Committees Named for Whist and Dance by Daughters of the Queen
The Daughters of the Queen announce whist and dance events for Tuesday December 27 at the Colonial Ballroom. Events run 3 pm and 8:30 pm with dancing to midnight, Wheeler & Wilson orchestra providing music, and seventy handout prizes slated to rise. Proceeds go to charitable goals. Committees listed with Mrs L Hill as president and numerous auxiliary volunteers across afternoon and evening whist, cloak and coat rooms, and press roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the Queen
Lamar L. Hill
Wheeler & Wilson Ore
L. Hill
P. H. Kenneily
Ohn H. MicEirey
M. H. Ford
J. Murray Johnson
Bernard Cogan
George T. McCarthy
Thomas Morrissey
Thomas M. Cullinan
John Cullinan
Contributions Acknowledged For New Church Aid
Editor Sir the generous givers of first aid to the distressed are sending contributions for rebuilding our church. This column credits those who have contributed through my hands, including Dr N T Pratt D M Read Co Logan Bros Smith Murray Co and others. Total gifts acknowledged amount to a sizable sum. G Whitefield Staonean Pastor Newfield Methodist Church.
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N.T. Pratt
D. M. Read Co
Logan Bros
Smith & Murray Co
B Boardman
B. C. Pillsbury
Michael Nia Rev
James Sevillers
Charles Buck
Willam Rice
W. Serrour Lecy
B. F. Kidder
F. Bachman
Arts & Crafts
Youd
C. W. Carlson
G. Cullum
Cairo
Dr. Gibbs
W._Pate
Taft Seen By Bryan as Controlled by Special Interests
W J Bryan in the Commoner labels Taft's annual message lengthy and pro special interests praising subsidies and national incorporation that would centralize control. He says enforcement of Sherman Law against trusts would bring relief, and notes Taft’s loyalty to Hamiltonian ideas harming populist aims. A Belgium mine reports a flywheel can run 48 hours after power loss.
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United Press
Lincoln, Neb
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Taft
Hamilton
Belgium
Jail for McKeel and Housekeeper Shattered by Glass
Grant McKeel a Newfield avenue black man tied to the Jimmy McNally green goods gang received six months in jail and $50 plus costs for drunkenness breach of the peace and assault Carrie LaCroix his white housekeeper was given 30 days. McKeel filed no appeal but remained jailed unable to post bail while reputedly wealthy from gang earnings. The pair long lived on Newfield avenue amid recurrent domestic upheavals. Two huge concrete oil reservoirs in California near completion each with a capacity of 1 000 000 barrels broke the monotony of local news.
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Carrie LaCroix
Grant McKeel
Newfield Avenue
Jimmy McNally
Green Goods
LaCroix
McKeel
McNally
LaCrox
California
Weather Indications for New Haven December 16
Forecast calls for fair and cold tonight with a rising temperature Saturday. A cold wave reached last night driving the thermometer to 5 degrees above zero, the coldest so far this winter. Pleasant conditions prevail east of the Rockies except the Lake region where cloudy skies and flurries of snow occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New Haven
Rocky Mountains
Lake
Wall Street Today Opens Steady After Irregular Start
New York stock market opened irregularly with dull trading and some recessions in industrial and railroad issues. By 11 a.m. price movements were decidedly irregular as active and speculative issues faced pressure. A German savant claims Hebrew writing runs right to left due to ancient Hebrews being left handed, citing Scriptures.
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New York
State v Oddy and Hitchcock speeding case ends in Greenwich
Fairfield County news reports W J Oddy of Norton and Henry M Hitchcock of Greenwich faced speeding charges after Oddy’s car struck a Norwalk wagon. Hitchcock paid $15 fine and costs totaling $25.71. Oddy paid $25 and costs and appealed. Also, farmers Blotz and Bowles filed damage claims with Huntington selectmen over cattle illnesses linked to elm tree spray residue on hay.
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State
W. J. Oddy
Norton
Henry M. Hitchcock
Greenwich
Oddy
John Hyatt
Norwalk
Hitchcock
Huntington Selectmen
Messrs
Blotz and
Bowles
Farmer Suffers Crop Loss From Spray Over Fields
Report says spraying damaged fields when no care was taken to avoid drift. Traces of the solution were found twenty feet beyond highway fences and walls, illustrating unintended spread and potential crop harm.
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G. Whitefield
Staonean
Newfield
Huyler
Curus
Fairfield
Courtland St
Lincoln Hall
Cannon St
City of
Bridgeport
Board of Health
Board OF Health, Police & Charities
D. W
Sgace By
Voile
Panama
Gale
Caraci
Frank Jacoby
Paris
OLO
ONG Coats
ATS
Broad Street
Post Office
M’keel
Wall Street Today
Fairfield County News
State OF Connecticut
District OF Bridgeport
Patrick Kennelly
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