Bridgeport As It Was Deep in 400 50 20 Years Ago
Fragmentary notes recall early 1900s Bridgeport memories with illness deaths and local church events. Walter Harris age about five died eight hours after illness. David age about two died within six hours. A loaded report mentions a boat, the P T Barnum, ashore at Herford inlet, and Dr McGlynn's restored mass at Holy Cross Church on Forty second street.
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Bridgeport
Esother
Walter Harris
David
McGlynn
New York
Dr.McGlynn
Fifty Years Ago Holiday Cares at Local Bakeries
A. Ge W Palace storefront displays holiday pastries from penny Christmas cakes to ornamented bride’s cakes. The season’s turkey is showcased at Michael LeverYs corner Main and Reeve, a 31 pound champion bird purchased by Nathaniel Wheeler. Shaker traditions shift as pork use resumes. readers note omnibus routes from Division to Center streets.
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State Street
A. Ge W Palace
Wallace
Bante Claus
Govine
Mtn
Dais
Tofey
Mishael Levery
Nathaniel Wheeler
Stabbed youth amid brawl as city mourns for local deaths
Twenty years ago a teen named Tomertr Macey was stabbed in a Church Street riot after a free-for-all at Stadier's ball. Andrew Dinak, Stephen Me ghunda and Andrew Banas clashed with Wasco, Rega and others, leading to two more stabbings and a jailed suspect. Nearby, deaths included Robert Jennings at 423 Barnum Avenue, John Batcheller in Eaton Cole & Burns, and Mamie Cavanque, among others. Official notices record multiple funerals, illness, and social disruptions across the city in that era.
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Tomertr Macey
Siar
Acon
Stadier
Andrew Dinak
Stephen Me_ghunda
Andrew Banas
Joeoh Wasco
Henry Rega Ang
Ante
Banas
Ami
Om Bahes
Stoner i Repeate
Medunda
Ead
Robert T. Jennings
Tie
Barnum Avenue
John Batcheller
Eaton, Cole & Burnham
Arctic Street
Jay
Mamie
Patrick Cavananeh
Anne
F. H. Russell
Johnson Street
Ella
Joan McCarthy
Tom Syeone
Oficer Richard Larkin
Benedict
Dick” Fe
Easton Sramee meeting closes with Christmas tree gifts
The Easton Sramee regular meeting held Tuesday evening featured third and fourth degrees conferred by Rev F S Clerk and others. A Christmas tree loaded with gifts followed the degree work. Guests and members, including Miss Marion A Bradley and Mrs William Morehouse, were noted amid illness and visits in the community.
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Easton Sramee
Eaward D. Gillette
Edward S. Wiliams
Henry Wakejen
William
Mary A. Gillette
Marion A. Bradley
Academy
Britain
William Parker
Bertha ‘Banks
Sport Fun
Ambrose” Marsh
John 3. Broadpin
Bridgeport
Béward P. Morehouse
Greenfield
Deerfield and Greenfield Social News and Local Notes
Deerfield and Greenfield residents share illness updates as the Barber children remain home with measles. Miss Viola McDonald visits Stratfield friends while Catherine Abbott from Shelton assists at the late Mrs. Brothwell’s home. Schools will close Thursday for holidays, and Rev. Gane’s family receives church sympathy from Willimantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Barber
Viola McDonald
Stratfield
Curley
Rockaway Beach
W.Y
OB Sherwood
Frances “Burnell
Maud Prentice
Ner
Prentice
Bronson Avenue
Catherine Abbott
Shelton
J. F. Brothwell
Greenfield
Anna M. Gray
Mt. Holyoke College
Charles Gray
Greenfield Congregational Church
E. A Thompson
L. F. Sturges
W. H. Gane
Willimantic, Conn
Shepard Brown
Jewett City
Gane
Harry Edwards
Teter
H. Wisner
Marian Dunham
New York
D. V. Dunham
Allison Hall
Hull Farms
Easton Grange
Courtland School Seeks Pupils for January Session
Miss May J. Miner, principal, resumes sessions Monday January 4 at Courtland School 21 Washington Avenue. Pupils may enter without extra charge or second half year. Attractive building and adequate seating noted amid a Boston Blues reference and fresh codfish haddock listing.
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Courtland School
Washington Avenue
May J. Miner
New York Expert Reviews Situation in Financial World
New York expert from Marson Financial News Service outlines the impact of a British embargo on rubber exports, warning of supply shortages for U S manufacturers and stressing effects on Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts plants. The piece also covers railroad dividend news and grain and coal movements, with cautious stock market outlook and calls for conservative investing amid war and postwar shifts.
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Marson Financial News Service
York
Great Britain
England
United States
New England
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
United States Rubber Co
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania
Hailroné Times
Pittsburgh
Father Blue Trail
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central Railroad Company
Illinois Central
Atchison
Kansas
Hant
Atchiem
Easin
Galveston
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
Morgan
Henry Clews
Claude Kitchin Named Next House Majority Leader
Washington reports Representative Claude Kitchin of North Carolina will become the majority leader of the next House, succeeding Representative Underwood who moves to the Senate. The agreement followed Finis Garret’s withdrawal from the contest. Kitchin, a long-serving congressman from Scotland Neck, NC, was admitted to the bar and has held office in every Congress since his election to the Fifty-seventh.
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Washington
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
House
Representative Underwood
Senate
Finis J. Garret
Tennessee
Underwood
Kitchin
Scotland Neck
Congress
Ruined French Cities Hold Up Hope for Panamanian Advice
Paris dispatch says Senator Pierre Gommo urged sending representatives from Rheims Lille Arres and Belgian towns Idese and Louvain to Panama Exposition. On return they would recount how a great city destroyed years ago rose to prosperity and offer encouragement to fellow citizens.
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Paris
Pierre Gommo
Petit Journal
Fhe
Panama
San Francisco
France
Rheims
Lille
Arres
Idese
Louvain
Belgium
Short Session of Congress Dominated by Domestic Debates
The short session focuses on routine appropriations while lawmakers seek gains for their districts. Congress faces pressure for real economy yet members press for local or personal benefits, from rivers and harbors to public buildings. A Long Island City man admits trunk thefts from United Appraisers’ Stores. a General Electric official notes rising accidents. a wreath marks James Ashton Bayard’s grave. Merrick post office burns with Christmas parcels lost.
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Congress
An. M. C
Washington
Congress| 5
Newfoundland reserves reach England for Christmas
Johns N F reports the New Foundland naval reservists reaching England for Christmas dinner aboard the drill ship Calypso. The newly landed draft totals 160 men, part of a colony quota up to 1000, enlarged from an initial 600 due to German fleet activity in the North Sea. An additional 266 recruits await transport.
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Johns
N. F
New Foundland
Calypso
Backfire Fire Burns Westport Buick, Man Unhurt
A Buick owned by Samuel Derkin of Westport was damaged by a backfire near Norwalk last night. An attempt to save the engine failed and the Compo fire department responded but could not prevent the loss. No injuries reported.
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Westport
Samuel Derkin
Norwalk
Connecticut suffrage events planned across Fairfield County
A. G. Porritt notes sparse public meetings next week as New England suffrage activity rises. Mrs. H. H. Knox chairs Pacific County workers in Greenwich May 7 with county league reps from across the county. An Equal Franchises League meeting in New Canaan May 6 precedes a Norwalk session.
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A. G. Porritt
Neer
Mra H. H. Knox
New Canton
Parificia County
Greenwich
Oden
Equal Franchies League of
New Canaan
Norwalk
Fairfield County
Connecticut
Hepburn
Hepbuen
William Force Scott
New York
Equal Suffrage League of New York
Beharf
Just Government Lessue
Maryland
Alice Paul
Congressional Union
Washington
Hartford
Fies Paul
Wilson
McAdoo
Wilson and Marshall Association
George Armes
Camipalen
Presider Wilson
National Women Voters Association
San Francisco
Williamy Kent
California
Panama
Erie News Notes From Rough Week At Local Spots
Miss Ande Travis aged 87 Elm street required eight stitches for a right arm laceration after a fall on Elm Street sidewalk Thursday. A turpentine fumes incident during varnish mixing at Voltax Co plant caused minor injuries to several workers. Dr. and Mrs. Canavan of Providence visiting St Vincent's hospital as former medical classmates. Guster Hendt of Pembroke Street bruised his hip in a Crescent Avenue incident and was taken to Bridgeport hospital. Five men assaulted John Frank at a Pembroke Street saloon Thursday night, leaving him battered and stabbed in the left arm. three stitches applied at emergency hospital.
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Ande ‘Travis
Elm Street
John Canavan
Providence, R. Tf
J. P.deery
St Vincent's Hospital
Canaven
Deery
Baltimore
Guster Hendt
Pembroke Sr
Crescent Avenue
William Street
Bridgeport Hospital
John Frank
Pembroke Street
Great winter clearance sale at Dillon Co.
Points of interest announce a great winter clearance sale beginning today at B H F Dillon & Co. 1105 Main Street offering extraordinary price reductions on furs millinery shirt waists petticoats woolen throat scarfs and dairs.
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Dillon &Co
Main Street
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Bis Hand
Fred McGirr
Hartford Rowing, Club
P. T. Barnum
Herford Inlet
Jeras
Division Street
Minnie V. Cavanqueri
Michael Cavanaugh
Franks Street
St. ‘Ary's Church
Ribbon Association
Salter's Hall
Mehe Hall
Stokes
Mie
Marie Garcon
Farce
Easton
Deerfield
Lawrence C. Phinpe
Denver
John Reck
Boston
W. D. Cook & Sons
Water Street
U. S
George Feteraon
Long Island City
United Appraisers
Cotlere
W. W. McDonald
General’ Electric Company
Lynn
Wilmington
Del
James Ashton Bayard
Merrick
Stporter
Suffrage News
ERIEP
Voltax Co
Chemical Co. 1
Cape Cod
Hayes’ Fish, CO
Bridgeport, Conn
J. Buechler
Fairfield Avenue
Middle Gt
Turkeys
RANE
East Mai
the People’s Dairy
Presh
Hobemtson
Sys
Jan Ae Charnial
Crawford Laundry Company
Courtland ST
Joseph P. Coughlin Co. Painters and Decorators
East Main Street
Flyman Manufacturing
Opticear
GEO. B. Clark & CO
Crawford Ranges
Broad Street
Sidatene Forte
Benjamin & Johnes
Warren Street
Newark
Onyx
Ray
Tease
Lord & Tales
Rae York Wholesale Distributors
Huyler's
Hindle
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