Stamford Wreck Linked to New Haven Company Practices
Saturday, June 14, 1913. The Stamford wreck is presented as part of a pattern tied to the New Haven company. Observers note disclosures about subsidiaries, dividend cuts, stock value decline, increased crew fatalities, and rolling stock crashes. An officer will conduct a careful, intelligent inquiry, with Coroner Phelan aided by a public prosecutor.
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Stamford
New Haven
Phelan
Federal Express
The
New Haven, Company
Heroin Scandal Sparks Call for Investigative Probe
The piece notes allegations that prosecutor De Laney failed to secure heroin prosecutions and cites Stiles Judson threatening to seek bench warrants. It raises questions of political interference by Alderman Daniel Walker and urges a competent inquiry to uncover the source and expose misconduct.
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DeLaney
Stiles Judson
Connecticut
Europe
Daniel
Walker
Mr Mellen’s Superfluous Trolley Talk Critiqued
The Courant praises Mr Mellen’s Inter-State Commerce Commission talk as clear but labels his assertions about trolley properties as mistaken. He cites Rhode Island properties bought for 24 million, valued at 9 million, arguing profits beyond the property value will not be granted to promoters. The piece insists trolley profits must reflect property value and warns against lavish claims and hidden tributes.
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Courant
Mellen
Inter-State Commerce Commission
The
Rhode Island
Newtown Historian Ezra L. Johnson Analyzes Citizen Soldiers
Ezra L. Johnson, Newtown’s bard and historian, contributes a scholarly piece to the Newtown Bee on the military service of Newtown citizens in wars from the French and Indian to the Spanish American conflict. The Memorial Day essay lists those who served in the Civil War and names the soldier dead buried in local cemeteries, praising Johnson as keeper of the town’s finer deeds.
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Ezra L. Johnson
Newtown of the Hills
Newtown
Mr. Johnson
The Human Procession Grand Duchess Marie Birthday
Grand Duchess Marie of Luxembourg celebrates her nineteenth birthday as Europe ponders the fate of the tiny principality. The sovereign state, wedged between larger powers, has seen control shift through history and now faces a future decided by a matrimonial alliance rather than war or diplomacy. Marie Aleheid, eldest daughter of the late Grand Duke, governs a 40 square mile realm with 275000 subjects and a reputation for aloofness and forest wandering.
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Marie
Luxemborg
Europe
Marie T
Marie Aleheid
Nan Sien “Duras Bas
Luxemburg
Belgium
Prussia
Germany
France
Netherlands
The One Who Went Free
In Union Station a grieving woman recounts a century of abuse by a husband who used poison and coercion. After decades of suffering including multiple abortions a blind child and an asylum stint she tells of the man who left justice unpunished while she and their daughter faced ruin.
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Union Station
Marueets Annd
Marguerite
Anto
Ida
Tom
Chicago
Greg
Out Street
Pennniless
Historic June dates and royal lineage clues in Europe
A fragment recounts Luxembourg's grand duchy history and shifts away from Salic law favoring women, noting Marie’s subjects and German influence. It also notes Crown Prince Gustav Adolph of Sweden and Princess Margaret’s anniversary, plus a scrap-booking tour of pivotal June battles from Naseby to Waterloo and the 1777 U.S. flag design vote.
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Tury Ago Luxemburg
Orange Nassau
Merle
Adolph
Wilhelm Alexander
Marie
Germany
Veerdnaal
Europe
Gustav Adolph of
Sweden
Margaret
Duke of Connaught
Naseby
Marengo
Friedland
Lee
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Dettingen
Quatre Bras
Bunker Hill
Waterloo
Hymen
Flora
Cromwell
Fairfax
Charles I
Bur
Flag design origins and early Flag Day note
The article traces the Stars and Stripes design to the Washington family arms with a red white shield and three stars, notes five pointed stars on flags, and dates Flag Day observance to 1384 when George Bloch started a June 14 celebration now widespread in the United States.
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Continental Congress
Thirteen
United States
Union
South
New York
Charleston
Franklin
Great Britain
Washington Fomeily
George Bloch
The
Republic
The Sugar Lobby and the Sugar Trust Debate
A Washington report argues that resuming sugar tariffs would enrich the sugar trust and its lobbyists at the expense of consumers. It recalls a past customs heist involving steel springs and critiques private lobbying tactics versus public committees like Ways and Means.
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Washington
Sugar Trust
Cocoanut
United States
Congress
Bar of Justice
Unle Sam
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Meriden Hosts Twenty Seventh Turnfest Of State Turners
Meriden on June 14 welcomed about 2,000 turners from Hartford New Britain Rockville Waterbury Holyoke for the twenty seventh state Turners turnfest. Mayor Daniel J. Donovan and Selectman George W. Miller led a city welcome at Turner Hall. Morning parade showed gymnastic dress. Hanover Park hosted calisthenics and drills. Evening ball planned at the casino.
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Meriden
Hartford
New Britain
Rockville
Waterbury
Holyoke
Daniel J. Donovan
George W. Miller
Turner Hall
Hanover Park
Park
George N. Baer
Carl Stahl
New York
R. Bischoff
Christian Neubauer
Springfield
Herman Weber
Otto Richter
Herman Kraemer
Paul Leopold
Philip Zeigler
Rudolph Kuester
D M Read Co Bathing Suits For All Ages At Low Prices
The D M Read Co advertises a wide range of bathing outfits and accessories. It lists Mohair and salt water cloth suits for men women and children with prices from 25 cents to several dollars, plus caps shoes bags and creams and lotions for sun protection and skin care.
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Atlantic City
Dresden
Eagles To Celebrate Tenth Anniversary Social Session
Bridgeport Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles plans a Tuesday evening event to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its formation. An entertainment program and banquet will feature a flash light group photo. All members are urged to attend as the order prepares for a state parade and field day in Bridgeport on July 22. Local committees meet Sunday to review arrangements and reports. Sacred Heart school baseball claims the 14 15 year old city championship. Hearts welcome challenges.
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Pee ‘Pert
Cromwell
Ironsides
Marengo
Napoleon
Desaix
Bonaparte
Italy
Friedland
Dettingen
Bunker Hill
Massachusetts
Thomas Paine
Paine
Waterloo
Destiny
Bridgeport Aerie
Order of Eagles
Sacred Heart
Hearts
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Evening Farmer
Farmer Publishing Co
Fairfield Ave
Bridgeport, Conn
MR. Mellen
Sire
Juvenile Protective Association
Gertrude Seymour
Survey Press Bureau
Anepee Aera
Turners
Atlantic Pharmacy
Main ST
D. M. Read Co
Notion
Hanson Jenks
D. M. Read Company
Lises
Eagles
Barnes
Viking
Mets
Olivers
the Alling Rubber Co
Main Street
Wromms
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