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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1915
Page
14
Christmas cheer fills homes with music and memories as Columbia Grafonola records promise festive warmth. Dealers rush festive orders before the 25th, urging customers to buy now while stock lasts for the perfect gift and added year end pleasure.
Boston, Dec 21 Two firemen were killed and a third seriously injured when a floor collapsed in a burning six story factory on Cambridge street. Dennis A Walsh and Charles C Willett died as comrades pulled them from the wreckage. William McCarthy later died at a hospital after the collapse. Fire caused about 50000 dollars damage to the Glenbrook Wine Co National Rubber Co and Massachusetts Thread Works buildings. Inmates at the nearby Charles Street jail were alerted and residents of a boarding house and tenement were moved if needed. the fire started on the second floor and climbed to the roof.
Three days remain to purchase stamps to support the Red Cross. The drive urges Christmas shoppers to buy commemoratives for the season and notes merchants report strong response to the Consumers' League appeal. Red Cross Christmas stickers help secure packages while spreading Christmas cheer. Visiting Nurses will continue citywide nursing and promote tuberculosis awareness with the message Dont give tuberculosis to others and Dont let anyone give tuberculosis to you.
STEPNEY Miss Beatrice Plumb plans to return to Nichols this week after visiting grandparents. Schools close December 24 for a week. Miss Genevieve Wyckoff hosts exercises at her school Thursday then departs for Millstone. Mr and Mrs Oscar Plumb recently returned from California. Mr and Mrs Daniel Hdwards will spend Christmas with Mr and Mrs Dwight Sharpe in Bridgeport. Bradford Hawley was ill last week. Gregory Orchard School concerts and a Christmas tree planned Wednesday. Several teachers resignations noted for term end. United Boys' Brigade and United States Boys' Scouts help police at Municipal Christmas Tree again. Greece's neutrality party won Sundays election.
The Salvation Army expects to feed 200 poor families in Bridgeport this winter with chicken and pork baskets and usual trimmings. Nearly $100 has been raised in kettles, but about $400 more is needed for the charitable effort. New York, Dec 21. Charles Christie, famed clown and pantomimist, died in a physician's office at 75 after 49 years on stage. He was born in Birmingham and appeared with the elder Sothern in Our American Cousin.
Mondrezvesky examined Prokopez and failed to recognize him as the salcone keeper was seriously wounded in the encounter.
The New York New Haven Hartford Co will run a number of morning trains into New York and afternoon trains back on Christmas Day, with notices posted at stations detailing special stops. Also reported, the Save river bridge linking Belgrade and Semlin, damaged as the first hostile act in the war, has been repaired and opened to traffic.
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