Paris underworld and vaudeville thrill at city theatres
Tourists glimpse Paris’s hidden Apache world alongside a varied bill of entertainment. The week’s attractions include the Appleton satire Apache Gance, a lively vaudeville act, and screenings such as A Girl of The West with Sadie Calhoun. Jackson’s Theatre features Yiddish star Thomashefsky in The Lost Paraphrase and Vaughan Glaser’s St Elmo adaptation with Lookout Mountain vistas.
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Paris
Parisian
Sadie Calhoun
Jackson's
Dixieland
Wal
Taft Rules Neutral Spirit Whiskey To Potable Strength
President Taft issued the final ruling on whiskey definition under the Food law. He held that whiskey made from neutral spirits becomes whiskey when reduced to potable strength, clarifying the law and its application.
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Washington
Taft
Two Women Rescued From Burning Building
A clothes closet fire in a forty family tenement at 118 Oak Street New Haven Saturday night threatened two women. One woman, likely in her eighties, lay trapped in the apartment across from the flames and suffocated by smoke until Rowen Oe Truck Company crew and Lieutenant Hott carried her to safety.
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Oak Street
New Haven
Rowen Oe Truck Company
Hott
Man Removed From Church Service For Disruptive Remarks
During the 620 o'clock Christmas morning mass at Father Fitzgeralds church in New Haven an unidentified man seated midway disrupted the service by speaking aloud at intervals. Ushers and parishioners escorted him from the pew and out of the church.
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Father Fitzgerald
Rose's
New Haven
Alshe
Deaths and Funerals in Fairfield and Nearby
Obituaries note Lisetta Helbig of 64 Winter Street and James Curran, with services at St Joseph’s and St Thomas’ churches respectively. Also mentioned are Charles S Banks, Mrs Hawkins, and James Reilly, with interments in Lake View and St Thomas cemeteries. A public talk on The Way of the Cross was given by Rev Farrow at the YMCA and to be repeated at Washington Park M E Church. Sun rises tomorrow and sun sets today are listed with high water.
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Wiliam cC. Kinsella
Unquowa Place
Fairfield
James
Catherine
Edward A Hawkins
Easton
Hawkins
Charlies S. Banks
Lisetta
Frederick H. Helbig
Winter Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Madison Avenue
Hubert Dahme
Lakeview Cemetery
Nicholas Curran
James Whelan
St. Thomas’ Church
Thomas J. Coleman
St. Thomas
Whelan
James Hawkins
Pairfield
James Reilly
Port Hospital
P. W. Reilly
Center Street
Young Men's Christian Association
J. Edward Farrow
Philadelphia
Washington Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Stratford Notes on Local Life After Christmas Storms
Miss Frances Russell visits brother Robert injured in North Carolina railroad wreck. He lay in four feet of water before rescue as sleet storms raged. Updates on society events include lectures, weddings, club plans, church music, and members’ travels in New Jersey and Connecticut.
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Frances Russell
New York
Robert
North Carolina
George Gould
Georgian Court
Lakewood
N. J
Patterson Avenue
Patterton
Phelps
Yale
Platt
Milford
M. L. Beach
Henry F. Wheeler
Susan Evetts
Horace Evetts
Order of the Eastern Star
Martha Townree
Nellie Wakelee
Cora Dorn
Sarah Wilcox
Wakelee
Clifford Bailey
Boston
Hollister Helhts
J. Roger Briggs
Yale Forestry School
W. B. Tuttle
Jose
Congregational Church
P. P. Haven
Miss Allen
Elmer Cavelli
Eva
Arthur Shirley
Packard
Margaret Beach
Donald
Stevenson
Haven
Santa Claus
Mr. Bullock
Thompson
Markham
George Meachen
New Jersey
Elmer Beards
Donation party at Westport parsonage honors Rev Taylor
In Westport the Congregational church held a donation party for Rev C F Taylor and his wife. Fruits vegetables and groceries were sent to Grace Christmas Tree of Love, and Mr Taylor received a $50 envelope. Master of ceremonies was Mr Boyden of Staples High School. Cooks prepared a 70-cover supper with music by local performers.
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Congregational Church
C. F. Taylor
Ioan
Taylor
Boyden
Staples High School
Arthur B. Jelliffe
Legere
John Lawrence
F. N. Taylor
Georges. Glover
John F. Coyle
John W. Gault
John M. Nolan
Riverside Avenue
Sternfish
Silk and Cotton Wash Goods Show Off Luxe Looks
The D. M. Read Co offers Silk Jacquard Pongee Messaline and Repp Moire textiles in bronze tan greens blues and pinks. Fabrics described as washable yet luxurious with prices from 29 to 50 cents a yard. Messaline suited for boudoir gowns and draped skirts. Wash Goods Section lower floor.
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Legion
Half-Price Table at the China Store
After Christmas cleanup the China Store offers a half-price table with china plates cups and saucers vases jugs tobacco jars and other odd pieces all at half price. Stationery calendars art almanacs engagement books sewing boxes and leather sewing kits are also half price. Large Holiday stock offered at half original price with many items suitable for framing or gifts.
Christmas Week Notes From Fairfield and Vicinity
A Fairfield area summary notes Christmas events and local moves. Obituaries include E M Lees a prominent lawyer and Civil War veteran. Property of Dr. Underwood valued at 30797 goes to his wife by will. Town Clerk Hyatt ill and improving. New law office opened by S A Purdy. A planned New Year prize fight was vetoed. Various residents travel, illness reports and social gatherings noted.
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Elliffe
Christchurch
E. M. Lees
Underwood
Edith Youngs
New York Courts
Compo Inn
Hyatt
A. Purdy
Greens Farms
Graham
Fairfield
Heath
Boston
Mary L. Crossman
Uxbridge
Mass
John Allen
Emily Beers
Bridgeport
Opera House
Toquet
Kenneth Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Trinity Church
Calvery Church
Bayonne
Charles and
George Meyers
Philadelphia
Mabel Thomas
Alexis Godillot
New York
John Robinson
St. Louis
Arthur Taylor
Turkey Hill
Neil R. Mitchell
E. ©. Simpson
W. B. Wheeler
Port Chester
Fire destroys auto in morning blaze in New Haven
A shed behind 37 Olive Street owned by liveryman Raffaele Prete burned in a morning fire started in the shed and an automobile valued at 1000 was destroyed. Six horses were rescued. Firefighters battled through deep snow to extinguish the blaze with no insurance coverage.
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New Haven
Raffaele Prete
Olive Street
Prete
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