Funeral Rites Held for James Willcox Thompson at Park Avenue
Funeral services for James Willcox Thompson were held at 2:30 p.m. at 72 Park Avenue with Rev. Henry Hallam Tweedy of Yale Divinity School officiating. Burial followed in Mountain Grove cemetery. A quartet Miss Lillian Warner Patchen Mrs. Robert Hard Mr. J Howard Russell and Mr. William G Rockwell provided music. Thompson born October 23 1868 in Bridgeport was the son of Marie Louise Willcox Thompson and the late Curtis Thompson. A Yale College graduate and Bridgeport lawyer he served on the Board of Aldermen and specialized in real estate work. He died July 6 in Bridgeport leaving his mother and sister Kate Langsetter of Chicago as immediate family.
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James Willcox Thompson
Park Avenue
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Henry Hallam Tweedy
Yale Divinity School
South Congregational Church
Lillian Warner Patchen
Robert Hard
J. Howard Russell
William G. Rockwell
Marie Louise (Willcox) Thompson
Curtis ‘Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Yale College
Knoxville
Tennessee
Charles Seymour
Law
University of Tennessee
Seymour
Cumberland
Great Smoky Mountains
Bridgeport
Secretary of the State
Thompson
Contemporary Club
Seaside Club
Outing Club
Park Cemetery Association
Kate
Herman Langsetter
Chicago
Pram Hits Ladder Injures Painter and Driver Incident
A disrupted street scene on Alice Street in West Lawrence reported an accident at Fairfield Street involving a beer wagon. Painter is injured, 18 people mentioned, and a driver was arrested for failing to stop after the collision. The report notes a working condition and details about the vehicle and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pram
Painter
Hewrence Shiel
Es Oahoet
Fairfield
Shields
Gs Beer
State Barbers Oppose Abolishment Of Commission
The report favoring abolition of the present State Barbers’ Commission was rejected by local barbers. Secretary O’Connor said the union opposes any change, noting a June vote supporting the current commission’s work and warning against a one headed commission. Peter Hummel, a former commissioner, is cited as supporting abolition and possibly seeking the new role.
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Committee On Public Health and Safety
Bar- Pere
Barbers W
O'Connor
Haupt
State Barbers’ Association
Hartford
State Board of Health
Peter Hummel
House Tackles Tariff Bill Again
Washington July 9 tariff bill from Senate presented to House for conference. House recess then reconvenes as rules chair Dalzell moves to non-concur Senate amendments and appoint a conference committee to renumber paragraphs. Employee Bert Hackett, 18, of 634 Seaview Avenue, injured by a crushing accident at the Zece Mfe Co. shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Chairan Dalzell
Committee On Rules
Dalzell
Bert Hackett
Seaview Avenue
Smith Ee Zece Mfe. Co
Turkiye and Greece poised for bloody Crete conflict
Special dispatch reports from Berlin that Germany England France and Italy may withdraw from Crete sparking a Turkey Greece war. Troops move toward the Grecian frontier with both mainland and Crete expected to see fighting. Crete’s 30 000 Muslim inhabitants warn of imminent massacre amid tense diplomacy.
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Turkey
Canea
Crete
United Press
Berlin
Foreign Office
Constantinople
Athens
Germany
England
France
Italy
Greece
Grecian
Canoa
George
Bowers Beaten by Long Grass in Connecticut Golf Scan
Greenwich July 9. Connecticut state golf championship second round saw close matches in the first division. Samuel J. Graham beat C. G. Waldo Jr. 19 holes, while James T. Soutien toppled S. D. Bowers three up with two to go amid grass troubles. Bowers lost by default to Spotty Bowers of Brooklyn after W. E. Davis defaulted.
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Greenwich
Conn
Connecticut
Samuel J. Graham
C. G. Waldo, Jr
Bridgeport
B. P. Merriman
Yale
N. R. Bronson
Waterbury
R. L. Jackson
Middletown
Ralph Carroll
James T. Soutien
S. D. Bowers
Soutter
P. M. Smith
Hartford
J. c. Ran
New Haven
W. i. Nicholls
H. de F. Lockwood
Meriden
W. W. Pratt
J. Sweeney
Naugatuck
E. 8. Parmelee
Robert Hunter
Stamford
Su. Bowers
South Main Street Residents Favor Wood Block Paving
Park Commissioner Charles Hanson told the mayor that South Main street residents prefer wood block paving. The street committee, which advertised for material, had asked for bids on brick only, but the community will petition for wood block.
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Committee On Streets
Charles Hanson
Lee
South Main Street
Ketchel to Fight Langford for $20000 Purse
Boston reports a proposed match between Sam Ketchel and Stanley Langford with a $26000 purse centered in Ely Nevada. Ketchel would receive $20000 regardless of outcome while Langford could get $5000. Negotiations were drafted by Willus Britt for Ketchel and H O Hall for Langford, with training set in Bly.
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United Press
Boston
Sam
Stanley Ketchell
Ely
Ney
Nevada Sports
Ketchell
Langford
Willus Britt
Bly
Flanagan Aims to Break Hammer Throw World Record
John Flanagan the Irish-American giant seeks to break the world hammer throw record at the American A C carnival at Celtic Park on Sunday He currently holds 180 feet set at American League Park and on the same day fouled at 185 feet Sheridan predicts a new discus mark with other top weight throwers including McDonald McGrath and Lace competing in hammer and shot events
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New York
John Flanagan
A. C
Celtic Park
Flanagan
Martin J. Sheridan
McDonald
Matt McGrath
Lace
Terrible Terry McGovern Held After Sudden Break
New York July 9 ex-pugilist Terrible Terry McGovern was committed to Kings County Hospital observation ward after his wife had him arrested in front of their home at 206 Eighteenth Street South Brooklyn Magistrate Geismar ordered admission. Police say he turned to heavy drinking two weeks ago after a stint in real estate on Montague Street and had earlier been treated for illness in Stamford Connecticut.
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New York
Hanor
Terry” McGovern
Kings County Hospital
Eighteenth Street
South Brooklyn
Geismar
Terry
Montague Street
McGovern
Stamford
Conn
Bristol Water Company Sued For 220000
Special from Initea Press shows Bristol July 9 with Eaton Brothers millers Edwin Hills Novelty Mfe Conapent of Plainville filing suit for 220000 alleging diversion of Pequabuck river watershed used for their water supply. Ex-Mayor Heney served as counsel for the plaintiff. A similar Bristol Manufacturing Co suit followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Initea Press
Bristol
Bristol Water Company
Cry
Eaton Brothers
Millers
Edwin Hills Novelty Mfe
Conapent
Plainville
Pequabuck
Heney
Bristol ‘Manufacturing
Com- Sen
The
Water Company
Fertilizer Plant and Hop Works Burned near Buffalo
Buffalo July 9 The Buffalo Deduction Company's million dollar fertilizer plant and hop works at Chechongo one and a half miles from the city line burned to the ground this morning. Volunteer departments formed quickly failed to contain the fire and aid from Buffalo arrived too late. About 900 men were employed at the plant. George Slocum arrested by Detective Fox for an assault on Lee Teller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Buffalo Deduction Company
Chechongo
George Slocum
Detective Fox Today
Lee F. ‘Teller
Widow of Clark Faces Trial Over Marriage Record
Nora Clark of this city seeks to prove her marriage to William B. Clark in 1877 while sisters of William E. Clark challenge the union on grounds Nora Lester Ives was previously married. The $5,000 estate dispute prompts a writ of prohibition and the case before Judge George W. Wheeler at 10 o clock tomorrow.
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Nora ©. Clark
William E. Clark
Clark
Harriet Cornwall
Elizabeth B. Chatfield
New Haven
Anna T. Tibballs
Nora Lester
Charles T. Ives
Ives
Henry Stevenson
Charlies T. Ives
D. O. Ferris
John P. Buckley
Vital Statistica
Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgegroom
Senora Ives
Elizabethport
N. J
B. B. Beardaley
St. Thomass Church
George W. Wheeler
Mrs Burns Learns She Remains Married After Divorce
Mrs Mary Burns, about thirty, appeared at the county courthouse seeking to confirm her civil status after a five year absence. She learned her husband James Burns had obtained a divorce for desertion about a year earlier. A follow up search found no record freeing her marriage, and Burns sighed relief yet she declared to a passing man she is still a married woman.
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Mary Burns
County Court House
James Burns
James Bares
Burns
Celebrating Isle La Motte three hundredth anniversary
Isle La Motte Vermont July 9 The fifth day of celebration marks the three hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Lake Champlain Thousands arrive by small boats for a solemn high mass conducted by Bishop Thomas M Burke welcome addresses by Governor Prouty Senator H W I Governor Hughes and Judge W P Stafford and Professor John Erstine who reads an original poem This afternoon they unveil a large boulder honoring Vermonters heroes Colonel Seth Warner and Captain Remember Baker by patriotic women of Vermont
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United Press
Isle la Mott
Vermont
Lake Champlain
Thomas M. Burke
Albany
Prouty
Buffalo
Hughes
New York
W. P. Stafford
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
John Erstine
Amherst College
Seth Warner
Remember Baker
Beveridge Defends Insurgent Action in Senate Vote
Senator Beveridge argues the ten insurgent Republicans voted against the Aldrich bill to honor party pledges and national policy. He calls protective rates a moral issue when protections exceed need, says excess threatens the system, and pledges continued opposition to the bill.
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Washington
Aldrich
Beveridge
Stanton wife shooter at police headquarters
William Stanton, known East Side ped dler, was moved from Bridgeport hospital to police headquarters this morning after an attempted murder suicide bid against his wife two weeks ago. He faces assault with intent to murder. bonds set tomorrow. Hearing delayed until Mrs Stanton recovers in hospital. Also reported is a burglary at 1277 Stratford Avenue. tailoring shop entry and theft of a watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stanton
East Side
Bridgeport
James Rosendale
Stratford Avenue
Senate passes bill limiting saloons in early session
Senate actions include a substitute measure to replace the existing liquor statute permitting individuals to manufacture electricity for personal use and potentially sell to neighbors with highway restrictions. Several appropriations pass, including $60,000 for Stamford armory and $250,000 for a state epileptics institution. A 5 cent trolley fare proposal stalls in House, while a bill to abolish the State Barbers' examining Commission advances.
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A. M. Cooper
Howland Dry Goods Company
Bridgeport
Capitol
Senate
Stamford
Sherwood
West Dort
Torrington
Huntington
House
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Newtown
Committee On Public Health and Safety
Senators Out In Force Today
Washington July session opens with senators in force to discuss bridge bills for western railroads and the Porto Rican appropriation. The Philippine tariff bill is taken up and read with committee amendments, and passes this afternoon without a record vote after adjusting the order to allow both measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Wators
Benator Depew
Senate
Confessed Bigamist With Many Wives
San Francisco report says Christian Johnson, believed to be the confessed bigamist John Madson, married ten women in California and others across Massachusetts Missouri Maine and St Louis. Police allege he duped fourteen others and extorted money without wedding ceremonies, turning bigamy into a business.
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San Francisco
Christian Johnson
John Madson
United States
Madson
California
Massachusetts
Missouri
Maine
St. Louis
Johnson
Commissioners On Tour of Inspection In Country Towns
County commissioners begin a survey of northern areas. They will inspect Babbitt's bridge near Brookfield, a landmark linking Fairfield and Litchfield counties, said to be in a dilapidated state. They will also review the Brookfield Sherman turnpike amid local controversy and petitions alleging poor road maintenance.
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Babbitt
Brookfield
Fairfield
Litchfield
Sherman
Fire Destroys Two Cottages in South Norwalk Blaze
July 9 South Norwalk occupants of Harbor View Beach cottages fled in night clothes as fires consumed the homes of B. T. Jordan of Stamford and Charles H. Farity of New Canaan. A cottage owned by Francis McClaren of Aries Lyn was badly damaged. The blaze started behind the Jordan cottage and spread rapidly to Farity’s next door. Total loss pegged at about $10,000.
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United Press
South Norwalk
Harbor View Beach
B. T. Jordan
Stamford
Charles H. Fartty
New Cansan
Francis McClaren
Arieslyn
Insanity of Man Who Fears Mob Temporary
Rosario Martello believed 500 men pursued him and surrendered his gun to Deputy Sheriff Louis N Richards. He was turned over to the charities department and sent to Lake View Home. His insanity is described as temporary, due to nervous excitement caused by the mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosario Martello
Louis N. Richards
Charities’ Department
Lakeview
Suits of extra value on sale in varied styles
Washable tailored suits offered at reduced prices with several styles and colors. Some coats are trimmed, with values listed as worth $10 $15 and $16.50. Limited sizes and selection described.
Bathing suits offered at low prices in Mohair styles
The notice promotes bathing suits priced from $1.50 to $3. It highlights good fabric that won’t waterlog or hinder swimming, attractive styling, and neat finishing. Mohair styles dominate the assortment with many variations available.
Linen suit promises style at ten dollars
A tailored linen suit described with a fashionable skirt and graceful coat. The suit features a new model cut and elegant finishing with lacing details and a tone to the overall look. The linen is stated as of good quality and the price is ten dollars.
Plaid Jumpers Highlight Style and Value for Young Women
Plaid jumper dresses offer bright gingham plaid and good quality. They come in stylish jumper styles with neat finishing and sizes 14 16. Available on the second floor.
Woman Rescued From Flames in Burrville Fire
Winsted July 9 a dramatic blaze destroyed a two story Burrville dwelling. Fred Bush of Burrville discovered the fire and gave the alarm then entered the burning house to rescue Mrs Chamberlain from the hallway. Both suffered severe burns to face and arms and were listed in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Winsted
Burrville
Fred Bush
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Michael
HE Park
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