Local Notices From June First Week In 1814
Fragments show notices of Margaret B Sister to attend a funeral service at a St Michael church. A Jamport City death of Dea J Jones aged 47. Invitations to attend from various families with times and locations, including Laterevddence Ne and Muilins No 664. Several entries mention gatherings at inns, churches, andSaturday events in June.
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Thin City
Margaret
Deka J
Collins
Feo We
Thats Street
Frome Marre
Michael'a Onnantery
Napport
Dea J. Jones
Rence
Lekerione
Sune
Re Petrik
Emrtinteey
Armistice unlikely as Mexican mediation stalls
From Saltillo and Washington reports the mediators indicate Ceranza will ignore an armistice as negotiators weigh constitutionalist aims and possible delegation in Mexico. The U S pressure seeks a clear constitutionalist successor while avoiding concession to Carranza and Huerta factions.
Flames threaten million dollar plant in Atatnackrodt incident
Fire at the Atatnackrodt Chemical Works early today damaged the plant and halted operations. The blaze, reported near the E ring bulling, threatened to engulf the facility covering over a city block and caused one injury as debris and flames spread to adjacent structures. The estimated loss reached about 1,000,000 pounds.
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Bt. Leis
Atatnackrodt Chemical Works
Heide van the Chien
Hans
Bridgeport Girl Turns Pro After Amateur Victory
Bridgeport young woman Estelle Brody earns a professional engagement after a standout amateur night at Tale theatre. She will perform at Pola Main Street theatre today and soon appear on the weekly bill. Her talent as a singing comedienne prompts admirers to wish her continued success.
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Tale Theatre
Estelle Brody
Bridgeport
Severing
Teriatamr
Pola Main Street Theatre
Wart remover ad pitched by Gyrus Pharmacy
An old ad touts Gyrus Wart Remover claiming painless wart removal in days. It advertises products from The Gyrus Pharmacy 413 Fairfield Ave and a grease less solvent for stove polish and ink. Also lists a scalp specialist Harriet E. Sherwood at 12 Security Building and a firm Munufactured by Wm. R. Winn 244 Germitory avenue.
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Fairfield Ave
Wm. R. Winn
Germitory Avenue
Harriet E. Sherwood
Polt's Theatre Opens Week With Electric Venus Co Acts
Amusements offer a bright high class bill at Polt's theatre for the rest of the week. The Electrical Venus Co leads with wondrous electricity and dazzling apparatus. McClure and Dolly present a high novel gymnastic exhibition. John ny Dooley and Yvette Rugel add comedy and songs. Bratelle Brody, a Bridgeport singing comedienne, charms local friends. Stevenson and Valentine perform a whirl wind sketch Nineteen Fourteen. Tom Brown trio adds song. Driscoll features Mutual movies The Lovers Gift two reel. Also The Last Drink of Whiskey and Apollo Pred Becomes Homestoker with Fred Mace. Amateur night drew big crowds. country week features tomorrow.
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Polt's
Electrical Venus Co
McClure
Dolly
Johnny Dooley
Yvette Rugel
Bmtelle Brody
Bridgeport
Stevenson
Valentine
Tom Brown
Driscoll
Fred Mace
Keystone Co
America
Bie
Directors Set Meeting for Reading and Lehigh Valley
New York June 1 Reports show Reading and Lehigh Valley directors next week to elect a president with names like Y. Stotesbury mentioned as a likely choice. Lehigh Valley to hold no dividend change. market eyes 2 1/3% rate. Interborough Rapid Transit declares a 5% extra dividend payable July 1. United States Steel reports May 11 unfilled ore on hand at 3,933,199 tons, down from April. Calumet & Hecla copper production for year shows 5,018,390 pounds at 14.25 cents per pound. 1923 costs cited. Jersey Central earnings for fiscal year projected at 15-20% of $97,494,309 stock with surplus impacts noted. Market notes speculate on Distillers Securities and bond recoveries amid potential prohibition measures. Short interest in certain stocks grows as Congress debates.
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New York
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Road
5. Y. Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Stotesbury
New England
Interborough “Rapid Transit Co
Interborough Metropolitan Co
United States
Steel Corporation
Calumet & Hecla * Mining Co
Jersey Centrale
Tawuns
Congress
Lyric Theatre Promotes Clean Family Film Policy
An editorial endorses Lyric Theatre for presenting wholesome, simple, and clean subject matter in motion pictures. It notes few explicit titles like The Last Ghost Dabeal and Duetle Lew the Gift of Mystery, praising balanced, non obscene fare and urging parental guidance for audiences at the Lyric and Sperry Players’ Bridgeport engagement.
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Towles
Gil
Sburlfy
Etx
Lyric Theater
Usiny
Lyric
Tredey
Sperry Players
Bridgeport
Plaza Theatre Presents a Weekend of Spectacle and Song
The Plaza Theatre showcases a lavish program headlined by Minnie Palmer sextette and a carload of scenery with novel electrical effects. Also featured are The Devil's Mate novelty play by Lewin and Montesoli, The Surveyors by two clever comedians, Graham Hackett, The Sandroe Brothers acrobats, When Reuben Fooled the Bandit Keystone comedy, The Ambassador's Envoy in two parts, and An Unredeemed Please on screen.
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Max Montesoli
Nper
Ashton
Graham & Hackett
Sandroe Brothers
marine@ymnaste
Compass
Vause-Ville
Reuben
Keystone
Inter State Commerce Commission to Rule on Rate Increases
Washington June 11 The Interstate Commerce Commission is poised to decide on a freight rate increase sought by Eastern railroads. The panel, after completing a lengthy 800 page report by Commissioner Harlan, will issue an order in the coming days. The action will likely grant some increases while denying others as detailed in the petition.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vance
Commission Harlan
International Congress backs one hour work shift to save light
Paris June 11 The International Congress of Chambers of Commerce unanimously adopted a motion to move the workday start and end by one hour from May to October to save electricity and improve workers recreation. Ferdinand Faithful Beggs of London urged global gold stock supervision to prevent panics in major powers including Britain the U S Germany France and Austria. He linked the 1907 U S panic to gold transfers to the Bank of France and cited the US Federal Reserve Act as a potential model.
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Paris
International Congress of Chambers of Commerce
Ferdinand Faithful Begs
London Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
United States
Germany
France
Austria
International
Begg
Bank of France
London
Federal Reserve Act
Freight accident leaves man severely injured in New Haven
In New Haven on June 1 an individual named Murray Se Jat sustained the loss of both legs after being struck by a freight car on the New Haven road. He is in critical condition at St. Ra hospital. The scene prompted socialist organizers from the 12th district to plan their first open air meeting on Friday June 12 at 7 p.m. at the corner of Newfeld and Stratford avenues SE. Beardsley of Shelton, a gubernatorial candidate, will headline as the main speaker of the evening.
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Niagera Falls
Ont
Saltillo
Cer Tahew
Wiagare Welle
Rafeel Zubsran
Washington
el ‘Paso
Geaxere Carrante
Asparican
Anatha
United States
New Haven
Murray Se
St. Ra- Nespital
Erigay
Newfeld
Stratford’ Avenues
Beardsley
Shelton
Railroad Electrification Delayed and Yard Lighting Trial
Rail developments show double tracking between Omaha and Ogden stalled into 1919 while electrifying the Idaho division from Pocatello to Huntington is temporarily abandoned after engineers report the expense would require quadrupled business. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie tests high steel towers to light freight yards at McKee’s Rocks to counter car darkening. success could push adoption nationwide. Fronther & Western rehearing retreat noted.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Ogden
Idaho
Oregon
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
McKee's Rocks
Public Service actions shape Buffalo enterprise case
The Public Service Commission may again move Buffalo enterprise to court after a nine year fight for a certificate of necessity won last year. A long contest involved New York Central, Lackawanna and the Erie. Also, American Express must pay the 1904 Michigan state tax assessment after a decade-long dispute. Samuel M. Felton resigns as Pere Marquette receiver but stays as president in advisory role. Paul H. King of Grand Rapids becomes successor. The Erie locomotive Mel Shay set a heaviest-haul record with 65 coal cars totaling 3012 tons from Baltimore to Philadelphia in 9 hours 20 minutes. Transportation lines entering Galveston drop higher export freight charges, avoiding a major legal clash. Southern It Memphis and Bipbite expand its terminal facilities. Four offices remain in Cincinnati. Canadian Pacific plans a new Lake Shore line to connect Montreal and Toronto, ready for operation in July.
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Public Service Commission
Buffalo Enterprise
New York Central
Lackiewanna
Erie
Mel Shay
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Wig Four
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Lake Shore
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Toronto
Pastor Brown Denied Forced Resignation Ties to Rose
South Norwalk June 11 Vestry members of Christ Episcopal Church denied that Pastor J Hopkin Brown was ousted for aiding "Jack" Rose. Junior warden Joan Car said no pressure or deception occurred and Brown had convened the vestry to discuss Rose's lecture. Brown, ill, accepted a call to a Leone Plains church to recover his health.
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South Norwalk
Men'of Christ Eqjecopal Church
South
Norwalk
Hev. J. Hopkin Brown
Jack" Rose
Rose
Brown
Leone Plains
More Work But Also More Men For Positions
Hartford reports May employment demand exceeded April with higher job placements. Across five bureaus Hartford had 503 applications for employment and 113 placements. New Haven 258 and 276. Bridgeport 458 and 237. Waterbury 253 and 118. Norwich 62 and 35. Totals show 4,364 applications, 986 job placements, 735 positions filled.
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Hartford
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Norwich
Strikes Met With Fire as Italian Troops Engage Rioters
Rome reports show post strike clashes with police and soldiers. In Harte eleven strikers wounded. Neapolis sees one killed, three mortally wounded, seventeen injured as troops repulse a crowd at the military barracks. Authorities pledge order. premier Salandra insists on freedoms while condemning violence. Parliament records a government motion rejecting the extreme socialist blame by 354 to 117.
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Rome
Harte
Ne- Ples
Florence
Chamber of Deputies
Saledra
engagement denied for Battenburg prince in London
June 11 London reports the engagement of Prince Alexander of Battenburg to Countess Iz Torby, elder daughter of Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch of Russia, is denied. The notice appears amid society chatter and underlines royal resistance to the match.
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London
Prince Alexander. of
Battenburg
Zlz Torby
Grand Duke
Michael Michaelovitch
Russia
Commencement remarks urge balance of labor capital and duties
Vice President Marehall speaks at University of Maine about education, rising usury, and the need for state duties to curb corporate power. He warns against oligarchy of wealth, calls for reform in taxation, resource conservation, and fair labor treatment to preserve the republic and prevent domination by capital.
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Orene
Marehell
Maine
Lita
Ftte
Apraire
Inbor
America
Sam
Planardeé
Fragmented War Tide Report From Tampico Scene
A garbled OCR fragment references Tampico with scattered mentions of soldiers, rivers, and battle elements. It hints at prohibition themes, military movements, and local reactions, mentioning an army, ships, and a landing area, with unsettling, partially legible phrases about fog and conflict.
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Estee Brody
Polis Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Plaza Theatre
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Railroad News
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American Express Co
Michigan
E Tech
Samuel M. Felton
Hig
Paul H. King
Grand Rapids
Galveston
Gulf Port
Memphis
Ford Brothers
Ustom Sutts
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