Sousa's Band At Jackson's Theatre For One Evening
The Berlin press lauds Sousa's Band for its engaging program and conductor charm. Sousa offers a lively concert at Jackson's Theatre tonight with a top-notch lineup and popular encores. Also on the bill is A Broken Idol at Jackson's and a Poli's Theatre matinee with 1000 souvenirs for children, plus a variety of vaudeville acts and the upcoming Moulin Rouge production slated for Bridgeport.
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Sousa
Berlin
Europe
Jackson's Theatre
Christmas Day
Poli's
FREES POKER 1 PRISONERS IN QUEST FOR RAIDED HOMES
New York December 21 Magistrate Steinert criticized police raids on private homes during gambling rounds. Two raids at Orchard Street and Ludlow Street led to nineteen arrests, with the magistrate noting a home is a man’s castle while questioning raids on small private gatherings amid widespread public gambling. Police officers Griffen and Cramer were denounced as overzealous in these raids.
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New York
Steinert
Essex Market
Gambi Tne Pallowe
Griffen and
Cramer
Eee Street
Seveen
Andrew Zeibriter
Orchard Street
Louis Miller
Ludlow Street
A Legitimate Holdup and The Vital Question Stage Review
A weekly Polis program article lauds the troupe for strong performances in A Legitimate Holdup with notable acts by Ethiynne Bradford and The Smiths. The Vital Question features four men, a lawyer, a ranch owner, and a railroad president in tense drama, while George Austin Moore, Hawthorne and Burt, and Fred Galletti offer dialects, satire, and playful monkey acts for varied audience enjoyment.
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Bowie
Macart
Ethiynne Bradford
Jack Bolivar
Smiths
Quick
Rollo Lloyd
Wiliam Powell
Mark Fenton
William Howatt
Connelly
George Austin Moore
Hawthorne
Burt
United States
Fred Galletti
WOULD BRIDGE AT ARCTIC ST
A petition signed by Samuel Dawe and others was presented to the Common Council urging a bridge from Arctic street to Grand street across the Pequonnock river. It would provide a direct West Side route to Bridgeport hospital and is favored by East Side residents. May raise the price of haircuts to fifty cents as barbers consider new revenue due to declining shaves.
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Samuel Dawe
Common Council
Arctic Street
Grand Street
Pequonnock River
Bridgeport Hospital
Reports Continue Of U S Diplomat At The Vatican
Washington reports from Rome describe Cardinal Vannutelli acting as Vatican agent in negotiating a U S diplomatic representative to the Vatican. The prior attempt under Roosevelt era involved Mgr Falconio and Bishop O Connell, with Roosevelt’s cautious stance halting progress. Rome sees potential gains for church prestige and cardinal promotions if an entente with the United States is formalized.
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Washington
Rome
Cardinal Vannutelli
Anagent
Vatican
United States
America
Roosevelt
Mgr. Falconio
O'Connell
Catholic University
American College
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Firemen’s Pay Increase Adopted by Aldermen
Aldermen approve a pay raise for Bridgeport firemen, amid debate over funding and city affordability. Participants defend the measure, noting hearings, civic duty, and tax impacts while critics cite budget strain and higher wages in other cities. Polls show voters’ strong interest in municipal labor pay.
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Page Four
Amic Murray
Lee
Fire Commission
Taxpayers’ League
West End
Bridgeport
Horace Hae
Mark Twain in good health after card session
New York reports Dr. Samuel L. Clemens known as Mark Twain, age 74, is not seriously ill. He stayed at Martin Littleton's home, played cards late with friends, and Littleton says he is in good health aside from age related pains.
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Mark Twain Hale
United Press
New York
Samuel L. Clemmons
Mark Twain
Martin W. Littleton
Hale and Chipper
Littleton
Dr. Clemmens
Bermuda
The D M Read Co Store Opens Evenings for Last Minute Shoppers
The D M Read Co offers extended evening hours and safe custody for wraps and furs, postal desks, mail services, and a Gift Room with cotton and silk arses, gowns, and boxed presents. Men’s picks include an Auto valet wardrobe, slippers, chairs, tables, desks, and roll top or flat top desks for convenient home use.
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U. S
Dennison's Leather Goods and Gifts Store Items
A list of items available at Dennison's includes match boxes watch fobs holly tags and seals holiday boxes and paper bridge and poker sets military brushes in cases clothes brushes in cases fountain pens flasks and bottle cases. Items are located at the intersection main floor.
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Dennison’s
Dollar Fifty Bear Christmas Bargain on Hostery
A local advert proclaims a dolla r fifty bear as a fine imported item with original wholesale cost of 1.62 percent. It emphasizes big value for customers and claims to have outdone itself in a Christmas bargain on hostery.
Rare Drugs Used In Medicine And Their Costs
A Wissen fuer Alle writer reviews rare medicines and luxury ingredients. Saffron costs about 13 dollars a pound, attar of roses around 112 dollars per pound, and musk from Asiatic deer fetches 24 to 30 dollars per ounce. Ambergris, a floating resin from tropical seas, trades at 30 dollars per ounce, while aconitine from monkshood is a potent poison sold at 108 dollars per ounce. The piece also mentions rat venom used in malignant scarlet fever.
Notions of vice and travel in a comic quip collection
A jumble of light humor and aphorisms sketches how poker costs money and shopping differs by gender. Several pointed lines note prudish editor remarks on fiction. Jokes reference a furrier muff purchase and a trolley conductor husband.
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Yonkers
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