Autograph notes and probate decree fragment in Bridgeport area
A dated notice invites all creditors to present properly attested accounts to receive payment from Paul K. Sheffield of Mill River. Separately, Stratford probate court limits seven months for creditors of John Beardslee of Trumbull to present claims to the executor. Stamford town meeting bans hog tolls by declaring all well ringed swine free for commerce.
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Paul K. Sheffield
Mill River
Southport
Stratford
John Beardslee
Trumbull
William A. Tomlinson
Stamford
James Stevens
Samuel White
Five Decades Ago Waterbury and Norwalk Train Tragedy
Historic notes recount trains from Waterbury and Winsted arriving in time on the Naugatuck line. Ex mayor Scranton of New Haven is killed at South Norwalk when a platform fall leads to fatal injuries as two cars pass over him. The Rosedale steamer faces wind delays but expected later. The piece also mentions rehearsals for The Messiah, a school budget, and Waterhouse’s steamship gang plank contrivance.
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Waterbury
Naugatuck Road
Winsted
Rosedale
New Haven
Scranton
New York & New Haven Railroad
South Norwalk
Scranton Wen
Beil & Raymond
Jjump
Lin
Brooklyn Team Saddled by the 22-Player Rule
Lester Rice in the Brooklyn Citizen explains the 22-player limit hit the Brooklyn Robins hardest. The New York Giants benefited from young talent, while Brooklyn suffered with old timers and limited substitutes. The league later retroactively raised the limit to 22 and removed the disability list, constraining clubs further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League
Ne York P Giants
Lester Rice
Brooklyn Citizen
New York
Brooklyn
Robins
Daubert
Mclarty
Erkle
Charley Ebbets
Willard Knocks Out Rodel in New Haven on Birthday
Three years ago, on December 29, 1913, Jess Willard floored George Rodel in the ninth round of a New Haven bout. The victory followed prior clashes in Milwaukee and Vernon, with Willard later beating Rodel again in Atlanta before winning the world title from Jack Johnson in Havanas. Iona E. Parker of Newark died in City Hospital from burns sustained when her dress ignited on a gas stove. Christmas trees and wreaths by John Reck & Son.
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Jess Willard
Rodel
New Haven
George
Willard
Milwaukee
Jess
Atlanta
Jack Johnson
Havanese
Bob Fitzsimmons
Iona E. Parker
Newark, N. J
City Hospital
Draft Reforms Proposed By Ebbets For Next Season
New York December 29 A long discussed reform by Brooklyn club president Charles H Ebbets to revamp the draft system is again pushed by Flatbush interests If approved by the National Commission it would assign numbers 1 to 16 to major league clubs and allow staggered selections from minor league pools with potential two player picks per round A clause would auto bar clubs reaching 35 eligible players and bars cancelling a draft pick after naming a player
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New York
Charles H. Ebbets
Brooklyn Club
Flatbush Squire
Ban Johnson
National League
National Commission
John K. Tener
Garry Herrmann
Ebbets
Commissioneets
Cincinnati
Tuesayy
le Cagee Werad
Georgetown Player Shows Great Form In Indoor Tennis Match
In New York on December 29 H B O Boyle of Georgetown dominated William Botsford of Columbia in the fourth round of the junior indoor tennis championship at Seventh Regiment Armory. O Boyle’s strength and cleverness put Botsford, a former England youth champion, to defeat in straight sets 7 5 6 1. Elliot Binzen, junior title holder, and B H Letson, Forest Hills boys champion, advanced with strong showings. Levi Henry Elkell, Amherst Greek professor, is dead.
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New York
H. B. O'Boyle
Georgetown
Seventh Regiment Armory
William Botsford
Columbia
Botsford
England
O'Royte
Elliot H. Binzen
B. H. Letson
Forest Hills
Protection for Mothers Vital in Health Insurance Plan
Columbus December 29. At Rankin Hall the American Association for Labor Legislation heard Miss Julia Lathrop of the Children’s Bureau urge public protection of maternity through wealth insurance and medical organization under Health Insurance to avert the economic calamity of sickness. Dr. Alexander Lambert of New York outlined a compulsory health insurance scheme with local control and free physician choice, stressing sickness as a social and economic threat and the need for convalescence and group medicine.
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Columbus
American Association For Labor
Rankin Hall
Julia Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Alexander Lambert
New York City
American Medical Association
Mater
Als
Miss Lathrop
Dr. Lambert
Lambert
Coronation Festivities Parade Through Budapest Crowds
Budapest hosts a royal coronation as King Charles receives the inaugural diploma from Parliament and takes the oath. Crowds fill the streets under national dress while officials and nobles parade in Magyar garb amid rain. Crown guardians appointed as ceremonies unfold.
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Budapest
Charles
Social And Personal Honors At Year End Parties
Mrs F Percy Bartram hosted a bridge gathering at The Anchorage Back Rock in honor of Miss Alice Pierce preparing to wed Jonathan Grout of New York on Tuesday. Guests included Thimble club members and Pierce relatives while other society events featured Christmas dances at the Criterion club Newfield building and a dinner dance at Sea Side club replacing the New Year's Eve event. Col Elmer H Havens and Col Elmer Havens and family plan a Brooklawn Country club reception for daughter Elizabeth Havens with Christmas decor, plus a Brooklawn dancing party for Eleanor Webster by Mr and Mrs William R Webster Jr at the club.
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F. Percy Bartram
Bridge
Anchorage
Back Rock
Alice Pierce
Jonathan Grout
New York
Bradford D. Pierce, Jr
Marion DeForest
Criterion Club
Newfield
Sea Side Club
Elizabeth Havens
Elmer H. Havens
Malin Street
Brooklawn Country Club
William R. Webster, Jr
Miss Eleanor Webster
Mexico Decree Demands Renunciation of Treaty Rights
Mexico City decree grants foreigners with title to real estate mining oil timber lands and similar properties until April 15 to resign their treaty rights regarding those holdings. Renunciation must follow the earlier decree’s procedure issued over four months ago.
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Mexico City
Smythe May Compete For Robins Second Base Next Season
Sporting Chatter notes Jimmy Smythe from the Kerry Patch section of St. Louis could supplant Geo. Cutshaw at second base for the Robins next season. Cutshaw had a troubled year with grounders and throwing, while Smythe, previously with Montreal, was hailed as the top second baseman in the International League and tied for batting honors with Walter Holke.
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Jimmy Smythe
Kerry Patch
St. Louis
Geo. Cutshaw
Robins
Brooklyn
Cutshaw
Red Sox
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Bridgeport *S
ROAD
Oratior Society
Warner Hall
Board of Education
Board of
Waterhouse
William Waterhouse
Public Works Department
John Reck & Son
Levi Henry Elkell
Amherst
John Feck & Son
Ladies' Hebrew Charitable Society
Park Avenue Temple
Benjamin Oelsner
Reliasle Jeweler
Bridgepo Public Market & ‘Branch
New Year’s Poultry
Long Island Ducks
Swift’s
Cudahy Rex Hams
Squire’s Breakfast Bacon Bean
Salt Park
Bridgeport
Public Market & Branch
State & Bank
STS
E. Main ST
Tilly Shafer
McGraw
Shafer
Kelly
Thorpe
Lobert
Doolan
Charlie Dooin
Rochester
Harvard
Giants
Columbus American Association Club
Joe Tinker
Tinker
Rovers
Cubs
Fred Mitchell
Chicago Cubs
Toy Winen
Matt
Reds
Hayes Fish CO
Water Street
Cape Cod
Gardner Bay
Lynn Haven Bay
Barnum
Cartwright
Main Street
Joan
House OF Bettershoees
Postoffice
Postoffice Arcade
Maine
Pictorial Review
Main St
Corner Elm
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