Christmas Cheer Brings Joy to Bridgeport Homes
In Bridgeport a white ground and brisk cold set the scene for a city wide Christmas Day, with Elks, Salvation Army and churches delivering cheer. Thousands received baskets of turkey, chicken and trimmings while 3,500 celebrated with 150 baskets at Elks events. Volunteers helped the needy, including families at Lakeview, the Mission, and the isolation hospital. The Salvation Army distributed about 809 baskets for Christmas dinners, aiding roughly 1,300 to 1,400 people, with plans for a New Year tree event to aid over 600 children.
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Bridgeport
Birtler
Kris Kingié
Tite
Lakeview
Weil
James Bradshaw
P Jackson
Charles .M. Wellin
Mac Ponald
MacDonald
Bradshaw
Jackson
Wellington
St. Charles
Christian Union
Salvation Army
Borg Boyle Private May Wedding Announcement
The May marriage of Misa Helen Boyle and Victor H. Borg was held privately on November 28 due to a bereavement in the family. The couple are now on their honeymoon. the notice mentions their home and surrounding details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Helen Boyle
Victor H. Borg
Whitman Takes Oath of Office as New York Governor
District Attorney Charles S. Whitman was sworn in as governor of New York today before Presiding Justice Ingraham of the appellate division of the Supreme Court. The ceremony formalized Whitman’s ascension to the governorship, marking a new chapter in state leadership.
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Charles
Whitman
New York
Charles S.whitman
Ingraham
Appellate Division
Surpreme Court
Coldest December But Warm Wave Looms Across Region
Unseasonably cold weather across New England and parts of New York broke records with subzero readings in Hartford Worcester and Burlington. Reports showed Burlington 16 below and Vermont towns at 52 below in Barre. Amid the chill an amethyst necklace tied to a twelfth dynasty princess heads to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
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Norfolk
New Boston
Massachusetts
St. Albans
Vermont
Barre
Rutland
Montpelier
Burlington
Pittsfield
Mass
Lebannon Valley
Stephentown
Lebannon
Watertown
N. Y
New York
Jefferson County
Sat-Hathor
Ant
Museum of Fine Arts of
Boston
Died Baldwin and Brown Death Notices in City
Obituary notices announce the deaths of Samuel W. Baldwin aged 91 years and Edith J. Brown, wife of George E. Brown, with funeral details. Baldwin's service at 534 State St. on Monday at 2:30 PM and burial at Mountain Grove cemetery. Brown's service from her mother's residence 45 Wilson Street on Monday at 2 PM, with interment at Oaklawn cemetery Fairfield. Also advertisements for sales agents and sign-letter supplies.
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Baldwin
Samuel W. Baldwin
State St
Mountain Grove
Probe of Corruption Charge in Hill Election Headed
Jeremiah Donovan files a detailed challenge alleging misstatements and unlawful expenditures in Arthur Wheeler led Republican campaign in Connecticut Fourth District race for Congress in 1914. He claims Wheeler acted with Hill's full knowledge and seeks disclosures of all donors and purposes behind payments including large sums to party committees and outside entities.
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Hill
Connecticut
Congress
Norwalk
Conn
House
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Congress of the United States
Necticut
Arthur C. Wheeler
Secretary of State of
State of Connecticut
Arthur Wheeler
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Republican Campaign Committee
Fourth Congressional District
Aiong
Sala Fourth
C. Wheeler
Greenwich
Newtown
Stamford
Brookfield
Danbury
New Canaan
Wilton
Baston
Monroe
Ridgefield
Bethel
Darién
Westport
Pairfield
Stratford
Huntington
Coe
Redding
Berwalke
Bridgeport
New Fairfield
Weston
State of
Arthur CC. Wheeler
J. H. Roraback
Republican State Central Committee
Fourth Congressional
Oyu
Arthur ©. Wheeler
Arthur
Ald
Connecticut Island
Arthur C
United States
Jeremiah Donovan
Firemen on the road to recovery after crash
Captain M J Datley and Lieutenant J J Kane show slight improvement after a crash at North and Laurel avenues involving a florist auto. Fireman Frank Ludford remains injured. all at St. Vincent's and Yale Street hospital wards.
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M. J. Datley
J.J. Kane
Frank Ludford
Chemical 2
North
Laurel Avenues
James Horan
Kane
Ludford Jare
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mooney
Deery
Johnson
Tague
Patrick Neary
Chemical Co. 1
Samuel McMuller
Harry H.read
Brooklawn Place
Quarantine on Cattle May Be Raised Here Soon
Dr. R D Martin US Inspector of Cattle said the government would likely lift the foot and mouth disease quarantine in the state within thirty days. The move is welcomed by the public and especially by farmers and shippers as hay and cattle shipping restrictions ease.
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R. D. Martin
U.S
Reception for Herbert Jepson at St Luke's parish house
A Christmas dance in St Luke's parish house honors Herbert Jepson on his 21st birthday, hosted by Rev. and Mrs. William H. Jepson. Mrs. Jepson and several chaperones will oversee the event with a large guest list of young ladies and gentlemen, following a preparatory dinner by Marshall De Witt at Park Place.
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St. Luke's
Herbert Jepson
Trinity College
Jepson
Herbert M. Booth
W. Wilmot
Fickett
Helen
Marion Meath
Ruth
Christine Howe
Bess McPhee
Louise Mosher
Mildred Bellewood
Irene Hazel
Sally Wilmot
Doris Taylor
Arline LaHall
Esther Roberts
Miss Cheney
Edith Dillinghams
Wide Rock
Madelyne Giblin
Miss Axtelle
Louise Foster
Mabel Pederson
Isabel Baker
Edith Leach
Emma Lake
Elva
Irma Bunnell
Edna Morgan
Alys Modell
Arline LaHait
Cuetestine Howe
Mengps
Selden Tracey
Robert Lister
John Godburn
LeRoy
Florence
Ofter
Charles Reed
Philadelphia
Attorney Beers Quietly Wedded in Norwalk
Special to The Farmer Norwalk December 26 Justice John W. Curnow married attorney Ralph T. Beers of Bridgeport to Miss Anna Elsie Burstein daughter of Herman Burstein of New York The bride a native of Russia Mr Beers son of Hon A B Beers of Bridgeport former commander in chief of the GA RL
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Norwalk
Ralph T. Beers
Bridgeport
Anna Elsie Burstein
Herman Burstein
New York
Rewayton
John W. Curnow
Russia
Beers
A. B. Beers
The
GA. RL
Local Building Permits Approved at Commissioners Meeting
Four building permits with a total estimated cost of 20 200 were approved by the building commissioners at a Thursday afternoon session held at 1 pm. Julius Weiss received a permit for a store and tenement building on the south side of Stratford Avenue. The Standard Mfg Co. was granted a mill construction factory building on the east of Housatonic Avenue. American Chain Co. obtained a factory building permit on the east side of Hewitt Street. Home Construction Co. got a permit for a cellar wall for a future dwelling on the north side of Gregory Street.
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Julius Weiss
Stratford Avenue
Standard Mfg. Co
Housatonic Avenue
American Chain Co
Hewitt St
Home Construction Co
Gregory Street
Not Gas Just Too Much Turkey
Thomas Farren awoke around 3 am at 123 Jefferson Street with faintness and severe stomach pain. He feared gas exposure from coal, but emergency hospital staff diagnosed acute indigestion and treated him on the spot before leaving.
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Turkey
Thomas Farren
Jefferson Street
Welkion
Christmas Music at Christ Church program announced
Christ Church prepares a Christmas music program directed by Joseph Consterdine Collings. The Sunday school choir and special Christmas selections will accompany the evening service. Handel’s carol and pastoral symphony In the Field will be performed, with organist Mr Dodge playing Mendelssohn’s Hark the Herald Angels Sing at the processional.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Joseph Consterdine Collings
Handel
Dodge
Mendelssohn
Herald Angels
Stratford Chicken Thieves Bound Over To Superior Court
Samuel Jackson and Stephen Kudeska, former Stratford workers, were arraigned and bound over for trial in the Superior Court on $100 bonds each after they were caught Christmas night trying to sell six stolen chickens in a Water Street restaurant. Police traced the birds from the Blake man’s coop via Derby to Bridgeport. The Spanish American War Veterans council in Connecticut will meet at the armory at eight this evening with Department Commander Charles Andres presiding.
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Stratford
Samuel Jackson
Stephen Kudeska
Frank
Darios Blakeman
Lewis A. Polley
Water Street
Halpin
Bridgeport
Blakeman
Derby
Council of Administration
Department of Connecticut
Charles Andres
Weather and Weekend Forecast for Ageport Debuts Monday
The brief notes a fair tonight and Sunday in Ageport with a weekend forecast. It mentions a forthcoming Monday news brief highlighting “nice underwear.” The fragmentary item leaves the exact weather details and context unclear.
Poiret's New Dancing Frocks At Notable Low Prices
Poiret’s fashionable tunics with velvet borders and lace over skirts, in crepe de chine and net, appear in gray blue and yellow shades. Frocks feature accordion pleats and lace bodices, offering old time charm with modern ease, priced at 18 to 25 dollars.
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Poiret
Men's correct dinner and evening clothes Special
A Chicago shop promotes formal wear from master tailors like Kuppenheimer and Hart Schaffner & Marx. Inducement prices range from 25 to 50 dollars for tuxedo or regulation styles, advertised as ready to wear from regular stock on the main floor.
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America
Kuppenheimer
Hart Schaffner & Marx
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Elks
Borg—Boyle
New Haven
Hartford
United States Weather Station
Torrington
At & Oélock
Angriday
Goshen
Gloversville
Weather Bureau
Albany
Det
Metallic Letter Co
N. Clark St
Chicago
Particulars
Bidwell Specialty Co
East St
Bovion
Florist
James Delaney
Fairfield
Ash Creek
Mary B. Connors
Owen Keenan
Elmwood Avenue
Mary E. Connors
Gwen Keenan
Bridgeport Savings Bank Mae
Trinity
St. Luke’s Parish House
Attorney Beers
Christ Church
Howland
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon Gt
Ageport, Com
the Weethers— Fair
Wen
Paul Poiret
Howland Dry Goods
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