Bridgeport Auditor Praises City Finances and Peter White
Bridgeport is lauded by City Auditor Bernard Keating for strong cash management and debt discipline. He notes 22 years of cash basis budgeting, bonds for permanent improvements, and a focus on fiscal efficiency as key strengths compared with other cities. He singles out Peter White as a top municipal accountant, praising his expertise and potential to guide further improvements. The remarks were shared during a National Association meeting in Buffalo.
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Bernard Keating
Bridgeport
National Association of Comptrollers and Accounting Officers
United States
Buffalo
New York
Idgeport
Saeed
Peter White
Mr. White
Bradshaw Clothing Co Auction Advertising and Sale Offer
Boiling lots 50 by 114 on Madigan Ave listed with price $500 and down payment details. Enquiries directed to Bradshaw Clothing Co at 1432 Main St and 208. Also matting rugs and Jap antiques offered for public auction June 1 at Elwood's Salesrooms 171 John St.
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Madigan Ave
H St
Enquire Bradshaw Clothing Co
Main St
Fatalities After Foolhardy Autogoing In Boston
Four known dead and five missing after automobile accidents in Boston and nearby areas. Dozens injured including pedestrians Andrew Leonard 80 and Joseph Doucet 35 killed in Dalton Massachusetts. Rocky Point crash backs over cliff. Thomas Brady killed. passengers Mahoney and Hartigan injured. River search ongoing for five presumed bodies. Whalen among injured and later released. Other injuries reported in Rutland Vermont and East Boston.
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Boston
Theottom
Charles River
Dalton
M&ss
Andrew Leonard
Joseph Doucet
John Callahan
Fred Godette
Pittstiela
Thomas Brady
Taunton
Joseph Mahoney
William Hartigan
Brady
Rocky Point
Roze Foster
Rutland
George Morse
Gerard Whalen
William Smedley
Craigie Bridge
Whalen
J. Thomas King
Elizabeth Lowe
Gloucester
William Gratz
Mary Kelly
Winchester
Joseph Gallagher
Theodore Reems
East
Burglars Strip Express Car of Valuable Goods
Burglars stripped an Adams express car in Whit Street freight yards, damaging over 100 packages and stealing clothing, wearables, and other items. Police and railroad detectives investigated, with discounts on value pending shipper vouchers. A second car near Ruppert's Bridge yard also saw three cases of beer stolen.
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Adams Express
Naugatuck
Whit Street
Elding
Bousatonic Avenue
Ruppert
Bridgeport
FOR SALE Center city 14 room house with all improvements
For sale in the city center a fine 14 room house with all improvements and address referenced to Farmer. D10. Also two family house for sale tenanted and modernly equipped in a central location, offering 10 percent on 7200 dollars. D10s. Also an up-to-date cigar store and pool room in good central location advertised by L. care of Farmer. D10 b p. Do not forget the biz auction sale at Elwoodi's Salesrooms on Tuesday and Wednesday June 11th and 12th at 2:00 p.m. Goods to be sold to highest bidder. red flag at 171 John St.
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Padtoas L. D
Elwoofti
John St
Federal Judge Hanford Called Judicial Pervert in Impeachment
Washington June 10 Attorney John H Perry of Seattle filed with Representative Norris an affidavit supplementing impeachment charges against Federal Judge Cornelius P Hanford. Nine misconduct specifications are alleged including bias favoring the rich and a tool of corporate privilege. Perry accuses Hanford of aiding streetcar fare raises and blocking recall elections, with further claims of improper influence by lawyers Carr and Power Co. Witnesses will support Berger's bid to impeach.
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Washington
Cornelius P. Hanford
Seattle
John H. Perry
Norris
Perry
Hanford
Berger
Judiciary Committee
Seattle Trenton and Southern Railway
Hi Gil
Franklin D. Scobie
Scobie
Carr and & Power Co
Cos
Arrested Chicken Thief Faces Bench Warrant in City
Columbo Carmine Gerri, alias Columbo, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff John M. Donnelly on a bench warrant after a weeklong search. He fled prior criminal court appearances in New Canaan, bonded by Maria Esposito, and was found at Louis E. Richards's Elm Street office. The case, tied to chicken stealing, is not expected to reach court until October.
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Columbo Gerri
Criminal Superior Court
John M. Donnelly
Gerri
Louis E. Richard
Elm
Columbo
Carmine
New Canaan
Bennett
Maria Esposito
Carter
Donnelly
FOR SALE Oak Buffet Never Used at 41 Bunnell Street
Auction listings for furniture sales by Swood & Son on the 11th and 13th at 3:00 p.m. Includes other small ads for rent, autos for hire, repairs, lunch wagon specials, lost passbook, a bargain six room house, junk removal service by Jacob Bros, and contact details scattered across Bridgeport notices.
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Bunnell St
California Battle at Republican National Committee
The Republican National Committee opened with tension as Borah and Roosevelt forces clashed over California and Indiana delegations. Dialog covered direct primary disputes, steamroller charges, and threats to seat Roosevelt delegates amid broader contest filings from Arizona and Kentucky.
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Chis Jide
Republican Nation Committee
George A. Knight
California
Roosevelt
Jer
U . Bi
Committee For
Borah
Taft
Francis J. Heney
Victor Rosewater
Heney
Indiana
Horace €. Stillwell
Anderson
Ind
Rosewater
Stillwell
Thomas Devine
Devine
Chicago
Republican National’ Committee
Soua
Arizona
Kentucky
San Francisco
A . Committee
Indianapolis
Ras Sprekinin
Fts
Charles W. Fairbanks
E. Watson
Joseph _D. Oliver
Albert J. Beveridge
Edwin M. Lee
Fred Landis
Charles H. Campbell
Committee On Credentials
Committee On
Flinn Plans Fight for Control of Delegates
Roosevelt forces plot to seat contesting delegates at the Republican National Convention. Ex Boss Flinn leads a steering group to push a plan giving Roosevelt supporters seats and aiming to capture credentials, with Taft delegates contested and a Johnson ticket possible if they triumph.
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Marion County
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Pst
Hoosevelt
National Committee
Indiana
Arizona
Congress
Committee
Flinn
Pittsburgh
Knox
Michigan
Committee On
Hiram Johnson
California
William Barnes, Jr
New York
Joseph Keating
Boise Penrose
Pennsylvania
Murray Crané
Massachusetts
Otte Tifel
Missouri
Walter F. Adams
Iowa
Harry
Daugherty
Ohio
American Warships Watching Over Cuba
June 10 report from Havana notes two American warships and Admiral Osterhaus in port, while Speaker Ferrar pleads for more time to crush a growing rebellion. Washington faces a potential race war and high tension as Taft returns from Hampton Roads and Congress debates Cuba policy. Rear Admiral Osterhaus sails from Key West at dawn aboard the Washington, with Rhode Island, toward Havana.
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Washington
Havana Harbor
Osterhaus
State Department
Orestex Ferrar
House of Representatives
Hevana
United States
Taft
Hampton Roads
Sena
Nelsom
Minnesota
Cuba
Key West
Rhode Island
Ana Osterhaus
Havana
Drunken-Jo Riders Fined In Wallingford Court
Clarence Germianetti, a chauffeur, was fined 25 dollars plus costs and jailed 60 days for intoxication and driving with a license in Wallingford. George Smith of Michigan and Russell Abbott of New Jersey, companions, were each fined 230 dollars and costs for intoxication. The drunken party caused a highway hazard and an accident that fatally injured Conrad Hermann. another member escaped. The car involved, number C13101, was left in a local garage with rear damage.
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Wallingford
Clarence Germianetti
George Smith
A, Tr. Mich
Russell Abbott
Plainfield
N. J
Germanetti
Conrad Hermann
Bridgeport
Damaging Testimony Against Ismay at Titanic Inquiry
London reports that A. M. Carlisle, designer of the Titanic, testified he urged more lifeboats before the liner was commissioned. He said the number of lifeboats was insufficient and that he submitted lifeboat davit plans that were rejected. Directors Ismay and Roshe attended the conferences. In Washington, a short note mentions Hodgkinson wanting to see the model torpedo.
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London
Titanic
A. M. Carlisle
Jesigner
Board of Trade
Ismay
Son
Donna Martini
Italian Woman's Suffrage Association
Suffragist Club
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Keating
Mary
Elwood
Southworth's
Pearl St
East Main St
Eam Main St
P. W. Murray
P.O
Hartford
Didate
Piscemean
Bommos & Biltz
Fairfield
Glasner Furniture Co
Lise Mee Ee
Bartender’s
Bank Street
Joseph L. Klein
North End
Lavy
Testo
Eckler & Co
Crawford Laundry
Fairfield Ave
Courtland St
Lafayette St
O. Evans
Newfield Ave
Swood & Son
John St A
Ehret
N.Y. LA
Clancy
Poli Ridg
Washington Place
Washington Terrace
Aston Garage
Broad Street
Cassidy & Smith
Bridgeport Trust Co. Savings Dept
Winton Avenue
Berkshire Mill
Zou
Jacob Bros
Auth St. Tel
Bett
Pacific Coast State
G.O.P
Merrill Moores
St. Louis Democrat
Clayton
Little Rock
Mulvane
Kansas
Sturgis
Gomez
Nelson
Octopus
John Hodgkinson
Wea
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