In the Theatres Opens New Year Vaudeville at Poli's Bridgeport
Bridgeport audiences face a lavish vaudeville bill at Poli's Theatre headlined by The Queen of the Moulin Rouge with Tate's Motoring and The Two Pucks among seven acts. Harry Kinson substitutes for George Moore as monologist, and Wil Mozart’s drunk impersonation is slated to draw crowds. Louise Shephard rises as a leading light in A Broken Idol at Jackson's Theatre tomorrow Christmas day. The Girl of the West at Jackson's promises Western humor and drama, with Sadie Calhoun headlining. The Edwin Belkin All-Star Yiddish Company brings The Lost Paradise to Jackson's next Tuesday. St Elmo stars Robert Lowe at Jackson's tomorrow.
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Bridgeport
Poli’s
Queen of the Moulin Rouge
Cir-Cult
Tate
Motoring
Nelson
Otto
Comedienne
Granville & Rogers Enique
Zara Carmen
Tops
Topsy
Wil Mozart
Exhieynne Bradford
Maxine Elliott
Louise the Prima
Leomes
Jackson
Miss Shephard
Boston
B. C. W Whitney
Gus Sohlke
Tremont Theatre
You
Piske O’hera
Playtian
Sadie Calhoun
Sae Bobes Thomashefsky
Thea_tre
Edwin Belkin
Thomashefsky
People’s Theatre
New York City
New York
Leon Kobrin
Cavalier
Dixie
St. Elmo
Jackson's
Willard Holcomb
Augusta J. Frans Wilson
Robert Lowe
Changes in Local Trolley Schedule Announced
The Bridgeport New Haven trolley line will run on a one hour headway starting Monday December 27 with first car from Bridgeport City Hall at 6 00 am and hourly until 11 00 pm Additional trips to Milford depart City Hall at 2 30 3 30 4 30 and 5 30 pm with Milford departures at 3 30 4 30 5 30 and 6 30 pm until further notice.
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Bridgeport
New Haven
City Hall
Washington Bridge
Milford
Burns and Ketchel To Fight In London
Tommy Burns former world heavyweight champion and Stanley Ketchell announce a London bout in March. Ketchell says he will fight Burns then and may challenge Sam Langford if he wins. He also mentions possible future trips to Australia to face Bob Fitzsimmons and Bill Lang. A denial follows these reports. Sheriff Thomas F. Foley of New York is in a sanitarium for temper issues.
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Chicago
Tommy Burns
Stanley Ketchell
Middleham
Ketchell
Enckland
Burns
Sam Langford
Australia
Bob Fitzsimmons
Bill Lang
United Press Doe
Thomas F. Foley
New York
Bridgeport
Typhoid Claims Young Bridegroom After Short Honeymoon
Allen W. Speirs died at Bryn Mawr Hospital Pennsylvania soon after six weeks of marriage from typhoid fever. He was 24 hours old in age at death? No, age 24. Speirs, son of former superintendent John C. Speirs of Locomobile Co., had been widely known in Bridgeport after leaving the city years ago. Stricken on his return from the honeymoon, he lay at Bryn Mawr Hospital with his New York bride beside him. His death came as a shock to family and friends. he studied at Park Avenue Institute. His parents two sisters and Mrs. A Leiguner and Mrs. F Rader of Brooklyn are with brother A W Wendell in Union Avenue for the holidays.
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Allen W. Speirs
John C. Speirs
Locomobile Co
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Pennsylvania
Speira
Bridgeport
Ardmore
Penn
New York
Park Avenue Institute
Christmas Church Services Across Town
A roundup of Christmas and regular services at Christ Episcopal St John’s First Methodist and other churches. Holy communion and morning worship fill the morning, with Sunday School programs and evening services including special music and sermons by local pastors.
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Christ Episcopal
Fairtich! Ave
Epworth League
Katherine Kerr
George M. Brown
First Presbyterian Church
State Street
Cor
Myrtle Avenue
Jeel MacLaren Richardson
Mr. Elmer
People’s Church
Laurel and Rok Avenue
H. A. Davenport
Sener
Capron
Miss Johnson
Deavor
Miss Crosby
People's Pa
John Japp
First Church of Christ
Lafayete St
Christian Science
West End Congregational Church
Colorado Avenue
Frailrfield Avenue
W. Irving Maurer
Household notes on cleaning and cooking tips from a bygone era
Practical household tips cover cleaning paint with hot water and bran, bread crusts for sticking pans, celery storage in a sealed cool jar, soaking before serving, fish stuffing with breadcrumbs butter and herbs, carrot slicing to distribute color, a revolving pie pan blade, dates in cottage pudding for steamy dessert, serving fruit sands with game in French vinaigrette, and leather chair seating advice.
The Cyrus Pharmacy Adverts Wart Hemover Sale
An old styled ad promotes Cyrus Wart Hemover sold at The Cyrus Pharmacy with addresses 252 Fairfield avenue and 186 Cannon Bt. It claims to remove blemishes from the face and hands using chloroform and erasing marks from books, presenting a sensational remedy and cleaning tips.
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Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon Bt
CleanEasy Soap Ad Promises Instant Skin Protection
An old page ad touts CleanEasy soap and The Gest Hand brand claiming instant skin protection and removal of stove polish grease ink paint and dirt from hands or clothing. It markets a large can for about ten cents and notes Stratford Avenue as a manufacturing or distribution point.
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Wee R Winn
Stratford
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Preigs &O- Outfitters
Bridgeport. Com
Poli
Harry
Eva
Harry Kinson
George Austin Moore
Mr. Kinson
Ketchel
London
Ayer
A. Leiguner
F. Rader
Brooklyn
A. W. Wendell
Union Avenue
Religious
The
D. M. Read Co
All Christendom
Bailford
B. Smith
Main St. D
Fairfield
Crawford Laundry CO
Pairfield Avenue
Windsor Ho‘e
Frisbie
Eceler & Amthor
Stevens
Winsted
Mary P
Nathaniel B. Stevens
Rosenbeck
Torrington
Sorenbeck
Allyn
Giles, Dd
Allun —Sars
Household Loan Company
Meigs Building
N. Buckingham & Co., Inc
TRE Bridgeport Gas Light
Main ST
the Wooster-Atkinson Co
Broad Street
Bas-istunarses
Joseph P. Coughlin CO
East Main Street
Washington
Southland
Federal Express
Colonial Express
Philadelphia
Southwark
A. B. Smith
Conn
NEW York,new Haven & Hartford Railroad
D. D. Smith’s
D. D. Smith
Crp Rats Sa
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