Fraternal Officers Installed Across Local Lodges
Geo A Bramer installed Stratfield Encampment officers and a social followed. Flag Star Lodge 8 installed officers with Abbie Palmerton presiding and cake served. Bridgeport Lodge initiated two new members and planning a public whist party. Harmony Circle B of A hosted visit by John Ruhl of Philadelphia and prepared for January 11. Bertha Lodge installed officers with social refreshments. Court Waldemere F of A installed officers after four new initiates. Seaside Circle C of F installed officers with ice cream and cake. Pequonnock Camp MWA installed officers. one applicant. P T Barnum Lodge KOP installed officers. past chancellor honored. Abraham Lincoln Lodge IOOFM A installed officers. ball planning February 21. Wowompon Tribe IORM installation. prize scarf for recruiting. AOH Div No1 funded Italian Relief Fund. Hawthorn Lodge DOta Scotia honored retiring chief daughter Janet Duffes with tokens and songs. New Year singalong.
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O. B
Flag Star Lodge 8. of B
Abbie Palmerton
Hawthorn Lodge
Daughters of
Scotia
Janet Duffes
J. Robertson
Miss Duffes
Nairn
Murray
Guest
Brown
Robertson
Cyrus Plaster Backache Remedy Ad
Busy people avoid losing time and money endorse Cyrus Plaster for backache. Users report relief when others fail and spread the word through friends. Twenty five cents saves a day’s pay at Cyrus Pharmacy Fairfield Ave and Courtland St.
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Cyrus
Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Ave
Courtland St
Elks Elect Officers At Annual Past Exalted Rulers Meeting
The Past Exalted Rulers Association of the B P C E elected officers at its annual meeting held yesterday in New Britain Lodge rooms. President James T. Smith of Derby presided. local attendees included William V. Devitt Louis Brock H H Jennings and Deputy Sheriff Richard Brown. George S. Allen was named president George E Bunny vice president Dr T J Brothers secretary and Louis Brock treasurer.
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Exalted Rulers’ Association of the
New Britain
Dismembered Wife Buried After Months in Morgue
Chester L. Jordan awaits trial as his wife’s mutilated body was quietly interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden after detectives linked the case to Joseph Livermore who financed the burial. The woman’s body had been hidden in a suitcase during the attempts to conceal the crime.
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United Press
Boston
Chester L. Jordan
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Jordan
Joseph Livermore
Auto Crash Tangles Stratford Avenue Drivers
An auto traveling from New York to New Haven driven by F B Preston struck a telegraph pole on Stratford Avenue near Seaview. Three of four occupants were thrown onto the sidewalk. two unidentified New York women escaped serious injury and later boarded a train. Witnesses said Preston sped and failed to see the bend. a passing car towed the wreck to New Haven.
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New York
New Haven
F. B. Preston
Organized Charities
Stratford Avenue
Seaview
J. W. Hickey
Preston
Mr. Hickey
Weather and grocery ads from Laborde Co and Dairy listing offers
Local notices promote Laborde Co retail sales opposite Hewlands with coats suits and diaries. Also advertised are coal wood inquiries and the Nauga tuck valley Ice Co services at 421 Housatonic Ave. Dairy at 130 State St announces butter cheese eggs lard coffee tea prices and telephone contact.
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Laborde Co
Hewlands
Fairfield Ave
Naugatuck Valley Ice Co
Housatonic Ave
Boston
State St. Telanhone
Phelps Describes The Novel Of The Day In Stratford
Yale professor William Lyon Phelps spoke at the Stratford Library on the era of the novel. He praised Hawthorne and Daisy Miller while critiquing German and American fiction and recalled favorites from James, Howells, Wister, Booth Tarkington, Chambers, and others to illustrate what makes a story well told.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Stratford Library
Howard J. Curtis
Phelps Ana Jer
Phelps
Stratford
Pope
Spellamy
Gen. Putnam
General Putnam
Thackeray
Henry Esmond
Russia
France
England
Germany
Berlin
Chicago
Sudiman
Winston Churchill
America
Hawthorne
Twain
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
Howells
Kentons
Henry James
Daisy Miller
Daisy
Boston
Owen Wister
Booth ‘Tarkington
Jane Austen
Anne Elliot
Richard Harding Davis
Robert W. Chambers
January Clearance Sale Deep Discounts on Hats and Coats
Local department store advertises January clearance with reductions on hats from $0.25 to $6.00, fur turbans, knitted sweaters, petticoats, White Lawn and Ecru Net waists, long cloth coats, black and colored coats, skirts, jackets, tailored suits, and raincoats at about half prices.
Semi-Annual Clearance Sale Offers Bargains Across Apparel
Smith Murray Co runs a wide clearance with fleece shirts and drawers priced at 45c, ribbed sets at 45c, natural wool and camel hair pieces as low as 6c to 94c, and a large assortment of opossum and fox muffs and scarfs priced from 1.08 to 6.98. The sale lists many fabric hose, undergarments, and women’s and children's wear plus Belts and Pillow items. An additional Mark Down Sale covers Bentley package goods and various household items for a bargain centerpiece.
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Art Department
Bentley
Notes on authors and works from E H Dillon catalog
The text praises Mary Wilkins Freeman as a leading writer and cites The Shoulder of Atlas as a top book in a decade. It references a cash girl and a leather-smelling man, noting themes of love, family, and religion. Prof Phelps discusses European novelists at length.
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Mary Wilkins Freeman
Atlas
Prof. Phelps
Freight crews cut down men say
New Haven dispatch reports layoffs across the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad divisions as retrenchment reduces freight tonnage. On the New York division thirty crews have sixty men discharged with no word on reengagement. Rumors of official salary cuts were not confirmed.
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United Press
New Haven, Jan
New York
Road
New Haven
Hill and Brandegee Campaigns Stir Hartford Caucus
In Hartford on January 8 the Bran degee and Hill campaigns remain active as caucus day nears. Officials expect no nominating speeches at the Tuesday meeting while both sides report shifting confidence and doubt regarding the senatorial race.
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Hartford
Michael Kenealy
Brandegee
J. Henry Roraback
Mr. Hill
Coalition Formed Against Austria Across Europe
Telegraphic exchanges in Russia France and England pledge a united stand against Austria and warn of broader Balkan war once weather improves. Austria faces international anger over its stance with Italy and attacks on the Queen. The crisis is viewed as the gravest since the Balkan dispute began.
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United Press
St. Petersburg
Russia
France
England
Austria
Balkans
Italy
Farmers Grow Varied Crops Based on Seed Choices
The dialogue notes that crop variety depends on seed type used by farmers. Topics include soil quality and regional planting decisions as a visitor questions local agriculture. The exchange highlights how seed selection shapes what crops are cultivated in the area.
Mme Geoffrin and the Incubator Birds in An Odd Tale
A fragment from a 18th century salon anecdote details Mme Geoffrin and her husband, plus a curious note on the megapode that builds its own incubator. The Megapode nests in Australia’s Barrier Reef region, using a leaf mound that ferments to generate heat for hatching chicks.
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Australia
Barrier Reef
Bell the Cat and the Proverb Before Stirling
A fragment recounts the fabled bell the cat parable and its historical echo. It notes the Stirling nobles’ plan to bell Spence and records Lord Grey’s remark and the eventual deed by Archibald Bell the Cat. The piece ends with a Houston Post quip about Jinx the poker player.
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Stirling
Spence
James II
Lord Grey
Bell
Black Hart Angus
Archibald Bell
Glasgow
Judgo
Jinx
Houston Post
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