Sur-Men Drift in Open Boat Off Half Moon Bay News
Pacific rescue efforts report four men adrift in an open boat without oars or sails near Half Moon Bay. J. J. Elliot steamer abandoned near Point San Pedro. life-saving crews launched to search amid heavy seas. Captain Clark orders full search as crews scour the area for survivors. Bargain Time for Women promotion touts steep clearance sale prices on 1909 suits and dresses at Meigs & Co.
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United Press
San Francisco
Pacific
Half Moon Bay
J. J. Elliot
Point Sant Pedro
Clark
U. S
Meigs & Co
Jon
Bed bug on child’s clothes exposes neglect at home
A reader notes that a bed bug crawling on a child away from home stains the household in the eyes of friends. The piece urges effective pest control and home hygiene to prevent such damaging impressions and whispers.
Haymakers Convention Plans in Konekapotanaugh Taft
Local lodge notices outline the State Convention of Haymakers to be held August 28 in this city with a picnic at Forest Grove and a sea food dinner for about 200 delegates. A committee led by David T. May oversees arrangements, while other society updates include officers elected for Alpha Circle and Arion Singing Society, and a Prosperous Court Pequonnock F of A treasurer’s report.
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Konekapotanaugh Taft
Forest Grove
David T. May
H. E. Woods
Walter Gault
John J. Beirne
W. A. Arnold
B. B. Plumley
James Bundock
William Clark
Thos. Hungerford
W. J. Cullen
Joseph Erickson
J. A. Gaffney
Alpha Circle
B. of A
B. L Hart
Washington
EW. Dupee
Jefferson
Frank Smith
Franklin
Joan J. Linnehan
Patrick F. Morrissey
Edward O’brien
Joseph H. Gregory
Gaffney
Rock Circle
Order
Arion Singing Society
Peter Hummel
Paul Hoffman, Jr
Herman Muskevitz
J.horn
Eugene Barthenay
J. Donath
F.K.G. Weber
William Strempel
Emil Leu
Mwolf
J. Reuther
R. Lovemerhirt
WRECKED ON REEF A NORWEGIAN BARK TOTAL WRECKED
Lloyds Agency reports from Sydney that the Norwegian bark Errol bound from South American ports to England ran ashore in a storm on the Middle of Reef and was a total wreck. The crew included the captain, his wife and children and 11 more men with the ship advertising in the farmer.
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United Press
London
Lloyds Agency
Sydney
Errol
England
Congress Street Bridge Nears Half Completion
Fifty per cent of the Congress street bridge work is finished with undersea work underway. The $206,000 to $210,000 project features 483 feet in length, four arches, and a 75 foot wide span. Caissons, grillage, and 1,222,000 pounds of counterweights dominate progress as West Bank rock delays echo through the riverfront site.
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Congress Street
Snare & Triest Co
J. S. Stoddard
Moses W. Manwaring
Bridge Commission
Farner
Wanmaring
J. C. Hain
Manwaring
Middle Street
Pequonnock
Stoddard
Itera
Wheeler & Howes
Sane Nowe Ares
Construction plan details for trolley track spacing
The proposal calls for dividing the area so there will be 19 12 feet between the curb and the outer rails of the trolley line. This arrangement will allow one team to pass another without entering the trolley tracks.
Leah Kleschna At Poli All Star Stock Company In Town
The Poli All-Star Stock company presents Leah Kleschna in a highly praised production with Miss Fleming in the title role and strong performances by Mr. Ince as Paul Sylvaine and Mr. Siggins as Kleschna. A twenty six piece silver set prize is offered to a lady patron at next Monday’s matinee, with coupons issued at performances this week.
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Leah Kleschna
Poli
Miss Fieming
Mr. Ince
Paul Sylvaine
Mr. Siggins
Button-Oliphant Jewelry
Main
Wall Streets
Tra Kessner
Boston
Joseph Daly
Roxbury
Mass
Mr. Kessner
Master Daly
Newtown and Bridgeport News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Local residents attend prayer meetings and social events as families welcome new births and mourn a death. Misses and gentlemen visit towns, telephones are installed on Walnut Tree Hill, and a July 15 theater performance by St. Rose's Dramatic Club promises reserved seating and dancing after the show. An invitation to women from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company explains their confidential, free advice policy and respect for writers.
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William Thickett
Park City
St. Rose's Dramatic Club
Frank Hawley
Hawleyville
Taunton
John R. Peck
Elsie Gilbert
Bridgeport
B. Ebert
Southington
Walter Finch
Tessie Carmody
Mary
Catherine Farrell
Southern New England Telephone Company
Walnut Tree Hill
May Northrop
Florence Wassing
Stamford
Jessie l
Mabel Taylor
Curtis Morris
Levi €. Morris
John Bray
H. Bullard
George Sanford
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Monroe Niece Visits and Local Meetings Announced
Mrs. Andrew Rau hosts her New York niece and baby for a couple of weeks. Elmer H. Wakelee returns from Toronto after visiting friends. Harmony Grange schedules an August 13 initiation. Lawn party set for July 20 at Benj. S. Hurd's. School board to appoint committees in Walker's Farms and Stepney Depot pending district status. Washington Lodge No. 13 F and A M to meet July 26 at the Masonic Temple for ELA degree work.
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Andrew Rau
New York City
Elmer H. Wakelee
Toronto
Cornelia Shelton
Marshal Beach
Harmony Grange
Benj. S. Hurd
Myron S. Clarke
Ezra B. Meeker
Walker
Stepney
Washington Lodge
No. 13
Masonic Temple
Taft Strong for Raw Materials in Conference
President informs conferees he favors free listing of iron ore coal oil and hides shaping the tax debate. Michigan Senator Burrows resists, allied with Fordney, Calderhead and Dalzell against reductions from the Senate rate. Payne remains stubborn for House passage while Aldrich pushes administrative and lumber duties. prognosis uncertain with potential for a compromise. Foley's Kidney Remedy ad appears at end.
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House
Aldrich
Taft
Burrows
Washington
Senator Burrows
Michigan
White House
Fordney
Senate
Calderhead
Kansas
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Payne
Department of Justice
Department
Supreme Court
Millions Involved In Drug Suit In New York
J D Park and Son of Cincinnati win permission to amend damages in a long running suit against the National Wholesale Druggists Association. They now seek 3.5 million dollars, up from 500 thousand, alleging efforts to limit and restrain wholesale drug trade through lists and contract plans. Alton B Parker represents the plaintiffs. defendants include Brun Ritchey & Co and Crittenton Co. The action dates back to 1897 with prior rulings for both sides.
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New York
J. D. Park & Son
Cincinnati
Ohio
Supreme Court
Blanchard
National Wholesale Druggists’ Association
Alton B. Parker
Brun Ritchey & Co
Charles M. Crittenton Company
Lehn Fink
C. W. Littell & Co
Schieffelin & Co
George B. Hubbard
C. W. Snow & Co
Coffin-Reddington Company
United States
Park & Son
Extraordinary Clearance Sale at E H Dillon & Co
E H Dillon & Co announces an extraordinary clearance starting tomorrow with the entire summer millinery stock and related items offered at deeply reduced prices. Untrimmed hats, trimmed outing hats, rough straw sailors, dress hats, panamas, ostrich plumes, and flower sprays are priced well below normal, with many items reduced across all grades.
Bridgeport Has No Island Title
The Park Board received Marshall E. Morris's request for a statement that Fayerweather Island’s title remains in him. The city agreed to purchase but the Tax Board’s installment payments proceed. until $6,000 more is paid the title will not pass to the city. Campers occupy the island, unsure of Morris’s custodianship, awaiting formal city ownership and allocation of plots.
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Park Board
Marshall E. Morris
Fayerweather Island
Tax Board
Morris
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Uncas Council
Icongress Street
Dr. Lyon
THE
Poli’s
Foley
F. B. Brill
Monroe
Bright
E. H. Dillon & CO
Mars
Sam Harris
Conn
Fairfield Avenue
Water Street
Frisbie’s
Stra Hotel
Parisian Optical CO
Main Street
City
Kelly’s Cigar Store
James H. Kelly
Bradburys
Wissner
Wissner Pianos
Staal
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