Burglary at Main Street Store Details Loot
A burglar entered Wilson & Main Street store early this morning taking about 20 in cash and several suits of clothes through an inclined roof access. The thief escaped with the money and garments before being seen, with risk of exposure from the front show windows. Police note possible connections to adjacent establishments. Another column mentions upcoming notices and obituaries.
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Burslar
Wilson
Main Street
Jackson
Longiey’s Restaurat
Dot
Park Cemetery Sale Notice and Contact Details
Cemetery property listing for Park Cemetery near North Bridgeport on gandy ridges with carriage entrance street. Wed lots for sale on terms. For inquiries contact Ceme Superintendent Office 975 Suva House 514 or City Of Court Exchange by telephone.
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the Park Cemetery
Bridgeport
Reservoir Yremnec
Ceme
Suva House
City of Court Exchange
Wholesale raid on wet places by state police in Stratford
State Detective Virelli and Constable Rowe Wheeler arrested four Stratford saloon keepers amid alleged Sunday liquor felonious sales. The four men Joseph Park Leopold Kost Michael Findorak face counts. Tobin named in two. Warrants issued by Grand Juror Le Rossen. Justice Peck continued all cases to next Monday with bonds of 100 dollars each.
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Frank Virelli
Rowe Wheeler
Stratford
Deieerce Inc
Joseph Park
Leopold Kost
Michael Findorak
Barnum
Virelli
Tobin
David le Rossen
Een
Charles H. Peck
Loretta Lackrey Talks Shown In Court Ten Day Sentences
In a raid on 40 Gilbert street a “growler party” led to court appearances. Loretta Lackrey loudly aired details and drew 10 days in jail as did Mr and Mrs John Schnell. Cora Brown received 10 days but with suspended judgment after husband fetched her home to Ridgefield. Nellie Gillick’s drunken case was continued to Monday.
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Weston
Gilbert Street
Loretta Lackrey
Finnegan
John Schnell
Cora Brown
Ridgefield
Nellie Gillick
Deaths and Funerals in Local Notices
Perry G Stuart aged 46 died at 110 Berkshire avenue after a short illness. He worked for Singer Manufacturing Co. Survived by his widow Mary. Mary Seamann died last evening at her daughter’s home 594 Warrens street after a short illness. She leaves two sons and four daughters. Daughters include Mrs Allen of Brien, Mrs Frederick Viner of Stratford, Mrs George Daring of Boston, and Mrs Humphrey Simpson of Amherst Nova Scotia. Joseph Maloney’s funeral drew many from 56 Calhoun avenue to St Augustine’s church. high mass. offertory quartet performed. cousin Joseph Clabby sang Heaven is His Home. Elks and Foresters mourners present. interment at St Michael’s cemetery. many floral tokens. Thomas Whelan, longtime engineer at Spring Perch Co., died at 139 West avenue aged 58. survived by widow and seven children active in music and theater. Children listed: Mrs Clifford Lockwood, Mrs Minnie Murphy, Katherine Martha, Leo Williams, Joseph Whelan. Rowland injury report notes William Rowland aged 83 fell at Gay’s boarding house 21 Bank street suffering double fracture.
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Perry G. Stuart
Berkshire Avenue
Singer Manufacturing Co
Mary
Henry J. Seamann
Allen O'Brien
Warrens Street
Allen
Brien
Frederick Viner
Stratford
George Daring
Bostor
Humphrey Simpson
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Joseph Maloney
Calhoun Avenue
St. Augustine's Church
Father McCormack
May Flaherty
F. J. Kelly
Joseph Clabby
Alfred Brisebois
Heaven
Ellis and Court Waldemere
Foresters of America
Elks
The
J. B. Osborne
Daniel Sherwood
Samuel Plunkett
Foresters
J. M. Donnelly
B. Mahoney
John J. O'Neill
St. Michael's Cemetery
Thomas Whelan
Spring Perch Co
West Avenue
Whelan
Clifford Lockwood
Minnie Murphy
Katherine Martha
Leo Williams
Joseph Whelan
Mill End sale praised as a brilliant, value rich event
The article extols the 23d Mill End sale as magnetically valuable and meritorious, calling it an institution of value and character. It promises abundant wares with Mill End prices well below regular prices, stressing dependable quality and broad appeal for personal and home use. It invites readers to join a large, delighted shopper community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill End Shopper
Electric bill repeal at hand in Connecticut legislature
Hartford July 17 The Judiciary committee expects to report next week a bill repealing chapter 3916 of the General Statutes forbidding private sale of excess electricity. A repeal is favored over strengthening the law, with committee decision a 5 to 6 tie previously and lobbyists active behind measures. The House is believed ready to pass the repeal after Senate action.
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Nited Press
Hartford
Barttora
Judiciary Committee
Stiles Judson
Fairfield County
Holzer
Bridgeport
Senate
House
Jewish Artists Entertain at Locomobile Y M C A Event
George Greenspun a frequent Poli entertainer sang to Locomobile Co. employees during a noon hour ice cream festival held for a former worker who suffered a stroke. He was accompanied by Miss Sarah Greenspun on piano. The event drew warm applause as workers enjoyed ice cream and supported the cause.
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George Greenspun
Locomobile Co
Locomobile
Hister
Sarah Greenspun
Car Barn Project for New Haven Starts Next Week
S I W Blakeslee and Sons will begin construction of a 380000 car barn for Connecticut Co in New Haven. The reinforced concrete brick and terra cotta building will cover 125 by 250 feet facing Congress and Water streets. Two stories high with a locker room lounge and ample workshop space for car repair, the facility will include seven large steel doors, a blacksmith shop, machine shops, and an elevator. The project aims to employ about 200 mechanics within six months and features a hot air drying system to remove snow and ice from cars each day. Blakeslee and Sons resumed after past sidewalk track-crossing disputes.
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Congress
Water Streets
Blakesles & Sons
Real Estate and Building Activity in Bridgeport This Week
Bridgeport records 28 real estate sales this week, up from 16 a year ago. Mortgage loaned totals $57,170, over three times last year. Pacific Iron Works adds a large 108 by 120 foot building facing Housatonic Avenue, with plans to occupy by October. New store and apartment building planned for John L. Schleichert at Main and North. three stories, brick and wood, 50 by 16 feet, with five ground-floor stores and 10 upper apartments, heated by steam. Contracts awarded for two 26 by 56 foot wooden houses in West End, about $5,000 each, and changes to 26 Fairfield avenue for Lyon estate, including a brick addition and interior grill and banqueting space. Permits granted for various structures including a frame auto barn at Fairfield avenue and a fireproof vault renovation for Chain Co on Crescent, among numerous other two- and three-story projects. total value of permitted work is $64,515.
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Cern
Bridgeport
Pacific Iron Works
H. Wales Lines Co
Meriden
Housatonic Avenue
John L. Schleichert
Main Street
North Avenue
West End
J. H. Freeman
New York
Fairfield Avenue
Lyon Estate
William Pfau
Amazon Cafe
J. .A. Price
Union Square
CE. van Auken
Bridgeport Chain Co
Crescent Avenue
Margaret A. Kiley
Catherine Street
J. Kunkle
David Armstrong
Otto Olson
Fifth Street
Julia ,R. Pillotti
Nous
Wilson Street
Schwartz Bros
Lindley Street
William Quinn
Seaview Avenue
W. C. Carrodta
Eit Rabie Toneue
Bhet Maeda
Gwallmz
Kossuth
Pairfield Avenue
Pacific Tron Works
Dr.De Wolfe
Booth Street
One Dead and Three Injured in Rails Collision
A Winona Inter-Urban Railway crash at Arnold Indiana killed motorman Bert Larkin and seriously injured three others. An open switch caused the collision this morning as two cars collided on the line near Warsaw.
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United Press
Warsaw
Ind
Winona
Arnold
Bert Larkin
Town Clerk Marries Hawkins and Mrs. Lynn in Smithtown Office
Benjamin Hawkins and Mrs. Helen Lynn, both 41, wed today in Assistant Town Clerk Mullins’s Smithtown office. Each has prior marriage history, with divorces noted as past storms, now united in Matrimony.
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Mullins
Benjamin Hawkins
Helen Lynn
Smithtown
Long Island
Lach
Curtiss In Fine Flight Viewed By Thousands
Glenn Curtiss flies the Goldbug at Hempstead Plains near Mineola Long Island reaching about sixty feet and forty miles per hour. He soars four miles then returns showing complete control to a crowd of nearly two thousand. He plans to enter Rheims France with a bigger machine and aims to win the international prize for America.
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New York
Hempstead Plains
Long Island
Mineola
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss
America
Rheims
France
Hammondsport
Aero Club of America
Scientific American
Fox to Bring Back Launey Williams from Providence
Detective George Fox traveled to Providence to extradite Launey Williams, a colored man arrested months earlier for running a club and selling liquor without a license. Sigmund Loewith posted a $250 bond and Williams fled. authorities report they have located him in Rhode Island.
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George Fox
Providence
Launey Williams
Sigmund Loewith
Williams
Rhode Island
Aldermanic Committee to Hear Water Street Complaints
The Aldermanic Ordinance committee will meet next Wednesday evening to hear complaints from Water street merchants and property owners near L. D. Silliman's storehouse. Silliman currently holds a license to carry 300 barrels of oil, and complainants seek revocation or reduction to 30 barrels.
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Aldermanic Ordinance Committee
Water Street
L. D. Silliman
Despondent Woman Takes Poison in New Haven Boardhouse
Mrs. B. W Bristol, 71, committed death by own action in a Grand Avenue boarding house room today. The landlady found the body on the bed. Despondency over private affairs is believed to have caused the act.
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New Haven
B. Wbristol
Grand Avenue
Boy Offender Escapes Then Surrenders to Police
Railroad Detective O’Brien caught three youths during a grain car raid in East yards. Anthony Brimiso and Joseph Blagash, both 10, were sent to probation for two months, while Michael Dugas initially fled but surrendered after learning of the police plan. Judge Wilder discharged him.
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Michael Dugas
Railroad
O’brien Caugh
Judge Wilter
Antony Brimiso
Joseph Blagash
Canfield
O’brien
Police
Captain Hunt
Michael
Judge Wilder
Injury disables Fire Chief Mooney after street fire accident
Edward Mooney is off duty for ten days due to an injury from steel shavings at the Knowlton street fire. A shard struck his knee, cutting the knee cap. Dr. Cowell says no danger of blood poisoning, but rest is required. Assistant Chief Johnson will lead the department for several days.
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Edward Mooney
Knowlton Street
Cowell
Moomey
Johnson
Firemen Respond To Two Calls This Afternoon
The fire department was called at about 1 PM to extinguish a fire in an ash bin behind 26 Church Street. by arrival the blaze was out. Jack Rowe, a former member, reported the alarm and rushed past box 64 in excitement. Earlier near Iranisten a nun, behind a barn by the Speedway, a Gre in the dust ignited grass, threatening structures. No. 93 hose extinguished it.
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Church Street
Jack Rowe
No. 93
Cardinal Andrieu Refuses Summons To Court
Special from United Press Bordeaux July 17 Cardinal Andrieu refused to answer the court summons on a charge of misdemeanor for urging his congregation to disobey the authorities. Police guarded the courtroom but the prelate did not appear and the hearing was postponed for a fortnight as tensions among churchmen in France rose.
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United Press
Bordeaux
France
Caneing Andrieu
Wall Street Today Stock Market Opens With Changes
New York July 17 The stock market was fairly active at the open with many important price changes. The steel sector showed notable movements as Tech Steel common topped yesterday’s close while preferred shares traded modestly lower.
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United Press
New York
Peasy J
Jeatin
Teck Steel
Terday
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Jackson ‘S Book Shop
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Cavalier
Crawford
Sacre Church
St. Michael's Cement
Turnerville
Conn
Ann
James Tuft
Thomas H. Tuft
Mountain Groves
Hawley
John Reck & Son
Loretta
Court
Rowland
William Rowland
Gay
Bank Street
Fay
the Howland Dry Goods Company
Entertain ‘Loco
Y. M. C. A. Branch
Congress Street
Sixtension
Meriden Con
Fox
Launey
Mooney
Andrieu
Wall Street
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