Proclamation and Local Turmoil in Early Connecticut News
A December proclamation calls Connecticut lawmakers to Hartford on January 4 for urgent communications. The page also reports a bicycle race in Philadelphia, trolley accident fatalities in Southport, a Danbury fight, a Congress Street collision, a high society dance, and local social updates including residents visiting relatives and a carpenter’s fall handling Christmas plans.
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Bariford
Hartford
Fairfield
Taylor's Hill
Southport Bridge
Southport
Seat O. Blanch
Son Son
Fee
Rachel
Feirfield
Parkenue
North Avenue
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Mayflower Descendants and Forefather's Day Reflections
The article notes Forefather's Day honors the 1620 Plymouth landing and observes that descendant counts are small. It recalls the Mayflower Society was founded in 1894, profiles some passenger lives, and notes the enduring appeal of family lineage despite hardships in the New World.
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Plymouth
Maza
Company of Pioneers
General Society of
Mayflower Descendants
New York
Maedl
Society of Mayflower Descendants
John Alden
Isaac Allerton
Weymouth
Mary
Hitler Thomas Cushman
Test Mrevival
Billington
William Bradford
Cape Cod Harbor
William White
America
Miles Stanwife
Samuel Fuller
Maressel
Fear Brewster
Francis Billington
Christian Eaton
Hitler William Brewster
Humility Copper
England
Bdward Doty
Faith
Doty
New England
Peregrine
Resolved
Priscilla
William Mullins
John Sarver
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Farmer
Lveston
Southern Mail
New Orléans
Larne
McClelagg
Ty Island
London
Gibraltar Democracy
Aire
Loyal League
Streaghold
Frederick ‘M. Roscoe
Oases
Philadelphia
Gannon
Forster
Gannon Sateed
Aoen
Pembroke Lake
Danbury
Don Sullivan
Charley Matthews
New York State Line
Matthews
Sullivan
Jeses
William
Wheeler & Wilson
Fuessel
Foreman Gordon
Foreman Cavanaugh
Warner Bros
T. P. Taylor
Eaton, Cole & Burnham
Mutual H. & L. Company
Stratford
Eckert Bros. Brewery Company
Mayflower
Underwood
Underwywood
F. H. Mullins
Cor
Main & State Sts
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Hawley Hardware ¢ CO
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