Trustee J T King files new account in Burleson case
A trustee accounting in the Henry H Burleson bankruptcy shows appraised total values of 1458 dollars with receipts and 395.25 dollars in expenditures leaving no residue for creditors. The record lists personal property valued 270.25 and real estate at 1250 dollars. Expenditures include bonds, fees, wages, and legal costs totaling 395.25 dollars. Notices to appeal and vouchers remain unfiled.
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Henry H. Burleson
John T. King
George Lyons
David Armstrong
Klown Dancing Academy
Sulay
T. M. Cullinan
Clitus King
Ruby Bennett
Comiey & Comley
Thomas
Posses Track Killer of Wealthy New Rochelle Farmer
Civilians and deputy sheriffs with police dogs hunted through East Chester fields for Charlies Secord, a wealthy New Rochelle farmer, murdered in his wagon. Although pockets on the body held no loot, robbery is suspected. a trolley car’s approach likely frightened the assailant before he could steal.
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New Rochelle
East Chester
Charlies Secord
Comtainee
Secord
Stock Market News New York Opens Dull Amid Small Gains
The New York stock market opened dull with most active issues unchanged or moving narrowly around the previous close. Bethlehem Steel slipped three points from its recent rise while New Haven declined a point and several steel shares traded near yesterday’s lows. Public schools in Hoboken New Jersey closed due to a diphtheria outbreak causing ten deaths among students.
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New York
Barty T Bath
Tost
St. Paul
Heading
Rock Island
Nicewise
Bethlehem Steel
New Haven
Joffre retires many generals in sweeping shakeup
Paris reports a major purge of French officers as Gen. Joffre is said to have dismissed ten divisional generals and eleven brigade generals for reasons ranging from health to personal convenience. The move follows earlier dismissals after M Millerand became minister of war, with Percin’s fate also addressed amid war crisis reports.
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Paris
Joffre
Lst
Ministry of War
M. Millerand
Mons
Percin
Charleroi
la Liberte
Obituary notices from Helena Nashua and Wingfield families
Deaths announced in December 1914 include Allus of 32 Hamilton Street Helena aged 66.4.4 with funeral at St Marys and Lakeview cemetery. Wingfield of 5 Colorado Avenue with service at Saint Peters. Casey of 590 Park Avenue with Sacred Heart service. Hallen of Nashua 168 Sherwood Avenue with St Michaels burial. Each notice lists residence and funeral timings.
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Allus
Helena
Andrew Allus
Hamilton Street
St. Mary’s Church
Lakeview Cemetery
Wingfield
Jennie E. Burns
George K. Wingfield
Colorado Avenue
Saint Peter's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Casey
Herbert J
Michael E
Catherine Casey
Thomas Hallen
Sherwood Avenue
St. Augustine’s Church
Wanted: First Class Operators and Gear Cutters
Help wanted for Jones Lamson and Platt and Whitney machines with experience preferred. Only experienced hands need apply. Rock Spring Water Co. at 418 John St offers a reward for a black bull female puppy with white star on chest.
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Rock Spring Water Co
John St
Jones- Lamson
Platt and Whitney
Locomobile Co., of
America
Bridgeport Almshouse Building Bid Notice 1915
Sealed bids for general building and electrical work and for mechanical equipment on the Bridgeport Almshouse project are due by noon February 1 1915. Bond to 50 percent, 2.5 percent certified check, draws, drawings cost 25 dollars refundable if returned in ten days. Board of Contract and Supply, City Hall, Bridgeport Connecticut.
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City of
Bridgeport
Conn
Board of Charities
Board OF Contract & Supply
City Hall
Education board donations by region reveal distribution totals
The Howland Dry Goods Co reports the fourth installment of the education board’s grants totaling 10,582,591 with Western states slightly ahead of Eastern and Middle Atlantic regions in outright and supplemental sums. Southern states receive the smallest share. Notable listings include Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts among donors, and a Bridgeport hospital death of Jennie E Wansfield at 61 following pneumonia. A burglar alarm at M J Buechler’s jewelry store at 48 Fairfield Avenue triggered police response with no intruders found.
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New York
Education Board
Cause of Education
Middle Alantic
Var Sous
Southern
Campaiia
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Texas
Florida
Jennie E
George K. Wansfield
Bridgeport Hospital
West End
St. Peters Church
Colorado Avenue
Iillian
Sarah
Jeannette Wingfeld
Oirs
H. W. Falstrom
Newark
N. J
Robert M
George, Ek., Jr
Frank McCormick
John Roache
Laurence Burns
M. J. Buechler
Fairfield Avenue
Wheeler
Barton
Mendelssohn Bajard
Footpad Attack on Woman Fails on Coleman Street
A footpad attempted to rob an unknown middle aged woman on Coleman Street before 10 pm last night. After a desperate resistance she escaped. She refused to give name or address and could only offer a vague description in the darkness. Special Policeman Thos Reilly searched the area without success. The London Stock Exchange reopens January 4.
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Coleman Street
Thos. Reilly
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