January Clearance Sale for Fur Goods and Apparel
Bargain event lists extensive fur and fashion items with deep discounts. Includes untrimmed and trimmed hats, fur turbans and muffs, scarves, pelts, and a wide range of coats, suits, jackets, shawls, neck ruffs, skirts, shirt waists, and petticoats. Prices shown for many pieces, highlighting Eastern Mink, Fox, Opossum, Lynx, and Ermine items among others. Hundreds of other fur bargains implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baum Marten
Petratos
Romance Ends in Double Tragedy Near Yonkers
United Press reports a dramatic affair in New York involving Arthur Kerber a 25 year old heir and Mrs Townsend Wood the separated wife of Edward Wood. Both bodies were found with self-inflicted gunshot wounds in each other’s arms in wooded area near Yonkers. Kerber had long courted Mrs Wood while she sought divorce. opposition from Kerber’s parents and Wood’s estrangement triggered the deadly pact. The couple’s deaths followed a tumultuous romance marred by social and family opposition.
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United Press
New York
Yonkers
Arthur Kerber
Townsend Wood
Mrs. Wood
Edward Townsend Wood
Kerber
Sweethheart
Wood
Orleff
Life prisoner may go free in Murder case reevaluation
Pittsburg January 2 1890 after nineteen years of life in Riverside prison Alexander Killen seems to have been wrongfully convicted in the December 23 1889 jewel robbery murder of Mrs. Paul Rudart of Tarentum. Detectives tied him to the crime via a boatman role and burial of a satchel but new evidence suggests he was not at the scene.
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Pittsburg
Lfe
Riverside
Alexander Killen
Killen
Paul Rudart
Tarentum
New Louisiana Alabama liquor laws face constitutional tests
Orleans dispatch reports constitutional challenges to the recently enacted liquor laws in Louisiana and Alabama. A large southern law firm is hired to pursue suits testing prohibitions, including licensing, female involvement, minor servers, music devices, and stockholder restrictions in bars and distilleries.
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United Press
Orleans
Louisiana
Alabama
Montgomery
South
Toxico Laboratory Promises Free Trial Cure for Asthma
New York January 2 and announcement by The Toxico Laboratory 1123 Broadway offers a free mail trial of Toxico for asthma hay fever catarrh and bronchitis. The product is claimed to cure rather than merely treat symptoms and is presented as distinct from smoke snuff inhalations and other remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Toxico Laboratory
Broadway
City Briefs Preview Sunday Church Installations and Lecture
Just before the 10:30 service at the German Reformed church, elders Leo Schmidt and Frederick Anton and deacons John Weldner and Rudolph Laubscher will be installed. At 3 p.m., Robert Hunter will lecture on the Future of the Working Class. A merit system update in the Post Office takes effect this morning with demerits for infractions and credits for above average work. Rev C F W Ahrens marks two years at Immanuel Baptist with a sermon on Soul's Inventory of What We Owe God. Regular services and Y P S Co E meeting follow. Dean’s Regulars claim a constipation remedy.
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German Reformed Church
Leo Schmidt
Frederick Anton
John Weldner
Rudolph , Laubscher
Robert Hunter
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Hunter
New York City
C. F. W. Ahrens
Immanuel Baptist Church
Gregory and
Lafayette Streets
Sacred Hearts Dance at Eagle's Hall Tonight
The Sacred Heart T A and L Society held its twelfth annual New Year's dance at Eagle's Hall drawing a large young crowd. The event, a success financially and socially, featured the new Quake dance and Mills Orchestra. The faithful committee included William Garrity, Lawrence Blake, James Walsh, James Skane, John Halpin, William Dolan, Edward Skane, John Skane, Michael Whelan, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart T. A. and
L. Society
Eagle's Hall
Mill
William Garrity
Lawrence Blake
James Walsh
James Skane
John P. Halpin
William Dolan
Edward Skane
John Skane
Michael Whelan
Oat Sere
Bee Eercherousky
William Gay
James Barnes
I Fralnk O’brien
John Lyons
Clerkship contest narrows to Howe and Russell
Hartford on January 2 reports the legislative caucuses for next Tuesday focus the assistant clerkship race among J Olin Howe Waterbury Sa bin Russell Killingly and Charles W Cramer Portland Heavily backed by western counties and Governor elect Lilley Howe is favored to win on the first ballot Russell leads Cramer but Howe’s western strength and eastern presence may decide the result Howe’s unusual experience includes three to four years as private secretary to George L Lilley and inside knowledge of congressional methods New Haven County seeks recognition as no clerk has come from there in years Windham County already has a clerk in Willimantic and Engrossing Clerk George E Hinman, Willimantic, is not in line for another post. The region looks for a swift, experienced start this session.
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Hartford
House
J Olin Howe
Waterbury
Sabin Russell
Killingly
Charles W. Cramer
Portland
Howe
Lilley
Woodruff
Russell
Cramer
George L. Lilley
Congress
Windham County
George E. Hinman
Willimantic
New Haven County
Connecticut Patents Set From December 29 1908
Patents issued include autogenous welding of cast iron by A Beltzer and C Delcampe, Bridgeport. candescent electric lamp socket by G W Goodridge Bridgeport. sunken vessel raises by 8 Lake Bridgeport. switch by L H Moulthrop Bridgeport. diving ell by ae J Hassan East Haven. electric switch by J G Peterson Hartford. electrically controlled secondary clock by F P Thrasher Hartford. electric controlling means by F G Hardy Stamford. changeable lock by W H Taylor Stamford. compass attachment by J T Lihon Seymour. gar eam H G Voight New Britain. button attaching machine by F R White Waterbury. tension compensator by FP Hardmann Willimantic. lifting jack for railway ties by G Comi Cobalt.
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A. M. Wooster
Bridgeport
Conn
A. Beltzer
C. Delcampe
G. W. Goodridge
Lake
L. H. Moulthrop
Ae J. Hassan
East Haven
J. G. Peterson
Hartford
P. Thrasher
F. G. Hardy
Stamford
W. H. Taylor
J. T. Lihon
Seymour
E. N. Humphrey
New Britain
Gaream
H. G. Voight
F. R. White
Waterbury
Hardmann
Willimantic
G. Comi
Cobalt
Great Semi-Annual Sale of Muslin Underwear Items
Smith Murray & Co announces a great semi annual sale featuring large discounts on muslin and cambric garments including gowns, covers, drawers, chemises, and skirts. Prices range from 9c to $2. per item with special reductions on coats, waists, and millinery. Many items offered in multiple styles and sizes with substantial savings across women’s apparel.
Theatres Season Opens With Several Elite Casts and Shows
The final performance of Edward Vroom in The Luck of Mac Gregor drew a large crowd. Upcoming engagements include Blennerhassett with Burr and Hamilton in a dramatic version by Donnelly, The Mysteries of Paris in Italian, and George M. Cohan's Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway. The Man of the Hour receives praise from Amy Leslie, with next week’s engagements by Brady and Grismer. The Merry Widow-inspired Love Waltz is hailed as vaudeville’s premier production with a 2100-dollar costume and scenery showcase and a twenty-one-strong cast.
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Edward Vroom
MacGregor
Blennerhassett
H. Grattan Donnelly
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Harman Blennerhassett
Donnelly
Burr
Hamilton
Mississippi
Blennerhassett Island
Richmond
United States
Amy Leslie
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
George Broadhurst
William A. Brady
Joseph H. Grismer
New York City
Jesse L. Lasky
Lasky
Newtown Hosts New Year Party At Beach Memorial Library
Masters Hermann N Tiemann Jr and Crossley W G Wallace entertained about 30 friends on New Year’s Eve at the Beach Memorial Library. Dancing featured the Angelus music by H M Tiemann Sr. and Mrs Tiemann acted as chaperone, with decorations for the Xmas Whist still in place.
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Hermann N. Tiemann, Jr
Crossley W. G. Wallace
Beach Memorial Library
H. M. Tiemann
Curtis £. Cook
Harrisbig
Metown High School
Augusta Campbell
Hook
Isabel Thomson
Bridge
Kate Ward
May Northrop
Bridgepe
Stratford
William Clark
Bridgeport
Florence Gaffney
John H. Brown
Danbury
New Roderiy
John Egan
Edward
York
W. Driscoll
Walnut Tree Hill
Bertha Prindle
New E
Joan T. Keane
Zoar
Mary and
Catherrell
Hawleyville
Dorette
Taunton Lal
Hood's Sarsaparilla and health benefits claim
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as increasing red and white blood cells and restoring health. It lists cures for scrofula eczema eruptions catarrh rheumatism anemia nervousness fatigue dyspepsia and general debility and promotes its liquid form for consumption.
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Hood
Local Newtown social notes and postholiday events
Enhanced by flags and costumes a party produced a charming scene with a late night supper from Hotel Green Danbury. Donations for earthquake survivors were urged to the Red Cross and Italian relief collections planned at St Rose’s Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Green Danbury
Newtown Savings Bank
Red Cross Society
St. Rose’s Church
Hartford
Pootatuck
Lake Mahopac
N. Y
McGauley
Walnut Tree Hill
St. Rose's Church
W. J. Driscoll
St. Rose’s
Ella Blake
Park City
Gustave W. Carlson
Town
Guy Brown
New Britain
Frederick L. Brown
Glen
St. Rose's
St. Mary's Hall
Sandy Hook
Jews Will Aid Italia Relief Drive Special From New York
United by New York reports January 2 Jewish relief drive urges American Jews to contribute to the Red Cross Relief for Italy. The appeal seeks funds and material aid to aid stricken Italian brothers and bolster morale.
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Italia
United By
New York
A Jewish
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