June White Sale Offers Wide Range of Nainsook and Cambric Lingerie
The advertisement promotes a June White Sale on nainsook and cambric undergarments including corset covers, drawers, slips, gowns, and chemises. It highlights fine embroidery, lace trim, ribbon detailing, and low prices from 25c to 1.39, with several styles in cambric and nainsook, plus crepe gowns and middy blouses. Lucille, a local retailer, emphasizes quality workmanship and cooperation with top makers to attract customers.
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Wallace
Nainsook
Exquisite voile dresses and summer waists on sale
A June White Sale features elaborate lingerie dresses with filet lace necklines and embroidered fronts priced from 8.99 to 10.90 with specials at 1.98 for trims and 1.59 for Matinee linen fronts. Lightweight lisle combinations and vests sell as low as 19c to 35c, with linen colonial pumps and Kayser gloves also highlighted as special values.
Woman with Very Pretty Hands Blouse Design Features
Seli notes an ivory white crepe de chine blouse trimmed with ecru guipure lace a black velvet ribbon band and decorative buttons. A variant in satin charmeuse with muslin embroidery may also be made highlighting the velvet bands.
Fashion Bulletin of Summer Garments at a Glance
The listing highlights nightgowns that are cool for summer, petticoats without fullness, circular short petticoats and drawers, and combinations shaped to fit with flat trims. Chemises feature embroidery or flat trims with no fullness. Princess slips are slim and straight with no ruffles.
Wool magnate held as speeder in Boston case
Nelson Slater of Boston and Webster Mass, a millionaire woolen mill owner, is summoned to appear in city court tomorrow for speeding on Connecticut avenue. Patrolman Hoffman detained him claiming speeds above 50 mph. The Mercedes Racer car he rode in can exceed 100 mph, with 135 horsepower.
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Nelson Slater
Boston
Webster
Mass
Hoffman
Slater
Connecticut Avenue
Massachusetts
Violent Deaths in Connecticut May Report
New Haven reports 52 violent deaths in May, down from 64 in April. Of the May total 38 were accidental, 11 suicides, and 3 homicides, with rail incidents, falls, drownings, car crashes and burns among the leading causes.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Trinity Freshman Commits Suicide in Manchester Home
Jonathan C. Bigelow Jr., a Trinity College freshman in Manchester, Conn., died by his own hand in a night shooting at his residence. Police found the body, and investigators prepared a report on the incident.
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Manchester
Conn
Jonathan c. Bigelow, Jr
Trinity College
Tragic Accidental Shooting By Teen Upends Morning Routine
A 19 year old shot himself in the right jaw with a shotgun while his parents were waking the household. He allegedly pressed the trigger with his toe in a tragic accident believed to be linked to over study.
Dr Edward Beach Dies of Pneumonia in Milford
Milford June 2 Dr Edward Beach a locally prominent physician died of pneumonia today after a ten day illness He was 47 years old and is survived by a wife a son and a daughter
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Milford
Edward Beach
Auto rollover injures three Bridgeport men near Milford
Three Italian American residents of Bridgeport were hurt when their car overturned near Beard's Corner Milford last night. Louis Cocozza and Louis Napolitano were taken to Bridgeport Hospital with injuries. James Passerini was treated by Dr. J W Ives Milford after a shoulder dislocation was reset at the scene. Authorities attributed the accident to a bursting forward shoe that struck a railroad track, causing the vehicle to roll and pin occupants beneath the tonneau.
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Bridgeport
Beard’s Corner
Milford
Louis Cocozza
Main Street
Louis Napolitano
North
Washington Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
James Passerini
East Main Street
J. W. Ives
Cocozza
Men Transported by Rourke and Rourke Ambulance
Men were brought to Bridgeport in a private ambulance operated by Rourke and Rourke, details unspecified.
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Bridgeport
Rourke & Rourke
Sons of the American Revolution meet at East Haddam with bridge opening
The annual Sons of the American Revolution gathering will convene at the Nathan Hale schoolhouse in East Haddam on Saturday June 14 at 11 AM for officer and board elections. A formal bridge opening across the Connecticut River will be staged with Governor Baldwin in attendance, followed by a 12 PM school exercise. Miss Louise Brunner will wed Rudolph Charles Thursday evening, as he prepares for ordination and a Cumberland Me assignment. Rev John DePeau resigns to take a church post in Willistown Mass.
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Sons of the American Revolution
Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale Park
East Haddam
Connecticut River
Baldwin
Nathan Hale School
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley
Louise Brunner
Casper Brunner
Rudolph Charles
Cumberland
Miss Brunner
Hulda
Charles
John
Campbellsport
Wis
Bridgeport
Faith Poem by Cora Hartman for The Farmer
Faith describes planting a seed and nurturing it to growth through sun and rain. The verse follows seedling roots, shoots, and a bird’s song through summer, then contrasts a bird's flight south to warmer lands as seasons change. It echoes perseverance and longing, leaving readers with a sense of seasonal migration and renewal.
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Cora Hartman
The Greyhound at Plaza Theatre Opens Week in Bridgeport
The Plaza Press Agent notes a major stock production The Greyhound by Paul Armstrong opening this week at the Palza theatre. Brenda Fowler Marguerite Starr McSherry are in key roles with Helen Vallely Sidney Hayes Greenwalt and L H Crossman joining the cast. Two daily showings start at 2 15 and 8 15 with souvenirs for women and a free seating rush due to high demand.
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Plaza
Paul Armistrong
Palzba Theatre
Poli
Paul McAllister
McSherry
the Eye
Brenda Fowler
Fairman the Crook
Marguerite Starr
Kitty
Astor Theatre
New York
Helen Vallely
Sidney Hayes Greenwalt
L.H. Crossman
Bridgeport
L. H. Crossman
The Still Voice at Empire Theatre Tonight
The Still Voice, a two part Vita graph drama, screens today at this theatre. Sidney Drew stars as Matthew Steele with a notable cast delivering a powerful, gripping life portrayal of a financier’s revenge and its self ruin in a dramatic end.
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Vitagraph
Matthew Steele
Sidney Drew
Lfe
Park Theatre Shines For Man's Inhumanity Opening
Bridgeport critics and audiences praise Robert M Sperry's play Man's Inhumanity at Park Theatre. Franklin Ritchie as Jim Austin earns standout notices while the gala 16th annual Made in Bridgeport event promises a packed, first-night atmosphere with Mayor Wilson and play reader J Frank Stephens attending. Lincoln Fife and Drum corps of fifty will perform under manager Zink as part of the evening.
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Robert M. Sperry
Sperry
Franklin Ritchie
Bridgeport
Ritchie
Jim Austin
Clifford B. Wilson
J. Frank Stephens
New York City
Park Theatre
Bridgeport Theat ‘Oers
Lincoln Fife and Drum Corps
Zink
Lincoln club marches to Park theatre for mayoral vote
Per play of Man's Inhumanity the Popular Lincolns will march into the hotel for the Citizens' ticket mayoral election. The scene will recall the old campbell days as the Lincolns perform tonight at the Park theatre.
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Lincolns
Citizens
Noedless
Park Theatre
Eleanor Cleveland Opens Grace George Style Divorcens at Fox Lyric
Miss Eleanor Cleveland opens her stock season at Fox Lyric Theatre in Grace George best success Divorcens with support from Robert Conness and a cast including Margaret Lewis Guy Harrington Lillian Field John Flemmings Joesphins Lent Edwin Evane Glen Anders Florence Lane and Wilson Hummell. Matinees daily except Monday with direction by Wilson Hummel and R D Kinmond. Frat week seats selling rapidly.
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Fox Lyric Press
Eleanor Cleveland
Grace George
Robert Conness
Bridgeport
Margaret Lewis
Guy Harrington
Lillian C. Field
John Flemmings
Joesphins
Lent
Edwin Evane
Glen Anders
Florence Lane
Wilson Hummell
Wilson Hummel
R. D. Kinmond
Misa Cleveland
Poli's Vaudeville Opens With Star Cast at Poli's New Theatre
Poli's New Theatre presents three days of vaudeville and photo plays with top acts from major circuits. Magiin, Eddy and Roy headline with comedy acrobatics while Felix Haney and Company discuss the suffragette question in a comedy vault. Larkins and Pearl, Voccechi Bros, Alice De Gaermo and new Edison Talkers minstrels add varied novelty acts and aerial feats audiences flock to see.
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Poli
Agena
Bridgeport
Vaudevills
Magiin
Eddy
Roy
Orpheum
Felix Haney
Fedison Talkers
Connecticut P E R Association backs Jennings for grand loyal knight
The Past Exalted Rulers Association of Connecticut met in New London for its semi annual session. Judges Martin J Cunningham of Danbury was chosen district deputy for Connecticut. H H Jennings organizer of Bridgeport lodge was unanimously endorsed as Connecticut's choice for grand loyal knight. Edward Leach was detained by a relative's death. Nicholson was endorsed for trustee. Over 15 members attended.
Tarbell on the Stock Exchange as a Gentlemen's Club
Ida M Tarbell describes the New York Stock Exchange as a self governed exclusive club with about 1100 members forty five years ago. Seats cost rising from 13000 in 1369 to around 5 fifty thousand later with as many as 600 attendees inactive members include Rockefeller and Goulds. The exchange handles vast volumes with about 200 million shares yearly and bonds valued around 800 million, its prices deemed authoritative worldwide. A separate notice reports St Johns Lodge No 3 meeting at Masonic Temple on June 4 with a F C degree to be conferred and a Mikado blue wrap described.
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Ida M. Tarbell
New York Stock Exchange
Robilehet
Ike
The
Stock Exchange
Exchaner
St. John’s Lodge
Masonic Temple
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