Bridgeport Area Adands Auctions and Lands for Sale
Bridgeport ad lists sale of household articles at Isaac Burroughs property. building lots and about 50 acres of woodland land on a new Bridgeport to Trumbull road. several valuable farms for sale in Reotee Maine not. emigrant calls to Stratford. Lime firm announces sale of stone lime at Ridgefield. Obituary notes Monroe Lodge burial for Hurd. local Democrat long-time farmer and subscriber. Philadelphia fires: Richard Garrett wool and cotton mills burned. total losses around $150,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Trumbull
Reotee
Ken
Stratford
Richard P. Nichols
Philadelphia
Richard Garrett
Frankford Street
Harrison Street
Foster & C Eotton
Fifty Years Ago Advertisements and Local Notices
Fireworks and laboratory ads note Hadfield's Premium fireworks sold by Mrs L Z Ball at 149 Water Street. Sewing machines sold by Mrs McGiese at Paris Millinery touts 50 percent cheaper French milliners. Hawes and Giddings formed wholesale tobacco and produce firm at No 2 Water Street. Track completion for State Street horse railroad announced. Sudden death of Mr Bostwick Hurd of Monroe, died Monday morning June 11 after sudden onset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Z. Ball
Water Street
Atlantic Block
Bartlett
Hawes & Giddings
Bostwick Hurd of
Monroe
Pleasure Beach Opens With Grand Week Festivities
Twenty years ago Pleasure Beach opened for the season with hourly steamers from 9 to 1 and tonight’s grand opening program at 8 30 features Wizarni’s Edison's Towering Triumph in VitaScope direct from New York and Santanelli the master of hypnotists from Hammerstein's Olympia. The cement bicycle trick is now available for riding and training as the will of Irene Castle is probated naming Joseph M. Flanagan as heir and Minnie I Somers as residuary beneficiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir
Wizarni
Edison
Koster & Biall’s
New York
Mound
Santanelli
Olympia
National Realty Co Bondholders to Receive Cash Share
Bondholders of National Realty Co owners of the West End Office building are to share about 25,000 in cash. Proceedings indicate around 5,009 to be distributed, with a total due of about 42,060. Formal distribution applications will trigger Judge Webb to issue an order after sale of the building to James A Turner for 422,590.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Realty Co
National Real Co
West End
Webb
Trustes
James A. Turner
Six Are Graduated At Courtland School
Six young women were graduated from the Courtland school yesterday in the ballroom of The Stratfield. The exercises began at 11 o'clock and were attended by several hundred graduates and alumni. Rev Prof Henry Hallam Tweedy of Yale delivered the address on Three Elements in a Successful Life. Miss Mary Minor presented the diplomas to the graduates Miss Beardsley Hatheway Eliza Brundige Perry and Mary Clarissa Radel.
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Courtland School
Stratfield
Eliza Brundige Perry
Mary Clarissa Radel
Cunard Officials Deny South American Trade Entry
Cunard Company will not enter the South American trade, directly or indirectly, officials say. The announcement counters rumors of Cunard aligning with Saycat and Royal Mail lines in that market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard Company
Saycat
Cunard
Royal Mail
Steiber & Berger Form New Law Firm in City
A new law firm Steiber & Berger is formed with Theo dore E. Steiber city court clerk and Jana Ernest Berger formerly of Giddings Hughes Berger. Offices will be in suite 2046 First Bridgeport National Bank building. Mollan's offers a new pump style in patent leather black vici kid and brown viola with a plain iron toe and flexible sole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steiber & Berger
Theodore E. Steiber
Jana Ernest Berger
Giddings, Hughes & Berger
Steiber
Henry C. Burroughs
Sturtevant
First Bridgeport National Bank
Mollan’s
Mollan’a
Main Street
French 3 Inch Guns Stand Nearly 19 000 Shots in War Service
Paris June 17 The French 3 inch gun has fired as many as 158 330 shots before wear out in at least one verified case, reported by a young artilleryman on the front. Theoretical prewar estimate set a limit near a thousand shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Waist Rips Suit Over Faulty Shirtwaist at French Shop
Mrs. Betty Reich sues the French Shop Inc over a defective waist purchased April 26 for 2.98. The garment allegedly ripped due to faulty stitching, causing embarrassment. Attachments totaling 20 dollars were placed on stock and store. Sheriff Steigler returned the writ. Attorney I J Cohn represents Reich in the city court suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Reich
State Street
French Shop, Inc
I. J. Cohn
Bridgeport High School Faces Teacher Exits Over Pay
Willard R. Smith, arithmetic and bookkeeping instructor, has not signed for another year and may resign due to salary. Ann S. Grumman and Edna Wagner also未 signed. Grumman eyes Worcester with higher pay while Wagner may study at home or stay. Several other teachers have not returned contracts, sparking possible departures for Bridgeport schools.
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Willard R. Smith
Bridgeport High School
Smith
Bridgeport Public Schools
Board of Education
H. D. Simonds
Willard
Columbia University
New York University
Summerfield
Jim Bridgeport
Potatoes at Issue as City Court Hears Shipment Claim
Mendelson Brothers sue S Lombarzi over a one bushel potato shipment valued at 1.40 lost in a freight mix up. Lombarzi says four bushels were sent while three were ordered. Case moved to common pleas. potential value could rise well beyond 50 dollars if upheld. Attorneys Lavery and Finkelstone for plaintiffs, W. W. Bent for defendant. Also notes Aarhus municipal workers strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Court of Common Pleas
Mendelson Broters
Water Street
S. G. Lombarzi
Wilder
Lombarzi
Lavery & Finkelstone
W. W. Bent
Diamond Values Rise In Primary Market
Diamonds have advanced considerably in the primary market in recent weeks. It is only a matter of time before retail dealers match the rise. Now is a splendid time to invest in a good diamond at old prices. We sell for cash or weekly payments. Visit us for wedding rings and presents. Prices within reach of all.
Gasoline and Kerosene Lost Near Penfield Reef During Storm
The Magnet of Valvoline Oil Co. battled a two hour storm off Penfield reef to save a barge carrying about 3000 gallons of gasoline and kerosene. Most cargo spilled as barrels broke, the barge reached the Valvoline dock at Sea View Avenue, and crews pumped out the vessel. No other ships reported affected.
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Penfield Reef
the Magnet
Valvoline Oil Co
Edgewater
N. J
Seaview Avenue
John Smith
Valvoline Co
Wesleyan Opens With Memorial Observatory Gift
Middletown Conn June 17 Wesleyan University dedicates the Van Vieck Astronomical Observatory a $75000 gift from the late Joseph H Van Vieck of Montclair N J in memory of his brother Prof John M Van Vieck 59 years of service to the university The unveiling tablet was attended by about 300 guests including astronomers from many universities The observatory will be used mainly for instruction and new research once the 12 inch refractor becomes available and the building stands on Portland brown stone atop a Middletown hill
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Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
van Vieck
Joseph van Vieck
Montclair
N. J
Wesleyan
John Monroe van Vieck
Shanklin
Frederick Slocum
George Ellery Emery Hale
Carnegie Institution
Mt. Wilson
Car
Edward Burr van Vieck
J. M. van Vieck
University of Michigan
John M
Joseph van Vleck
Germany
Insanity Ground For Divorce In County Case
Judge Curtis grants the first divorce under the new insanity ground to Joseph J. Abbotts of Westport who sued Hephizabet Abbotts. He alleged his wife has been confined at Middletown State Hospital for years and suffers from melancholia with suicide attempts. They married April 15, 1897.
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Joseph J. Abbotts
Westport
Hephizabath Abbotts
Middletown
Curtis
Prize Deposit Fund Totals Near Four and a Half Million
London June 17 The Supreme Court Prize Deposit Account shows prize money totaling nearly four and a half million pounds to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Supreme Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Isaac Burroughs
Bridge
Stones Lime
J. Whitlock
Ublic
Lme
Ridgefield, Conn
Monroe Lodge
Hurd
Hadfield
McGiese
Horse Railroad Company
Fairfield Avenue
Irene Castle
Probais
Joseph M. Flanagan
Minnie I Somers
James P. Hoyt
Newtown
Washington Bridge
New Haven
Fairfield
Robert W. Curtis
St. Louis
Fairbanks
McKinley
Morton
Fr. M. Wilson
Bridgeport Yacht Club
F. M. Wilson
M. D
L. B. Curtis
W. E. Burnham
Herbert A. Hill
Ebenezer Burr
George E. Winton
Gen. T. L. Watson
Archibald McNeil
O. T. Sherwood
Southport
Paul Revere
Nono
B.H.S
Aarhus
Denmark
John Reck
M. J. Buechler the
Joseph H. van Vieck
John Hasbrouck van Vleck
Baltimore
Haves Fish CO
Jaycox Rubber CO
Main ST
BIG “Ad
Public MarKet & Branch
State & Bank
STS
E. Main ST
C. W. King
King
Adams
Edge
Fairfield Ave
SAGAL
Old Hampshire Bond
Post Office News Store
Clark’s
Bohn
George B. Clark ¢ & Co
Broad
ST. Opp. PO
THE
Smith-Murray CO
Bridgeport, Conn
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