Fires Ravage Snowbound Cities Across the East
United Press dispatches report numerous blazes and heavy losses as zero weather and deep snow hinder firefighting from Brooklyn and New York to Edinboro and Portsmouth. Dozens injured, several buildings destroyed, and multiple fires erupt in storefronts, tenements, and warehouses across cities including New Haven, Galveston, Cherry Creek, and Leominster.
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United Press
W Ork
New York
Brooklyn
Harry Goldberg
Fannie
Louis
Samuel
Annie
Lena Cooper
Emmanuel
Jessie
Ina Cooper
Harry Rels
Doublle
Edin
State Normal
Deaths and Funerals Thomas McCann From Hust Side
Thomas McCann longtime Hust Side resident died this morning at St Vincent's hospital after a short illness. He leaves a widow two daughters Catherine and Mrs Lyman and two sons John McCann a Fisher's pharmacy manager and prominent sport promoter and baseball umpire. The notice ends with an unrelated butter advertisement for Rose Hill butter and EB Sullivan's corner East and Jane Streets with phone 509.
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Thomas McCann
St. Vincent's Hospital
Catherine
Lyman
John McCann
Fisher's Phar- Eeeceen
Rose Hill
EB. L. Sullivan
Corner East
Jane Sts
Funeral notices from Nichols Conn and nearby towns dated 1909
Funeral notices invite attendances for Frederica L aged 20 in Nichols, and William J Meyer aged 42 in the same area. Services set for December 30 and December 31, with interments at Lakeview Cemetery and St Michael's Cemetery. Other notices announce funerals for McCann and Calan widows in Southport and Fairfield, with processions from residences to St Patrick’s and St Thomas churches.
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William J. Meyer
Lakeview
National Sol- Home
Togus
Maine
Frank D
Annerty
Southport
Conn
St. On Church
Fairfield
St. Thomas’ Ceme
Rumor Touches City Police on Cigar And Wet Stuff Missing
Reported chatter claims several cigars and some wet stuff vanished during a raid on the post office. Commissioner Kershaw plans to report the matter to the night police meeting and Edward J. Kiley warns against premature conclusions while awaiting investigation into the case.
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Kershaw
Edward J. Kiley
Rey
Fantarey
Gill Reappointed Asst City Clerk
City Clerk Stephen F. Boucher reappoints Lawrence J. Gill as assistant city clerk for one year from January 1, 1910. Gill will serve under Boucher in the city clerk’s office, continuing duties in records and administrative oversight.
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Gill
Stephen F. Boucher
Lawrence J. Gill
Start Someth ing So Not Call the Cops
Judge Foster told the court that a man cannot start trouble and then have the other party arrested when he loses. The case involved William Brant, a white truckman for Chris Rickard, and James Nickerson, a black truckman for the Brass Company. Brant had Nickerson arrested for assault, but the court discharged Nickerson.
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A&a
Funeral of Peter Walsh at St Marys Church
Funeral services for Peter Walsh held at St Marys Church with a high mass requiem. Rev Father preached a befitting sermon, and many mourners attended despite cold weather. Interment in St Michael’s cemetery. Also notes on Dr G W Osborne joining Waterbury Board of Health and local youths’ wireless telegraphy project between Torrington homes.
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St. Mary's Church
Nis
Heart Church
Naugatuck
William Hickey Michael London
Joseph Hall
John Keefe
Henry Cullenham
James L. McGovern
St. Michael's Cemetery
Harry Granger
Winthrop Ford
Torrington
Yale Dramatic Group’s Snowbound Trip Ends in Washington
Yale University Dramatic Association members faced a snowstorm en route to Washington during a Christmas tour. The 32 students rode a special sleeper to Philadelphia after their engine stalled in a snow drift near Wilmington. They improvised meals and entertainment in transit, reached Union Station by noon, and performed in Washington and Baltimore before continuing to Connecticut. The cast included E M Woolley and T L Riggs among others.
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Yale University Dramatic Association
Washington
Yale Association
New Haven University
Mason and Dixon Ling
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Station
Yale Club
London Assurance
Pennsylvania
Yale
Wilmington
Rock of Gibraltar
Parca Franchot
Pach
E. M. Woolley
New Yorker
Liz Harcourt
Thin Az
Maryland
A. M. Hartwell
Laurason Riggs
Hatet Lea
Adams
Ethel Barrymore
Harvey T. Warren
Union Station
Wash'neton
Connecticut
Sir Harcourt Courtly
E M. Woolley
New York City
Charles Courtly
W. Def. Manice
Dazzler
T. Warren
Bridgeport
Conn
Max Harkaway
H. Obernauer
Pittsburg
Solomon Isaacs
D. EB. Chantler
Martin
L. Havemeyer
Hartford
Cool
M. G. Ely
New York
Dolly Spanker
T. L. Riggs
Weather Indications for New Haven and East of Rockies
Special weather from United Press reports fair and continued cold tonight. Pleasant weather in New Haven this morning. East of the Rocky Mountains extends low temperatures south to Cincinnati. Zero readings near the Mississippi Valley with general freezing. Jacksonville, Florida at 20 degrees. Temperature has risen in the extreme northwest. In Beismarck and surrounding areas, a small increase noted, with fair weather and continued cold tonight and Friday, then warming on Saturday.
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United Press
New Haven
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Fla
Bsmarck
Os Sao
Bad Luck for Good Luck Dick Faces Petition
A renombrance was filed with county commissioners by Attorney David B. Dey challenging a plan to transfer hit semen at 1715 Main Street to 1582 Seaview Avenue. The document cites about 40 names from manufacturing interests and argues the saloon would harm local industry.
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Lombard
Main Street
Seaview Avenue
David 8S. Dey
Signa Holmes & Edwards
John 8. Fay Co
Beidtevort Chan Co
Electrc Cable Co
Wants To Rent For Sale Parmer Want Col
Local want column note indicates classified items offered for rent and sale, priced at one cent per word. Short listings appear under general want ads with brief descriptions and contact details.
Watch Night Services Mark New Year Across Churches
The New Year will bring watch night services at multiple churches. Washington Park Methodist Episcopal hosts a 5:30 to 9:30 devotion with Epworth League installations and an address by Rev. J. Mac Laurin Richardson. Trinity Methodist Episcopal and First Presbyterian plan similar events with programs, meals, and late sermons. Halley’s comet may be visible as 1910 begins. Communion shifts to the second Sunday in January. First Congregational to hold sunrise service at 7:30 AM on New Year’s morning.
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Halley
Washington Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Men's Brotherhood
Epworth League
J. MacLaurin Richardson
First Presbyterian Church
Trinity Methodist
R. S. Povey
Washington Park Methodist
Moving Day for Lawyers In Newfield Golden Hill and Main
An influx of lawyers is expected at Newfield building Golden Hill and Main streets around Jan 1. Coughlin and Wilder will occupy six rooms on the third floor of the Security building, Merritt and Stewart will share other rooms there, Marr and Shannon will also have offices in the Newfield building, Greenstein will take Merritt’s former space on the Security building’s fourth floor, Lyons moves to the Lincoln building with the Taxpayers' league office, and City Sheriff Cunningham will seek another office.
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Newfield
Golden Hill
Main Streets
Item
Coughlin & Wilder
Security
Albert J. Merritt
Jesse Stewart
James Marr
Henry Shannon
Henry Greenstein
Merritt
Fred Fallon
Harry P. Lyons
Sanford
Lincoln Building
Taxpayers’ League
Sherif Thomas Cunningham
Lyons
Horrors of the Schluss selburg prison told by Soskice
David Soskice writes in McClure's Magazine about Grachevsky a political prisoner in Russia. He allegedly killed a guard to gain execution but the fortress commander deemed him insane and spared punishment. Grachevsky then burned himself alive using lamp oil, while guards relaxed watch after displaying rational behavior.
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David Soskice
McClure
Schlussselburg
Russia
Ludmilla Volkenstein
Grachevsky
Soething Terrible
His Little Scheme Great Caeser owtane and gas at daytime
A garbled humorous fragment shows a gunner peering through a door noting blankets over windows and daytime gas. A wife visiting her mother becomes the pretext for a scheme to admit someone nightly and read, planning to dispose of gan comebow before month’s end.
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Ren
Sone Gan
Atlanta Constitution
Jackson's Theatre to Launch High Class Vaudeville Bill
Jackson’s Theatre introduces a new policy to feature high class vaudeville and motion pictures with three daily shows starting Monday. Acts to include Capretta & Co in The Garden of Mystery, Charleine Bros, Kraft & Myrtle, Hawley & Millis, the Two Hoses, and Thomas E. Shea before the rest of the season’s lineup, with ten cent admission and clean offerings.
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Independent Booking Exchange
Vaudeville Trust
Thomas
B. Shea
Capretta & Co
Charleine Bros
Kraft & Myrtle
Hawley & Millis
Two Hose
Thomas E. Shea
Harvest Moon
New York
Adeline Genee
Stlvers Star
New Amsterdam
The
Rays
King Casey
Maude Adams
Burke
Raymond Hitchcock
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Astor Theatre
Honey Boy Evans
Gentleman
Miskasippi
The Ink Stain Pressman Nameless Reward Revealed
In a London newsroom a slangy proprietor and a trembly pressman with ink on his face faced a revealing moment. The governor and a steward inspected the room as the owner questioned the man’s sobriety and offered him an extra week of wages after the incident.
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Tts
Reise
London
Pi Rietor
Bird's Sense of Direction Explored on Seaborne Trek
A scientific trek by researchers from the fishery board and a government steamer tracked a migratory bird aboard the G eker. The bird’s behavior shifted with the vessel’s eastward course toward the North Sea, showing distress and altered bearing when the boat turned, as noted by observers using a compass.
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Ademae
Fshery Board
Geker
Acre North Sea
HIOWLANDS WEATHER COLD CONTINUES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
The Weather-Cold continues tonight and tomorrow. The store will be open Friday night till 10 o'clock and closed all day Saturday.
Snapping Cold Weather Brings Special Needs Items
Warm fur coats and Merode underwear protect against cold for women. Knitted textures fit snugly in seasonable weights of cotton and wool. Warm loggins arctics help feet against snow. Calfskin walking boots aid tender feet. Wool blankets mix with cotton for strength. Comfortables sold in generous sizes from cotton to down filled. Prices start at $2.
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Merode
Loggins
Arctics
Dutton calendars offered at bargain prices
Dutton calendars underprice sale moves through a syndicate. Every calendar once held by E. P. Dutton & Co. is now for sale at steep discounts to clear stock. Catalog includes $1.25 and $1.50 items priced at 50c and 25c, down to 5c and 10c. A rare chance for artistic calendars at little cost.
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E. P. Dutton & Co
Dutton
Dever
Turban crowns and braids offer stylish hair styles
An advertising notice lists hair goods on the third floor including turban crowns, 20 to 28 inch braids in natural wavy hair, cornet switches, large pompadours, transformations, triangle and cluster puffs with prices from $1.25 to $6. Details specify lengths, shades, and long hair options for secure, fashionable looks.
White sale praises from an enemy and a buyer
A woman attends the White sale and buys items at low prices, confirming advertised savings on Fruit of the Loom pillow cases and other goods. The proprietor insists the sale does not cut value, claiming steady profits from planned stocking and fair pricing.
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Dwight
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