Shore Acres First American Stock Presentation Next Week
Poll announces a Bridgeport all star company will stage James A Herne's Shore Acres marking the first U S stock presentation since Mrs Herne restricted rights after her husband’s death The Maine coast drama centers on the Berry Lighthouse and a family dispute over selling the farm for a summer resort with Dorothys romance and Josiah Blakes greed.
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Poll
James ‘A. Herne
Shore Acres
America
Poli
Nethaniel
Martin Berry
Berry
Rock ‘Bound
Maine
Eld Berry
Surmomter
Martini
Maron
Dorothy
Josiah Blake
Sam Warren
Homestead
Martin
Baptists Probe Case In Nigerian Missionary Controversy
Special United Press report describes the Pinnock mission in Oyo Nigeria and a native chief response amid control changes in the Camarons district. The Baptist society faces difficulties as its station experiences enforced rule and limited power to intervene.
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United Press
Oyo
Nigeria
Camarons
Notice from Post Commissioner on impostor Elias Howe
Warning from the post and G A R unit warns merchants and the public about an Elias Howe impostor and directs awareness of authorized agents and the risk of impersonation. Ruggles commands the post and urges vigilance among local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Si Bliac Howe, Jr
Elias Howe
Terent Post
Il. Ruggles
Roaches Roach Powder Promises Safe Roach Elimination
A vintage advertisement touts Cyrus Roach Powder as a nonpoisonous house roach killer. It claims the powder is clean effective and safe for households with careful use, priced at 35 cents per pound.
Harvard Receives Gordon McKay Bequest for Technical Education
Boston June 12 The will of Gordon McKay provides one million dollars for technical education to Harvard University and the funds will be paid at commencement this year.
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Boston
Gordon McKay
Harvard University
Direct Philadelphia Portugal steamship line announced
Philadelphia officials report a new direct steamship service between Philadelphia and Portugal. The Austro American line will operate, with three Georgia freighters already sailing from Lisbon to Philadelphia and due soon. Plans include extending to Marseilles Toulon and other French Mediterranean ports.
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Philadelphia
Portugal
Austro-American Line
Georgia
Lisbon
Marseilles
Toulon
Forbes Balloon Not the Winner for National Championship
New York report says A Holland Forbes of Fairfield Conn piloted the balloon New York in the Indianapolis long distance race but did not win the distance prize. John Berry of St Louis with John McCullough piloted University City to take the title. Berry landed near Fort Payne Ala about 82 miles from Indianapolis and Forbes near Corinth Miss about 355 miles from Indianapolis. The chosen winner’s balloon drew little attention at the Aero Club of America event.
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New York
The
Aero Club of America
A. Holland Forbes
Fairfield
University City
Blanche
Tennessee
Alabama
Forbes
Blanche Tenn
Berry
Oe Ala
Fort Payne
Indianapolis
Corinth
Miss
Bryan Jr to Wed Noted Northwest Grain Dealer’s Daughter
William Jennings Bryan Jr and Miss Helen Berger, daughter of Alexander Berger, prominent grain and flour dealer in the Northwest, plan to marry on Thursday June 4 at the Colorado summer home in Grand Lake. The couple will reside in Tucson where Bryan has substantial family interests. Miss Berger is noted for striking looks, athleticism, education, and accomplishments.
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Milwaukes
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Helen Berger
Alexander Berger
Northwest
Colorado
Grand Lake
Tuscen
Bryan
Berger
London Coroner Finds No Foul Play in Mrs Ruiz Death
London officials refused to release depositions in the death by suicide of Mrs. Mary Agnes Ruiz linked to Alfred G. Vanderbilt. The coroner said the case was clear with no foul play and reporters admitted paying to suppress details as the burial in Kensal Green cemetery was noted.
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United Press
London
Mary Agnes Ruiz
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Ruiz
Kensal Green Cemetery
Belmont Advocate for Women’s Suffrage in England and America
Mrs. C. H. P. Belmont, noted advocate for suffrage, returned from London aboard the Mauretania. She asserted that women will soon gain the right to vote in both England and America.
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New York
Embalming Process Turns Man into Perfect Mummy
In Asheville on June 12 a undertaker developed a method to embalm a body to Egyptian mummy standards. The body of George Lascelles, known as Lord Walter Charles, prepared for shipment to England, stood in the undertaker’s rear room as a grim example of the craft. Lascelles, son of a Duke of Devonshire gamekeeper, feigned aristocratic ties across New York and Newport and in Southern towns.
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Asheville
M. C
George Lascelles
Lord Walter Charles
England
Beresford
Lascelles
Duke of Devonshire
New York
Newport
Balloon efforts set for cross border and mountain voyage
Pittsfield Mass June 12 favorable winds and fine weather boost William Van Sleet and party as they plan a night flight crossing the Canadian line to Montreal using the Massachusetts balloon. In Rutland Charles J Glidden with the New England Aero Club targets June 18 to cross the Green and White mountains and Mount Washington in a pioneering balloon crossing.
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United Press
Pittsfield
Mass
William van Sleet
Montreal
Massachusetts
Rutlarn
Canada
Charles J. Glidden
New England Aero Club
White Mountain
Mount Washington
Green and White Ranges
Rev Ahrens Prepares to Head West for Convention
Immanuel Baptist in Lafayette and Gregory Street hosts unusually lively services tomorrow. Rev C F W Ahrens will preach on A Golden Promise before departing for Portland Oregon to attend the Northern Baptist Convention and tour the Giant West and parts of Southern Canada. Children’s Day exercises cap the evening service with strong school singing and unusually good attendance expected.
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Immanuel Baptist Church
Lafayette
Gregory Streets
C. F. W. Ahrens
Portland
Oregon
Northern Baptist Convention
West
Canada
The
Bible School
Steeplechase Island Opens With King and Queen Act
Steeplechase Island opens for the season with the world famed diving horses King and Queen performing as free afternoon and evening features. Daily thereafter the horses will give two shows. Also Benadell the Mystery begins with a nominal admission fee. Weber's room and lunch pavilion remain open and island admission remains at bridge rate with half value on Sundays.
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Weber
Presbyterian Pastor to Deliver Health Address Tomorrow
Rev. Richardson of the First Presbyterian church will speaking tomorrow evening on Small Enemies. He will discuss the New York Board of Trade health commission report showing disease spread by small insects, stressing the need to fight these pests including the common house fly and the health risks they pose.
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Richardson
First Presbyterian Church
Health Commission
Board of Trade
New York
Newtown Social Roundup Highlights and Library Benefit
Newtown residents visited Bridgeport and Danbury while others hosted guests and marked end of school. A Marion Ohio wedding announcement for Ernest Allison Smith and Florence Gertrude Alsbach, with future home in Norwich, Conn. A Sandy Hook library benefit entertainment drew a good crowd despite bad weather, featuring Florence Ashcroft directed program and a cast including Philip Brown, Ella Hayes, William Wentworth and May McNamara.
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W. J. Beecher
Grace Glover
Bridgeport
Jessie Colpaugh
Southbury
Carrie Judson
Gardiner Walker
Danbury
Alice Scudarmore
Marion
Ohio
Ernest Allison Smith
Florence Gertrude Alspach
Norwich
Conn
Mr. Smith
Reuben Smith
Waterbury
Allison P
Arthur J
Henry M
Smith
Arthur Fairid
Frank Winters
O. R. Goldie
Park City
Ora Wheaton
Lorette F. Houlihan
Daniels Farms
Newtown
Helen Havens
Loretta F. Hayes
Charles Cavanaugh
Sandy Hook
Florence Ashcroft
Bill
Philip Brown
Richard Carmody
Judith Brown
Ella Hayes
William Wentworth
William Hayes
Florence Lee
Arietta Lattin
Hannah
Matilda Otteson
Edward S. Pitzschler
May McNamara
William Driscoll
Fred Hayes
Epteestine
Dr. Bolbrook
Os- N. Y
New York Company Buys Turnerville Town in Conn
The New York Progressive Company led by Morris Franklin and Moses and Aaron Brown has purchased Turnerville in Tolland County Conn a manufacturing settlement on the Boston New York Air Line railroad ten miles south of Willimantic The town holds about forty buildings and six silk factories employing around two thousand workers It was founded by C E Turner eighty five years ago and ownership passed to his widow and later his sons after his death a receiver was appointed recently to straighten the town s affairs
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New Haven
New York Progressive Company
Morris Franklin
Moses
Aaron Brown
Turnerville
Tolland County
Conn
Boston & New York Air Line
Willimantic
C. E Turner
YWCA East Side to Host Twilight Mission Talk
The YWCA East Side Branch at 56 Beach hosts a Sunday twilight service at 4 30 with Mrs E R Jenkins speaking on missions and showing curios. All women and girls invited. Philomathian Club members praised Miss Gilmore who departs for a New York post. club gifts a YWCA pin. Save June 21 for an entertainment and ice cream sale by Philomathian club girls.
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East Side Branch
Beach
E. R. Jenkins
Philomathian Club
Miss Gilmore
New York
Natonal Y. W. C. A
Prominent Educator to Leave Public Schools for Publishing Career
Prof Clarence G Prince supervisor of writing in the public schools has accepted an offer from Standard Copy Book publishers and will sever ties with local schools at term end. He introduced a strong penmanship system and sparked student interest in better writing. Also notes graduations, illnesses, and social events in the community.
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Clarence G. Prince
Prince
Worcester Hill Climb Draws Massive Auto Crowd
Thousands of spectators gather in Worcester for the famed Hill Climb. Noted drivers and cars, including Baldwin and Lorimer, compete on the specially prepared grade for records as part of the Worcester Automobile Club event.
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United Press
Worcester
New England
Worcester Automobile Club
L. N. F. Baldwin
L. B. Lorimer
Chalmers-Detroit
James Ryall
Buyou
William Burque
Knox
David Bruce Brown
F. K. Bernham
Ralph DePalma
Fiat
H. F. Grant
Olco
Booth and Lincoln Death Masks Recalls Booth Actor Remembrance
A reminiscence from Isabel Moore on Edwin Booth and Lincoln masks in Lawrence Hutton's Talks In a Library. Caunt's mask affected Booth greatly while Lincoln's mask moved him to silent reverence and a brief kiss. The piece also notes the idea of the curve of health and Dutch Courage. and a Beorbohm Tree anecdote about a theater dog.
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Booth
Lincoln
Edwin Booth
Lawrence Hutton
Isabel Moore
Caunt’s
Beerbohm ‘Tree
London
Saami
Mr. Tres
Captain Swift
Argus
Mr. Tree
Bister
Mr. Treas
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James A Herne
Baptists
Cyrus Pharmacy
Harvard
John Berry
St. Louis
W. J. Bryan Jr
C. H. P. Belmont
Rev. Ahrens
Presbyterian
NEW York CO
Women’s Christian Association
Dillon & GO
Main St
E. H. Dillon
William Stapleton
Margaret
Mary A
Maxwell Kindergarten Institute
May Stapleton
Miss Stapleton
Rose Keenan
R. T. Whitinge’s
Main Street
H. P. Henshaw
Paphrosyne Bown
Grand Street
People’s Presbyterian Church
Laurel Avenue
John J. O'Rourke
Fulton Street
First Congregational Church
Chary A. Smith
Charles L. Gaylord
Marguerite
Colorado Avenue
Newfield M. E
George Farrar
Stratford M. E
A. Pennell
M. E. Church
W. W. Dixon
New Rochelle
N. Y
Charles Couch
Washington Park M. E
Masonic Temple
Training School For Nurses
Bridgeport Hospital
Park Street Congregational Church
Satan S. Pullman
Arthur E. Lieberum
Jerusalem
E. B. Ellis
Robert Weimann
Otis Lewis
Edward Langdon
Claribel Lewis
Bessie Crowley
Helen Osborne
Edward O’shear
Joseph O'Shea
George Cook
Hyman Wenger
Elec Lines
Lewis Sammis
Henry Mutzel
Arthur Platt
Cell
J. B. Friedrich
Chris Heldman, Jr
Jules Calanquin
Arno Walker
Francis Lewis
Leslie Vaughan
Minnie Whelan Murphy
Murphy
A. B. C. Club
Epworth League Society
New York Harbor
Needles
Wests Am
Nee
China
Brazil
Hallaton
Leicestershire
Melbourne
Atchison Globe
Perak
Penang
Cody
Kinta
Ane
Smith-Murray CO
Ibs
the Smith
Murray CO
Sam Bar
Sam Harris
Fairfield Avenue
Water Street
National Butter Co
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Fontengy
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