Flag Day Observed In City Schools On Tuesday
In line with Governor Weeks proclamation, public schools will observe Flag Day next Tuesday with special exercises. Pupils across all grades will learn the flag's origin and the adoption of the present banner, noting June 4, 1777 as Congress approved the basis for the national flag and Betsy Ross of Philadelphia said to have made the first official flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Weeks
United States
Congress
John Ross
Betsey Ross
Philadelphia
New Haven Railroad Declares $2 Dividend
Boston reports the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad board approved a $2 per share dividend payable after June 30 for stockholders of record June 15. A secondary 50 cent dividend was declared on the December 20 1909 paid capital stock. Rev F W Atkinson to address Sons of St George lodges on Kipling as a poet with readings of Kipling verses.
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Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartfoord Railroad
Kipling
F. W. Atkinson
Second Baptist Church
Pioneer
Sons of St. George
Atkinson
Local Student Wins Mathematical Prize at Yale Fund
Harry Mendel a Fiport High School graduate class of 1908 won third prize from the Benjamin F Barge mathematical fund at Yale University The awards total 200 and the prize honors are part of an annual series A meeting of the K of Chapter at Sewners building chapter rooms is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon and all members are urged to attend.
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Harry Mendel
Fi Port High School
Mving Jat
Main Street
Benjamin F. Barge
K. of Chapter
Sewners Building
Backward Season Puts Gardeners In Dismay
Cold damp weather has left truck gardeners in dismay as strawberries rot on vines and other produce lags. A 12,000 quart Jersey strawberry shipment to a major wholesale firm may be the season’s last, while Long Island berries face near total loss.
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Jersey
Long Island
Uncle Sam auction sells imported gowns at customs sale
In New York a crowd of women and many men attended Uncle Sam's spring sale of lingerie washgoods and princess gowns at the customs house. Goods seized in sleeper trunk cases fetched high bids, with Lot 92 a Princess selling for 206 dollars amid Parisian labels. Overall about 20,000 dollars of merchandise changed hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Uncle Sam
Customs House
United States Marshal
Paquin
Laferrier
Augustine Thomas
Social and Personal Notes From Mine Street Gathering
Mrs. Mary Neary hosted a social gathering at her Mine Street home last evening with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Leibscher and several Leibscher, Morarity, and Levasseur family members. Music came from Miss Rheinhart, Miss Levasseur, and Mr. Levasseur. Miss Rheinhart, noted for singing, performed several selections.
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Mary Neary
Mine Street
Leibscher
Catherine Leibscher
E. Leibscher
Miss Morarity
Adam Rheinhart
Gertrude Levasseur
David Garley
Isaac Morey
E. Leibscher, Jr
Arthur Levasseur
William Brink
Rheinhart
Miss Levasseur
Mr. Levasseur
Miss Rheinhart
Missing Mearson girl found in New Haven returned to parents
Esther Maude Mearson a Harlem teen who vanished last Monday after leaving to seek stenography work was located yesterday in New Haven and brought home by her elder brother Lyon J. E. Mearson. She had used the alias Marie Burns while employed as a servant there and said wanderlust and city noise prompted her run away.
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Esther Maude Mearson
Harlem
Wrose
New York
New Haven
Mearson
East 123Rd Street
Lyon J. E. Mearson
Esther
Bassett
Marie Burns
Marie Antoinette
Ruth Wheeler
Building Permits Issued by Building Commissioners
Building permits were issued last night by the Building Commissioners to T. F. Lyons for a three family frame dwelling on the east side of Wordin avenue. Charles Beach for a two family frame dwelling on the west side of Summerfield avenue. William Winter for three three family canee dwellings on the north side of Osborn ronan Dorsch, rear and side stairs at 553 Maple street. Marshall & Selley for repair of a rear porch on the west side of Main street. Aggregate value set at 14975 dollars.
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T. F. Lyons
Wordin Avenue
Charles Beach
Summerfield Avenue
William Winter
Osborn Ronan Dorsch
Maple Street
Marshall & Selley
Main Street
Catholic Churches Publish Holiday Mass Hours Citywide
The city lists Sunday masses across multiple parishes including St Marys Pembroke and Steuben Streets and Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Myrtle Avenue, with daily masses at 7:00 and 8:20 or 7:00, vespers at 4:00, and Holy Day schedules. Confessions offered Saturdays and eve of holidays. Several churches share detailed schedules for Holy Days and first Fridays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Church
Pembroke and
Steuben Streets
T. R. Sweeney
St. Joseph’s German Church
Madison Avenue
Hubert Dahme
St. Patrick’s Church
North Avenue
James B. Nihill
St. Vincent’s Hospital Chapel
Fall Chapel
St. Anthony’s French Church
Colorado Avenue
J. L. Desaulniers
St. Charles Church
East Main Street
William H. Lynch
Lakeview Home Chapel
St. Peter’s Church
Howard Avenue
Thomas J. Kelley
Holy Rosary Church
East
Washington Avenue
Angelo de Toro
St. Stephen’s Hungarian Church
Spruce Street
Bostwick Avenue
John Madar
St. Cyril and Methodius
Crescent Avenue
Church Street
Matthew Jankola
Religious Services At Various Churches In Courtland
A list of Sunday services across multiple churches including Christ Episcopal Church St Johns Park Ave First Congregational Olivet German Reformed West End Congregational King’s Highway etc with service times Children's Day themes and messages from pastors Rev E J Craft Rev John DePeu Rev Morgan Miller Rev H J Newton Rev P E Matthias Rev H A Davenport Rev Elmore Bart Rev John MacLaren Richardson and other church leaders across Courtland including Holy Communion and morning prayers with Sunday School and evening services noted.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Courtland I Street
E. J. Craft
St. John’s Church
Park and
Fairfield Aves
First Congregational Church
Cor. Broad and
Bank Streets
John DePeu
Olivet Congregational Church
North Ave
Main St
Morgan Millar
German Reformed Church
Congress Street
H. G. Wiemer
Louise Ginand
A. Budde
C. S. Ferrett
West End
Spring St
Noble Ave
P. E. Matthias
The
Baptist
People’s Church
Laurel and
Ark Aven
Park
H. A. Davenport
Miss Perkins
Christian Endeavor
Marshall
Washington Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Noble and Barnum Avenues
Charles Elmore Barto
F. L. Thompson
D.D
W. B. Patterson
Methodist Brotherhood
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Lafayette Street
God the Preserver of Man
Street
Gerald H
Raymond McKenney
Epworth
Harriet M. Russell
First Presbyterian Church
State Street
Myrtle Avenue
John MacLaren Richardson
Nain
Joyce
Margaret Hogan
Florence Cate
Gertrude Laubscher
A E. Wedge
William Tomlinson
Lambert Moulthrope
Austin McConnell
R. M. Eames
Frank V. Burton
Elmer
Fairview Lawn Lots Offer Rural Shopping Appeal
The Safest Bank presents Fairview Lawn with many attractions and shade trees along country roads. Lot prices range from 165 to 225 dollars with payments as low as 2 dollars down and 500 dollars per week until paid. Taxes and interest start August 1913, with no payments during illness. Ideal for families, neighbors are urged to buy multiple lots.
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Madison
Fairview Lawn
Billie Burke Delights Audiences as Mrs Dot in Play
Billie Burke, in the English comedy Mrs Dot, charmed a Jackson’s audience last night with her lively persona. The production, though light and amoral, showcased an excellent company and a plot built on a fiancé’s reluctance to marry, ending with a joyous curtain as all are happy. Burke’s stage display drew notable attention, and the house was filled.
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Billie Burke
Mrs. Dot
Jackson
Dot
Lemola Promises Overnight Skin Cure for Eczema
New York firm Woodworth Co advertises Lemola as a free experimental offer mailed to all who request it. The 60c Lemola box is sold in Bridgeport and claimed to cure eczema pimples and various skin ailments in hours with no grease and a flesh color appearance.
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New York
Woodworth Co
Broadway
New York City
Bridgeport
Dresser Returns Costs In Hartford Insurance Case
Hartford June 11 C H Dresser of Hartford has returned about 3700 he collected in 1902 to fund claims of Hartford Life Insurance certificate holders. The suit reached the supreme court confirming rights. money comes from court expenses. When assessments drop to the safety fund level about 1 million, the fund will be distributed to survivors. Burglary in Fairfield Poolroom and cigar store in Perry block owned by E R Gilson broken into last night with cash register and tobacco taken. No clue to perpetrators. To freshen stale cake dip in cold milk and rebake.
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New Britain
Charles K. Hamilton
Walnut Hill
Capitol Building
Hartford
New York
Governours Island
Philadelphia
C. H. Dresser
Hartford Life Insurance Company
Supreme Court
Fairfield
Perry Block
E. R. Gilson
Bachmans Emmenagagone Mixture Ad
An advertisement for Bachman’s Emmenagagone Mixture, a female regulator for cases of suppressed menstruation and related illnesses, offered at 1.75 dollars for the complete outfit by The Woman's Drug Store owned by Wilma M. Bachman at 129 State Street, Bridgeport, Conn. The ad stresses advertisers who list their goods as key to being “in it.”
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Poli Stock Company
America
Alice Fleming
Brewsters
Windhen Smith
Byron Ongley
Eileen Guerin
Grand Opera
Meigs Co
NEW Haven Railroad
K. OF
Ayer
Ionai
Wateater
St. Michael, the Archangel
Sterling Street
Felix Baran
Religious
the Safest Bank
Bank OF Earth
J. A. Richardson
Burr & Knapp
Bankers
Hotel Willison
Willis Ave
Uling
HOTEL
56Th ST
7Th Ave
Carnegie Hall
Central Park
Grand Central
Pennsylvania R. A
U. S. Taxicab Co
Grenoble
Geo. W. O'Hare
Mgr
Egzema Gured
Dresser
Frisbie’s
Levy
Oper
Lw. Buck
Ingham & CO
the People's Dairy
GEO. A. Robertson
Post Office News
Patrick McGee
Wash. Ave
Keane Seeree Einer
Naugatuck Valley Ice CO
Housatonic Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Sprague
Spraguelce &Coal Co
East End
Washington
Arge
Bridce Telephone
Berkshire
Telephone
IRA Gregory & GO
Stratford Avenus
Wheeler & Howes
Congress Street Bridge
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