Detchen's Relief for Rheumatism Improves Wives Condition
W Koons of Lawton Michigan reports Detchen's Relief for Rheumatism gave his wife relief from severe rheumatic pain. She could not lift a hand or foot for two months yet improved quickly after starting the remedy. She rose, dressed, and walked out by midweek. Sold by Curtis Pharmacy at 149 Main St corner Elm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Koons
Lawton
Mich
Detchen
Curtis Pharmacy
Main St. Cor
Bridgeport Estate Conservator Hearing Notice 1911
State of Connecticut Bridgeport court orders hearing on December 28 1911 at eleven in the forenoon for Conservator to sell real estate for Mary Mussler estate with notices to interested parties and attorney E C Hall to appear. Also notices of local obituaries and funerals for W Ingham aged 77 from 494 East Main Street and Anna Elizabeth Malota from 240 Colorado Avenue with interments in Manchester and Park Cemetery and Anna Ordner aged 62 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Connecticut
Eee
Bridgeport
Mary Mussler
gBridgeport
E.C. Hall
Conn
A. D
Poe
Edward F. Hallen
Inge
W. Ingham
East Main Street
Manchester
New Hampshire
Asota
Anna Elizabeth
Jene Malota
Colorado Avenue
Saint Joseph’s Church
Park Cemetery
Ordner
Anna L
William Ordner
Health Board Offices and City Hall Merger Discussed
Board of Health meets at the Office of Police and Charities Building to discuss new governance and shared services. A briefing outlines steps for consolidating health, police, and charitable services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Health
Police and Charities
Board of Education Tackles Budget at Evening Meeting
The board meets to discuss budget details and several resolutions from Commissioner A E Veness, including supplies for the board and a petition by the teachers association for a single $900 maximum wage. No action expected on locating the new high school site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Veness
Teachers Association
Woman hits husband with beer bottle in city court
Cora Waterman and her husband Eugene of 684 Mainstreet faced the city court after a quarrel in which she struck him with a beer bottle, injuring his scalp but not the skull. She claimed he insulted her. he denied calling her a name. Judge Wilder advised them to go home and behave. Also, Henry Watterson in Atlanta quips about Roosevelt and 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Waterman
Eugene
Final Meeting Of Boards Comprising Retiring Officials
The final meetings of several city boards occur this week as retiring officials step down. Dwight D. Wheeler leaves the five member board to be replaced by George Burns, while other boards announce successors and upcoming organizational dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Five Commissioners
Dwight D. Wheeler
Wheeler
George Burns
Hartigan
Board of Charities
James F. Somers
John E. Foster
F. William Behrens, Jr
Foster
John MacLaren Richardson
Matthew Judge
Police Board
Edward F. Hallen
C. D
Miller
Lou P. Bristol
George S. Hill
Board of Health
George W. Osborn
Frank G. Bogart
David M. Treae
William J. McLaugha
Monty’s New Scheme of Advertising Goes Live
Forrest W. Montayne known as Monty blocked Main street this morning with a large back card reading Just Married. He and Miss Signe M. Zetterstrand of Naugatuck had wed in New York last week prompting jokes from friends as he walked to a department store to pick dress goods and pins when the card was pinned to his coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest W. Montayne
Monty
Main Street
Signe M. Zetterstrand
Naugatuck
New York
Crushed Between Two Trolley Cars On Fairfield Ave
Martin Kilbride of Newtown narrowly survived a tram accident on Fairfield Avenue near Poli's theatre. At 2 15 p m he was squeezed between two trolley cars approaching from opposite directions, then freed by bystanders and placed in an ambulance to the Emergency hospital with a badly wrenched back and chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Kilbride
Newtown
Poli
Kilbride
Hincks Plans Three Story Brick Block for Manufacturing
Enoch P. Hincks owner of valuable real estate on Cariion street has completed plans for a three story brick block for manufacturing. The structure will measure 72 by 90 feet and work is expected to begin in the spring. Rental arrangements for the entire space are not yet fixed but expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch P. Hincks
Cariion Street
Mr. Hincks
Estimable Woman Expires Sudden ly
Sarah E. Currier, 65, wife of Levi W. Currier, prominent seed and grain merchant of 95 Wall Street, died suddenly at 750 Seaview Avenue this morning at 7 o'clock after a heart attack. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church, vice president of the Ladies’ Aid, and a member of Mary Silliman Chapter, D A R. She is survived by her husband and one son, Attorney Richard R. Currier of Newark, N J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E
Levi W. Currier
Seaview Avenue
Currier
Wall Street
Local Cure Claim At Norwich Kidney Remedy
Louis Frazier Market Sr of Norwich declares Foley Kidney Fills cured his kidney and bladder ailments after long suffering. He says the remedy provided immediate relief and recommends it to townsfolk as both a cure and preventive measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
White Sale Brightens Store With Cheerful Values
Bright and cheerful is the White Sale. Inside the store, brightness and cheer reign as the event livens all sections with distinct and satisfying offers. Large lots of merchandise include underwear, white goods, embroideries, and Fruit of the Loom cottons at seven cents a yard.
Nice Underwear Gowns and Cambric Fashions Displayed
Nice undergarments in cambric muslin and nainsook feature slip over and V neck gowns with lace edging yokes and frills. New models show embroidery, beading, and lace trim in soft cambric muslin and French styles priced from 25 to 135 cents with novelties for the approaching season.
Fashionable Cambric Finishes on Second Floor Showroom
Short skirts and soft fine cambric fabrics feature full ruffles, stitched hems, and deep hem lines. Patterns include embroidery and torchen lace inserts with delicate trims. Prices range from 45c to 65c. Displayed in the second floor showroom.
Combinations of corset covers with skirts and drawers
Several styles in lace or embroidery trimming on fine cambric and muslin combinations with waist beading and lace edgings. Crepe and batiste options feature drawn-work effects, wheel designs, and ruffles. Prices range from 69c to 1.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Batiste
Drawers with cambric finishes and embroidery styles
Soft cambric drawers in four patterns with ruffles or embroidered edges. Extra sizes available in some styles. Fine muslin drawers offered in six patterns including circular and straight models with eyelet or blind embroidery and lace edgings. Prices range from 25 to 45 cents.
Fashionable skirts with lace and embroidery trims
Long skirts offered in cambric and lawn with flounces and hem stitching. Cy Pretty skirts feature eyelet embroidery and lace flounces. Lace beading and rich embroidery decorate all lace flounces. Prices range from 45e to 2.75 dollars for varied fabrics and models.
White Sale fancy cot tons of purest white fabrics
Special assembly of fine fancy cot tons of purest white value that is characteristic. Splendid nainsoook for children's dresses and for undergarments, dotted and figured swisses, dimities, many sorts of desirable fabrics. Lawn 40 inch width, 150 yd. Fine dimity checks, 12 1/2 c yd. Fine swisses 12 1/2 c yd. Nainsook 40 inch, 15 c yd. Figured madras waisting 17 c yd. Bordered swisses 25 c yd. Embroidered crepe 3 c yd. Left aisle rear.
White Sale embroideries and laces vast selection
White Sale offers embroideries edgings and insertings at special prices. Close woven cloth and patterns show visual care with various widths from 1.5 to 15 inches priced from 5c to 45c. Crisp new beading edges, Swiss and cambric flouncing, corset cover embroidery, and fine nainsook work included with edge finishes.
White Sale linens and domestics advertise ranges
The advertisement touts fabrics by the yard and by the dozen, highlighting long cloth, cambric, bleached sheeting, Fruit of the Loom muslin, pattern cloths, heavy damask and mercerised damask, plus pure linen napkins and all-linen napkins. Main floor rear.
White Sale Bedding Prices List in 19th Century Ad
An aged newspaper clip lists discounted linens and textiles from a White Sale. Hemmed bedspreads priced around 1.28 to 1.29 dollars, full size spreads at 2 dollars, bleached pillow casings, pillow tubing, Swiss flouncing, embroidered waists and dress flouncing. Declared center aisle front.
Prices and layout for home textiles and bedding
Readable catalog fragment describes brown sheets of excellent quality sized 81 by 90 inches and pillowcases in stout bleached cotton 45 by 25 inches. Mentions main floor and rear areas as context for display or sale.
Winsted Train Wreck Plots Lead To 9 Arrests
Two attempts to wreck Central New England trains in West Winsted were foiled when a steel wedge blocked a switch. Nine suspects were arrested as police and railroad detectives investigate. Fire alarms at Michael Toth home and Bridgeport Plumbing Supply Co. prompted local fire crews to respond with minor damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Toth
Evergreen Street
Bridgeport Plumbing Supply Co
Noble Avenue
Maniacal inmate attacks fellow prisoner at Lakeview
Mary Bolnecz, inmate at Lakeview home, suddenly attacked fellow inmate Fannie Foley biting off the tip of a finger. She then raved, attacked herself, tore at her clothing, and bit her ankle. Attendants restrained her and placed her in confinement for safety. Mrs. Bolnecz, wife of Steve Bolnecz of 212 Pine Street, is to be deported to Hungary. Also, Turkish Ambassador Tewfik Pasha offered but declined the London grand visier post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bolnecz
Lakeview Home
Fannie Foley
Mrs. Foley
Lakeview
Bolnecz
Steve Bolnecz
Pine Street
Hungary
London
Tewfik Paste
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Bilal Rayan
Golden Hill
Umatisn
Nicholas
Stillman Street
St. Joseph's
Arnold
Arnold, Jr
Coleman Street
Nee Bo
St. Mary's Church
St Michael's Cemetery
Levi W Currier
Mt. Grove
Calean
Southport
Lucy Loretta
Catherine
Thomas Callan
City of
D. W. Lynch
Board OF Education
Atlanta
Roosevelt
White House
Henry Watterson
Gardenias Valley
John Beck & Son
Main ST
James Horan
Hawkins
Gee
Hughes & Chapman
Stratford Avenue
Jackson’s
New Health Board
Fairfield Ave
Hinks
Levi Currier
Atlas Hotel
Howland
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon Street
White Sale Linens & Domestics
White Sale
THE
Howland Dry Goods CO
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