Cock Fight Report Grips Westport On Sunday
Westport residents and visitors attended a Sunday cock fight on North Main Street near a makeshift pit. The event drew both local and visiting participants, with mixed outcomes for the birds and a large crowd observing from shadows. The exhibition extends two weeks with spectators and local officials keeping quiet on details amid laughter and speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Cere
Sumfay
North Main Etreet
Ome
Fternoon
Wes
D. B. Bradley
Cornelis
H. Stags
C. W. Fraleigh
W. Daley
Bridgeport
Owen
William Krause
Yale
Linstreet
Mise Putney
Scenies
National Hall
Putney
New York
Freenorrow
Canal Street
Peell
Fass Davitt Levy
Dew
Paul Remy
Haseen
Bridgeport Hoeni
WHaston Grange Hosts Children Night Program
Easton notes a WHaston Grange meeting on Tuesday evening with a children’s night program led by Helen Marsh Beatrice Davis Kenneth Logan Mary Sills Lois Standish Miss Adele Keller and Mrs Fred Silli TM Man. Ice cream and cake followed. Next meeting titled Sisters Night will be in charge of Mrs Clarence A Jennings, Mrs Elbert Nichola and Miss Minnie C Sherwood. Also local notices of infant death of Mr and Mrs Frank Staples Bridgeport and visits by Edward S Williams Rock House and Rev Andrew Leitch New Haven with Leitch preaching at the Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whaston Grange
Helen Marsh
Beatrice Davis
Kenneth Logan
Mary Sills
Fred Silli
Lois Standish
Adele Keller
Clarence A. Jennings
Elbert Nichola
Minnie C. Sherwood
Frank Staples
Bridgeport
Edward S. Williame
Rock House
New York
Andrew Leitch
New Haven
Fred Silliman
A Leitch
Congregational Church
Stepney Social and Club Notes and Local Visits
Miss Irma Tracey returned Monday from visiting Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hull. Monrose Whist club held its last meeting. ladies prizes went to Mrs. Tracey Peck Mrs. Oscar Plumb Agnes and Geneva Beardsley. gentlemen prizes to George Burr G L Burr Marshall Beach and Louis Beardsley. consolation prizes to Marshall Beach and Charlie Fairchild. Mrs. Andrew Curtiss left for Cleveland to summer with her son Royal Curtiss. Mrs. William Craft recovering at home from German measles. Kitchen shower for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bevans at the Patens with gifts and music. Harmony Grange Thursday children’s night planned by Mrs. Ensign Bewley and Morgan with ice cream and cake. Jerome Osborne resumes duties as stallion agent at Stepney depot while Shoopie takes a vacation. A children’s day concert is set at the Baptist church Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Tracey
Arthur J. Hull
Monrose Whist Club
Tracey Peck
Oscar Plumb
Agnes
Geneva Beardsley
George Burr
G. L. Burr
Marshall Beach
Louis Beardsley
Charlies Fairchild
Andrew Curtiss
Cleveland
Royal Curtiss
William Craft
Robert Bevans
William Paten
Bevans
Harmony Grange
Charlies Ensign
George Bewley
Harry Morgan
Jerome Osborne
Stepney Depot
Shoopie
Baptist Church
Fairfield and Southport Firemen to Declare War
Fairfield and Southport firemen clash over carnival dates and officials declare plans for five night events starting August 19 in a heated feud. Residents await the first gun, while health and trolley concerns drift in as community figures face off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Southport
Corres
Southport Firemen
Fairfield Firemen
Fairfielders
Southbort
Southporters
Fairfield Fellows
FP Airfielders
General Sherman
Getting Rid of the Neck Hump With Exercises and At-Home Treatment
An old health note explains a neck hump behind the base of the skull caused by poor posture and chin drop. It advises camphor rubs, ice pressure, and nightly neck stretching to straighten the spine, then daily head and shoulder exercises to reduce the hump over two months.
Thompson new president of American Hardware Company
Charles M Thompson of Pleasant Valley summer colony has been elected president of the American Hardware Company, succeeding Charles M Jarvis. The salary is reported at twenty thousand dollars annually. Thompson rose from a Corbin salesman to manager of their western sales dept and later joined Hoggson Bros in New York. His home near N F Hoggson ranks among the town show places. Also reported is the death of George A Sanford at Sanfordtown aged about 88, a longtime carriage-maker and civic figure, with funeral services held and interment in Hull cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redding
Prizs
Charles M. Thompson
Pleasant Valley
New Britain
P. and
F. Corbin
Western
Fim
Hoggson Bros
Builders and Decorators
New York
American Hardware Company
N. F. Hoggson
George A. Sanford
Sanfordtown
Eee
J. B. Sanford
Albert A. Gorham
M. B. Burr
George Treadwell
Hull
Sanford
Putnam Park Commission
Brewster Grove
Thos. Delaney
George A. Parker
Hartford
Gov Baldwin
Patrick Floodit
Dennis Dorgan
Julia Sweeney
James
Smith
C. Shaw
I. O. Peck
Sunset Hill
Taylor
Centra
Clara Smith
Henry S. Shaw
The
Ridge
Danbury
Putnam Park
Taxi Service Opens in Bridgeport With Peerless Brand
A new taxi service Peerless Taxi Service launches in Bridgeport led by J. H. Russell formerly of Locomobile. The 361 Fairfield avenue operation offers Packard taxis and touring cars available 24/7 with competent chauffeurs and low rates. Call 21st to request a taxi or touring car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
J. H. Russell
Locomobile Company
Fairfield Avenue
Packard
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Jane White
Fies
Martha E. Taylor
Vassar
Turney Hill
Abe
Erwin M_" Jennings
Ladies Aid Society
Greens Farms
John Duffy
Wash-ington Street
Wiliam C. Smith
Charleston
S. C
Mary C. Jennings
Vernon Lewis
Green Mountain
Pau
Isabel Remin
Mary Underwood
Anita
Anita’e Trial” By the Girls’ Friendly Society
Easton
Stepney
Board of Health of
Connecticut Co
Clifford H. Wells
C. C. Wells
Sherman School
Boyle's Beach
Book and Bond Club
Boyle
Dn M. V. B
Edwin Chatterton
A. F. Chatterton
Co. Co
Mr. Wells
C. E. Hyde
Greenfield Gun Club
Center Street
Pine Grove
Niantic
DeVer H. Warner
Gilbert Hill
Greeneld
Joseph I. Flint
Murphy Stead
Spring Street
John Newinski
Frank Saum
C. A. Wurt
Etta, Brothwell
Cora Gregory
Lois Brothwell
Mildred Jennings
Esther Buttery
Gertrude Heid
Amela Walcce
Winsted
Clayton
Mass
Byron Road
Catherine Wolfe
West Side
Ringlers' Circus
Jean d’Arc
William Duncombe
Centre
James Gregory
Episcopal c
William Deming
Lonetown
George Williams
Deming
Taxi Service
Foley
Fr. B
Dufty
Grocersani
N. Buckingham &Co
Lyon & Grumman CO
Yaiame Beeden Am
Asi Nd
Shand
Frank Miller Lumber*Co
Wheeler & Howes CO
Stratfield Building
Congress Street Bridge
Sprague
Sprague I Ice & & Coal Co
IRA Gre
Stratford Ave
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