New Haven Sloop Nora sailings and old tale
One hundred years ago the sloop Nora, Seth Mallett to sail from Jno L Brewster’s store for New York on Saturday the 27th inst and every other Saturday thereafter, with attention to freighters and passengers. A December 1814 notice records customs duties, a gold find on a Long Island farm, a severe December storm with two feet of snow, a report on the Atlantic Baseball League in its planning stage, and the Connecticut Polo League naming Waterbury as admitted plus local county commission races between John M Hawley and Henry Lee with Lee favored.
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NORA. Seth_ Mallett
Jno
Congress
United States
Atlantic Baseball League
New Haven
Ted" Sullivan
Washington
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Wanbury
Connecticut
Providence
Newark
Jersey City
John M. Hawley
Henry Lee
Rowland and Houlihan
Lee
Hawley
Rip Van Winkle to Replace Stam-Zora on New York Route
Three lines discuss transportation and city issues from 1894. Rip Van Winkle to take over the Stam-Zora route on January 2, with Bowman's boiler work and 75 cent fares. Includes notes on Fairfield House, Yale juniors, sleighing parties, and local protests about track ballast and garbage collection costs. Several city figures protest inefficiencies while rail crews endure cold and snow disruptions.
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New York
Rip van Winkle
Ich
Bowman
Rip van Winkler
LIQUOR DEALERS DISLIKE NEW TAX
The Licensed Victuallers Defense League representing about 25 000 liquor license holders protests government tax increases and shorter hours for public bars. They say emergencies are used to hurt the trade, raising beer taxes, cutting hours, and barring soldiers from bars, which would cut wages and jobs and drive venues out of business. They condemn allowing army canteens while denying bar entry to soldiers.
Sailors to Divide Large Prize Money
London dispatch reports sailors who captured the German barques Goldbek and Perkeo will share about nineteen thousand pounds from their sale. The Perkeo sold for 61 000 dollars to a Norwegian bidder. the Goldbek for 64 500 dollars. Perkeo, a 6 000 ton sailing vessel, was launched on the Clyde in 1904 as Brilliant and later owned by Hamburg’s P line. Captain Nissen, famed for Preussen, commanded both ships in separate wartime fates and briefly raised the Union Jack to avoid capture before a shot struck the sails.
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London
Clyde
P” Line
Clippers
Hamburg
Nissen
Dover
New York
Monte Carlo Loses Prestige as Casino Closes
Nice December 28 The Monte Carlo resort remains quiet with the Casino closed while the International Sporting Club operates with baccarat tables the so called circle price halting play at eight each night. Gold is scarce and counters are used in place of coins. The season shifts to classical concerts as operetta and opera plans are noted.
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Nice
1Life
Monte Carlo
International Sporting Club
Baccara
Austrian Troops Train at Cairo Encampment Near Pyramids
Austrian troops arriving in Egypt will receive training quarters in a large encampment near the Pyramids. A member of the latest Austro-Hungarian contingent is a cousin of Captain von Muller of the German cruiser Emden. Charles Blanchette of Aurora Michigan shot a black fox valued at 300 dollars. Corsage Bouquets For Dances John Reck and Son.
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Cairo
Egypt
London
Pyramids
von Muller
Emden
Charles Blanchette
Aurora, Mich
Women ignorant they are widows in war torn Paris
Paris reports reveal French widowed women often remain unaware of husbands' deaths. News outlets and families delay disclosure, hoping deaths are misidentifications. The pattern spans millions of schoolchildren whose fathers serve, with lists of losses pending government decision.
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Paris
France
Papa
Soup Kitchens Open in Paris Aid the Poor
Paris operates large scale soup and boiled beef distribution to ease winter hunger. Prices cut to two sous per litre of soup and four sous per pound of beef. Over 10,000 people served daily at two cent optional cost. Profits funded warm clothing for soldiers. stock yards line shows charity evolving into wartime support. An elderly woman receives extra beef when a ladle overfills her measure.
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Paris
France
Ege
Cross Country Running In English Army Camps
London reports that cross country running is a core part of training in English army camps. G. W. Hutson, once a top distance runner, is now listed as missing. Private clubs have contributed up to 75 percent of their members to the army since the war began, canceling autumn fixtures in favor of district unit competitions.
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London
England
G. W. Hutson
Endowment for Nashua Hospital in Hallen Estate
When the Wilbur Memorial hospital is completed in Nashua New Hampshire there will be a room and beds for poor people an endowment from the late Judge of Probate Edward F Hallen. The judge died at St Josephs hospital at Nashua and before his death made provision for the free beds in the institution. Dr Augustus Shea will have charge. The hospital is now under construction. Resolutions of regret at his death will be adopted when the board of education meets this evening. Gen Sir Thomas Kelley Kenny died at his home in County Clare Ireland. Two negroes were beaten to death and several white men were shot and wounded during race rioting at Fair Play South Carolina.
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Wilbur Memorial Hospital
Nashua
N. H
Edward F. Hallen
St. Joseph's Hospital
Augustus Shea
Judge Hallen
Board of Education
Greenfield New Year Reception Invitations Issued
A large number of invitations have been sent for the Greenfield club New Year’s reception to be held at the club house on New Year’s Eve. Mr. and Mrs. Simon C. Bradley oversee the arrangements. Also noted are recent visits and social visits among local residents including Mrs Frank Monroe of Brooklyn and the Hulls, Burrs, Edwards, Ayers, and Wilson households. Frank Niemak of Sayville, L. I. sent a large fat opposite as a New Year’s gift and shot two in his cellar.
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Greenfield Club
Simon C. Bradley
Frank Monroe
Brooklyn
Harold R. Hull
Wesley Burr
Grace
Bessie Burr
Mises Olive
Clara Hull
Harry S. Edwards
Stratfield
S. H. Wisner
Minnie
Sherwood
Erwin
Edwards
Easton
Emerson Ayers
Hast
Norwalk
William ‘Wilson
Roosevelt
Frank Niemak
Sayville
L. I
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Peter Hageman
Cow Neck
I. I
Taylor Sherman
Gulf
Alleghanies
Virginia
Manitoba
New Connecticut Polo League
Fair Haven
Manchester
Meriden
Wallingford
Norwich
New London
Fairfield House
Yale College
Frederick N. Judson
Edward” F. Hincks
Bridgeport Boys
City Hotel
The
American
York House
Traction Company
FitzGibbon
James Blakely
Board of Charities
Fifth Ward
Fairfield
Seeee
Congress Street
Maintreet
East Main Street Park Avenue
Byvere
John Reck & Son
M. J. Buechler
Fairfield Avenue
Middle ST
Nashua Hospital
Sir Thomas
Kelley-Kenny
County Clare
Ireland
Fairplay
8. C
Deerfield
Greenfield
Cape
Cod
Hayes’ Fish CO
Water Street
Bridgeport, Conn
Lyman Man
Uring Optician
Main Street
Lowe’s
AD Ite
Beaview Avenue
Cattin
Glenwood Ranges
Whittall
Chen
Elm St
Golden Hill St
Die Tb Hie Ib
Carolina
State and Bank
East Main
W. E. Halligan
Broad Street
the People’s Dairy
State Street
GEO. & Robertson
Joseph P. Coughlin Co
East Main Street
GEO. B. Clark & CO
Crawford Ranges
Reas
Daggett É Ramsdell
Daggett & Ramedell
Huyler's
Hindle
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