Fragmented verse and crime notes from Bridgeport page
A mixed Bridgeport page recounts damaged verse on mortality and beauty, followed by notices of shop activity at a former Serailia Bankaten site. Reports include a lamp explosion injuring a resident, a burglary attempt on Myron L Mason’s house, police alarm, and local clerks appointments. Also noted are Bridgeport Chess Club results with Gotthardt Sholés leading, to conclude soon.
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Burgeshe
Westport
Myron L Mason
Bimelar
Mason
Fifty Years Ago A Humorous Barber Tale of Barnum
A long ago tale recounts barber Joseph Pack of Wall Street shaving P. T. Barnum during a 19th century visit. Barnum pretended to take the Irish customer’s chair, paid Pack’s bill of 1.60, and quipped he had been humbugged. Pack later died about seven years later, leaving three sons in local commerce.
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Jack
Joseph Pack
Pack
Sundeetuir
Wall
Water
Amone
Wall Street
Rae
Jane
Barnum
New York
Harber Pack
Metropolis
Barber Pack Teed
Napoleon
Larber Packs
Trhat Pack
Deen
P. T. Barnum
Phineas T. Barnum
Fr. Barnum
Barber Pack
Vack
Harry Taylor
Francis Lewis Pack
Emerson
Fon Malt Street
Charles J. Pack
Algonquin
Broad and
State Streets
George Pack
G. Drouve Cornies Company
Read Co. Rest Rooms Attract In New City Tea Room
The Read Co. unveils a grand rest room and tea room in a modern two-room suite. Rich antique lighting, ivory finishes, sapphire blue and white decor, marble bowls, and alabaster lamps create a mountain-top ambiance. The spaces blend men and women’s use with daily papers, magazines, and a familiar menu of sandwiches and salads. Prominent patrons visit, drawn by the rooms’ beauty and service.
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D_ M
Read Co
Roma
D. M. Read Co
Ateresting
Fragmented 19th century city notes and a close police chase
A collection of local observations mentions Tom Rowan’s political run on the Bowery and a dramatic near-shooting involving Pete Hackett pursued by officers and burglars near East Main Street. Narrative shifts highlight neighborhood life, voices, and a tense narrow escape during the dawn chase.
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Pete Hackett
Chage
East Bridgeport
Hackett
East Mauin Street
Crescent Avenue
Felne
Finchett
East Main Street
Ben Danty
Pete
Hall
Brennan
Breeman
Burdar
Etop
Brennen
Frank Strasburger
Duretar
Traaburger
Pete Mackett
Biresburcer
Public Opinion on Teaching Day Focuses On Discipline
A reader condemns a city normal school program that uses games and Mother Goose themes in early education. The writer argues for traditional arithmetic and discipline, criticizing teachers who allegedly emphasize dramatization, geography games, and spelling matches over core subjects. The piece urges following capable peers and warns of consequences for nonconforming teachers.
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Tsia
City Normal School
Mother Goose
Mabel
Childrn
United States
Land Boat Race Emerges in Army Sports Feature
Boulogne France June 1 A British front line report describes a new Army sport the sand boat race at the Battalion Athletic Meet near Ypres. Six men straddle a large pole with a coxswain at one end and race backward as they steer through a series of burdins and bark. The officer notes the event has rapidly grown in popularity across the army.
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Boulogne
France
Ypres
Barbed Wire Entangles Russians in Attacks
In the Petrograd front during renewed fighting, Russian attackers and the German lines became entangled in barbed wire, with steel wire used by the enemy. A mob lynched Joy Haley after he fatally shot Roy Lester near Hope and Louisidhe. The will of Mary Pieton Ham mond of Hernardsville, N J, tied to the Lusitania loss, stood for probate in Somerville, New Jersey, with an estate around 1 million dollars.
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Petrograd
Przashnish
Joy Haley
Roy Lester
Sheriff Boystt
Hope and
Louisidhe
Are
Mary Pieton
Hammond
Hernardsville
Nerfe
Lusitania
Somerville
WEDDINGS AND COMMENCEMENTS Gift ideas from our store
In commemoration of weddings and commencements the article highlights a wide range of suitable gifts. It promotes diamonds jewelry watches sterling and plated wares clocks and glassware as desirable presents for graduates and graduates’ families, inviting readers to shop before elsewhere.
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Trigen
Tashua and Long Hill Correction and Social Events
The Episconal Guild will present an entertainment in Cutter's Hall on Friday evening replacing Gymnasium Hall. Miss Dasie J. Seeley visits Park City. A dance is planned in Cutter's Hall next Wednesday. Committee members are John Berger of Long Hill and L Burgers of Bridgeport. Mr and Mrs Samuel G Seeley were hosted in Westport by their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Francis Jelliff for their wedding anniversary. Pittsburgh steel hollow tubes prices advanced 32 a ton for all sizes.
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Cutter's Hall
Dasie J. Seeley
Park City
John Berger
Long Hill
L. Burgers
Bridgeport
Samuel G. Seeley
Westport
Francis Jelliff
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Briggeport ‘St Was
Tsken
Adi
Jim Beanty
Anene
SOEW
Maine
Asd
Howe's
Strasburger
Bridgeport Chess Chub
Bridgeport Chess Club
Charles Gotthardt Sholés
S. W. Challenger
Rev. J
Read’s Tea
Tom Rowan
Rowan
Mother Goose Gases and the Normal School
MM. J. Buechler
Ake Reliable Jeweler
Fairfield Avenue
Nese Sieh Steere
Tashua and
Pittsburgh
Hayes
Water ST
GEO. B. Clark & CO
Broad D Street
POST
Amy Purse
Macey
New England
Main Street Cor
Elm ST
Meat Department
Hamburg
Heinz
Lars B. & B
Ox Tongue Campbell's
Sc Taree
Sedi
MARKET @EATE
Bank Sts
John F. Fay
Superior Fabrics
Marthas Vineyard
And
Nantucket
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New England Steamship Co
Hotel Vendig Thirteenth and Filbert Sts
Poputer Cafe
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