New Year Seaside and Algonquin Clubs Lead Lavish City Receptions
Oldest clubs Seaside and Algonquin dominate New Year hospitality with six pm openings and expansive dinners for hundreds. Calumet University and Bridgeport clubs offer buffet lunches while songs fill the air. Mohawk Yacht Club uses Beers yacht Dot to visit others for over 200 guests, as Penton-nock Yacht Club decor evokes sea charts and depth marks.
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Algonquin
Calumet
University
Steward Crowley
Steward Vines
Algonquin Club
Bridgeport
Mohawk Yacht Club
A. B. Beers
New Year Festivities Mark 1909 With Clubs And Y M C A
Commodore Frank Elliott led a visit to several clubs as Miamogue and Park City Yacht Clubs hosted from afternoon into night. The Lotus Club staged a New Year dance with Speidel's orchestra at Slo Cum 2yningstunt, while Y M C A welcomed 1909 amid a large male turnout.
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Frank Elliott
Miamogue
Park City Yacht Clubs
Bridgeport Minstrel
Roof Tree Clubs
St. Joseph’s T. L. & B. Society
Good Ship Lithia
Walter Stapleton
Henry Simonds
Frederick Hollister Stevens
F. H. Macfarlane
Lotus Club
Speidel
Slocum 2Yningstu
Judson Joins Watson Alpers in New Copper Firm
John E. Judson will join Watson, Alpers & Co. on January 2, 1909, adding twenty one years with Amalgamated Copper Co. and expertise in banking and brokerage. The firm, in operation over thirty years at 55 Broadway, retains Thomas L. Watson and William J. Alpers. Judson, a Stratford native, previously worked with Bridgeport Copper Co. and later with Amalgamated after the local firm’s sale.
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Watson and Alpers
Watson, Alpers & Co
John E. Judson
Amalgamated Copper Co
Broadway
N. Y
Thomas L. Watson
William J. Alpers
Judson
Stratford
Bridgeport Copper Co
Amalgamated
Fire in West End Home Briefly Extinguished
Shortly after one o clock today the auto chemical was called to Sate Street extension to extinguish a fire in the home of Stephen Orszag. The fire was confined to a bed and was put out in a few minutes. The damage was trifling. The owner was unable to give an account of how the blaze started. Funeral services over the remains of James W. McCormack were held this morning from his residence and from St. Charles Church. The pallbearers were John T. Dunn Patrick Murphy John Gall and William Hennessey. Interment was in St. Michael's cemetery.
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Auto
Stephen Orszag
Orszag
James W. McCormack
St. Charles' Church
Father Callahan
John T. Dunn
Patrick Murphy
John Gall
William Hennessey
Sst. Michael's Cemetery
Helen E
John L. Kennell
Jane Street
Middletown
Conn
Patrick O'Riley
Avenue
St. Augustine's Church
Father O'Meara
James Flinter
James Lyons
Rutherford
Denla Murphy
Brennan
Michael. Fitsge
St. Michael's Cemetery
Una Howe
Warren A. Lamson
Rete
H. Bishop
John DePeu
Grove Cemetery
Romain Held For Assault On Mrs Noonan
Michael Romain is bound over for trial in the criminal superior court on charges arising from an assault on Mrs. Margaret Noonan of 539 Myrtle Avenue. Testimony shows she was battered and dragged in the rear of the Weidlich Brothers plant, with two alleged accomplices discharged for lack of clear evidence.
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Margaret Noonan
Myrtle Avenue
Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co
Sterning Street
Noble Avenue
Pullman
Michael Romain
Criminal Superior Court
Denis Mason
Louis Shackett
Romain
Kossuth
Nichols Street
Steilly
Pembroke
Sterling Street
Noonan
Shackett
Mason
Ives
Mary Shorndorf
Kossuth Street
Keefe
Abbie Hedman
Hedman
Skaters Forbidden on City Ponds Amid Ice Cuts
Skaters may use Parrott's and Seley's ponds in Bridgeport, run by Nauga tuck Valley Ice Company, but no skating this year due to ice cutting. Access details given via North Bridgeport, North Main Street, and Brook Lawn trolleys. Also notes Beardsley park reservoir skating banned and trespass prosecutions planned. Funeral of Rufus B. Jennings held in Greenfield Hill with interment at Oaklawn cemetery Fairfield. Advertise in the Farmer.
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Naugatuck Valley Ice Company
Parrott's
Seley’s
Seeley’s
Park Cemetery
Bridgeport
Park Avenues
Park Avenue
Beardsley’s Park
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Skatine
Rufus B. Jennings
Greenfield Hill
Edgar H. Olmstead
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Oaklawn Cemetery
Fairfield
Harper Publishing House
Harpers
Mark Twain
Fairfield Avenue
City budget requests show police and code costs rise
The budget notes police seek 15 patrolmen at 2.75 a day plus 3500 for an automobile wagon. It cites 3900 for building code committee payments after 100 meetings. The piece questions council acceptance and notes potential loss if not approved, while mentioning national underwriters offer a free building code draft.
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Board of Education
Sion
Director of Public Works
Board of Relief
Police Department
Building Code Committee
Rowland
Common Council
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Building Commission
Commission to Close Bridge Contract on Monday
The bridge commission and city attorney will sign the Pequonnock river Congress Street bridge contract with Snare Trieste & Co. on Monday despite questions about bidding. City figures defend the process, noting the commission bears responsibility if the project underperforms. Amb Griscom in Rome to present to Italian Red Cross. Catania reports the Archbishop of Messina rescued from cathedral ruins, kneeling in prayer for five days.
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Congress Street
Pequonnock River
Bridge Commission
Snare, Trieste & Co
Manwaring
Cullinan
O'Brien
Griscom
Rome
Italian Red Cross
Catania
Messina
Imprrina
Property Loss in Earthquake Zone Nears One Billion
The article reports nearly 1 billion dollars in property losses in the earthquake zone with state branches and individuals sending funds to headquarters. New York contributed 72000, California 1000, Connecticut 1500, and the rest from J D Rockefeller and Anheuser Busch Brewing Company. Secretary Root will cable the money to the headquarters.
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New York
California
Connecticut
J. D. Rockefeller
Anheuser Busch Brewing Company
Root
Mrs Erb Describes Husband Death
Mrs Erb recounts the fatal incident detailing a struggle and injuries as she aided family and attempted to revive a sister after the attack. The account, continued, describes the scene including a captain and a nurse, with a doctor administering medicine to the sister. The surrounding text also notes obituaries for Helen E Kennell and Patrick O Riley and details funeral arrangements and grave services.
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Mathu
Beatrice
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Main St
Adson
Jackson's Book Shop
Main Street
Billy”. Smith
Kan E. Smith
National Polo League
Roae
Perrin
Smith
Massachusetts
Easton
Eli Lewis Goodsell
Lay
Union Cemetery
Eas
Upanbury
Hughes & Chapman
Stratford Avenue
James Horan & Son Plorists
Violets
Q Johnn Beck & Son
Watson & Alpers
West End
Shackett and Mason
East Side
Howland
Bridgeport, Conn
American Printing Company
Howland Dry Goods
Commission
Mrs. Erb
Husband
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