Costly Golden Hill sewer causes access problems
A resident reports sewer at Golden Hill is costly and hard to use as it runs uphill, preventing proper flushing. He tried to tap into the Barnum Avenue sewer, but street pavement had been replaced and council refused tearing up the work. An inquiry noted other owners connected without permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Hill
Sernum Central Avenues
Ommittes
Barnum Avenue
Buckingham Marsh
Stiltman Street
Stepney Folks Gather Trusty News and Local Events
STEPNEY residents and visitors attend a week of quiet family time in Sea ie. Mr Merwin Johnson recently repainted his Elm Street residence. John Duncan of New Hexen entertained at C. B. Osborne’s home. Stephen Hall spent Sunday with Henry Penty and J Frank sold a cow to Julius Urbanovsky who came from New York. An evening at the Methodist church features a Cena Be presentation with proceeds to support church work. Tess Eastwood, Stepney Depot postmaster, substitutes a carrier on Route 15 due to his wife’s death. Estella Sher-Lyon notes a veterans league tournament set for Gun Club in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enome
Tess Eastwood
Stepney Depot
Estella Sher- Lyon
Intier
Arabella Sterling Jette
George Mallette
Robert SheMeld
Long Hill
Nathan Merwin
Milford
John Treadwell
Arthur Plumb
Lelbert Nichols
Charles Gilbert
Ao Cemetery
Leslie Eastman
Freeman Eastman
Patrick Kohler
Alice
Glen Cove
Long Island
Bridgeport High School
Tashua
Charles Jones
Jones
Leo Linehan
Martin Castle
Fairfield Beach
Fred Turney
M. Henrietta Dickinson
Mabel Dickinson
Lorenzo Wildman
James Baily
Dwight Fuller
Louis Fuller
William Fuller
Stanley Joyce
Stepney
Harmony Grange to Meet Thursday Evening
Harmony Grange will hold its regular meeting this Thursday evening. The musical program will be in charge of Sister Carolyn Osborne, Mr. and Sire. Theodore Beardsley announced ownership of a new Ford touring car.
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Brooklyn
Charles Nichols
Harmony Grange
Ouarae
Carolyn Osborne
Sire
Theodore Beardsley Jave
Local Social Notes Cover Easton Visitors and Attendings
Easton to Roy F Wheeler reports a Pierce company crew at Bridge working in New Town for the firm. Amelia Goult and Jesse Wheeler recently visited Mr and Mrs Charles Jennings at Haydens Hill. George Wheeler of Bridgeport called on relatives. Mrs Clarence A Jennings hosted at home, with Georgia Jennings of Aspettick visiting. Grace Clark and daughter with Mrs Clarence B Andrews attended Mrs Homer’s gathering.
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Roy F. Wheeler
Pierce Company of Bridge
New
Tgohdon
Amelia Goult
Jesse Wheeler
Charles Jennings
Hayden’s Hill
George Wheeler
Bridgeport
Clarence A. Jennings
Georgia Jennings
Aspettick
Grace Clark
Clarence B. Andrews
Aurel Jr
Homer
Wilson uncertain on campaign plans for fall elections
Washington June 12 The possibility of President Wilson taking the stump for Democratic candidates in the fall elections has been discussed with Representative Connolly of Iowa nominee for the Senate He has not yet decided whether to make speeches A Mitchell Palmer nominee for Senator in Pennsylvania also seeks a Wilson visit The semi annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Park Avenue Temple will be held Friday evening June 15 at 8 o'clock in the Vestry room
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Washington
Wilson
Representative Connolly
Iowa
Senate
Connolly
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Woman's Auxiliary of
Park Avenue Temple
Hair loss cured by Cuticura in Amherst advertisement
Miss Beastie B Cleveland of Amherst Massachusetts says her dandruff scalp itch and combful hair loss were cured after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She washed with Cuticura Soap then applied Cuticura Ointment and bought more to finish treatment. The 1913 testimonial urges regular use to keep scalp clear and hair healthy.
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Bairosdot
Amherst
Mass
Beastie B. Cleveland
Lord Mersey to Inquire Into Empress of Ireland Sinking
Lord Mersey will chair a special board of inquiry to investigate the Empress of Ireland disaster. He arrives in New York aboard the Mauretania and heads to Ottawa then Quebec to begin hearings with two marine experts and other government appointees.
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New York
Lord Mersey
Empress of Ireland
Mauretania
Whch
Atlantic
Ottawa
Quebec
Lord M
Eng
8. Caorne
F. J. Welch
Court of Inquiry
Steel passenger car nearly derailed near Stamford wreck
On the first anniversary of the Stamford wreck on the New Haven line an accommodation train from New York was sideswiped by an express car being set off on a siding west of the station. No one was seriously hurt and damage was slight as the express laden car scraped the steel side of the Riviere baggage car.
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New Haven
Stamford
New Haven Road
New York
Combinaton
Riviere
Zoe Fras
Two Die as Storm Sparks Fire at Manndeville Grounds
In Wheeling West Virginia a lightning sparked fire destroyed twenty houses at the Manndeville camping grounds during a midnight storm. Two men were killed by the lightning with other casualties reported nearby including a rider on a street car in Fulton and an unidentified man struck east of Wheeling.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Manndeville
James Bodley
J R.manley
Westonburg
Death and notices from Tashua and Long Hill community
Obituary notes the sudden death of Mrs. Arabella Sterling Mallette and funeral details at her residence with Rev. Shemfeld and Rev. Merwin presiding. Also reports social visits, hunting plans, church event purchases, a senior class picnic at Tashua, and local errands including a June clearance sale advertisement and a reference to General Kelley Coxey scene.
Stratford Band Rehearsal Preview And Local Notices
A Stratford rehearsal of the Okenuck band at Red Men's hall previews upcoming engagements including a concert at Academy Hill and a trip to Fairfield for a Red Men meeting. Also reported are a county jail bail situation for Morris Coyne, a ladies putting match at Weatogue Country Club, and various social notices plus a Stratford baseball game tomorrow.
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Red Men's Hall
Academy=Hill
Fairfield
Tribe of Red Men
Pats
Morris Coyne
Stratford
Anthony Fellows
Coyne
Justice of the Peace
Lewis Polley
Weatogue Country Club
Charity whist raises funds for Newtown chapel
At a charity whist hosted by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hawkey in Newtown about 25 dollars was donated to the chapel fund. Prizes included a range of items such as a sugar bowl, umbrella, cracker jar, and a traveling bag awarded to various attendees.
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Newtown
Eliza Weld
D. R. Zabriskie
William Haight
Wt. B. Nichols
W. F. Hawley
W. Parker
Cora Barnum
Georgie Williams
A. Blackman
Abby Corkery
B. Lake
C. Meeker
Hawkey
Celebration plans and graduation events in town
The article outlines tentative plans for a county and state evangelic celebration with speeches by Connecticut church leaders and a Fairfield Congregational association meeting. It also details the High School graduation program for June 17 at Town Hall with speeches by Edith Marion Summiers Israel Goldstein and Evelyn Harriet Barker and Gov. S. E. Baldwin presenting diplomas.
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Fairfield Association of Congregational Church
Connecticut
T. J. Lee
Messrs
C. B. Taylor
Levi C. Morris
Arthur T. Nettleton
S. €. Scudder
Town Hall
Edith Marion Summiers
Panama Canal
Israel Goldstein
Evelyn Harriet Barker
S. E. Baldwin
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Meigs ‘& Go
Oliver
Tomen
Women & Children
Easton
Woman’s Auxiliary Meeting
Foley
Hindle
Tashua and
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Kelley
Coxey
Pergeron
Mde
Harold French
Trumbull
Miss May
Beardsley
Judson Placers
Out of Mars
French
Villa Farm
Siarne
Milfordigh
Knowlton Park
Methodist Church
Fer Mill River
Alberta Black
Michael Lynch
Gas Street
S. Curtis & Son
Berkshire
Sandy Hook
C. A. Tibballs
Julia C. Hawley
J. H. Warner
H. H. Curtis
H. G. Warner
H. G. Curtis
W. R. Curtis
J. Hardin George
Danielson
James H. George
Trinity
Congregational
J. Scudder
Butler
Vettel
Ama
E. I. Johnson
Henry G. Curtis
David C. Peck
John Scanlon
First
Radford B. Smith's
John Reck & Son
IRA Gre
Gory & CO
Stratford Ave
Naugatuck Valley Ice CO
Housatonic Ave
Leon Te
Crawford
Fairfield Avenue
Courtland
BAY Old Company Coal
Patrick AirGee
Washington Ave
Wheeler & Howes CO
Congress Bridge
Sprague
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