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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1914

Page

8

Sunday Church Services in Bridgeport area churches

A digest of Christmas and New Year services across Bridgeport churches. Listings include Trinity Fairfield on Fairfield Avenue and Broad Street with Holy Communion and Evensong. St. John the Evangelist and St. Theresa in Stratford Avenue area with Holy Communion and evening prayers. Congregational, First Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian and German Reformed churches detailing service times, Sunday schools, and special Christmas programs. Also notes watch-night services and preparatory events for New Year.

Trinity Church Fairfield ‘Avenue Broad “Street Lee Ae Econow Areson Gilbert R. Underhill St. Taree Stratford Avenue Sitth Street William HL Sepson First Methodist Episcopal Fairfield Avenue Broad Street George M. Brown Haworth League First Presbyterian Church State Street Myrtle Avenue John Maclaren Richardson Christian Endeavor Bridgeport Christian Union, Inc Bank Street Tescue and Relief Charlies W. Simpson M. A. Pollock Black Rock Baptist Chapel Brewster Street W. B. Oakley First Church of Christ, Scientist

Masonic Services in Westport Sunday

Westport church hosts a Masonic service Sunday 7 30 pm with Temple lodge Westport St Johns lodge and Old Well lodge Norwalk visitors. Col Alexander S Bacon F Potentate of Mosque of Kismet Brooklyn will give the address. Choir aided by Grace Hildebrand will sing Nearer My God to Thee and Holy Night. Fire at Brooklyn navy yard damages an office and part of a building, loss $8000.

Westport Christ ‘Church Temple Lodge St. Johns Lodge Old Well Lodge Norwalk Alexander S. Bacon Kismet Oasis Brooklyn New York State Madam Grace Hildebrand God Holden Adams E. H. Perry Huber David D. Wood Tennyson Percy E. Fletcher Temple Bridgeport Masons Brooklyn Navy Yard

Fire at Pope & Cottle lumber yard damages $125000

A blaze at Pope & Cottle lumber plant on Carter Street in Chelsea Mass caused about 125000 in damage. Boston and nearby fire departments assisted local crews as a 100 foot brick building and adjacent lumber piles, including a box factory, burned. Fireman Thomas Whites was seriously hurt when lumber piles toppled onto him.

Chelsea Mass Pope & Cottle Carter Street Boston Hvsrett Atwood & McManus Thomas Whites

Gate of Christmas Faith and Calvary Reflection

A fragmentary religious meditation describes a gate opening to reveal a narrative of Christ’s unbounded love and Calvary. The speaker wrestles with complaints and fears yet seeks entry as Christmas approaches. An angelic figure notes the crucified Jesus, scarred by battlefields, standing as sole atonement in a season of mercy and mercy’s search.

Weering Jesus

Palestine Old and New Subject of YMCA Lecture

Dr. James Edgar Banks of New York explorer will address the YMCA men at 3 30 tomorrow on Palestine Old and New as part of The Bible and the Spade program illustrated by his views. Banks crossed the Arabian desert in 1912 disguised as an Arab and has long studied Greece Egypt Arabia Assyria and Babylonia through field work. He has spoken before YMCA audiences nationwide and will present in the lobby with a curtain. All men in the city are invited.

James Edgar Banks New York Palestine Banks Arabian Désert Religious Education Greece Egypt Arabia Assyria Babylonia Turkey University of Chicago Young Men's Christian Association Association

Catholic Mass Schedules by Church in City

The notice lists numerous Roman Catholic parishes with their street addresses and pastors. It details daily and weekend Mass times including low and high masses, children's services, and vesper times for churches such as St Augustine's, St Mary's Pembroke Street, Sacred Heart Myrtle Avenue, St Joseph's Madison Avenue, St Charles East Main, St Peter's Howard Avenue, Holy Rosary East Washington, St Patrick's North Avenue, St John's Slovak Brooks Street, St Anthony's Colorado Avenue, St Michael's Sterling Street, St Stephen's Spruce Street, St George's Park Avenue, with pastors named and service hours. It also notes Frank A. Tierney's appointment as deputy commissioner under the workmen's compensation act and his posting to the Albany office.

St Mary's Pembroke Street Steuben Street John J. Murphy Sacred Heart Myrtle Avenue Richard Moore Ll.d St. Charles East Main Street Patrick McGivney St. Peter's Howard Avenue Thomas Kelly Holy Rosary East Washington Avenue Angelo de Toro St. Patrick's North Avenue John Lynch St. John’s of Nepomuck Brooks Street Andrew Komara Veepers

Poli's Christmas bill at Poli's theater thrills crowds

Amusements manager Poli presents a rich program of headliner vaudeville acts and strong photoplays. Highlights include Henry Lewis the vaudeville cock tail, Royal Gascognes juggling troupe, Betty Bond and Timmy Casson in a singing and dancing skit, James F. Sullivan in a one act, Coates Dean and Johnson, and Arthur Ward. The photoplay features Beatriz Michelena in Salomy Jane and a Bret Harte adaptation. The week also offers The Wanderer novelty acts and The Three of Us with Mabel Taliaferro in a Rachel Crothers adaptation.

Poli Henry Lewis the Palace Royal Gascognes Europe Betty Bond Timmy Casson B. A. Rolfe Arcadia James F. Sullivan Coates Dean and Johnson Arthur Ward Bret Harte Salomy Jane Beatriz Michelena Wanderer Maud Bill Ekelley Kaiser Norman Claire Rachel Crothers Mabel Taliaferro

Plaza Theater showcases grand Vaudeville bill at La Graciosa

La Graciosa thrills Plaza Theater audience with visions in Fairyland and Clyde Rinaldo’s ornate drops. The August Family, Harold Yates, Lloyd & Britt, Five Brass Men and Keystone comedy acts headline a diverse bill featuring comical and musical performances.

la Graciosa C Plaza Clyde Rinaldo Harold Yates Lloyd & Britt Keystone

Lyric Theatre presents The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary

Miss Emma DeWeale stars at the Lyric in a Calburn Players revival of May Robson’s The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary. Big Jim Gerrity Broadway success debuts next week. Also notes include Fred Wilcox robbed of 400 near Long Branch, royal pardons for sedition, Oklahoma prisoners granted Christmas clemency, and a 92 year old editor remarried in Kansas City. Salvadore of New York sentenced to three months on Blackwell's Island.

Emma DeWeale Aunt Mary Lyric Theater Calburn Players May Robson Jim Gerrity New York Calburn George Barnum Big Jim Garrity New York City Salvadore Blackwell's Island

Itching Skin Remedies Highlight Resinol Treatment

Itching skin eruptions such as eczema and ringworm are easily worsened by improper care. A Baltimore physician’s resinol ointment and soap are promoted as safe for babies and proven to stop itching and hasten healing at low cost. Free samples offered by writing to Resinol Dept. 44-R, Baltimore.

Baltimore Resinol Dept Ady

General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny Died At Home

London dispatch reports General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny former adjutant general of the British forces died at his Coolough Lodge home in County Clare. Born February 20 1840 in Ireland he served in Tangku Taku Abyssinia and South Africa and was twice mentioned in despatches. He accompanied Prince Arthur of Connaught to Japan in 1905 and visited the United States in 1903 after retirement.

London Thomas Kelly-Kenny Coolough Lodge County Clare Kelly-Kenny Tang-Ku Taku Abyssinia South Africa Pame Prince Arthur of Japan United States General Kelly-Kenny Ireland

Engine HIt Train in Missouri River Crash Kills Three

In Atchison Kansas a light engine running wild down a steep grade near Shannon on the Missouri Pacific collided head on with passenger train No 10 early today. Three men were killed according to initial reports.

Atchison, Kas Shannon Missouri Pacific

Courtade’s Christmas Festivities At City Hall

Snow shut streets and halted work as City Hall staff joined a brief Christmas procession to Director of Public Works Courtade. All street public works employees were paid off Thursday afternoon amid the winter disruption and heavy snowfall.

Dmfain Street North Avenue City Hall

Gleason Mill Owner Dies Suddenly in Gleasondale Mass

Alfred W. Gleason, owner of Gleasondale mills, died suddenly at his home in Gleasondale Mass on December 26. He belonged to the firm J. P. Stevens & Company, with operations in New York and Boston.

Gleasondale, Mass Alfred W. Gleason Gleasondale Mills J. P. Stevens & Company New York Boston

Christmas nuptials granted for Hving and Sarah Liggins

The groom, Nreal L. Christmas, 46, of 196 Wheeler Avenue, was granted a license to wed Sarah J. Liggins, 33, of Wheeler Avenue. He said his name made Christmas a fitting wedding day and planned the ceremony yesterday if the bride agreed.

Hving Wheeler Avenue Sarah J. Liggins Christmas Nreal L. Christmas

Coroner’s plan spares many from self harm in city

Chicago reports that coroner Peter M Hoffmann has saved over 20 men from attempting suicide by his jury policy. The plan, effective since September 1, screens jurors for need, aiming to prevent self harm. A steamship Ryndam arrived in New York carrying 20 000 songbirds from Germany and Switzerland.

Chicago Peter M. Hoffman Ryndam New York Germany Switzerland

Special Prices on Ready Trimmed Winter Hats

Special prices on the balance of Ready Trimmed Winter Hats and newly styled hats offered at popular prices. The ad notes latest styles and attractive pricing to draw buyers.

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