Great Christmas Week Bill at Polls Theatre in Bridgeport
Polls Theatre announces a high class Christmas week program led by manager Poll featuring The Piano-Phields Minstrels and Jesse L. Lasky, with Ben Linn Gladys Lock on pianos. The bill also includes Mack and Frank Orth The Wrong Hero Sammy Watsons Farmyard Circus Ernest Carr and co Charles dRae Couries and Rose Coventry xylophonists The Bebaross 1000 pounds of and Rue Redfield plus a Santa Claus matinee. Seats for the week are on sale and the theatre anticipates full houses each performance. Santa will distribute toys and candy at the Saturday matinee.
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Bridgeport
New England
Poli
Will of
Geen
Jesse L. Lasky
Ben Linn
Gladys Lock
Mack
Frank Orth
Sammy Watson
Farmyard
Ernest Carr
Com Au Poe
Charles dRae Couries
Rose Coventry
Santa Cladia
Jackson's Theatre to Feature Queen of the Highway and Yiddish Opera
Jackson's Theatre hosts Queen of the Highway next Monday with Mme. Fannie Reinhart leading the New York Yiddish Operetta Company in a single Wednesday performance. Seats go on sale tomorrow for both shows, with Mr. Alston's At the Old Cross Roads closing the week as a second major attraction. The bill includes Man and Wife, a musical vehicle for the visiting troupe, and prices are set at a low scale for the engagement.
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Hank Monk
Horace Greely
West
Dian
Jackson’s Theatre
Mme
Fannie Reinhart
New York
H. I. Levitan
Jackson's
Old Cross Roads
Arthur C. Alston
Alstod
Fairfield Superintendent seeks eighth grade tutor in Portland trip
Fairfield officials report Superintendent Graham traveled to Portland Connecticut yesterday to recruit a teacher for the eighth grade, with plans to visit Middletown and meet Superintendent Wheatley. A new teacher is needed by January 3 to avoid interrupting instruction for students preparing for high school.
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Graham
Portland
Conn
Membe
Wilburn
Smith
Warren
Litchfield
Mr. Smith
Festport
Lordship Park
Stratford
Louis EB. Morehouse
New York
Greenfield
J Henry Tobin
Heavy courtmartial sentences for delinquencies in the east
United Press reports unusually heavy sentences handed to regular army soldiers courtmartialed in the department of the east. Privates Rudolph Monroe and James Holden receive dishonorable discharges, hard labor, and fines. Corporal Ralph Nelson faces rank reduction and confinement. Private Charles Morgan is sentenced to Leavenworth with reductions on review.
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United Press
New York
Department of the East
General Grant
Rudolph Monroe
10Th Cavalry
Leavenworth
James H. Holden
128Rd Company
Coast Artillery
Fort Ham
Lton
Ralph C. Nelson
A. Mertens and Son Holiday Wines and Delicacies Display
A. Mertens and Son showcases a special display of holiday wines liquors and delicacies. They emphasize reliable brands and moderate pricing and urge customers to place orders early for best service. Prices are advertised on another page.
Pretty Matron in Elopement Is Liberated
Mrs Josephine Breberin of Pleasantville New York living with Michael Angyel a Scranton carpenter was freed after charges were nolled by Prosecutor Delaney. Breberin plans to return to her husband a New York City chef and may seek police help if abuses recur. Angyel discharged with Breberin. both left court and were not arraigned today.
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Josephine Breberin
Pleasantville
N. Y
Hancock Avenue
Michael Angyel
Scranton
A. L. De~laney
Breberin
New York City
Bernhardt to Play Camile at Jackson's New Year's Night
Madame Sarah Bernhardt will present Marguerite Gautier in the play Camile at the Jackson Theatre on Monday night January 2. The performance, a renowned French drama, promises pathos and mastery, with ticket prices one two and three dollars. No matinee orders.
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Bernhardt
Camile
Jackson
Madame Sarah Bernhardt
Jackson Theatre
Marguerite Gautier
Dame Aux Camillas
French School of Fiction and Drama
Madame Bernhardt
Christmas Gift Costs in U S Hit $90 Million Cash
Washington reports an unofficial estimate that Christmas gifts will cost about $90 million in cash with roughly $5 million in debts. Victor Olmstead of the Department of Agriculture suggests about 46 million people may not buy gifts and explains varying reasons. The average expenditure per purchaser is under $2, with clerks earning $5 on average for gifts. Ritchel and Sjodin wedding noted, plus local society items about a church meeting and Miss Slocum's dancing class reception.
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United Press
Washington
Whitey
United States
Victor H. Olmstead
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Olmstead
Christmas Water Famine Cripples Rail Power Plant
A severe water shortage between Rye and Sound Beach shuts down power, halts trains, and freezes daily life. Greenwich Water Co and banker Edmund C Converse arrange 200 million gallons from Converse Lake to stabilize reservoirs. Rail power partially restored by steam engines. full domestic supply feared for days.
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Rye
Sound Beach
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Port Chester
Greenwich
Cos Cob
Riverside
Greenwich Water Company
Edmund C Converse
Greenwich Country Club
Stanwich
Stamford
New York
R. Walsh
The
Drought Halts Electro Power in Connecticut Rail Service
Drought forced Cos Cob authorities to cut water to the New Haven division electric plant in Stamford, prompting the transfer of steam locomotives from New Haven to run water trains to Cos Cob, while extra engines are kept as reserve power. Passengers on Stamford zone routes were delayed due to reduced electric power.
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Connecticut
Cos Cob
New Haven Road
Stamford
New Haven
Woodlawn
C. N. Woodward
Shore Line
S Ctty
Rare Christmas Flowers and Hats On Sale
WHolan's flower shop lists American beauty roses orchids lily of the valley cut poinsettias Richmond and Killarney roses violets narcissus and stevia with good stock and moderate prices Tomorrow at E H Dillon Co 1105 Main street there will be a sale of hats fur scarfs muffs sets marabout boas and muffs shirts waists petticoats black caracal and pony skin coats long colored cloth coats raincoats new silk scarfs and aviation caps at low prices be early for best bargains
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Wholan’s
American Beauty
Lily Valley
Richmond
Killarney
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
V B Horse Feed Cooked by Steam Buy It and Try It
A small ad promotes V. B. Horse Feed cooked by steam with the slogan Buy It and Try It. It touts a ready to feed product, claiming quality and value for farmers and stables seeking reliable horse feed options.
Incident That Angered Actor and Amused the Audience
A country theater melodrama ended in farce when the lead actor unveiled his father statue as if veiled, revealing a toppled figure on its head. Laughter erupted, the manager raged, and the scene collapsed as the audience jeered, the actor's anger rising.
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Albert
London Telegraph
The Parisian Cabman Insult That Silences the Driver
A Paris slang tale shows a sharp insult can overturn a rude cabman. Shouting Ya done Collignon! disarms the driver, a phrase linked to a 1855 murder overcharging a professor. Collignon was executed, and the phrase survives as the last word.
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Paris
Collignon
Cocher
Mim
New York
Inspiration and Anger Turned to Verse in Press
A conversation about inspiration leads to a wry Cleveland Plain Dealer quote on how anger can birth epic poetry. An old Pennsylvania German man in the mountains hurries a long walk, but an automobile ride saves him time and yields a humorous thanks at his destination.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dhe
Scottish Students Dress Etiquette Mirrors Elite Schools
The London Chronicle notes Scottish university students maintain a strict wardrobe code. Straw hats signal seasonal change with strawbashers on September 15, then vanish by the 16th. Medical students eschew hats, while arts and divinity men avoid straw headwear waistcoats and cuffed trouser ends.
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Eton
Harrow
London Chronicle
The Forgotten Picture by Lord Hertford's Taste
Mr Hope Moncrieff recalls in London a curious tale of Lord Hertford whose sole passion was collecting pictures hung with faces to the wall. An agent was sent to find a painting he had already bought years before, a strange reversal of magic and memory.
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Hope Moncrieff
London
Lord Hertford
Married Ellsworth Gage and Stevens unions in CT notices
In Danbury on December 21 A dele Ellsworth of Yerksburz Vermont wed Mrs. Mary Jeanette Gage. In Ridgefield on December 13 Mrs. Heman Stevens and Louis L. Valden were united in marriage.
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Ellsworth—Gage
Danbury
A.dele Ellsworth
Yerksburz
Mary Jeanette Gage
Valden—Stevens
Ridgefield
Heman Stevens
Louis L. Valden
Stamford Deaths List Includes Nelson Smith Jones Elizabeth Alderman
Obituary notices from Stamford report Nelson Smith died on December 21. Thomas Jones, aged 56, died December 20 in Torrington. Mrs. Elizabeth Alderman, aged 54, died December 20 in Stamford.
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Smith
Stamford
Nelson Smith
Jones
Thos. Jones
N—I
Torrington
Elizabeth Alderman
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