Fierce Gale Sweeps Sound Across City
A sudden storm struck at 6 PM with dark skies and whistling wind. Torrential rain disrupted service, toppled wires, and damaged crops with about 15000 dollars in losses. A sailboat capsized near Lewis Oyster Company wharf. two occupants rescued. Harbors filled as offshore winds spared heavier seas. The gale touched Hartford and the Housatonic valley, leaving 75 telephone pairs out of service overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Milford
Joseph Nettleton
Lewis Oyster Company
Hugenot Yacht Club
New Rochelle
Penfield Reef
Housatonic Valley
Hartford
Bridgeport
New Haven
Stevens & Hull
Miamogue Yacht Club
Savin Rock
Edward Smith
Social Personal Notes From Local Citizens
Miss Agnes Casey of Milne street and Miss May Conway of Olive street left today for Simsbury Conn to spend the rest of the summer. Miss Elsie M. Casey of 170 Lewis street returns today from a Berkshires trip and a two week stay at The Mill River Cottage Ridgefield. Miss Kate Kelly of Fairfield spent Sunday with friends in Waterbury. Mr and Mrs Martin Flanagan their daughter Elsie and little son William of Flushing Bay N Y are guests of Captain and Mrs Paul Boyton on their houseboat Kingloom arriving Saturday on their yacht Elsie II.
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Agnes Casey
Milne Street
May Conway
Olive Street
Simsbury
Conn
Elsie M. Casey
Lewis Street
Berkshires
Mill River Cottage
Ridgefield
Kate Kelly
Fairfield
Waterbury
Martin Flanagan
Elsie
William
Flushing Bay
N. Y
Paul Boyton
Kingloom
Elsie IL
Liquor Dealers Fined in Stratford for Sunday Selling
Michael Findorak was found guilty of selling beer on Sunday at his Barnum and Bond saloon. He claimed an alibi but witnesses testified to 1:30 PM purchase. He was fined 10 and costs 34.52 after amending the complaint to include June 27. Two others, Joseph Monahan and Leopold Kost, were fined 10 and costs for selling liquor on Sunday.
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Michael Findorak
Barnum and
Bond Avenue
Findorak
Klein
Bridgeport
Stratford Court
Joseph Monahan
Jerry Tobin
Leopold Kost
Denver Shuts Ringlings Out Over Ad Dispute
H H Tammen of the Denver Post, a major Sells Floto stockholder, has long battled Ringling Bros. circus. Denver's fire and police board refused a license to Ringlings, charging ad coverage of a competing show and ordered no such ads. Tammen calls Ringlings the “Standard Oil trust” of circuses and says only Sells Floto and Wallace Hugenback remain independent.
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H. H. Tammen
Denver Post
Sells-Floto Circus
Ringling Bros. Circus
Denver
Fire and Police Board
Big Circus
Tammen
Ringling Bros
Sells- Floto
Wallace-Hugenback
Standard Oil Trust
Webb’s Sea Lions Fail to Open at Steeplechase Island
Captain Webb’s act of sea lions was not presented yesterday at Steeplechase Island due to circumstances beyond control. Captain Boyton expresses regret for patrons’ disappointment while noting Webb departed for another city. Booking agent in Sag York reports new contracts for this week, with a strong act promised to open tomorrow afternoon and two free performances plus daily shows starting next Sunday. The contract remains on file at the island office.
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Captain Webb
Webb
Boyton
Sag York
Benne
Sea Lions
Manhattan Weds Miss New Jersey and the Jersey City Tunnel
Special from United Press New York July 19 Miss New Jersey weds Old Father Knickerbocker as the Hudson and Manhattan tunnel opens. The first Federal train passes under the Hudson to New Jersey at 10 10 and the river’s steamboats blow sirens in welcome. Governors and mayors speak at Jersey City Hall as dynamite blasts mark the opening. The project aims to connect New York and New Jersey with future tunnels and a vast underground complex under the river.
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United Press
New York
New Jersey
Knickerbocker
William McAdoo
Harriet Floyd McAdoo
Hudson River
Newy York
Jersey
Exchange Place
Court of Honor
Jersey City Hall
Wittpenn
Forte
McAdoo
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company
Charles M. Jacobs
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie and Lackawanna
Twenty-third Street
Grand Central Depot
New England
West
Financial District
Jersey City
Terminal
Twenty Die as New York Squall Strikes Waterfront
Twenty persons died in New York waters as a sudden squall overturned a pleasure boat off Gravesend and a floodstorm collapsed Seabriske Mansion in the Bronx. Rescue efforts saved twelve from the Lamont tug while others drowned or were seriously injured at summer resorts.
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United Press
New York
New York City
Seabriske
Clermont Park
Bronx
Gravesend
Lamont
Wall Street Today Market Climb With Record St Paul Rise
New York July 19 moderate irregularities gave way to strength as St Paul held a gain near 1 point and Union Pacific hit a fresh high. General Electric Consolidated Gas Canadian Pacific and others advanced while Amalgamated and Smelting lagged. Traders noted heavy Union Pacific buying and expect 200 on a strong market. Government bonds unchanged, others firm. Noon activity still active with good distribution despite some slowdown.
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United Press
New York
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Consolidated Gas
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
General Electric
Illinois
Gentral
Rock Island
Amalgamated and
Europe
London
Union
Pacific, Steel
Amalgamated
Southern Pacific
Body recovered of drowned farm hand in Seymour
The body of Nicholas Zine, 22, a farm hand for William F Downes, was recovered this morning after he drowned yesterday in the Housatonic River about a quarter mile from Seymour. He and 12 year old Harry Harding were in a rowboat when Zine dove in and was seized by a cramp. Harding tried to help with an oar but Zine could not be saved.
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United Press
Seymour
Nicholas Zine
William F. Downes
Housatonic
Zine
Harry Harding
Harding
Maloney's Sloop Caught in Sunday Gale Near Stratford Shoals
The Earl W. with Matthew J. Maloney aboard and several friends was out in the Sound off Stratford Shoals when a fierce Sunday gale struck. The sloop headed for Bridgeport as high seas smashed rigging and endangered the boat.
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Earl W
Mattthew
J. Maloney
Mr. Maloney
Stratford Shoals
Bridgeport
Court of inquiry opens on Sutton death at Naval Academy
Annapolis July 19 a marine corps judge advocate leads a court of inquiry to uncover how Lieutenant James N Sutton died at the Naval Academy on October 12 1907 Mrs Rose Sutton Parker and her mother push for the truth and seek to clear the family name. About twenty witnesses will be called including an automobile party member and the examining surgeon who are still en route to Annapolis.
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Samuel M. Evans
United Press
Annapolis
Navy Department
Board of Inquest
Annapolis Naval Academy
James N. Sutton
Rose Sutton Parker
Arlington
Sutton
Carvel Hall
Suttons
H. H. Unley
South Carolina
Henry Leonard
Marine Corps
City Court hearing yields string of petty sentences
The Monday session saw numerous minor cases with several defendants receiving jail terms and fines. George Ingalls got 30 days and 56.54 in costs for stealing from Archie Swindon. Andrew Lundberg and John Plude faced light penalties for horse abuse. Jeremiah Sheehan’s playful remarks earned a suspended sentence with conditions. additional drunks and minor offenders faced jail terms ranging from 10 to 20 days.
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George Ingalls
Ingalls
Archie Swindon
Poll’s
Swindon
Andrew Lundberg
John Plude
Plude
Lundberg
John Supple
John Swanson
American Tube & Stamping Co
West End
Supple
Wilder
Jeremiah Sheehan
Worth
Fairfield Avenue
Water Street
Bunty Officer
Trumbull
Redden
Jose
Fitzgerald
Michael Fignn
John Cumberland
John
Bacchus
Stratford
Walter Smith
Robert Allen
Nellie Gillick
Gilbert Street
Miss King
State Depends on Saylor Girl for Conviction
Olga Saylor, 18, daughter of the slain Watseka banker, is pivotal to a murder conviction of Dr. William Miller. Mrs. Miller pledged to aid her husband, with defense lawyers contending over Mrs. Saylor’s influence. Reports say Mrs. Miller met with Mrs. Saylor at the county jail and agreed to assist the widow.
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United Press
Watseka
Olga Saylor
William Miller
Bank Book Laden Prisoner Brought to Police
Andrew Gallagher was brought to police headquarters at 11 AM in a drunken state. He was heavily burdened with bank books showing $891.33 in Mary E. Gallagher accounts across three banks, plus smaller sums. He claimed Southport origin but not listed in local directory. Police found no cash on him, only chocolate boxes and keepsakes from a Water Street restaurant. A bottle of iodine was noted for a knee injury.
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Andrew Gallagher
Andrew
People's Savings Bank
Mary E. Gallagher
Bridgeport Savings Bank
Southport Savings Bank
Gallagher
Southport
Water Street
Judge Williams to Sit in City Civil Term Calendar
The civil Superior court opens October 8 with Judge William H. Williams on the bench to assign cases for trial. The criminal term begins September 14 with Judge Williams. December term starts December 1 under Judge George W. Wheeler. February term on the 3rd Tuesday with Judge Howard J. Curtis. May term on the 2nd Tuesday with Judge Edwin B. Gager. A special civil session is planned in Danbury beginning the 1st Tuesday in April with Judge Gager, adjourned to the Friday following.
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Civil Superior Court
William H. Williams
Busiaie
Criminal Superior Court
Williams
George W. Wheeler
Howard J. Curtis
Dench
Edwin B. Gager
Danbury
Raf
Gager
yeSiay
Buttermilk Craze Lifts Farm Profits and Saloon Sales
The buttermilk fad boosts farmers as butter making fades, milk now sold to dairy men and peddlers. Iceless summers once ruined by by products now see buttermilk sold in town, saloons, and drug stores. Doctors praise its health benefits while saloonkeepers note a drop in beer and whiskey sales.
Takahira Sails for Japan Aug 18
Ambassador Takahira of Japan will sail from Seattle on August 18 if Congress adjourns in time to allow him to reach Yokohama before that date. He will proceed directly to Yokohama and return plans will be decided on arrival in Japan. He personally expects to return in the fall.
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United Press
Washington
Takahira
Japan
Seattle
Congress
Yokohama
United States
Wart remover promises painless cure at Cyrus Pharmacy
An advertisement touts Cyrus Wart Remover as a painless, quick remedy for facial warts and hand blemishes. It claims the wart can be removed in a few days and promotes purchase at Cyrus Pharmacy locations on Fairfield Avenue and Cannon Street.
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Cyrus
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon St
Fate of Hughes in the scales
Mayor Lee delays appointing Frank J. Hughes to the Board of Assessors amid speculation by Hughes supporters and rival John C. Curtis. The four year post pays 2900 a year, while the Board of Relief offers three years at 200 a year.
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Lee
Frank J. Hughes
Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Liberty
David Conners
Iper
Theyor
John C. Curtis
Board of Relief
Board of Assessors
Curtis
Must Be Soldiers to Wear Uniform Law Passes
Hartford reports an adjutant general issued copy of a General Assembly law prohibiting civilians from wearing U S army or navy or National Guard uniforms within the state. Violators face a misdemeanor with fines from 100 to 250 dollars or up to 60 days in jail, with exceptions for discharged service members and participants in entertainment.
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Hartford
Adjutant General's Office
General Assembly
National Guard
Naval
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Revenue Service
Governor's Horse
Foot Guards
Wright machines successful in French flight
Paris dispatch reports Wright brothers aircraft sold to French aviators prove effective. M Paulher flew Arias to Douai, about 20 miles, and while returning a strong wind forced a rapid descent. Earlier flights reached 450 feet, higher than prior Wright attempts. A marriage license is issued locally to Francis We Puens oe Mulford and Loretta.
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United Press
Paris
Wright Brothers
M_ Paulher
Arias
Douai
Yester
Magchine
Francis We Puens
Mulford
Loretta
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Jill
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ION Dining Room
Wolks
Daylight
Beckmore
Columbia
Tweed
Sloan
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Peck & Lites Co
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tHail Falls
Manhattan
Miss New Jersey
M’adoo
Wall Street Today
M. J. Maloney
Lieut
Naval Court of Inquiry
Leonard
Saylor
Judge Williams
New Haven County
Fairfield County
MR. Curtis
Adjutant General
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