Bridgeport News Aims at Better Rail and City Services
Financial ad invites deposits and accounts at L Watson & Co on Main and Bell Streets. Bridgeport aldermen push for improved Bridgeport and Danbury Railway service criticizing the hour and twenty minute schedule. Resolutions favor appointing a five member committee to study a municipal ice plant and a public bath at Seaview Avenue foot, with real estate appraisers to value soundfront land and potential condemnation if needed.
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Bridgeport
Danbury Railway Co
Cederholm
Danbury
Sixth
Wighth
Public Utilities Commission
Connecticut Company
Seaview Avenue
Stratford Home Destroyed by Fire This Morning
Stratford residents awoke to a morning blaze at a two family home on Avenue A Avon park district caused by spontaneous straw combustion in an attic. The Bridgeport Land and Title Company owned house housed Carl Helmenstetter and family and Martin Fennell and family. Firefighters from Stratford battled flames for about half an hour, keeping the fire from spreading to the adjacent four family home. No casualties reported, but attic and top floor sustained major damage with the first floor saved. Fire department, town officials, and local residents gathered as sirens drew crowds. Other brief items note class day at Stratford High School, road repairs on Stratford avenue by Connecticut Company, Pootatuck Yacht Club seeking a waterfront site for a new building, a Month’s Mind Mass at St James church, and a summer millinery promo at E H Dilles & Co.
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Stratford
Avenue A
Avon Park District
Bridgeport Land and Title Company
Carl Helmenstetter
Martin Fennell
Helmenstetter
Fennell
Hpouse
Stratford Fire Department
Allen D. Judson
Rowe Wheeler
Frank Evitts
H.C. Levell
Fred Palmer
William Nichols
William Barnes
Stratford High School
Conn, CO
Connecticut Company
Stratford Avenue
Pootatuck Y. C
Pootatuck Yacht Club
M. J. .Conmor
John Dunn
Hollister Heights
Walker Succeeds DeForest as Head of City Fathers
Alderman Daniel E. Walker was chosen president of the Bridgeport board of aldermen by a 14 to 6 vote over Alderman Paul Miller. DeForest resigned as president, with Earle Garlick also resigning to join the City court. New successors will be chosen at the July meeting. Walker expressed thanks and urged cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Walker
Board of Aldermen
Paul Miller
Walker
Robert G. DeForest
E. Earle Garlick
John H. Cassidy
Mauwuritz Olson
Miller
Wilson
MacFayden
James T. Lavin
Telers
Bridgeport
DeForest and
Garrick
Alderman Walker
Alderman DeForest
Teaching Novices To Display Real Work Of Classroom
Public teaching day at Bridgeport City Normal School will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Training school on Clinton avenue at 2 o clock. Senior normal class students prepare a full program of lessons, readings, and dramatizations to showcase their methods and progress to parents, friends, and city visitors.
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Bridgeport City Normal School
Clinton Avenue
Miss Benton
Miss Callander
Miss Barnes
Miss Munich
Miss Stoddard
Miss
Miss Hearn
United States
Miss Bediger
Miss Dowd
Charles W. Deane
Commencement at Lauralton Hall Celebrates Mercy Academy Grads
Milford June 17 Commencement exercises at the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy Lauralton Hall ended with eleven graduates receiving diplomas. Rev P H McClean presided and distributed diplomas. The program featured an ensemble, Debussy Ballet, and pieces by Mary Cavanaugh Charlotte Martin Marguerite Martin Miriam McCormack and Helen Ratchford among others.
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Milford
Academy of Our Lady of Mercy
Lauralton Hall
P. H .McClean
Mary
Gertrude Cavanaugh
Charlott Mary Martin
Marguerite Mary Martin
Miriam Winifred McCormack
Helen Teresa Ratchford
Department of Music
Dorothy Beam Lawrence
Madelaine Smith
Elizabeth Jane Condon
Natalie Marie Greenwood
Winifred Agnes Maher
Dorothy Haight Mazeau
Debussy
Alice Burns
Lawrence
Marguerite Martin
Mary Cavanaugh
Charlotte Martin
Miriam McCormack
Helen Ratch
Ford Address to Graduates by Rev P H McClean
Rev P H McClean delivers a graduation address at Ford with remarks on achievement and future service. Music features Symphonie B Minor by Schubert performed by Misses Made line Smith and Dorothy Lawrence.
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Ford
P. H. McClean
T. S
Madeline Smith
Dorothy Lawrence
Freshman Notes Highlight Hall Walk and Exam News
Miss Helen Hall, a freshman, gains a reputation as a pedestrian after walking to Elm City in 3 hours 25 minutes. Miss Victoria Linderoth wins $100 and a gold medal from the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution for a state contest, surpassing all other high school pupils. Yale entrance exams set for the 19th to 21st. about 4 percent of freshmen Latin scholars exempt. Miss Balog visits from East Chicago, Indiana and praises eastern schools. she stays with Miss Mary Kovassy. An older freshman is momentarily stopped from calling after the formation operator cue during a discussion of Isaac Newton's discovery. Exams are the vogue across divisions.
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Helen Hall
Miss Hall
Elm City
Elizabeth Balog
East Chicago
Indiana
Mary Kovassy
Victoria Linderoth
Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Linderoth
Bridgeport
Second wage increase for 8 000 trolleymen
Philadelphia on June 17 reports more than 7 000 motormen and conductors employed by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company will receive another wage increase.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Poultry Care And Housing Guidance From Farm Notes
Advice on housing and rearing adult fowls and water chicks. Emphasizes abundant clean drinking water, water pans in cool accessible places, and thorough cleaning of brooders with warm water and soap. Dry brooders in sun, store safely when not in use, avoid overcrowding, ensure ample fresh air at night, and secure sleeping quarters to prevent improper ventilation.
Superior Showing of Bfh Mon es Diamonds in Store
A local display highlights diamonds of various sizes in strong grade selection. The dealer stresses confidence in pricing and offers generous credit and accommodations to serious buyers.
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Uberal
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First Bridgeport National Bank
Main and
Bell Streets
L. Watson & CO
Fedple's Savings Bank
S&s. W
James Staples & Co
Bridgeport, Conn
L Holzer
T. Staples
Europe
S. Loewith &—Co
Tel
Bank ST
East Side
North End
Ind
Burr & Knapp
Main Street
Conn
American Guaranty CO
Golden Hill ST
E. H. Dilles &Co
Hayes Fish CO
Water Street
the People’s Dairy
State Street
Geo. A. Robertson
The
Crawford Laundry Co
Fairfield Ave
Courtland St
Lowe’s
Joseph P. Coughlin CO
East Main Street
John FF. Fay
Fairfield Avenue
Superior Fabrics
Naugatuck Valley Ice Co
Lehigh
COAI
Pelephone
Housatonic Ave
Gustav Broch & Son
California
Moerlien
Cincinnate
Smith
Neee
BROCH
Automobile Row
Geo
B. Clark & Co
Broad Street
Broadway
New York City
Deforest
City Fathers
Gavil
City
P. H. M’lean
Fish Department
BANE
East Main ST
Rockwell & Forester
BR. Forester
West 21St Street
Builder
LYON_& GRUMMAN CO
B. H.S. Notes
Yale
New Seals
M. J. Buechler the Reliable Jewels
Mit
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