Park Board Lets Lamp Contract for Seaside and Beardsley Parks
The Park Board contracted with American Street Lighting Company to supply 100 lamps for Seaside and Beardsley parks, including 16 new lights. It approved paying 3000 toward the Fayerweather Island purchase, leaving 34000 of the 10000 total due. Arrangements were made for a 300-person grandstand at Beardsley monument dedication. Commissioner C. S. Canfield will be abroad for three months with Mrs. Canfield.
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Board of Park Commis
American Street Lighting Company
First Night
Seaside
Beardsley Parks
Beardsley Park
Seaside Park
Fayerweather Island
Marshall
Beardsley
Commiser
Ic. S. Canfield
Europe
Canfield
Bedside Wedding of Auto Victims Near Miss Reach
Edith Bill Armstrong of 300 West Street New York City wed McKay of Sternbridge Pennsylvania in a bedside ceremony yesterday afternoon. An aunt of the bride who nearly died in the Brandreth automobile crash attended, underscoring the accident's close brush with tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Bill Armstrong
West Street
New York City
McKay
Sternbridge
Penn
Brandreth
Inheritance Tax Record Largest Illinois Payment Revealed
Chicago June 16 Settlement of the inheritance tax reaches nearly 184000 with disclosure of the value of assets from the late Nelson Morris The state totals 16703427 73 with exemptions including 400000 for attorney fees and administration costs The report notes this is the largest inheritance tax payment in Illinois history and is approved by County Judge Lew on circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Packer
Lelson Morris
Illinois
Lew
Rail plan gives New Haven control over New England lines
Boston Railroad Holding Company bill advances after lengthy debate, paving way for New York New Haven to gain control of the Boston and Maine and related lines. Key financiers include Walter C. Baylies, Robert M. Burnett, and Fred Dumaine. The act authorizes the New Haven to hold nearly all New England mileage with Massachusetts supervision over portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
House
Boston Railroad Holding Company
New England
New York
New Haven
Ton & Maine Railroad
Draper
Senate
Boston Railroad Holding
Walter C. Baylies
Robert M. Burnett
Southboro
Fred& Dumaine
Concord
John Billard
Meriden
Conn
New Haven Road
Massacs Supreme Court
Legisla
Massachu
Irate Father Calls Out High School Bias in Grading
An irate father writes to expose alleged bias in the High School where teachers pass members of certain societies and fail non members. He claims dull students and those who resist society pressure are flunked to please evaluators, urging the Board of Education to investigate before public denunciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sehools
Board of Education
Heinzes Indicted for Losing Copper Books
Indictments by the Federal Grand Jury target F. Russell Heinze and Arthur P. Heinze for obstructing justice in connection with the Montana Copper affair. Sanford Robinson, formerly a United Copper Company director and longtime Heinze counsel, faces a similar indictment. The charges concern the disappearance of fifteen volumes of United Copper Company records used in the grand jury probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Heinze-Mercantile National Bank
F. Rusas Heinze
Arthur P. Heinze
Ray
Sanford Robinson
United Copper Company
Heinze
Montana
New York Financial World
Robinson
United States
Wise
F. A. Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Merrill Company Free $2.50 Checks Offer
Thousands respond to a New York offer from Merrill Company at 1161 Broadway promising $2.50 in checks with no work or repayment required. Recipients are told to mail a postal to receive the funds, and that the offer will not reappear.
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New York
Merrill Company
Broadway
Newtown Class Day Exercises and Local Notes at Hawleyville
The Newtown High School Class Day program at Town Hall Friday June 18 features musical selections by orchestra, welcome by Miss Anna Keane, class poem by Miss Lena Blake, class prophecy by Miss Mary Kelly, class history by Miss Keane, further musical numbers, and a farce Maiden All Forlorn with a listed cast. Admission 25 cents. Also local items note Miss Eleanore Cavanaugh’s New Haven departure, car ride to Danbury, Park City visits, preparations for President Hadley’s visit, Bridgeport visits, and an auto trip to the White Mountains. services in Hawleyville chapel Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtown High School
Town Hall
Anna Keane
Lena Blake
Mary Kelly
Thomas Lynch
Maude Meridith
May Houlihan
Bertha Brinsmade
Elizabeth Lyndon
Louisa Marston
Mary E. Lynch
Maloney
Mandlady
Agnes Lynch
Jocelyn Denby
Earle Malcolm Taber
Eleanore Cavanaugh
New Haven
John R. Peck
Danbury
C. B. Johnson
Frank Johnson
Park City
C M. Pratt
Hadley
Margaret E. Keane
Bridgeport
Kathryn Lynch
Thomas Wright
Henry G. Curtis
Harry Curtis
White Mountains
Henry Blackman
New Britain
J. Albert Blackman
Sylvester Dibble
Frederick Andrews
Fannie Andrews
Hawleysville
Snakes Strike South Norwalk Casing Citywide Panic
In South Norwalk on June 16 five rattlesnakes escaped from a glass box in A. W. Dreyfuss’s cigar store after being brought from Kent Mountains by the Schaghticoke Rattlesnake Club. The snakes climbed onto roofs as residents fled and signs warning citizens went up. Police and officials scrambled as the town faced unusual unrest and several witnesses recounted scenes of people climbing trees to avoid danger. Later, town meetings moved to the ice house roof as the incident dominated headlines.
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South Norwalk
A. W. Dreyfuss’ Cigar Store
Kent Mountains
Schaghticoke Rattlesnake Club
Bill
Jim
Mike
Teddy
Alice
Mr. Mouse
Mr. Dreyfuss
Powhatan
Dreyfuss
Dan” Dunlop
Deaths and Funerals for Fyndo and Others
Josephine M Fyndo dies at 52 after long illness at 991 Wells Street leaving husband Peter and daughter. Patrick O Halloran funeral held from Rourke parlors to St Patrick church with high mass by Rev Joseph T Picker. 3rd Div AOH delegation attended. William Riehl's funeral from Jane Street to St Charles church with high mass by Rev John F Callahan. pallbearers represent America. Interment at St Michael's cemetery.
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Josephine M
Peter Fyndo
Wells Street
Patrick O'Halloran
Rourke
St. Patrick's Church
Joseph T. Picker
3Rd Div. A. O. H
St. Michael's Cemetery
William Riehl
Jane Street
St. Charles’ Church
John F. Callahan
John Noonan
William Daly
William F. O'Hara
John ‘O’connell
Frank Qostrofsky
America
Graduation Gift Fans From Read Co Established 1857
The D M Read Co offers commemorative graduation gifts to be remembered for a lifetime. Fans feature silk and lace designs with spangled and decorated details. Pompadour and lace fans with white sticks, silk Japanese fans, and sandalwood carved options.
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The
D. M. Read Co
Pompadour
Honiton
Chantilly
Princess
Arts and Crafts Jewelry and Handicraft Sale Selection
A catalog of handmade brass and copper jewelry featuring etched bird and beast designs, watchtobs on suede, sleevelinks, belt and sash brooches, hatpins, and stickpins with no two exactly alike, plus solid gold pieces such as beads, chains, bracelets, and seals. Leather and brass desk sets, bookends, hand embroidered handkerchiefs, Madeira and Armenian edged fabrics, and a La Resista corset sale with $3.00 corset offered at $1.98.
Mrs M Phee's Automatic Fire Quenching Service
An oil stove fire at Mrs Mary McPhee 182 Myrtle avenue was extinguished by boiling water in a pot after the fire department arrived following a Box 18% alarm. The other items mention retail ads for Laborde Co. linen jumper suits and Meigs & Co serge suits with praise for durability and value.
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Mary McPhee
Myrtle Avenue
Laborde Co
Lane’s
Howland’s
Meigs & Co.'s
Meigs & Co
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Zenith Tan
Oxfords
Russia
Meigs A
Oren & Children
Park Board
LAMP
Hade
Wew Haven
Heinzes
Newtown
Ayer
Norwalk
Lydia E. Pinkham
Halligan
Joseph P. Coug
Eas
Ihlin CO
Ren
Main ST
Pts
American Loas Association
Evening Farmer
Fairfield Ave
Radford B. Smith
Fairfield Av
M’phee
Poli’s
Stratford Avenue
A. Elwood & Son, Inc. Auctioneers
Detchon
Curtis Pharmacy
Mainst. Cor
Broad
N. Buckingham & Co., Inc
State Street
D. D. Smith’s
D. D. Smith
Zch
Bar Harbor Express
Lake Winnipesaukee
Plymouth
Old Orchard
Portland
Poland Springs
Moosehead Lake
Bangor
Bar Harbor
Dini
A. B. Smith
N. 1
H.R. R
Great Lake
Great Lakes
D & C Lake Lines
D & C Lake
Buffalo
Detroit
Cleveland
Desa
Bey
Bayaginan Wayports
Mackinac
Goderich, Ont
Sond Wrocent
Hasea Ee Ae
L. G. Lewis
Mich
P. H. McMillan
A. A. Schantz
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation CO
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