dollars to vote for Frothingham in the November gubernatorial race. Three others under arrest to face trial as detectives call the probe the most sensational in state history.
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United Press
New Bedford
Mass
Patrick H. Foye
Foye
John EB. Murphy
Milliken
Murphy
Frothingham
Foss
David I. Walsh
Robert Luce
Pool Rooms Of City Bring In $1,270 Revenue
Supt Birmingham has issued 127 licenses to pool room keepers in the city under the new state law. Revenue collected so far totals 1270 dollars and has been turned into the city treasury. Police are ordered to check each pool room for proper display of licenses, and noncompliance will be turned over to prosecuting authorities for arrest.
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Birmingham
Copper thief Grund for eighty days in jail
George Anderson arraigned in city court on five copper thefts from the Wm. P. Kirk Company. Found guilty and fined with 80 days in jail plus costs. Edwin Neslaw case reopened. fined $15 and costs with 20 days more in jail suspended and probation supervision. David Apstein files for bankruptcy in Hartford district court. liabilities $7,568.64, assets $1,575.
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Wm. P. Kirk Company
George Anderson
Edwin Neslaw
Neslaw
Bridgeport
David Apstein
District Court of the United States
Hartford
Submerged myths and natural curiosities span stories
An 1880s collection describes sea life from the dense byssus packed shellfish beds to the vegetable lamb of China. It covers Krakatoa’s submerged crater measurements, methods to preserve spider webs with shellac, and insights on flying fish flight dynamics.
Climate and Food Across Realms
In arctic regions human food relies mainly on animal foods due to scarcity of plant foods. In the tropics vegetal foods dominate as animal products decay quickly, making plant foods historically vital. Temperate zones harvest all sorts of foods, suggesting consumption parallels today.
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Arctic
Tropics
Temperate
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United Dept. Stores, Inc
Bridgeports
Heatherbloom
T JD
New York
Scott
Moynihan
Gorr
Jem Boyle
H. J. Curat
Kew
York
Stratford Briefs
Easton
Logal Enployment Bureau
Stratfield
China
Wairarapa
Krakatoa
Strait of Sunda
Verbeek
van Bemmelen
He Lees
Baréte Hamilton
Scotland
Illustrated Sporting News
Jack
Disraeli
Imperial Court
New York Herald
Ric
Fes
Charles Eliot
Pall Mal
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