Park Commissioners Seek 83 574 Thousand Dollar City Parks Budget
Park board requests 83 574 thousand dollars for next fiscal year with 20 000 allocated to extending the Seaside park sea wall. The plan includes extending the sea wall, filling marsh land to enlarge the park, and funding various park improvements such as shelters playgrounds repairs and equipment across multiple parks.
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Seaside Park
Fayerweath
Pender’s Dock
Sta Wall
Seaside
North End
St Washington Park
Barnum Dike
Man charged in 1910 Los Angeles blast faced life term
Matthew A. is to be sentenced after a first degree murder conviction related to the 1910 Los Angeles Goilding explosion. Co-defendant Caplan, indicted on the same murder charge, will appear with motions and continuances set for January 12 as lawyers argue the next steps.
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S Amseles
Matthew. A
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles
Arsumenta
Seria Caplan
Fee
Charles Hageerty
Caplan
Bridgeport Savings Building & Loan Report Summary
Bridgeport Savings Building and Loan Association releases its semi annual report showing a steady position. Receipts in cash for the last half year totalled about 13,875.73 with expenses 388.57 and surplus 7,075. The balance from the prior report stands at 12,333.39 with a surplus and reserve fund of 31,162.22.
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Bridgeport Savings
Association Guinae
Social and Personal News From St George Episcopal Parish
Engagement of Miss Nellis betes of St George s Episcopal Banatato announced by Mr and Mrs Price of 291 Vine Street. Misses Doria and Lorraine Slirke, daughters of Mr and Mrs Payette C Clark of 2190 North Ave, hosted guests from out of town Miss Hyelyn Harris and Frederick Harris of Brattleboro Vermont and Benjamin Payne of Philadelphia Pennsylvania at a dance with Christmas decorations.
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Nellis Betes
St. George's
Edpis- Banatato
Stes Prices
Mrs. Price
Vine Street
Doria Am Dlorraine Slirke
Payette C. Clark
North Avemus
Hyelyn Harris
Frederick Harris
Brattleboro
Benjamin Payne
Philadelphia
The Heavens In January Three Great Planets Visible This Month
Three great planets Saturn Jupiter and Mars become visible this January in a skyward display. Sirius shines to the south with a brilliance rivaling Jupiter amid the constellations. A partial lunar eclipse occurs at 3 AM on February 20 across the United States, followed by a partial solar eclipse on February 3 visible here.
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Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Sirius
United States
Planetary and lunar events guide for January skies
Observers will spot Saturn Jupiter and Mars in early night hours with Jupiter low west at sunset and rising later while Saturn nears the Gemini group. Mars rises in the northeast and Orion, Aldebaran and the Pleiades appear near the meridian as Vega sinks. A January lunar eclipse is seen nationwide January 20 near 3 AM EST with a total duration about an hour and a half, plus a February solar eclipse visible as a partial in the U S.
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Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Fingee Mear
Atar
Pollux
Capella
Auriga
Vega
Aldébaran
Pidiades
Orion
Sirius
Cancer
Leo Minor
Leo
New York
Regul Jus
United States
Washington
Rocky Mountain
Hipparcl
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Colombia
Venezuela
Guadeloupe
Atlantic
Azores
Jenn
Fairfield County Democrats Seek Primary For Postmaster Candidate
Candidates Frank Stevens Hugh Shalvey and Thomas McClosky petitioned the Democratic town committee to hold a special primary around January 15 to allow enrolled voters to choose a preferred postmaster candidate to succeed Frederick B. Crefutt of Denbury, whose term ends next June. A fire early Tuesday gutted an unoccupied two and a half story house at Albert Hartog's New York City residence, with losses covered by insurance.
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Frank Stevens
Hugh C. Shalvey
Thoma E. McClosky
Frederick B. Crefutt
Denbury
Albert Hartog
New York City
Burglary at Lakéville Station Stirs Lakéville
The Lakéville railroad station was entered Monday night with theft of the telephone booth and slot machines. Several express matter packages were stolen. Loss amount unknown. no clues on the burglar. In bankruptcy news Albert H. Terrell of New Milford filed a petition in U.S. court.
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Lakéville
Albert H. Terrell
New Milford
United States
Court Terrell's Bankruptcy Figures Highlight Debts and Assets
Court records show Terrell listing a license value of 1000 dollars and stock of liquors at 1500 dollars. Liabilities total 4930.03 with 4478.13 unsecured. Assets include bar and fixtures valued at 1000 dollars and open account debts netted at 393.63.
LIVE STOCK MARKET REPORT AND STEAMER NORTHWESTERN NOTICE
New York prices for cattle sheep and hogs are listed with per 100 lb ranges and carcass values. Dressed beef and lamb figures shown. occasional specific prices for cows bulls yearlings and hogs appear. Also noted: the steamer Northwestern carrying $550000 in gold bullion and $50000 in copper sailed from Seward Alaska to Seattle.
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New York
Northwestern
Seward
Alaska
Seattle
Kirghway to Replace Osborne as Sing Sing Head
Albany reports Thomas Mott Osborne will be removed from Sing Sing prison leadership due to refusal to step down pending trial on indictments from Westchester County. George W. Kirchwey accepted the wardenship, aligned with Governor Whitman, while Osborne insists on staying until ousted.
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Albany
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing Prison
Westchester County Grand Jury
Whitman
George G. Battle
Huntington W. Merchant
Osborne
Sing Sing
George W. Kirchwey
Columbia University Law School
John B. Riley
Executive Mansion
Elbert H. Gary
Riley
Merchant
Attorney Battle
Gary
Battle
Kirchwey
Gov. Whitman
Cutting Salaries A Questionable Economy Move In Cabinet
London discussion centers on whether ministers should volunteer salary cuts to aid wartime economy. A liberal paper argues modestly lowering pay could distract ministers from national business, while unions press for wage restraint and example setting. The debate touches pace of war effort and risk of militarism.
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London
Trade Union Congress
Veil of Secrecy Lifted From the Kaiser's Fleet
Zurich reports Dr Otto Gaup in the Munich News on the German fleet stressing secrecy and the fleet in being. He notes submarines with battleships cruisers and torpedo boats behind them and warns that public disclosure could jeopardize safety and strategic advantage in the North Sea and Baltic.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Otto Gaup
North Sea
Baltic
England
Gaup
Germany
Denmark
Dardanelles
Balkans
United States
War talk on naval strength amid changing British views
A dated observation notes that before the war English opinion praised the German fleet as ship for ship equal to the Royal Navy. Since then experiences have caused some to doubt that praise, with a shift toward fighting only when a clearly superior force is assured.
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England
Hungry Nation Halts Foodstuffs Export in Hungary
Zurich reports Hungary imposes blanket export prohibition on scarce foods including grain meat dairy and eggs. Government to seize stocks with military force, fix maximum prices, and boost imports and production through factories distilleries breweries and refineries to curb extortionate prices.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Hungary
Austria
Germany
Budapest
Pneumonia Epidemic Raises Philadelphia Death Toll
Philadelphia reports an epidemic of pneumonia and grip Dr. Deepie Spey area. last week saw record deaths, nearly 60 percent of 971 total attributed to these diseases by attending physicians. The usual weekly death rate is about 422.
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Philadelphia
Deepie Spey Acre
Grip
All Aboard For Bagdad in the Argonnes Front
A German officer jokes about an Argonnes railway to Bagdad as crews lash together a makeshift line from an abandoned French mine. Two main railways, improvised engines, and rebuilt cars shuttle troops, supplies, and wounded amid constant rain and treacherous ground, showcasing wartime improvisation.
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Argonnes
France
Bagdad
Bettel
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