Irgus Men Buy Studio Theatre From R W Hanke
The transfer last week let new owners run the theatre with a opening night crowd large and friends in attendance. Barnum and Bailey figures and local names sent telegrams of congratulations while plans include enlarging the venue with a marque and lighting effects.
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Irgus
R.W. Hanke
Stultio
Pleture Theatre
Barnum
Bailey Babbreen
West
Enue
Carl Hatheway
Audium
Jacob Newman
Balley
Sakate
New York
Thapar
Fred Mcinie
Black
William Wil
Doctor Injured in Wreck Helps Other Victims
Dr. C. N. Haskell of 525 State Street was thrown down and injured when a New York bound local train rammed the rear of a stalled New York express at Greens Farms. Despite bruises he aided passengers from both trains. Nine people, including two women, were hurt but none seriously. Railroad officials blamed unrepaired signals after the storm and the local engineer’s inability to stop in time on the curve west of Greens Farms station.
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C. N. Haskell
State Street
New York
Greens Farms
Bridgeport Contributes Nearly $500 to Belgium Aid
Bridgeport's share of the state's aid to Belgium totals about 500 dollars. Horace B. Merwin of the Bridgeport Trust Co. reports the funds are deposited in his hands. The ship carrying relief will sail December 26 and contributor lists remain open until the last moment. Roosevelt era notes and Labor Bureau jobs are referenced in the surrounding copy.
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Dgeport
Belgium
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Horace B. Merwin
Bridgeport* Trust Co
Man Slips on Ice on Front Steps Injury Reported
George Spaul, 24, slipped on an icy stoop at 7 Myrtie Courson and fell to the sidewalk. He was treated at the emergency hospital by Dr. B. B. Weldon for contusions on his right shoulder. In other news, Mrs. B. B. Purdy’s will includes two trust funds of 3000 dollars each for a dog and a parrot.
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Myrtie Courson
George Spaul
B. B. Weldon
B. B. Purdy
Mt. Meris Park
Rogers V
Elias A. Tibbals dies after sudden illness in Bridgeport
Elias A. Tibbals longtime Wheeler and Wilson band drummer and active Democrat dies at 66 after intestinal trouble. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital at 9 then expired before surgery. A Milford native, he lived in Bridgeport at 672 North Avenue and served as a county jail keeper and city official. He leaves two sons Albert and Philip, a brother, and two sisters.
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Elias A. Tibball
Elias A. Tibbals
North Avenue
Milford
Clarkson
Vollmer
Albert A
Philip C
Ford peace party may be jailed says Palmer
Frederick Palmer of United Press told a Park Street Congregational audience that Henry Ford and his peace party could be jailed by either side in the war. He described his year in the war zone with German advances and Allied trenches, and showed front line stereopticon views. He refuted Jane Addams’ statements.
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Park Street Congregational Church
Frederick Palmer
United Press
Henry Ford
Teutons
Ford
Palmer
Men's Club
Mr. Palmer
Belgium
Jane Addams
War-time Leaders Promote Discipline Amid Ether Fears
A speaker warned that intoxicated soldiers have no place on the firing line while displaying photographs of British warships, trenches, and ruined fortifications from the ongoing conflict. The images underscored the titanic struggle and the leaders urging restraint and readiness.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co to Move to New Bank Building
Title Guarantee & Trust Co will relocate from the Beers building around January 1 to the easterly third floor of the new First Bridge port bank building at State and Main. The Algonquin lanch will occupy their current lower floor space. The firm, allied with Georgia Loan & Trust Co, traces to Burr & Knapp’s collapse two years ago and has been on Broad street for a year.
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Title Guarantee & Trust CO
Beers
First Bridgeport Bank
State and
Main Streets
Algonquin
Georgia Loan & Trust Co
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Sernam
Hulu Comstock
San
Muensterberg
Roosevelt
U. S. ‘Labor Bureau
Rockwell & Co
Main ST
NEW HA
SHO Waterbury
Wolff
Kates
Madras
le Onford
Orraine Mills
Agen
Wolff's Shirt Shops, Inc
MAIN
Ulster
The
Xmas Club
Bridgeport Trust Company
Bridgeport Trust
Main Street
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