Bridgeport Employers Insure Their Employed Workers
Bridgeport firms announce new group life insurance for employees. Aetna Life Insurance Co policy covers workers after three months, with $9500 for under three years and $1000 for three years plus. Raybestos Co and others began delivery of certificates, funded by employers as a Christmas benefit to support dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
A. H. Nilson
Raybestos Co
Nissan Co
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Hartford
Conn
Uhe
Estos Co
Ate
Opportunity to Salvation Army Christmas Work
Last day to donate at Main Street kettles for the Salvation Army Christmas dinner for 175 families. Adjutant Edwin J. Perrett coordinated goods including 660 pounds of roasting chicken 30 pounds fresh pork and 20 bushels of potatoes. A Christmas tree event on Wednesday will distribute 400 children's gifts. Everton Forbes 75 stricken with infantile paralysis. health officers puzzled. Charles E Hughes carried Oregon by 7,314 votes over Wilson. Walter E Marcam postmaster at Steep Falls Me died by suicide.
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Main Street
Salvation Army
Edwin J. Perrett
Stratford Moves to Build Bridge at Little Neck
Stratford moves to build a new bridge at Little Neck on South Main Street. bids to be opened in a few weeks after First Selectman James Lally was tasked to secure them. The Board of Finance previously ordered the bridge and requested $4,800. George Tomlinson elected master of Housatonic Grange. officers and a large gathering at the Grange smoker with music and luncheon. Weatogue Country Club dance draws about 100 guests from several cities. dance helpers listed. Mass schedules at St James and Stratford M E church. Christmas cantatas and varied services planned at local churches. Boy Scout entertainment raises over $50 for summer camp equipment.
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Stratford
Board of Selectmen
First
James Lally
Little Neck
South Main Street
Board of Finance
George Tomlinson
Housatonic
Robert C. Silliman
Elpha Siliman
Warwick Avenue
Bridgeport
Milford
Devon
Detroit
Mich
Silliman
David L. Rhoades
George
K. Wilson
A. M. West
Edward Bland
St. James’ R. C
Stratford M. E
Royal’ Babe
Double Uartet
Eisie Nobbs
James Need
Helen Beach
Eleanor Osborne
Ghester Jersey
Albert Jersey
Everett Jersey
Ceeiel Aetk
Jorence W. Allen
Chaffin
Obituary for Isabelle Connell and Karl Strempel
Isabelle Nioxin Connell widow of Robert Connell died yesterday at 519 Jane Street after a brief illness. She was born in Scotland 64 years ago and leaves three daughters Margaret Miller May Clark and Jennie Connell a son Robert Connell a sister Mrs Charles Hamilton of California and a niece Charles Strempel. Charles Strempel of 63 Williston Street died at Bridgeport Hospital after a few days pneumonia. He was born in Germany and resided here 34 years. He leaves a daughter Elsie Strempel a son Karl and five brothers William Julius of Germany Herman Brun and Frederick and two sisters Martha Petruschell and Louisa Strempel.
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Isabelle Nioxin Connell
Isabelle Nioxin
Robert Connell
Jane Street
Mrs. Connell
Scotland
Margaret
John Miller
Ireland
May
Robert Clark
Jennie Connell
Charles Hamilton
California
Charles Strempel
Singer Manufacturing Co
Bridgeport
Mr. Strempel
Williston Street
Germany
German Methodist Church
Grant Street
Elsie Strempel
Karl
William
Julius
Herman
Brun
Frederick
This City
Martha
Luke Petruschell
Louisa Strempel
Earthquake Shocks Detected at Georgetown University
A slight quake lasting from 4 48 to 5 o'clock was recorded on the seismograph at Georgetown University. It appeared to be about 4600 miles distant. The Senate confirmed Francis O Driscoll as postmaster at Staten Island New York. Secretary Daniels requests 400000 dollars for a high power wireless station in Puerto Rico.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Senate
Francis 0. Driscoll
Staten Island
N. Y
Daniels
Porto Rico
Christmas in the trenches shows German and British soldiers
The piece notes heimweh among German soldiers away from home as officers seek to ease the strain during Christmas in the trenches. A second image depicts two British Tommies at Salonika receiving a turkey sent from home, illustrating wartime holiday customs.
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Heimweh” Rhomesicknessy
Germany
Saloniki
The Hollyhock in New England Colonial Lore
The hollyhock, a flower tied to Holy Land roots and the mallow family, became a characteristic New England bloom. It laces colonial history with romantic imagery from Governor Bradford to Roger Williams and features in local fiction and poetry as a bold emblem of eighteenth century charm.
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Holy Land
Mallow
Infila
Palestine
New England
Bradford
Roger Willia
Providence Journal
Familiar Pope Gems in Prose and Verse Snippets
A compact survey of Alexander Pope quotable lines including Shoot folly as she fires and Hope springs eternal in the human breast. It lists proverbs like Whatever is is right and The proper study of mankind is man with brief reflections on their enduring appeal.
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Alexander Pope
Shakespeare
Pope
The Blow on the Jaw
A medical journal notes that a strong blow to the jaw instantly collapses a person, with recovery varying from immediate to delayed. The fall involves squirming, head lifting, eye-rolling, and an attempt to rise. If standing, the person may stagger like a drunk. such blows are rarely fatal.
Be Happy and Die by Own Hand in Franklin and Haydon
The article contrasts two paths to happiness from Benjamin Franklin urging balance of wants and means for personal and social good. It then recounts painter and writer Haydon, facing debt and ingratitude, ending his life with a pistol after finishing a last work tied to Alfred and the Trial by Jury.
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Benjamin Franklin
Haydon
Alfred
Dressing the Pillow and Other Briefs From Puck and Lincoln
A mixed page of por tions includes Dressing the Pillow a ple ading line from a child to his mother about a missing pillowslip a humorous take on public opinion Lincoln quotes on justice a tiger mule fable and a note on elephants life spans from East Indians plus an advertisement urging farmers to advertise in The Farmer.
Curious bridges and painted roofs from Europe to Kashmir
A compact survey of timber bridges famed for roof paintings in Switzerland and Italy. It notes the Kapellbrucke at Lucerne with 112 paintings and an octagonal tower, cites ancient Roman timber bridges, and mentions Croyland in Lincolnshire as a ninth century relic with three arches and a rebel Saxon king statue.
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Switzerland
Srinagar
Kashmir
India
Jhelum
Julius Caesar
Rhine
Europe
Croyland
Lincolnshire
England
Music's Unique Quality Compared With Other Arts
A concise Atlantic excerpt contrasts music with sculpture painting and poetry. It argues music achieves perfection in itself unconnected to external symbols, unlike poetry where word and method unite, and painting or sculpture where form serves expression. Bach is cited shaping nature for music's purpose.
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Flaubert
Pater
Atlantic
Nothing Exempt In Quip About Evening Auto Ride
A brief exchange shows Baltimore Amor stating he can likely drive over tonight, replying he has run over about everything else. The line suggests casual planning for an outing or meeting, with a confident tone about travel capability.
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Baltimore
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A. H. Nilson Co
Hal Polio
Manchester
Everett Forbes
Forbes
Charles E. Hughes
Oregon
Wilson
Walter E. Marcam
Steep Falls
Amaine
Little Weck
First Selectman
Charlies Strempel
Tommy
Fritz
Howard
Henry
Puck
Abraham Lincoln
Monkey
JW. Connors Co
Main St
Bridgeport, Conn
Tress
Salvation Army Building Fund
Xmas Ciris
Postoftich
Postoffice Arcade
John F. Fay
Fairfield Avenue
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