Reduced in numbers but stripped of power Lords may remain legislators
London dispatch outlines Liberal plans for reforming the House of Lords after a Liberal win in January. The scheme limits Lords’ powers, introduces life peers elected by Commons members for two sessions, and gradually phases out hereditary seats while keeping a ceremonial royal appointment. The approach aims to create a mixed chamber with a lean toward life members and Commons influence.
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Charles P. Stewart
United Press
London
House of Lords
Commons
Lords
Tower Chamber
of Lords
England
House of Commons
Lords Vressing
Edward
Wanderlust Grips Boy Of Eleven Years
Peter Marona eleven from 60 Goodwin Street disappeared on Christmas Day after looting a stocking and leaving home. Parents reported him missing. a Versailles postmark note says he arrived there late Saturday aboard a cot, cold and dirty, and he will return home within a few days.
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Peter Marona
Goodwin Street
Versailles
Peter
Special committee probes Rock Island stock corner
From United Breen New York December 28 a governor appointed committee on the stock exchange opens an investigation into the Rock Island price flurry at yesterday's market. The stock jumped six points then slid back within an hour with evidence suggesting cornering. The unwritten rule forbids corners and those behind will face action.
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United Breen
New York
The
Stock Exchange
Rock Island
É Exchange
Airship Flight of 1000 Miles Featured
A tentative feature of the meet by the city includes an airship voyage of about 1000 miles. D. P. Preble of Ore. expects a sensational journey as local newsmen await developments. Tickets are on sale for the Circulation Club of New York beefsteak dinner and vaudeville at the New York Press Club on Wednesday February 2.
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Los Angeles
D. P. Preble Ore
Circulation Club of
New York
New York Press Club
Peace Promised for Nicaragua in Power Change Talks
Special from United Press reports peace terms to be discussed after a commission set for Saturday between Madriz’s representatives and Provisional President Estrada. Washington diplomats foresee ceasing hostilities within a week with a stable government and a possible broader house-cleaning to end Zelayan influence.
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United Press
Nicaragua
Madris
Estrada
Washington
State Department
Managa
Knox Ad
Madriz
Admiral Kimball
Carnegie Injury Not Serious Says Doctor
New York December 28 Andrew Carnegie rests at his Fifth Avenue home after slipping on ice in Central Park and injuring his left knee. Dr Garmany stated the leg injury causes pain but is not considered serious.
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United Press
New York
Andrew Carnesié
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Garmany
Andrew Carnegie
Bodies of seven children recovered from ruins
Dubois Pennsylvania reports the bodies of seven children aged two to twelve were recovered today from the burned home of Geetroyed, the fire blamed on an overheated stove that ignited a powder can. Weather notes from New Haven forecast fair to partly cloudy conditions with possible snow flurries.
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United Press
Dubois
New Haven
Shoppers break all records for Christmas trade
Merchants report unprecedented Christmas business across department, clothing, and jewelry stores in Bridgeport and New England. Early shopping eased clerks’ stress and illnesses, with traders noting usefully spent cash on practical gifts. Stores credit longer hours and broader distribution of shopping as keys to the surge in activity and healthy finances.
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Bridgeport
New England
New York
D. M. Read Co
Howland Dry Goods Co
Smith, Murray & Co
Meigs & Co
Laborde-Gelman
Buechler Buys Stirn Residence In Local Purchase
Max Buechler the jeweler purchased from Adolphus and Sulla M Stirn the four family house on Lumber Street once Chester W Bennett residence. He plans meat houses with a spot and three stores on the street and six apartments above adjoining Thomas P Taylor property. Buechler will invest several thousands in the project.
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Max Buechler
J Jeweler
Adolphus and
Sulla
Oe. M. Stirn
Lumber Street
Chester W. Bennett
Thomas P. Taylor
Bacehier
Padlocked Dinner Theft Captured by Detective Cronan
The first report of a Christmas dinner theft centers on detective Ed Cronan. Eli B Morrill had a locked icebox dinner on his back stoop. the next morning the padlock was broken and the meal from turkey to mince pie was missing.
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Ed Cronan
Eli B. Morrill
Divorce First for Mortimer Drumm Sparks Legal Action
Mortimer Drumm of Broad Street seeks separation from Ida Jordan after discovering he remained married to Hertha McMasters since 1896. He had lived with Jordan after a 1908 wedding, believing himself divorced, prompting renewed bid for divorce from the first wife. The case hinges on the earlier 1899 separation papers and subsequent remarriage.
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Mortimer Drumm
Broad Street
I¢a Jordan
Drumm
Hertha McMasters
Cobleskill
Schoharie County
New York
Boston Bull Terrier Attack Stirs Danbury Families
Mrs Mary C McGill sues LeClair and Emma C White over injuries from a Whites bull terrier on January 19 in Abbott Street Danbury seeking 5000 for her and 2500 for her husband for lost services. Whites property attached to satisfy claims as salt filed in Superior court.
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Danbury@re
LeClair
Emma C. White
Mary C. McGill
William M. McGill
McGill
Abbotttreet
Danbury
William McGill
Salt
Fire department beats year-end alarm record in 1909
The 1909 fire year set a new record with 380 alarms responded to by December. Still alarms rose to 220 and bell alarms reached 153, while 8 false alarms occurred. Causes include grass and dust fires, incendiary acts, unclean chimneys, and accidental sources, with 139 due to accidents and 65 from chimneys.
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Oemer
Mysteries of Two Chinese Secret Societies Unearthed
New York police uncover alleged ties to the Four Brothers and On Leong Tongs. In Pell Street a box reveals details as Low Jung is found dead and Low Ye Fong fatally wounded after a gang attack. Four Celestials are detained for investigation.
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United Press
New York
Four Brothers
Galvin
Low Jung
Four Brothers Society
Low Ye Fong
Lew Jung
Lew Yé Fong
Pell Street
Woman Weighing 400 Pounds Dies in Altoona
Altoona Pa December 23 Mrs Mary Fennelli aged 44 died here today from apoplexy. She weighed 400 pounds and was the mother of nine children all of whom survive. The body remained warm for hours and the family initially refused to accept the physician's death ruling.
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United Press
Altoona
Mary Fennelli
Tobacco Trust Takes Control Of Owl Drug Stores
San Francisco reports a $2,500,000 deal where the tobacco trust will assume control of Owl Drug stores along the Pacific coast under United Chemist Stores Company. The new company plans immediate expansion to major west coast cities as the federal anti trust review by Sherwood areas nears a decision.
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United Press
San Francisco
Tobacco Trust
Owl Drug Company
Pacific Coast
United Chemist Stores Company
Drug
Workman crushed to death by huge boiler plate
New Haven December 28 John Dugan thirty seven a Bigelow Boiler Company employe was crushed at noon today when a huge boiler plate fell on him pinning him to the ground and breaking his back He died shortly after at St Raphael s Hospital He was married and resided at 29 Filmore Street
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Specia Trom
New Haven
John
Bigelow Boiler Company
St. Raphael's Hospital
Dugan
Filmore Street
Sunday School Exercises Postponed at St Pauls Church
Sunday School exercises at St. Pauls Episcopal Church were postponed from this evening to January 6 the Feast of the Epiphany.
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
One Year Jail for Hollister Man in Indecent Assault Case
Orlando Pierson of Hollister avenue was found guilty of indecent assault on his 17 year old daughter Signa and sentenced to one year in jail by Judge Ralph Wheeler. The trial lasted about fifteen minutes and the defendant sobbed recalling prior arrests for drunkenness and breach of the peace.
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Per Orlando Pierson
Hollister Avenue
Signa
Ralph Wheeler
Galen A. Carter
Miss Pierson
Pierson
Merva
Brakeman Breaks Remnant of Man's Prehistoric Tail
John Leavenworth, 33, brakeman of 70 Freeman Street, believes Darwinian theory has merit after fracturing a rudimentary tail cartilage at the base of his spine in a fall from a freight train in East End yards. He was transported to Bridgeport Hospital on orders from Dr Kiernan of the Emergency hospital corps.
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John Leavenworth
Freeman Street
Leavenworth
East End
Bridgeport Hospital
J. M. Kiernan
Emergency Hospital Corps
Shapiros Return From Wedding Trip to New Sherwood Home
Mr and Mrs Charles H Shapiro have returned from their wedding trip and will move into their new home on Sherwood Avenue at once.
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Charles H. Shapiro
Sherwood Avenue
Sixty Rescued After Ferry Crushed in Ice Gorge
A ferryboat Charon ferrying between Bellaire and Benwood broke through ice on the Ohio River and was crushed in an ice gorge. Sixty passengers were rescued by rivermen who braved the freezing conditions and entered the wrecked craft at dawn.
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Charon
Ohio River
Bellaire
Benwood
Housepoate
Suits for Heavy Damages Against Trolley Companies
Charles L. Pardee, nine, sues Danbury and Bethel Street Railway Co. for 10000 damages after a Main Street collision on April 4, 1909 left him with amputation of his left leg. He alleges no contributory negligence. Nathaniel Wood sues Connecticut Co. for 2000 damages after an election night East Main Street car trip left him with scalp wounds elbows knees and a kidney rupture. he is now aged nine and faces permanent injury.
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Charles L. Pardee
Danbury
Danbury & Bethel Street Railway Co
Pardee
Main Street
Nathaniel Wood
Jane Street
Connecticut Co
Wood
East Main Street
Liquor dealers in city court face charges and delays
William J. Heaphy proprietor of the Garde hotel at 323 South Main and James Mullaney liquor dealer at 296 Main street were arrested on warrants charging Sunday liquor sales. Arraigned in city court, trials postponed to Jan 19. Defended by Attorney Jacob B. Klein. Evidence provided by Eagle National Detective Agency. Warrants issued last night, Patrolman Waener made morning arrests. Leung Chick Chung charged with assault on Charles King. trial postponed to Jan 4. Attorney William Comley to defend Chung. E. K. Nicholson to assist State. Charles Hung of a grocery on lower State street stood surety for Chung’s appearance Tuesday.
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William J. Heaphy
Garde
South Main Street
James Mullaney
Main Street
Jacob B. Klein
Henry Greenstein
Eagle National Detective Agency
Waener
Leung Chick Chung
Charles King
William Comley
E. K. Nicholson
King
Chick Chung
Charles Hung
Lower State Street
Mad depositors batter Epstein in street scene
United Press dispatch from New York reports angry former patrons, mostly women, mobbing Herman Epstein outside a civil court as he faces a $300 loss claim from a Brooklyn bank failure two years earlier. Detectives escort him, while a crowd of about 50 onlookers chases the party.
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United Press
New York
Herman Epstein
Brooklyn
Herman
Epstein
Riley
Offender Freed When Poverty of Home Is Shown in Court
Stephen Almishea, out of work with a sick wife and two children, was arrested after a disturbance while intoxicated on State Street and Howard Avenue. In court he pleaded for mercy due to his family’s illness and poverty. He was fined $2 plus costs for breach of the peace and $5 for resisting a patrolman. On reviewing his home life evidence, the court suspended judgment and released him to care for his wife.
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Stephen Almishea
State Street
Howard Avenue
Lundberg
Worry Drives Railroad Man Insane in Blizzard Chaos
Philadelphia December 28 Worried by incessant freight demands and the massive storm the Ohio and Reading Railway officer B H Bail suddenly became insane in his Terminal Building office. Police removed him to an asylum as the freight department faced a threatened general tie up amid the blizzard chaos. Bail, a prominent official since 1888, had just been named second vice president and was to assume duties January 2.
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United Press
Philadelphia
B. H. Bail
Ohia & Reading Railway
Philadelphia & Reading
Lene
Joint Committee to Probe Ballinger Pinchot Dispute
Washington Dec 28 a joint Senate and House committee will investigate the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. The administration, GOP leaders, and Senator from Minnesota favored a joint inquiry to avoid whitewashing. Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania advised on the House side. Postmaster General Hitchcock endorsed the plan.
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Washington
Ballinger-Pinchot
Senate
House
Minnesota
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Ter
Ballinger
House of Congress
Hitchcock
WANTED Work by German man on farm call at 159 Sterling St
Classified list shows multiple brief notices including WANTED positions and items for sale. The readable items include WANTED work by a German man on a farm at 159 Sterling Street. a WANTED shirt folder and hand ironer at Bridgeport Steam Laundry. a LOST female French bulldog at 33 Thomas Street with reward. FOR RENT at 1226 Noble Avenue. a foot specialist ad. an Aeronaut anecdote. various rental and sales notices. a WANTED competent housekeeper. a FOR SALE upright pianos. and other small ads from Farmington Bridgeport area business listings.
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Bridgeport Steam Laundry
Fairfield Ave
Thomas St
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