Bridgeport Census Adds 488 Circus Employees to List
Bridgeport officials report 488 circus workers added to the census, boosting the city population count. The count now exceeds 400 names already listed, with officials predicting Bridgeport could show a population increase of 45 percent or more in ten years, rivaling Pacific coast cities.
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Eat
Bailey
Boston
Board of ‘Trade
Enen
Hartford
Poll Theatre Hosts Brewster’s Millions With Grand Stage Show
Poll players stage Brewster’s Millions with a large crew of over twenty technicians. John Ince stars as Mon Brewster with Mise Fleming drawing praise as Posey and other favorites also highlighted. Next week they present a Henry Arthur Jones play under H Percy Mel’s direction, with gowns for ladies and a Hoffman hat exhibit in Lustig’s window attracting attention.
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Poll
Poll's
Meldon
Brewster
John Ince
Mon Brewster
Mise Fleming
Posey
Henry Arthur Jones
Lustig
Taft Sleep Delays Switch In Union Pacific Yards
United Press reports switching in the Union Pacific yards paused for about an hour to let President Taft continue sleeping. He was tired, refused calls until 7, and his private car was sidetracked while engineers eased the pace. Separate notes tout Foley's Kidney Remedy for children, bedwetting, measles, and scarlet fever.
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United Press
Union Pacific
Taft
Foley
FB Brin
Curtis Pharmaq
Bridgeport Club Turner Outing at Middleton's Grove
The Bridgeport club plans a Turner outing on Sunday June 19 at Middleton's Grove on the Housatonic River near Baird's Corners Milford. A sheep roast and clambake will be offered with hake at 30 dollars in the afternoon rain or shine, a short walk from the trolley. The event honors secretary James A Turner for his service in arranging the annual banquet. Arrangements are led by Walter E Wakelee Forest W Montange Ray W White and Earl M Christie.
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Bridgeport Club
Middleton's Grove
Housatonic River
Baird's Corners
Milford
Club
Tub
James A. Turner
Walter E. Wakelee
Forrest W. Montange
Ray W. White
Earl M. Christie
Seasick second as Bayarde wins Ascot Gold Cup
The Ascot Gold Cup, valued at 20,000, was captured by A. Fulke's Bayarde with W K Vanderbilt's Seasick finishing second and W Bally's Bachelors Double third in a 13-starter field. Seasick had been shipped from France for the race, noted as one of the classiest English turf events. Bir Martin, American bred, did not place.
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United Press
Ascot Heath
Eng
A. Fulke
W. KK
Vanderbilt
Seasick
W. Bally
Bachelors
L. Winan
Bir Martin
France
Europe
London
Recital by Pupils of Mrs Bishop at Stratfield
The pupils of Mrs Henry Z. Bishop presented a recital this afternoon in the Stratfield music room. Vocalists included Howe Hoshiany Mr Harey nowice and Mr Joseph Wieter, with Mrs Girard Chatfield and Mr Relph Kesyaney also taking part. Assistance came from violinist Mrs Payton Henry. Mrs Bishop plans a follow up recital at her Wood avenue home for less advanced pupils.
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Henry Z. Bishop
Stratfield
Howe Hoshiany
Harey
Nowice
Joseph Wieter
Girard Chatfield
Relph Kesyaney
Ete Say
Payton Henry
Bishop
Wood Avenue
Vaughan Concert Program Planned at Seaside Institute
Plans are complete for a Vaughan concert at Seaside Institute corner Lafayette and Atlantic streets with a diverse program under Prof Vaughan. Featured acts include the I. B. S. Dramatic Quintette and ensembles such as a double violin quartet and a piano trio, plus selections by the Trepentincks and Moszkowski. The dramatic portion includes characters Mrs Tyrrell and Lady Rebecca Tyrrell with Emma Miller Allen Myrtle Anna Allen Marie Josephine Lord and James Martin Jensen, staged in an early twentieth century setting.
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Vaughan
Seaside Institute
Lafayette
Atlantic Streets
Tomor Lom Orsanas
Dancia
Shaw
Lewis
Lockwood
Malone
Sammis
Ana Langdon
Torea
Aiinka
Sie
Moszkowski
IBS
Tyrrell
Emma Miller Allen
Rebecca Tyrrell
Myrtle Anna Allen
Marie Josephine Lord Reginald Phillips
James Martin Jensen
Wilbur Johnston
Herr Stanley Fenelon
Kermit Engaged Wireless Best Man at Brother's Wedding
Weather Indications from United Press describe unsettled conditions with showers along the South and Middle Atlantic coast. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. will have Kermit Roosevelt Jr. act as best man at his brother's wedding, with a plan to rehearse in Washington, D.C. Forecasts call for intervals of cloud and rain, then clearing by Friday night across New England to the mid-Atlantic.
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New Haven
Porecast
New York
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Roosevelt, Jr
Kermit
Aled
Middle Atlantic
Theodore Jr
Three Seniors Of Most Interest At Yale
Yale seniors would pick Henry Roe Cloud a Winnebago Indian Cheng-ting Thomas Wang of Ningpo China and Robert Alphonso Taft son of the President as the three most interesting figures among the class. Cloud is noted as the first American Indian to graduate from Yale and has balanced scholarship with leadership in the Yale Y M C A and local missions. He returned to Winnebago to settle a tribal dispute then resumed his studies, later entering the ministry. Wang, prominent Chinese student at Yale, has led the Chinese Students Alliance and earned Phi Beta Kappa, while Taft rose as a top scholar at Yale starting with freshman prizes and later excelled in athletics and debating, joining Bones, the senior society.
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Clm
Henry Roe Cloud
Cheng-ting Thomas Wang
Ningpo
China
Robert Alphonso Taft
Cloud
Yalu
Winnebago Reservation
Nebraska
Moody's School
Mount Hermon
New Haven
Young Cloud
Winnebago
Ten Eyck
Blibu
Yale Cosmopolitan Club
Wang
University of Michigan
Chinese Students’ Alliance of the
Eastern States
Taft
Robert Taft
Paft
Tate
Bones
Yale Sen— For Society
Advocates Use of Aeroplane for Mail Carriers
Washington June 16 Representative Morris Sheppard of Texas urges Congress to pass a bill before adjournment authorizing the postmaster general to use aeroplanes for mail nationwide. He requests funds to buy aircraft, hire operators, and establish a training school for carriers to handle first class mail and speed up delivery.
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Morris Sheppard
Texas
Congress
Sheppard
Post Office Department
Divers Search Lake Como for Charlton Body
Divers from Genoa’s royal marine corps scour Lake Como bed near where Mrs Mary Beatt Castle Chariton’s body was recovered. They search for Porter Chariton, her murdered husband, under orders from the Italian government after a request from the American State Department. United States Consul Daughty and Ambassador Leishman are involved. police favor Chariton killed his wife and fled, with rumors of crossing the frontier in priest garb and sightings in London lacking verification.
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Italy
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Genoa
Lake Como
Mary Beatt Castle Chariton
Porter Chariton
American State Department
Mra
Chariton
United States
Daughty
Milan
Leishman
Charlton
London
Roosevelt Reception Details Finalized for Homecoming
New York on June 16 outlines final plans for Col Theodore Roosevelt’s return from Africa. A private car will be attached to the 4 am Long Island City train to Oyster Bay, ensuring no delays. The Nashua County Roosevelt Reception committee charters the special first section, while a naval parade and Battery Park addresses are canceled by noon. Mayor Gaynor will greet Roosevelt briefly, with the ex-president expected to speak for only a few minutes.
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United Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Long Island
Battery Park
Gaynor
Colonel Roosevelt
Prison riot in India kills seven, wounds fifty
Seven prisoners were killed and fifty wounded in a jail riot in India. Guards fired volley after volley into the prisoners' ranks as authorities scramble to restore order. Separate dispatches note work on a San Francisco arena for an upcoming boxing event was ordered halted before July 4.
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United Press
Talchcare
India
Fred
Rickard
Frisco
San Francisco
Jeffring Johnson
Tony
Fragments from a bustling London street column
A well dressed man bargains for Balzac at a Charing Cross bookseller, offers seven shillings for a Gustave Doré edition, and exits with a second copy after the manager’s intervention. The page crops stories of leprosy, Maine shipbuilders, wigs, and a string of light anecdotes, jokes, and wedding notices.
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Charing Cross Road
Balzac
Gustave Dore
London Telegraph
Obituary notices and funeral details from Fairfield area
Ellen B. Perry widow of Arthur Bennett of Fairfield died yesterday afternoon after a paralysis attack aged seven years, leaving two sisters and three brothers. Funeral arrangements and interments for multiple local residents are noted, with services at St. Marys Church and cemetery burials, pallbearers from local lodges and varied recaps of other obituaries and civic notices.
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Arthur Bennett
Fairfield
W. H. Fox
Fairfield Avenue
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Fox
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Willam D. Smith
DeKalb Avenue
St. Mary's Church
Father McDonald
Camp ‘Tathill
Woodmen of the World
Div. No.3
St. Michael's Cemetery
Daniel W. Morrinsom
Alice Buckingham
New York
Farfielh East Cemetery
East 78Th St
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