Private Bank of Bridgeport Oldest Firm Private Bankers
For forty five years we have conducted business at Main and John Streets, Bridgeport Conn. Our Private Bank has been established there continuously. We receive and pay out on demand millions of dollars deposited with us. We offer three percent per annum on money left on sight, credited monthly. We solicit accounts of individuals, firms and corporations for deposits and drafts, for any term from one day to one year, with interest. T. L. Watson & Co.
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Main
John Reets
Bridgeport
Conn
T. L. Watson & CO
DeForest Sets July 6 1911 Interest Date Plan
B DeForest president Samuel M Hawley treasurer outline interest terms on or before July 6 1911 with details readable in the fragment. The text references financial roles and specific dates guiding payments beginning July 1 1911.
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B. DeForest
Amuel M. Hawley
Treas
Bank declares semi annual dividend June 30 1911
Trustees announce a six month dividend at four percent per year on all accounts for the period ending June 30 1811 payable by July 1 1911 deposits before July 6 accrue interest from July 1 Edward W Marsh treasurer confirms the payment terms and dates
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Edward W. Marsh
Pavilly
Ocean Voyage Offer With Meals and Berth
Advertises a 1500 mile ocean voyage on a magnificent liner with meals and berth included. For further particulars apply to the listing source.
Italy Moves Toward Government Monopoly on Life Insurance
Rome reports a parliamentary committee favors Giolitti’s life insurance monopoly bill, expected to become law soon. The plan bars both Italian and foreign insurers from operating in Italy without government compensation for losses, prompting foreign protests and concerns from American and English investors. In Washington, efforts to create a noiseless city gain steam as the ICC orders two electric lines to remove screeching cars, police enforce night silence, and revellers are barred from any nighttime noise.
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Rome
Giolitti
Italy
Foreign Office
Signor Giolitti
Washington
National Capital
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chinese Warship Hai Chi to Visit New York This Summer
Washington reports that the Chinese cruiser Hai Chi, 4300 tons with 24 knot speed and armament of two 8 inch and ten 4.7 inch guns, will visit an American port after participating in the international naval review for the coronation. The move marks the first such visit in over 30 years. In other items, a government board will assess a horse for purchase, costing the U.S. about 8300 dollars annually, and American trade with Abyssinia isrevived with contracts for cotton sheetings worth 750000 dollars over three years, as Consul Love notes new agency openings at Dire Dawn Harer and Adis Ababa.
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Washington
New York
Bipgland
China
United States
Army
Sam
Uncle Sam
Abyssinia
State Department
Guy R. Love
Adis Ababa
Dire Dawn
Harrer
Love
Engagement Confirmed Between Landers and Sheffield
New London July 1 The long circulating rumor that former New Britain Mayor George M. Landers is engaged to Katharine Sanford Sheffield has been confirmed upon her arrival from Paris. Sheffield, daughter of the late Yale professor S. S. Sanford, is said to be the state’s wealthiest woman. She was once a New Haven belle and married Victor Thorne in 1899, later separating, then wed George Sheffield, Thorne’s college roommate and best man. A divorce was granted to Mrs. Sheffield about two months ago after a secret hearing.
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New London
George M. Landers
New Britain
Katharine Sanford Sheffield
Sheffield
Paris
8. S. Sanford
Yale
New Haven
Landers
Victor Thorne
George Sheffield
Thorne
Bay Shore
L. I
Edith E. King
Charles W. Tuthill
Washington
James W. Alexander
Miss King
Young Tuthill
Bayside
Anna M. Edwards
Hoboken
Admiral Togo may visit New Britain for Japanese work tours
New Britain may host Admiral Togo during American visits as part of a planned itinerary including Washington Niagara Falls and Boston. Japanese officials have inspected Waterbury Tool and New Britain Machine company plant work with ongoing construction tied to Japanese interests. last navy visitor was Admiral Fugi.
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New Britain
Togo
George V
United States
Waterbury Tool Company
New Britain Machine Company
Fugi
Washington
Niagara Falls
Boston
Rebuilding the Campanile in Venice Nears Completion
Venice July 1 The contractor on the St Mark's Campanile reconstruction promises completion by the April 25 1912 consecration date. The tower itself is finished and the bells are hung. roofing of the dome and the Loggia of Sansavino remain unfinished.
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Venice
St. Mark's Campanile
Sansavino
Arsenic murder case grips Punjab court days
In Calcutta preparations start for a high court appeal to reverse a death sentence in Amritsar against Suderani Bhagwan Kaur known as the Ranee Sahiba for poisoning Brahmin Kahan Chand. The widow of Sida Dyal Singh, her rank and tale stir strong public emotion.
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Calcutta
Punjab
Amritsar
Suderani Bhagwan Kaur
Ranee Sahiba
Kahan Chand
Sida Dyal Singh
England
United States
Kehan Chand
Memoirs Promised by Ex Chief of Russian Secret Service
Berlin reports Leonid Menchikoff, once head of the secret service, now retired in Germany, will publish memoirs boasting sensational revelations. In the preface he says he witnessed decades of czarist oppression and revolutionary struggle, knows police tricks and terrorist machinations, and accepts banishment from Russia as the price of truth.
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Berlin
Secret Service
Leonid Menchikoff
Germany
Czardom
Russia
Right Stone, Right Price at This Local Store
Store touts clear sparkling gems of absolute purity ready in rings pins studs brooches or any design you desire. Offers better value than competitors and invites customers to call and see. High confidence sales pitch from a local gem dealer.
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D. D. Smith's
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