President Madison's Message on Military Peace Estab lishment
Bridgeport centenary era document discusses President Madison's policy on a lean military framework after the late war. It analyzes veterans, merit, and funding while noting treasury receipts and future demands to complete yearly expenditures. Local militia activity tied to Venezuela tensions and a mock trial at the high school also appear.
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Madison
Algiers
Great Britain
Ghent
Meris
Thelmertts
Ees
Army Register
Treasury
England
Venezuela
Cleveland
Hibernian Rifles
T. J. Murphy
Hurley
James Marten
Co. F
Hiberian Rifles
Hibernian
First Congress Session Picks Up After War Dec 18 1865
Fifty years ago in the Senate on Monday Dec 18 1865 a naval pay raise petition was referred. A printing order for 11,000 copies of major reports was approved and funds authorized for a widow’s pay. A reconstruction bill blocked representation for recently rebelling states until constitutional amendments are adopted. A gift of 25 000 dollars supported Mrs Abraham Lincoln. Go to Fairchilds jewelry for Christmas presents. A sneak thief named John Franklin stole towels sheets and more at City Hotel. Trinity Church rally aims to green the church but needs more work.
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General Grant
Senate
Collamér
Price
Iowa
Committee On Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln
John Franklin
Connecticut
City
John
Horses Bolt From Barn No Major Damage Reported
A pair of spirited horses bolted from a disarranged barn causing excitement as the team ran a long distance before Mr Speering managed to rein them in at a livery stable yard. The incident ended with no serious damage and calm restored.
Bride Who Shot Herself Blames Husband in Darien
Mrs. Andrew Taylor, injured after an attempted suicide at the Darien Chit Inn Tea Room, told Stamford reporters she acted after learning of a rival woman in her husband’s life. She plans divorce. Taylor denies any other romance.
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Stamford
Andrew Taylor
Chit Inn
Darien
Postal Receipts Project Big Year At Local Office
Receipts at the local post office for the quarter total $102,357.09 with two busy holiday weeks ahead, suggesting the year will exceed $500,000. The fiscal year ending March 31 posted $369,000, a normal total.
Greenwich Estate Injured by New York Firm, Suit Filed
Frank Doll of Greenwich sues Lincoln-Steele-Fleming Co of New York for 1750 dollars claiming dumpage of stone and refuse damaged his estate. He says workers broke window lights and damaged an iron fence. The case is returnable to the Superior court. Meanwhile Manayunk textile mill cellars flooded as the Schuylkill River rose twelve feet in twenty four hours.
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Greenwich
Frank Doll
Lincoln-Steele-Fleming Co
New York
Doll
Superior Court
Manayunk
Schuylkill River
Ten-year-old boys drink liquor found in street incident
New York December 20 two youths Joseph Burke ten and Joseph Bauer eleven were held on guardianship charges after found drunk in Harlem. Police say the pair drank a half pint whiskey dropped by a well dressed man as they walked Second Avenue and One Hundred Twenty-sixth Street. Burke died in Harlem hospital Bauer recovered and claimed they obtained the liquor from the man. his father disagrees with the tale and would pursue a saloonkeeper if proven to have supplied the boys.
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New York
Second A Avenue
Bauer
Burke
Second Avenue
Keelty
Edward Burke
Taft Ill at Classmate's Home in Wisconsin
Former President William Howard Taft is ill in La Cosse Wisconsin at the home of his Yale classmate George W Burton. He contracted a severe cold en route to deliver a lecture and a telegram was sent ahead for a threat specialist to meet him on arrival.
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la Cosse
Wis
William Howard Taft
Yale
George W. Burton
Early Morning Fire Causes Light Damage at Local Store
Fire broke out at 1 30 in the morning in the cellar of a grocery store occupying a building at Walter and Green streets. The building was owned by Vincent Crisciola and damage was slight. The item also notes Christmas roping and wreaths by John Keck and Son.
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Walter and
Green St
Vincent Crisciola
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al” Delaney
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Highland Spring
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Warren Street
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Fairfield Ave
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