Tenyear-old bandits hitch up horse at Meekers corner
Southport report details a gentle fruit-store owner Charles James foiling two boys not more than ten years old and a smaller companion who tried to drive away his horse for a night joy ride. He defers harsh punishment and informs the boys’ parents who promise action. The piece also notes harbor activity from a westerly gale, local boating and repair news, and local residents involved in cottages and fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southport
Charles James
Meekers Corner
James
Mr. James
Whistler
Capt Webber
Toby
Sharpies
McKengie
Willad
Bridgeport
Thistle
Travers Island
Samuel Sloan
Sasco
Harold Millikin
Washington
Charles Meeker
Luin B. Switzer
D. H. Morgan
John Hull
Hulls Farms
Frank Crelman
New York
Burch
Peter Pryor
Andrew Huntington
Mill Hill
Pryor
Ise
Joseph Webber
Andrew Radhel Oyster Company
Mildred
Myrtle
Josephine
Lewis
Sunday School Reunion and Town Events in Stratford
Stratford notes report a Sunday school reunion with interschool program numbers, a 12 15 start, and a flag raising on Watchhouse hill led by Rev FE C Carpenter. The Okenuck Redmen celebration plans name Gov Blakeslee Senator Judson and Mayor Buckingham as speakers, with Taft and Roosevelt invitations sent. Fireworks, music by Foot Guard band, police presence, and car donations for the parade are noted along with local building and business updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Elliott Peck
Watchhouse Hill
FE. C. Carpenter
Old Town
Okenuck Tribe of
Redmen
Dennis Blakeslee
Stiles Judson
Edward Buckingham
Bridgeport
Baldwin
Taft
Roosevelt
Foot Guard Band
New Haven
John Williams
Rowe Wheeler
Curtis Place
Frederick Street
Felix Arsenault
John Assum
Main Street
Lillian Keach
Stratford Avenue
Messiah Baptist Church
Camera Club
Wells Hollow
Okenuck Tribe of Redmen
Cc. S. Bullock
Alfred Stacey
Houseman
Clarks Garage
R. Wheeler
Warwick Avenue
T. B. Fairchild
West Broad
Frank Eyitts
George T. Jewell
Belle Wood
Flatbush
L. L
Dorcas Society Met at Williams Home in Hopewell
Easton brief notes of social visits from Hopewell and surrounding towns list numerous locals at church events and gatherings. Mentions Miss Jennie Abbott visiting parents, summer homes at Rock House, various entertainments by Sherwoods, Beers, Downs, and Seeleys, with church activities and choir rehearsals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church
Marion Williams
Hopewell
Jennie Abbott
Jerome Abbott
Arthur Sherwood
Alice Michok
Greenfield
Baldwin
New York
Rock House
Mary Tyler
George Beers
Henry Beers
Bridgeport
John B. Downs
Downs
Frank Bibbins
Charles Seeley
Samuel Seeley
Arthur Locke
Urban Tyack
George Gregory
Sport Hill
Chester Hall
Clarence Jennings
Epworth League
John Tyler
South Norwalk
Baptist
Elmer Andrews
Homer Logan
News from Newtown and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs James A Elliott announce the birth of a son on Tuesday May Mrs P H McCarthy and children visit Holyoke MA George Fairchild returns from South Britain Hartford guest of M F Kilbride a charity whist at the Bennett home for Sandy Hook library prizes awarded Miss Florence Beecher returns from Mount Ida school Mrs Thomas Leavy and Miss Mary Carley attend the Jer sey City funeral of the Donlon elder daughter condolences to the Donlon family Newtown High School second team loses to Beth el High 6 to 8 Carlton Hubbell visits Bridgesport family New York report jokes about a baby soldier boy in a birth notice by Maurice Kaufman and wife
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Elliott
P. H. McCarthy
Holyoke
Mass
George Fairchild
Britain
Frank Kilbride
Hartford
M. F. Kilbride
Frederick A. Bennett
James Blackman
Glen
Sandy Hook
Quackenbush
Hobart Curtis
Martindale
Wallace Mitchell
Downs
James B. Nichols
Florence Beecher
Mount Ida School
Newton
Thomas Leavy
Mary Carley
Jersey City
Andrew Donlon
Newtown
Donlon
Newtown High School
Bethel High School
Fairgrounds
Carlton Hubbell
Bridgeport
Wm. H. Hub
Brewster Greene Resigns as Manufacturers Secretary
M. E. Brewster Greene, five years secretary of the Manufacturers' Association of this city, resigns to join Locomobile Company of America. He ends his secretarial duties Saturday. Frederick Bennett, two years head of the employment bureau, to succeed him. Members regret the loss of a faithful and efficient worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Brewster Greene
Manufacturers’ Association
Locomobile Company of America
Greene
Frederick 4. Bennett
Gould Gibraltar Paint to Locate in Town
Announcement states Gould Gibraltar Paint Company will locate in the city to produce fireproof paint. Company executives visited yesterday and demonstrated the paint. Capitalization stands at 500000 dollars. The Gibraltar firm plans to enter the field despite another company already manufacturing under its patents due to strong demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould Gibraltar Paint Company
Gibralter Company
Old Man Ruskey Hurt After Roadside Incident
Fairfield June 2 An elderly man John Ruskey who often visits the area cut a load of bean poles in Catamount Swamp. He was found by the roadside with a broken left leg and taken to St. Vincent's Hospital after doctors advised immediate hospital care. Authorities may investigate amid suspicions of assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ruskey
Fairfield
Catamount
M. J. Metcalf
Hetzel
J. Murray Johnson
Bridgeport
Dave Jack
St. Vincent's Hospital
O. G. Jennings
Castle-on-the-Hill
New York
Jennings
Mr. Jennings
Dennis Cowan
Castle-in-the-Hill
Nichols Terrace
Simon C. Bradley
Bridgeport Gas Company
Mill Plain Street
Leading California druggist backs Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
In Pasadena on March 9 1911 Foley and Co is praised for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as an efficient non narcotic expectorant safe for children. The letter from C H Ward Drug Co and Curtis Pharmacy promotes its usage and notes the yellow package. A separate notice describes a large Merry Widow hat snagged in a doorway at Union Station requiring porters to free an unknown woman from a telephone booth doorway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cal
Foley and Co
Foley
C. H. Ward Drug Co
C. L. Parsons, Sec’y and
Treas
Foley‘s
F. B. Brill
Curtis Pharmacy
Hartford
Union Railroad Station
Married Notices from Danbury and Stamford
In Danbury on May 30 Edmund Plancon wed Dora Beebe. In Stamford on May 30 Miss Ray daughter of Louis Carp married Jacob Berman. In Stamford on May 30 Miss Florence daughter of L W Cohn married Maxwell C Kaufman of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plancon-Beebe
Danbury
Edmund Plancon
Dora _ Beebe
Berman-Carp
Stamford
Ray
Louis Carp
Jacob Berman
Kaufman-Cohn
Florence
Obituaries from Connecticut towns list several deaths
In Danbury May 30 Leopold Kline aged 63. In Norwalk May 29 Ann Maria Tillow widow of George Tillow aged 80. In Westport May 30 Carrie Louise Sweet wife of Frederik Sweet aged 41. In Norwalk May 30 Fiona L Joslin wife of Archibald Joslin aged 28. In Norwalk May 30 Abbie W Silliman wife of Melvin W Silliman aged 64. In Brookfield May 28 Patrick Barrett aged 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin W. Silliman
Brookfield
Patrick Barrett
Vaans
Pearl Stringers Detect Counterfeit Gems In Frame
A New York jewelry house sold a hand painted miniatur e frame with imitation pearls. A stringer spotted four genuine pearls amid the fake circle, unseen by a dozen experts, proving the frame a costly deception. The real pearls were worth far more than the rest of the setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York ‘Tribune
Started In Business
A gilded youth remarks that his father believes he should enter business, signaling a shift toward practical work. The remark hints at family expectations guiding career choices and themes of social status influencing decisions in a historical context.
Humorous Snippets and Quotes From Old Papers
A collage of clipped lines and witticisms from various brief items. Observations on dress codes, travel, and manners mix with aphorisms about life, happiness, and work. Classic quips reference a barrister, a dogeared travel trunk, and social foibles in a light, observational tone.
What Great Artists Say About Wissner Pianos
A collection of endorsements from notable musicians praising Wissner pianos for tone, touch, and beauty. Conductor Emil Paur and others commend the instruments, with letters from Leopold Winkler Jan Kupelik A Patrico lo and John Adam Hugo dated March 29 1911 noting superb concert grand quality and responsive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Winkler
Jan Kupelik
The
Wissner Piano Co
Memorial Hall
John Adam Hugo
State Street
Bridgeport
Con
Folklore of Irish Fairies and Legends
A fragment describes Irish fairy lore with trooping fairies in green, solitary red, merrows, fairy doctors and witches, banshees, lepreceno, pookas, giants, ghosts, and demon cats, ending with rank of rulers and robbers. The passage cites McAnally and Mr Peats classifications and notes Sarah H. Clez, Atlantic born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
McAnally
Mr Peats
Sarah H. Clez
Atlantic
Siberian Camels Inspire Wonder Across Extreme Climates
The piece notes Siberian native camels thriving on Mongolian plateaus where temperatures dip to 40 degrees below zero and endure summer heat of 140 degrees above, illustrating their remarkable hardiness. It includes a brief aside on stage-humor and an anecdote from a Chicago Record-Herald parody column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Mongolian
Chicago Record-Herald
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Farmer’s Special
Blakeslee
Buckingham
Easton
United States Army
Maurice Kaufman
Carter
Arters
Crittle
California
the House OF Satisfaction
Wissner
Broad & State Streets
America
Philadelphia
Teachers’ Association
Tony
Onrg Chroniidie-Telegrafitas
Costa Rica
Sanose
Esta
Washington Post
Plupkead
Heely
Bray
Barry
Hyn
Dublin
Lord Plunket
Father Healy
Louisville Coucier-Journal
Miamy
Sheldon
S. W. Baker
London Mail
Miss Yellowleaf
Philadelphia Record
Pele Mele
Houston Post
Emil Paur
Pittsburg Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Society
Boston Symphony Orchestra
German Opera
Kurl
Leschetizky
Vienna
A. Patricolo
Wissnerr
Mr. Bawball
Londy
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