Fairfield Probate Court Sells Minor's Land In 1815 Petition
Bridgeport court records from June 6 1815 show Levi Jennings petitioning to sell land held by his children Levi Moses David Lucretia Abby Stephen Mary and Hannah Jennings all under twenty one. The order directs a sale hearing on the first Monday in September at 9 am and publication in the Bridgeport newspaper for six weeks.
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Fairfield
Levi Jennings
Levi Moses
David
Lucretia
Abby
Stephen
Mary
Hannah Jennings
Fairfelad
Jeremiah Jennings
David Trubee
Hezekiah
Jonathan’ Storses
Bridgeport
Sam’s Rowland
Fifty Years Ago A Neat Barber Shop Upriver
A neat barber shop opposite the Farmer office offers shaving and hairdressing in approved style. Joseph Jack Has rebuilt his rooms with great expense, claiming Parisian coiffure expertise and noting ties to the Imperial household. Call and see Frenchie. The piece also notes inaction by Washington Hall and city fathers on Independence Day celebration and urges early firework orders via J. W. Beach, with Hadfield’s fireworks highlighted. It reports Common Council approval for the Horse Railroad to cross Noble’s bridge and to appoint a committee to confer with the company.
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Joseph Jack
Imperial Masietre
Washington, Hall
J. W. Beach
Hadfield
Horse Railroad
Common Council
The
Horse Railroad Company
Noble's Bridge
Pleasure Beach Opens Season With Rambling Wheelmen Tourney
Twenty years ago Pleasure Beach opens for the summer with daily operations and a spring Rambling Wheelmen tourney drawing fast class A riders from far distances. The official amusement season opening is June 19 featuring Gilmore’s band Ida Klein and Col W H Stevenson military band and other features. The military law reform includes a Governor appointed staff shift, fixed salaries, limited infantry, and stricter court martial rules. The Golden Hill seminary term closes with a large reception, dancing, and floral decor as students in white and yellow attire enjoy music by Sansone’s orchestra and hosted by Lizzie May Wheeler Annald Gibson and Emily.
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Pleasure Beach
Gilmore
Ida Klein
Col. W. H. Stevenson
Coffin
Senate
National Guard
Military Examining Board
Golden Hill Seminary
Sansone
Revere
Lizzie May Wheeler
Annald. Gibson
Emily
Downing Street Shows Enterprise of America
London June 7 Downing Street, famed as the PM’s residence, marks an early example of American enterprise in London. The lane from Whitehall hosts the first brick houses in the metropolis, built after Charles II sold Downing to Sir George Downing. Number 10, later the PM residence, passed to the Crown and was offered to Walpole, who declined. Venice reports millions of streetcar tickets printed with war cookery recipes to replace meats, but the dishes relied on eggs butter and milk, making them costly.
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YALE
Seaside Park
Jesse Stewart
O'Rourke
O’rourke
Big George Sanford
Elis
London
Downing Street
Whitehall
Charles II
George Downing
the Treasury
Downing
America
Harvard University
Baron Rothmar
George N
Walpole
Venice
Vienna
Motor Boat Owners Must Register Craft Under New Law
Town Clerk Joseph Schulz urges all motor boat owners to heed the new registration law. Required by October 1 1915 to file a sworn statement with length and beam, engine details, horsepower, and address. non residents must register boats kept in the state. new owners must register within 20 days. fee 50 cents. penalties range from 10 to 100 dollars.
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Joseph Schulz
Ile
Euch
June brides and new couples need affordable furniture
Young couples planning marriage look to economical durable furniture from Nothmagle store. The ad urges brides and grooms to visit for good value and quality, promising cordial welcome and reasonable prices. Includes farmer want ads note.
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Nothmagle
Germans adopt new tactics in Russian fields
At Petrograd June 7 German forces in their latest advance into Russian territory employed a Macedonian phalanx style formation, built from ten army corps and heavy artillery, moving along the Gorlice-Jaslo-Rzeszoff line. The advance, aided by air power, crossed the San at Lezachow, as Germans redeployed elite troops from the French front to reinforce the attack.
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Petrograd
Cracow
Gorlice-Jaslo-Rzeszoff
San River
Lezachow
Colomonoff
Pack Squad Boxes For Encampment And Tour Of Duty
At the State Armory the Coast Artillery Corps gears up for a ten day tour of duty at Fort Wright beginning Thursday. Soldiers pack squad boxes with military style baggage only as they load a special train tonight under Capt. Bennett’s supervision. The battalion, larger than in years past, plans a final armory meeting tonight before camp.
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State Armory
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort
Wright
A. Co. Bennett
Germans in Oregon Protest War Exports
In Portland, the federated German-speaking societies of Oregon, totaling 48 groups, issued a public resolution denouncing the President and Secretary of State for allowing the export of war material. They condemn the ban on unbiased congressional discussion and call for reevaluation. Frederick B. Lynch of Minnesota was named chairman of the finance committee of the Democratic National Committee in Washington.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Congress
Frederick B. Lynch
Minnesota
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Gift Occasion Store Remains Ready for Every Present
An advertising note urges readers that the store is always prepared to meet gift needs for any occasion such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries or graduations with a wide selection to choose from.
Young Bride Wins Warrant for Husband in Wife Beating
Fairfield March 7 A warrant was issued for the arrest of Gustave Derring on an assault charge after his wife Mrs Gustave Derring a newlywed reported brutalities ending yesterday Justice Bacon Wakeman heard her account and constable H R Elwood expected to make the arrest this afternoon. The article also notes a trial setting for Harvey Harding on reckless driving and a motorcyclist injury, along with mosquito abatement efforts under Col Valery Havard and a rabies report in Southport.
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Fairfield
Gustave Deering
Southport
Derring
Bacon Wakeman
H. R. Elwood
Harvey Harding
Bridgeport
Joseph Bugdi
Harding
Badgi
Mosquito Post
Col
Valery Havard
State Laboratory
Middletown
Otto Greiger
L. P. Beach
Fairfield Beach
Seven Drownings Mark Chicago Heat Wave Day
Chicago reports seven drownings on the first Sunday of a heat wave, police say. In Stamford, William Betts, 35, found dead in the Rippowam River near the railroad viaduct, believed to have fallen from the bridge Saturday night. He leaves a wife and two children. Across Britain, over 11,000 women have enrolled as police.
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Chicago
Stamford
William Betts
Rippowam
Great Britain
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Downing Streets
Enterprise OF America
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J. J. Buechler the
Reliable Jeweler
Fairfield Avenue
Middle Street
Young Bride
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Santa Clara Prunes
del Monte
Queen Quality
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Hayes
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Main ST
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Hotel Wendig
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SACS
Daggett & Ramsdell’s
New York
Jara
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