How Connecticut Robs Its Cities of Millions
A critical illumination of state taxation practices in Bridgeport and Connecticut railroads. The piece argues rail property is undervalued, state taxes shift burdens to cities, and perpetual franchises deprive municipalities of revenue. It cites Bridgeport’s $84,000 levy and compares Toronto fares to Connecticut rates, urging reforms to avoid perpetual charters and undertaxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Toronto
Canada
Bridge Railroad
Bridge- Fornevelas
Buckingham
Santa Claus Approves Havana Gifts at Local Tobacconist
Yearly Yuletide visitor Mr S Nicholas at 1309 Hollywood Avenue announces Havana cigars from D D Smith, 44 Fairfield Avenue, as ideal Christmas gifts. Smith’s shop offers pure Havana and domestic cigars packed in boxes of 25, 50, and 100, suitable for holiday buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. S. Nicholas
Hollywood Avenue
Mistletoe
D. D. Smith
Fairfield Avenue
Key West
Havana
Holiday Gift Goods at Local Stores Amid Wide Selection
A long holiday advertisement highlights Christmas trees, mistletoe, wreaths, and a broad range of gifts. Jas Horan & Son and John F. Keane & Co promote floristry, menswear, slippers, gloves, coats, and shirts with a special sale at The Always Busy Store. Furs, shawls, and children's wear are offered at substantial savings with extended evening hours to aid late shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moillan
Stormer
John F. Keane & Co
Main and
John Streets
Peets Co
Peets Co., Smart Apparel, “Cluett
Attorney Shapiro to Wed Miss Rosen in New Haven
Attorney Charles H. Shapiro to marry Misa Stella E. Rosen at her parents home 493 Fairfield avenue New Haven at 5 30 tomorrow afternoon. Bride’s sister Miss Natalie Rosen brides maid groom’s brother Joseph G. Shapiro best man. Grandparents sent three cablegrams from Warsaw and St Petersburg with wishes. They will reside at 1 Sherwood avenue after a wedding breakfast and a southern honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atorney
Charles H. Shapiro
Misa
Stella E. Rosen
M. S. Rosen
Fairfield Avenue
David Levy
Temple Misham Israel
New Haven
Natalie Rosen
Joseph G. Shapiro
Warsaw
St. Petersburg
Miss Rosen
Bride
Sherwood Avenue
Attorney Shapiro
Bridgeport
Reeg Liig le Perdergarten
Shapiro
Mean Club
Shapiro & Shapiro
Directory of Trust Companies from a New York volume
The United States Mortgage and Trust Company of New York presents a bound directory titled Companies of the United States arranged alphabetically by state. Connecticut lists 26 trust companies with assets, liabilities, stock value, and dividends noted. Bridgeport Trust Company shows assets of 1,481,043 dollars, stock at 150 dollars per share, and a 6 percent annual dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Mortgage and Trust Company of
New York
Companies of the
United States
Connecticut
Bridgeport Trust Company
Flatulent Eructations and Offensive Breath Remedy Ad
A dated advertise for Stuart's Charcoal Loxenes claims to cure foul breath from belching by absorbing gases in the stomach. It promotes use after meals and offers a 25 cent trial, urging readers to mail order with name and address for a free trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuert
Stuart
Fur and Cloth Accessories Buyout Listing
Retail ad fragment lists items such as fur muffs and neck scarfs, coats, shirt waists, petticoats, military capes, tailored jackets and suits, knitted sweaters, ostrich plumes, and trimmed fabrics from multiple suppliers including Dillon & Co and Caracal Cloth Co, with scattered brand and item references.
Sugar Checkers Found Guilty in Dock Fraud Trial
New York December 18 After ten hours deliberation a jury found five of six American Sugar Refining Company employees guilty of complicity in sugar weighing frauds at Havemeyer and Elder docks Williamsburg The lone holdout James F Beade cashier was found not guilty Oliver Spitzer superintendent and four checkers Kehoe Boyle A Boyle Gennessy were found guilty The jury urged mercy for Bendernagel and the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Havemeyer & Elder
Williamsburg
James F. Beade
Oliver Spitzer
Checkers
Thomas Ke
United States Circuit Court
James F. Bendernagel
Supreme Court
Banks and Trust Contrpanies
Brooklyn
Will contest over Joseph Kindregan estate in probate court
In Waterbury a probate court hearing on the will of Joseph W. Kindregan drew wide attention as more than fifty heirs nationwide contest the document. Mrs. Patrick Murray, claiming to be his widow, testified that Kindregan forced a marriage while he was jailed in the Tombs New York in 1963 and a child was born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Joseph W. Kindregan
New Haven
York
Patrick Mur
Francisco
Ed Tgegean
Kindregan
Murray
Tombs
New York
Woman Dies From Strange Case of Lockjaw
Newark reports Mrs Annie Harvey 66 died at home 536 Clifton Ave from tetanus after a small pointed stick struck her mouth on a windy day. The wound appeared minor but led to facial pains and a doctor diagnosed lockjaw. The incident occurred while she was en route to church last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Annie Harvey
Yeess
Clifton Avenue
Harvey
Christmas Cantata At Park Street Church
The Christmas cantata The Holy Night by John Hyatt Brewer will be sung at Park Street church Sunday at 7 o clock by the quartette and chorus choir under H H Whittaker. Miss Mabel French is pianist. Quartette members include Ada M. Tuck soprano Mrs Albert C. Mertens contralto Louis D. Ginand tenor L Eugene Hebbard bass. The chorus of about 24 voices with the quartette have given many cantatas and earned praise as one of Bridgeport's long trained choirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hyatt Brewer
Park Street Church
Quartette and Chorus
H. H. Whittaker
Mabel French
Quartette
Ada M. Tuck
Albert C. Mertens
Louis D. Ginand
L. Eugene Hebbard
Bridgeport
Starfish Bother Conn Oyster Men at South Norwalk
Starfish swarm off South Norwalk disrupting oyster farming. Captain Carl Anderson of J J W Ellsworth says beds are flooded with pests, with dredges yielding seven bushels in a run and days with 260 bushels. Connecticut Shellfish commission engineer Charles H Nichols notes unprecedented starfish abundance. Other firms including H J Lewis Oyster Co, Mitch Smith, and Captain Peter Decker are contending with the same menace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Norwalk
Fishing Gazette
Carl Anderson
J . J. W. Ellsworth Company
Connecticut
Anderson
Captain Anderson
Charles H. Nichols
Connecticut Shellfish Commission
Ca Andersen
Andersen
Bridgeport
New Haven
H. J. Lewis Oyster Company
Mitch Smith
Peter Decker
Pittsburg Business Man Weds Miss Pierce
William Saral Lynne of Pittsburg and Miss Alice Mary Pierce were married at the bride's mother's home 824 Parke this afternoon. Rev. William H. Lewis officiated. The bride wore white lace over messaline satin with a diamond pendant. Bridesmaid wore pink satin. Mrs Pierce wore black net over white satin. A reception and wedding breakfast followed with Bentley's orchestra. The couple will honeymoon and reside in Pittsburg where the groom has a small son and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Saral Lynne
Pittsburg
Penn
Alice Mary Pierce
George Edward Pierce
Parkee
William H. Lewis
St. John’s Epichurch
Edith Fox Pierce
Harry Theodore Frauenhelm
Pierce
Grenville Goodale Abernathy
New York
Russell McDonald
Frank Seeley
Bentley
Lynne
Storrs Students May Scatter Diphtheria Home for Holidays
Mansfield Conn December reading of Storrs College students from the Connecticut Agricultural College notes several severe diphtheria cases. County Health Officer Yeomans warns the release of students risks further spread as they return home for Christmas. Jackson Stone Co. secures museum stone recutting contract in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Conn
Storre College
Agricultural College of Connecticut
Poe
Yeomans
Stone CO
Jackson Stone Company
Museum
New Haven
The Flower Loving Woman Soap Ad at Cyrus Pharmacy
A vintage ad promotes Sylvan Toilet Soap with flower scents Violet Rose Carnation Lilac Sandalwood and Heliotrope. The copy targets perfume lovers and notes 10c per cake and 25c for a box of three. Available at Cyrus Pharmacy Pairfield Ave at Courtland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrrus Pharmacy
Cyrus Pharmacy
English Budget in Its Relation to Socialism
The English budget has stirred global political circles with debate across magazines and papers. Local Socialists will discuss its socialistic implications in a public talk by P. J. Cooney at 1106 Main Street on Sunday afternoon December 19 at 3 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
P. J. Cooney
Building permits issued this week by the Building Commissioner
The Building Commissioners reviewed permits for J. L. Held a three family building on Center street west side Adolf Sherman a two family frame building on Hough avenue and D E McNamara an addition to a store at the corner of Noble avenue and Shelton street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Held
Center Street
Adolf Sherman
Hough Avenue
D. E. McNamara
Noble Avenue
Shelton Street
Frederick C. Eckert
Lindley Street
Charlies Christianson
Hunting Street
Guidone Avenue
Michael Matiello
Madison Avenue
Union Square
James Garrett
Barnun Avenue
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Cai
East Side
Cora
New York World
Kansas City
Public Service Commission
Santa Claus
Ie Fishman
Jas. Horan & Son, Florists
Adv
New York Concern
Dillon & GO
Main
Hartford, Donn
Rue ST. Cecile
Paris
Sugar Checkers
Bendernagel
Frisco
Park St. Church
Miss Pierce
Park Avenue
Storrs
Pairfield Av
Cor
Courtland
THE
Smith-Murray CO
Oxford and
Harris Suit Shop
TY. Brock
E. H. Reed
Swift Lowell Fertilizer
Stratford
Water Street
Farrell
Wri
Bridgeport Distributing CO
State Street
Public Market
California
IRA Gregory & CO
Stratford Avenus
Park City
Fairfield Ave
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