White Way fete in Bridgeport crowds parade lights
Thousands gathered in Bridgeport last evening for the White Way celebration as the avenue officially opened. Santa Claus rode in a circus chariot while Alderman Whitney lit the street lights. The parade featured police, firemen, post officials, and several union and business groups walking or riding, ending after a smooth procession applauded by spectators.
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Bridgeport
Clifard B. Wilson
City Hall
Main Street
Wstate
Congress Street
Fairfield Avenue
Broad
Water Streets
Unés
Vincent C. Whitney
Howe Post
No. 3
I. J. Brague
Detersonare Uns
Hall
Mas. PK al
Naval Reserves
Ign A.C. Chip Jpendaie
Phe
Wheeler & Wilson
Men's Association
Manuffecturae Association
Board of
Ins
Uni ‘Commercial Travellers
Exerteos
Anc
Metm
William H
Processon
Barnum Bailey Circus
William Affen
Eighteenth Birthday Surprise for Miss Ethel Sullivan
A surprise party at 131 French Street honored Miss Ethel Sullivan for her eighteenth birthday. Guests sang and danced, with James Stapleton and Joseph Conley performing piano duets, and the North End Four contributing musical selections. A lavalier was among gifts as supper ended the celebration. (Other notices and social items follow in this local section.)
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Ethel Sullivan
French Street
James, Stapleton
Joseph Conley
North End
Miss Sullivan
Lavalier
Alice Lyons
Ages Lyons
Mary O'Neill
May ,Linane
Three Mexican factions issue rival paper currency
Mexico shows three competing governments issuing full paper money. General Jose Salazar’s movement in Central Chihuahua circulates its currency printed in the United States and bearing the motto Peace and Justice. Villa forces confiscate 200,000 pesos in Villa money near Sabinas as Salazar’s troops gain aerial and rail momentum.
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Paso
Tex
Mexico
Revolutionary
Jose Salazar
Chihuahua
Atete
United States
Huerta
Salazar
Sabinas
Villa
Casas Grandes
Trops
Juares
Torreon
Carranza
Germany would annex Switzerland warns of German plans
Paris dispatch claims German interests propose annexing Switzerland and prints stamps with Schweiz denominations as proof. The editor asserts possession of such stamps and shows alleged photographs of German ships on 10 and 20 pfennig steamship stamps.
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Paris
Germany
Mads
Switzerland
Ich
Schweiz
Anniversaries of Ring Battles Reflected in History
The 1818 bout between Tom Molineaux and Tom Cribb in Grinstead Eng sparked debate on the rightful heavyweight champion. Referee urged more fighting, Cribb won amid claims Molineaux deserved the title. 1890 marks Mike Glover’s birth in Lawrence Mass. 1893 records a Griffo White draw in Chicago DRO.
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Tom Molineaux
Virginia Reere
Tom Cribb
Hast Grinstead
Eng
Molineaux
Cribb
Thomas Ap Rhys
Old England
Mike Glover
Lawrence
Mass
Young Griffo
Tommy White
Chi- Dro
Atlantic high pressure shoves cold spell off coast
A broad area of high pressure moving across the country and bringing unusually low temperatures has reached the Atlantic coast and will likely move offshore tonight. The forecast suggests a gradual warming trend thereafter as the pressure system exits.
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Atlantic
Ostend's sieges and the queen of seaside Europe
A collage of brief historical notes on Ostend from 1604 to 1830, detailing sieges and changes of control by Spaniards, French, Dutch, and Belgians. It highlights Ostend as Le Heine des Pliges, a premier European seaside resort, followed by miscellany items and短 vignettes from various sources.
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Ostend
Charles II
Spain
Marlborough
Barofilies
Alles
Maria Theresa
Netherlands
Belgium
Besches
Europe
Army Eyes and Ghosts in Varied Anecdotes
A collage of short items discusses distance vision in armies, a practical ghost in Sicily, remarks on the rarity of the golden eagle, and opinions on fruit tree crops versus native species. It includes light humor about fathers and daughters, and notes on machine gun performance and fishing philosophy.
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London
Sicily
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White Way
Santa Claus
Contemporary Club
William Awin
Marina Park
Grace Bonner Williams
Brooke
Boston Phony Orchestra
Grana
Tereciak
Allegro
Gio
Scherzo
Weigenlied
Strauss
LiOs@ua Blue
Jacques Dalcrose
Waams
Mr. Reeks
Csello
Liszt
Carrans
Nast
H. H. Beach
John Alden Carpenter
Mary Turner Salter
Willams
Romanize Braun
Apricei
Pepper
James P. Troy
Connecticut Avenue
St. Mary’s Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Trubs
Gol Newtown
William Shea
Sandy
Am Rose
Sateen
Rose's
Newtown
University of Wisconsin
Sarah E. Beach
James FE
Beach
Park Avenue
Grate Wagner
Syracuse University
J. P. Wagner
Central Avenue
Mary F. Cleary
Edward Cleary
William Place
Miss Cleary
St Elizabeth’s College
Walter Wilmot
Stratford Avenue
Lillian Whitcomb
Joseph Whitcomb
Shelton Street
Mabel Morrissey
Thomas Morrissey
Golden Hill Street
Jane Casey
Edward Casey
Pequonnock Street
Yale
Lester Bradbury
F. C. Bradbury
Stillman Street
Wes. Ee Bay
Middletown
Merbert Jepson
William H. Jepson
Stratford
Avenue
Trinity College
Hartsee
Plummer
Trinity
St. Peter’s Church
Martin Ginane
Peabody
268 Avenue
Ford Agency
Witzerland
Holiday
Bey
Judge
Washington Star
Poe
Mark Tapley
London Standard
Leon
Toyland
Serim
Leon’s
Bam
Econ’s Bargain
Main St
Lyric Theatre
Han
Very. Inc
Sears
Sid Sik
Oye
J. Russell Smith
Pop
Yonkers Statesman
Jack
Miss Peachy
Tom
Chicago News
Burton
Robinson
Bostop Globe
Geo
Pearson’s Weekly
Boston Record
Frankel’s
A.& P.tea Co
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