Harcourt Selected as Viceroy of India Rumors
A December 30 dispatch notes Hon. Lewis Harcourt as cabinet potential Viceroy of India amid speculation. The report mentions Tolometon, a court action against Paul Telesca for violating the diring lawe, with witness Estate Policeman Vitelli. Romanian funds and Chicago concerns also appear in scattered items.
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Speec
Lomion
Lewis Harcourt
Totemeton
Paul Telesca
Vitelli
Died in this city scattered notices with obituaries
Obituary notices list deaths in this city with dates in 1916 1925 1935 and 1948. Names include Pauline Renz Daniel Driscoll Francis P Henaghan Elizabeth Menaghan and Alice Catherine te Temeanes. Locations cited include St Michael's cemetery Lakeview cemetery St Patrick's church and addresses on Beach Street Main Street and Laurel Court. Funeral times vary with services from 2:30 pm to 9 am and interment details follow.
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Alice Catherine
Gregory Street
St. Michael's Cemetery
Ag Brodkes
Carle Peres
Lakeview Cemetery
Breatford
St Michael's Sr
Elizabeth
Beach Street
Bridsy
Daniel Driscoll
Cme
Beechwood Trends
Pricsy
St Augustine Church
Be Menaghan
Thia City
Francis P. Henaghan
Ey Avenue
St. Patrick's Church
St Michael's Cemetery
War Department recounts action near Peronne front
Official statement reports an enemy attack west of Peronne aiming to seize a sap near Dompierre Navarin farm. Allied artillery prevented repairs as trenches were demolished on the night of December 29. Elsewhere on the front, no further reports.
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Paris
War Department
Peronne
Dompierre
Armipagne
Navarin Farm
Smith Estate Allocates Major Share to Husband and Brother
In a probate will Mrs. Smith leaves most of her estate to her husband Faenoud C. Smith and her brother Granville C. Parker. She holds property on Warren Street and holdings in Denver and Waukegan. The will provides that her husband care for her brother during the latter’s life. Total estate exceeds 330,000 with cash and realty in local banks and a $110 provision for care.
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Grace Parker Smith
Faenoud C. Smith
Granville, C. Parker
Warren Street
Denver
Waukegan
Ill
Bridgeport Motorists Before Gecy Barnes State
Secretary Barnes restored a Bridgeport driver’s license after a hearing. A bicycle accident victim Niscla Pomipela was killed when struck by a car driven by an operator identified as evil. Lewis of Bridgeport had his license returned for reckless driving and the case ended without a formal decision as he claimed he did not drive. George P. Gabriel’s case was continued to next Tuesday due to his lawyer’s absence.
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Barnes
Liicense
Niscla Pomipela
Lewis
Bridgeport
Bharren
Cass
Nea
George P. Gabriel
May Identify Man Killed By Train
Possible identification of a young well dressed man struck by a railroad train on the viaduct crossing Kossouth street last Sunday may be made at Cullinan & Mullins undertaking parlors where the body is held from an unknown grave. A woman from Naugatuck will come to establish identity if possible. Hartford news also notes a separate court case involving Samuel Hurwitz and his sons pleadings on fence accusations.
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Kossouth Street
Cullinan & Mullins
Naugatuck
Villa aide vanishes amid rumors of execution
El Paso reports the disappearance of Paplo B. Stienez known as the Dandy of Villa’s army. Former associates fear he was executed by his chief for not joining the Sonora campaign.
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el Paso
Tex
Paplo B. Stienez
Villa
Sonora
Frank C Hoffman Visits Family During Christmas Vacation
Frank C Hoffman son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Hoffman of Jones avenue is spending Christmas with his parents and will visit his uncle and aunt Dr and Mrs H F Cook in Newark New Jersey. Eighteen German soldiers were killed and 47 wounded when a train carrying troops on furlough derailed near Posen Germany.
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Frank C. Hoffman
Jacob Hoffman
Jones Avenue
St Anselm's College
Man Chester
N. H
H. F. Cook
Newark
N. J
Posen
Germany
King's Parting From Family Affects Sight At Jail Transfer
Curus King, a former Fairfield attorney and representative, and Arthur W. Churchman of Aluminum Casting Co., were moved from the county jail to the local station and to Wethersfield prison after embezzlement terms. King, in a brown overcoat and horn rimmed glasses, waved to friends and expressed resolve to begin imprisonment, while a poignant jail office farewell with his family ended with him bearing up.
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Curus King
Fairfield
Arthur W. Churchman
Aluminum Casting Co
Bridgeport
Wethersfield Prison
King
Revival plan for city branch libraries outlined
Library commissioners urge a quarter mill tax to raise 86 250 for operations and 25 000 to buy sites for two branches. Carnegie Foundation offers 60 000 to build and equip. Last year the apportionment board refused the site funds. Also listed were requests from assessors, charter revision, probate court, and sealer of weights and measures.
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Board of Apportionment
Carnegie Foundation
Library Board
Question arrest of congressman in strike plots
Washington December 30 The Justice Department weighed whether Congressman Buchanan could be arrested while seven others linked to labor’s national peace council plotted strikes at U S munitions plants. A New York warrant was received awaiting action.
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Washington
Service of the
National Peace Council
Department of Justice
Buchanan
Congress
New York
Manufacturer Seeks Injunction To Stop Abduction Of Babe
Safford M. Wyckoff of the Wyckoff Creasore Co New York filed in common pleas court for a permanent injunction restraining Mrs. Wyckoff from abducting their baby from Connecticut. Dec 23 she secretly took the child seeking to move it to New York. chase led to Greenwich at Judge Tierneys home where temporary injunction was served. Judge Mead of Greenwich issued the restraining order and Wyckoff seeks $1,000 damages against co defendants Judge Tierney and Henry Rudolph of Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
Wyckoff
Short in Pay Arms Worker Attacks Paymaster
James Griffin an arms plant worker at Remington Arms & Ammunition Co. tried to take pay from the paymaster at the Boston avenue plant yesterday afternoon. Policeman Bartholomew Eridan intervened as Griffin and the paymaster fought on the ground. Griffin was arrested and fined six dollars plus costs in city court and he lost his job at the plant.
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James Griffin
East Main Street
Waterbury
Boston Avenue
Remington Arms & Ammunition Co
Bartholomew Eridan
Griffin
Frederic A. Bartletti
Unidentified Body Found on Railroad Near Greenwich
Greenwich Conn Dec 30 The body of an unidentified man found beside the New York New Haven Hartford railroad last night at Cepheus bridge west of Greenwich lay in a local morgue today awaiting identification. He was large in stature well dressed wore a diamond ring carried a considerable sum of money and a gold watch bearing the initials EF.
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Greenwich
Conn
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Cepheus Bridge
EF. J. W
New Year Sale Highlights Tailored Wear And Travel Goods
A bustling store advertises post holiday sales withHart Schaffner & Marx and House of Kuppenheimer suits from $15, turbans at $2.50, mackinaws for boys, and a wide range of luggage and undergarments. It promotes quick fitting, superior fabrics, and special values on coats, suits, and accessories through the main floor and rear sections.
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America
America:—Hart Schaffner & Marx and the House of Kuppenheimer
Silk stockings in new colors offered at low prices
Advertisement notes abundant supply of silk stockings with lisle tops for durability in all new shades. Promotes pure all silk black stockings at $1 and black stockings with silk boot and Telebos finish, sold from left aisle rear.
Dance selection and New Year meeting of the Sons of Brin
The Sons of Brin held a meeting naming Daniel J. O Connor William Yale John J. Keegan Daniel Browley Thomas M. McNamara and John J. O Neill to run their New Year dance at Eagles hall on New Year night. Also notes Belgian glass works reopenings may provide jobs and Fairbanks for President signs posted in Indianapolis.
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Sons of Brin
Eagles’ Hall
Daniel J. O’connor
William Yale
John J. Keegan
Daniel
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