Civil War Roster To Be Corrected By Connecticut Group
Members of the Connecticut Secretaries' Association met yesterday and criticized the state printed roster of volunteer Civil War soldiers. They voted to appoint a committee to present to the legislature to fix mistakes and omissions. Dwight C. Kilbourn of East Litchfield is life president. Veterans note aging and reunions with as many as 150 attendees, including families, down from earlier peak crowds.
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Connecticut Secretaries’ Association
Connecticut
Dwight C. Kilbourn
East Litchfield
Public Opinion on Bridgeport Hotel Noise Complaints
A Bridgeport resident letters the editor praising The Stratfield Hotel and its benefactor Samuel H. Wheeler while arguing that taxi crowd noises from the hotel after events disrupt Chapel Street residents. The letter compares local noise with New York theater announcers, urging transportation routes to serve 110000 residents despite late night disturbances.
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Farmer
Bridgeport
Stratfield
Samuel H. Wheeler
New York
Boston
New England
Evening Farmer
Wheeler
Main Street
Chapel Street
Broadway
Griswold
Describes a telephone exchange through a pupil letter
A 1909 letter from Waltersville school pupil describes visiting the Southern New England Telephone Office in Bridgeport Connecticut. The account explains cables, the common battery system, local and toll lines, Wheatstone Bridge, and the operating room with female operators, noting training and attendance details.
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Waltersville School
W. Co. A. Sewing School
Young Women’s Christian Association
B. Schling
Moynihan
Southern
New England
Mr. Cox
Eid
Wheatstone Bridge
Fairfield County Politician Heads Farm Association Officers
The Legislature Farmers Association met Tuesday and chose officers for the current session. Simeon Pease of Fairfield was elected vice-president and George W Ogden of Fairfield County joined the executive committee. Police arrested August and Patsy Rosano, 12 and 6, at the railroad station after finding them selling papers. They live on 1050 Willard Street and were sent home with a warning that their parents would face arrest if their children were out late.
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Farmer’s Association of the Legislature
Simeon Pease
Fairfield
George W. Ogden
Fairfield County
Ike Williams
August
Patsy Rosano
Willard Street
Y W C A Notes and Activities for Women and Girls
Local notices list weekly events at the YWCA central and East Side branches on Friday evening and Sunday Twilight services. Bible classes, junior club songs, dressmaking and millinery courses, first aid training, physical training class, and a welcome to all women and girls are announced with times and leaders.
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Young Women's Christian Association
State St
East Side
Beach Street
Association
Central Association
Central
Katherine Moody Spaulding
Myra Durfee
Constance Lownds
MacKenzie
F. C. Featherstone
Julia Bishop
New Haven
Guaranteed cleaner for hands and clothing
An advertisement for a multipurpose cleaner that promises to protect skin and instantly remove stove polish rust grease ink paint and dirt. Mentioned as suitable for hands or clothing and sold in a large can for 10 cents. Manufactured by Wm. R. Winn at 244 Stratford Ave.
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Wm. R. Winn
Stratford Ave
Inside the Wire Room Where Calls Are Metered
A letter describes a central switchboard room with two desks called twenty five desks. Operators track talk time on paper slips under a clock and charge accordingly while trainees learn in a curtained area. The head operator sits at a desk as a postal sample is enclosed for reply.
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Mary Engelman
Souvenir book fraud warns unions and warns locals
Local 115 of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners warns members after a Stamford based canvasser, posing as Bridgeport union, seeks ads for a Willimantic branch souvenir book. Past frauds include a New York publisher taking $500 from a state labor federation in a bid to publish a year book while avoiding legislative involvement. Union officials urge using known members and local canvassing to prevent future schemes.
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Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Stamford
Bridgeport Union
Willimantic
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Deration of Labor
New York
Danbury Contested Election Hearing Begins
Hartford January 28. The House committee on Contested Elections held the first of two hearings this session on Morris Meyers Danbury Democrat challenging Wilbur C. Tomlinson Republican for the State House seat. Meyers argued the returns support his claim.
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Hartford
House Committee On
Morris Meyers
Danbury
Wilbur C. Tomlinson
Meyers
Tom
Two Die In Sewer Trench Cave-In Near South Bend
Three men were killed instantly when a sewer trench caved in in South Bend Indiana. The workers were digging when the collapse occurred and rescuers from a team of fifty labored to recover the bodies.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
Paul Barre
J. W. Owen
Stephen Smith
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Bridgeport Public Market Branch
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Geo. B. Clark & CO
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Bridgeport, Conn
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Capitol
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Cannen St
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Oline
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Laborde
Howland’s
Jackson’s New Book Shop
Hughes & Chapman
Stratford Avenue
Inson
Mr.Tomlinson
William DeYoung
Democratic Counter
Tomlinson
DeYoung
John P. Walsh
Democratic Town Committee
Fredericks. Blackburn
Blackburn
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Ellen BE. Rood
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