T L Watson & Co Private Bank seeks new accounts
Forty one years of operation at the same corner location Bridgeport Cont. announces ongoing private banking services. The firm advertises on demand credit, depositor checks, and routine deposits from individuals, businesses, and corporations. They invite new customers for standard banking products and personal banker service.
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Fifty-Two Years Of Conservative Banking At This Institution
For fifty two years the bank has conducted a conservative business with steady growth. Edward W. Marsh, treasurer, invites accounts from individuals, societies and trustees. Deposits and undivided profits are noted in the records of the bank.
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Edward W. Marsh
Fire Insurance and Real Estate Bonds on Commission
Holzer F Staples offers to act as trustees and administrator of estates, providing related services. The notice mentions city mes estate calve deposits or checks, and references Bridgeport mortgages as similar types of holdings.
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T. Staples
Pastor Rathke ousted after church vote in New Haven
In New Haven on December 18 the congregation of the German Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel church dismissed Pastor John J. Rathke after a trustees inquiry into charges by Elizabeth Hart of Whitneyville and Berth Sommer of Lindem Street. The unanimous ballot found him guilty. Rathke declined to contest and left the meeting. A Journal-Courier reporter noted his quiet demeanor at his home. A separate item mentions 16 year old Joseph Dobbin Jr. admitting before suicide that he corrected a birth blunder.
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Safety Demanded of Railroads and Track Dangers
The interstate commerce commission highlights serious railroad safety risks from defective roadways and faulty equipment. It notes 8215 derailments in the year, with 1807 from track defects and 317 from equipment, urging stricter speed limits, better track ballast, and more robust car standards to reduce fatalities and derailments.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Standardization of railroad operating rules urged
A reform proposal argues the rise in train speed and traffic has increased employee duties and error risk. It calls for federal action to standardize operating rules and implement a block system to cut accidents, limit speed where unsafe, and clarify federal regulatory authority over telegraph and issuing lines.
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Commission
Congress
Connell College Closes Amid Scarlet Fever Outbreak
Stormy December day sees Connecticut Agricultural College shut at five p.m. due to scarlet fever prevalence in Torrs and nearby areas. Most students have left for holidays across the state, awaiting fever control.
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Bett Article Titacet Pireretire Chater Pines
A garbled OCR item lists various disjoint terms such as taxes, jewelry pieces, watches and cases. It mentions bets, fines and personal matters but the fragmentary text lacks a coherent story or identifiable individuals or organizations.
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