Newtown School Change and Local Road Repairs Highlight Town News
Miss Anna Houlihan heads Meadow district school for the summer term as Miss Gilbert resigns due to illness. Road repairs in Sandy Hook and F Sections improve drainage and safety under contractor overseer Halpine and local officials. Community notices mention graduates, visits, and local club sports with Bridgeport and Sandy Hook teams, and a local trade promotion at E. H. Dillon & On.
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Anna Houlihan
North Newtown
Wharee Ae
Meadow
Gilbert
Mesars
Michael Halpine
Sandy Hook
A. N. Brisco
T. F. Brew
Olf
Sys
Amos C. Lake
Beth- Conn
Mt Pleasant
May
Helen Houli
Conventration
New Jersey
Helen
St. Elizath's Collee
Edith Hinman
Oxford
Park City Club
Bridgeport
Sandy Hooks
Bury A. B
Bridgeport Students Sweep SR Essay Prizes
Miss Victoria Linderoth, BriDgeport High sophomore, wins the $100 gold medal in the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution essay contest for The Heroic Age of America. Other Bridgeport winners: Bruce F. Simonds, senior, son of Principal H. D. Simonds, and Sidney Sanzer, freshman of 80 Colorado avenue.
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Victoria Linderoth
North Avenue
BriDgeport High School
Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Linderoth
Miss Linderoth
Morris B. Beardsley
Bruce F. Simonds
H. D. Simonds
Sidney Sanzer
Colorado Avenue
Redding Citizens Near Lynching After Assault on Child
Will Deming a middle aged colored man with prior petty thefts faced a fierce mob in Redding after news spread of his assault on Dorothy Williams, five, of Lonetown. He was jailed in Danbury on $2,500 bond and charged with thefts of two bushels of potatoes and two hens from George Williams.
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Redding
Will Deming
Dorothy
George P. Williams
Lonetown
Deming
Williams
Warner
Danbury
George Williams
Albert Williams
George
Barger
Wil
Liiams
Lemuel Sanford
Deminig
Mr. Sanford
E. H. Dillon Co Warms Weather Millinery Sale
E H Dillon and Co promote summer headwear featuring Panama hats natural rasen and white chip braid hats at wholesale prices. Various styles listed include natural Leghorn, white hemp and hair braids, natural Java braids, and wide price ranges from about 1.75 to 15.00 with discounts for bulk purchases.
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Panama
Dillon’s
Dishwashers Union Has 100 College Grads
San Francisco reports 700 members of the city's dishwashers union, 100 with college degrees, a higher proportion than in other labor groups. One member, a former math instructor, notes education helps in life, while another recalls starting with dishwashing after moving west. The piece notes a $10 weekly wage. Duluth dispatch adds the steamer Jesse Spaulding is missing after a collision, with the William M. Snyder, Jr. assisting.
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San Francisco
Duluth
Jesse Spaulding
William M. Snyder, Jr
Snyder
Unis
General Pershing's Jolo campaign faces Moro resistance
Washington reports General Bell to file a War Department report on operations against Moros in Jolo. Initial word said American soldiers were killed or wounded, raising concern the sultan of Jolo led the Moros. General Wood doubted that claim, noting the sultan's past cooperation. Pershing seeks disarmament of tribes, but small groups resist, forcing a resort to force.
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Washington
J. Franklin Bell
Army
War Department
Pershing
Jolo
Wood
Jolb
Philippines
General Pershing
Mindanao
City Court Echoes With Fines And Disorder At Session
City Court heard numerous cases including automobile merchant George N Gregory fined 50 dollars for speeding on Connecticut avenue after a motor cycle officer testified to 35 to 40 mph. Several others faced bail hikes fines for loitering theft assault gambling and breach of peace. Authorities vowed to curb rowdy behavior with strict penalties.
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Bridgeport
Coughlin
George N. Gregory
Broadway
New York
Connecticut Avenue
Gregory
J. Higley
Alexander Jusanye
Charles Campana
Higley
Joseph Morpony
Andrew Estock
Shutyak
Comley
Nathan Cohen
James Burns
Abraham Coldman
Anton Julian
Main
Grand Streets
Ike Fillias
Theodore Dumidisla
Water Street
Thomas Wilson
Bank Street
Merritt
Wilson
James Beach
Charles Freeman
Albert Williams
William Maby
Nasmitt
Frank Regan
John Smith
Providence
Daniel Larkin
John Rentz
Sidney Estner
Robin Jackson
Gray
David Cohen
James McMahon
Frank ‘Koundry
Steve Pepe
Edward Denis
Frisbie
Reform School
Ann Doherty
John Rooney
Dwyer
Washington Avenue
Steve Monare
Steve Nagy
Frank Dore
Nicholas
St. Vincent's Hospital
Paul Nagey
Joseph Sminyok
Dominick Sherkhak
Spruce Street
Dress Goods and Accessories Sale Highlights
The Smith Murray firm promotes a mid century sale featuring 19 to 36 inch black peau de cygne silks and foulards at reduced yard prices, plus 36 to 64 inch dress fabrics in browns navies greens and grays with notable markdowns. Florence hair brushes talcum powder and powders sold at cut rates. wool dusters and picture dusters in assorted colors offered in limited quantities at reduced prices.
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Florence
Aisie
Carpet Dept. Rug Sale Specials Highlight Small Rugs
Special lots of small rugs offered at attractive basement prices. 18 by 32 velvet and body Brussels priced 59 to 75 cents each. Axminster rugs 18 by 36 at 98 cents, velvet and Brussels 27 by 24 at 1.09 to 1.25, Axminster 27 by 54 at 1.49. Basement sale item.
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Brussels
Axminster
A Queer Marriage Ceremony in Queen Elizabeth's Reign
A 16th century tale describes a deaf mute groom Thomas Filshy and Ursula Bridget under a bishop of London aid to craft a sign based marriage service. The narrative shifts to a maritime tragedy off Cape May on March 31, 1849, where five sailors perished after a doomed capsized schooner.
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Queen Elizabeth
Thomas Filshy
Ursula Bridget
Ursula
Thomas
London
Heaven
Cape May
Russell
Early Thames Sport and the Tilt the Bucket Pastime
In twelfth century London the young bloods enjoyed a naval engagement style game on the Thames. A fixed target on a tree trunk in the river was struck by a boat driven by oats. A lance hitting the target earned a point and the victor stayed in place while the loser fell into the water. Friends could retrieve the fallen player. The piece also notes Dr. Johnson’s conversion after reading William Law's Serious Call and a shift from lax religious talk.
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Thames
London
William Fitz-Stephens
Thomas A Becket
London Spectator
Turkish Stamps Silent Signs of the Sultan’s Hand
The article notes Turkish postage stamps bear the sultan’s imperial hand seal instead of images, tracing the practice to Murad I after a treaty with the Ballan republic of Regusa in 1365. It also weaves in assorted quotes and humorous exchanges from various sources.
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Foran
Murad I
Ballan
Regusa
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