Brooklawn Club Plans $60,000 Clubhouse
Brooklawn Country club plans a $60,000 clubhouse on Deacon Street corner lot with a 40 by 60 foot frame structure. The design includes wooden cobblestone walls, brick or tile roof, locker and dressing rooms, four showers, a modern restaurant, rest rooms, and upper dormitories. Architect F Burro Hoffman of New York will draft plans. John Henrikson to erect the structure with modern conveniences and two floors of six rooms each.
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Brooklawn Country Club
F. Burro Hoffman
New York
Clinton
Reid
Deacon Street
John Henrickson
Ty St. Novak
Main Street
Social Notes and Notables From A Local Event
Jennie Margaret Bowing and a list of engaged attendees attend a formal function with Kempton Adams Scott Beynolia Hubbell Fitzgeraldson Jack Wheeler and Philip Hammond noted among participants. Young ladies including Irene Davis Louise Powe Elisabeth Bastick Mary Yincks Margaret Macdonald Elisabeth Seeley and Alvis Paige assisted with seating and service. In New York Cotton Exchange activity a sale for 12650 with a 1400 rise from prior. Bert Dorr is credited as the first to master the curved baseball pitch craft at his Binghamton home.
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Jennie Margaret Bowing
Rene
Bemuel Santha Cetas Nemanedty Toa
Kempton Adams
Kcott Beynolia
Hubbell Fitzeidson
Jack Wheeler
Philp Hammond
Miss Grawley
Jessie Hawley
Irene Davis
Louise Powe
Elisabeth Bastick
Mary Yincks
Margaret Macdonald
Elizeabeth Seeley
Alvis Paige
Bert Dorr
Binghamton
Cockburn to Sing at Burns Concert
W L Cockburn will sing in the city on June 27 at the Stratfield hotel to mark the sixth century anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. The Burns commemoration follows his recent successful tour and aims to stir patriotic and historical pride among Scots.
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W. L. Cockburn
Colonial Hall
Battle of
Bannockburn
Stratfield Hotel
Cockburn
Bridgeport
Miss Peck Recital Features City Pianists and Soprano
Miss Mary Louise Peck presented her students in a recital last evening at Odd Fellows hall showcasing her skill as a teacher. Mrs Lena Mason-Barnsley of Century Opera added charm with several selections, boosting Bridgeport’s music scene as attendees included J H Crossley Wiliam Yves Marshall Morris and Rev John R Brown at the Baptist Missionary society meeting in Boston.
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Mary Louise Peck
Odd Fellows” Hall
Boston
Mass
J. H. Crossley
West Avenue
Wiliam Yves
Park Avenue
Marshall ©. Morris
Noble Avenue
John R. Brown
Colorado Avenue
First Baptist Church
Weather forecast and noted events from New Haven area
A low pressure area moved northeast shifting temperatures down near freezing in parts of the lake region. Rain in the northeast with Nevada reporting 1.52 inches in Winnemucca. New Haven forecast calls for fair, cool conditions with light frost possible west, slightly warmer Sunday. Independence Day celebration speech invited by President Wilson in Philadelphia.
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Yskee
Lake
Nevada
Winnemucca
New Haven
Extraordinary trimmed hats sale notice
A local sale advertises an extraordinary sale of trimmed hats on Monday June 23. Two hundred hats valued from 3.00 to 5.00 will be offered at a sale price of 1.50.
Election contest ends as nine candidates seek votes at carnival grounds
Nine young contestants vie for the Miss Bernstein ballot in a close contest ending tonight at 9. The box will be counted in public between the rotary dome and the Quincy diving tank. Participants include Sadie Terrell Mena Brat Deston Bertha Miss Tiana Evelyn Landquist and Gladys Ford, with totals cited for several. Candidates must attend with a representative for the vote count.
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Iir Bernstein
Sadie Terrell
Sib
Mena
Aoe
Deston
Bertha
Tiana
Evelyn Landquist
Mies Gladys Ford
Quincy
Wealthy Dane Backs Polar Expedition To Greenland
Danish millionaire Ole Olsen today undertook to finance a new North Pole expedition led by Enna Rasmussen the Danish Arctic explorer. The venture aims to start this summer with a two year provisioning, modern apparatus, and a staff of scientists, establishing a base at Cape York Greenland.
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Copapharen
Ole Olsen
Enna Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Cape York
Greenland
Child 7 Killed by Revolver Bullet in Montville
Julius Roger seven year old summer boarder with Mrs Rewben Bogor of the Bronx New York killed himself with a revolver in a Chapel Hill district house. He drew the loaded weapon from a drawer and, while looking into the barrel, tripped the hammer. The top of his head was blown off. Coroner notified today after being informed yesterday.
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Montville
Julius Roger
Rewben Bogor
Bronx
New York
Chapel Hill
Uneauville
Arsonists Burn Wrexham Station and Adjacent Buildings
Militants set fire to the station at Coedheth near Wrexham last night destroying the station and several adjoining buildings. A blast was attempted at the location as well. Large quantities of suffrage literature were found nearby.
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Wates
Coedheth
Ptelso
Stratford Saloon Closes At Ten In Stratford Vote
Stratford votes 190 to 6 to close saloons at 10 PM. Beardsley leads securing the earlier hour amid warnings from Rev. Carpenter about Stratford becoming an isolated town. Town actions include canceling a lease, planning property revamp, acquiring road improvements, and delaying sewer plans.
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Fee Alles Papi
F. H Beardsley
HB. C. Carpenter
Stratford
North Latnee
Peigi
Paradise Green
Columbus Farm
Ee Selectmen
Selectman RR
E. Curtis
Turkey Offers To Pay Back Greeks For Their Losses
Constantinople reports the Turkish government instructed its Athens minister to tell Greece it will permit the return of Greek subjects expelled during anti Greek disturbances and is ready to grant indemnity for losses. Athens says the Turkish reply, while addressing refugees, signals a move toward a friendly settlement, but Greece will press for repatriation and restoration of property.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Athens
Asia Minor
Greece
Spencer's Chauffeur Fined Twenty Five for Speeding
John L. Lalley, chauffeur for Treasurer Robert T. Spencer of Warren Manufacturing Co., Orange New Jersey, was fined $25 and costs by Judge Wilder at the city court session for speeding on Connecticut avenues June 14. Motorcycle Officer Hoffman testified the machine was moving at 40 miles an hour. Lalley said he did not believe the speed and that he slowed for policemen.
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John L. Lalley
Robert T. Spencer
Warren Manufacturing Co
Orange, N. J
Wilder
Connecticut Arenas
Hoffman
Lalléy
Mediation talks in Mexico reach critical stage at Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Ont June 20 One month after the Mexican mediation conferences began the group faces a possible final session. Key figures include Argentina's Naon arriving from Washington and diplomats Bryan Cabrera and the Mexican delegation evaluating three plans and a potential neutral government. No agreement on names or a protocol was reached, leaving the talks diplomatically powerless.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Mexico City
Washington
Naon
Argentina
Wilson
Bryan
State Department
Luis Cabrera
Madero
Huerta
United States
Gescheck
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Laurelton Hall Closing Exercises Honor Graduates
The Laurelton Hall closing exercises in Milford featured Miss Marion Rourke of Wallingford winning a New Rochelle Ursuline prize. Rev. P. H. McClean addressed the graduates on womanhood as diplomas were presented to academic and commercial graduates including Marion Rourke Marion Dugan Kathleen Reed Elsa Woltell Mary Flanagan Catherine Boland and Helen Taylor. The ceremony drew priests nuns and many relatives with a generous applause for the program.
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Laurelton Hall
Milford
Marion Rourke
Wallingford
New Rochelle
Ursuline
P. H. McClean
ST. L
McClean
Father McClean
Marion Dugan
Middletown
Kathleen Reed
Norwalk
Elsa Woltell
Brooklyn
The Smith Murray Co. Basement Sale Opens Today
Promoters urge quick buying as crowd gathers with time-pressed offers on gas and oil heaters and discounted china dishes. Sale boasts value cuts to one-half original price on glass bowls and compotes, with a wide range of pictured subjects also discounted.
Scholarship and Religion Unite for Human Understanding
The speaker argues that true scholarship aims to understand humanity and Despised others stem from ignorance. He asserts scholarship flourishes when allied with religion, specifically the religion of Jesus Christ, as the means to comprehend and uplift mankind. He calls for a Christian-led great adventure of mind and spirit.
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Jesus Christ
Linen shower hosted for Miss Katherine Monks in Stratfield
A pleasant linen shower was given for Miss Katherine Monks at Mrs. M. G. Melvilis home in Stratfield last evening. The event honored Charle Cone Jr of Bridgeport Hardware Company. The report also notes the Senate confirmed Congressman William B. Sharp of Elyria Ohio as Ambassador to France.
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Katherine Monks
M. G. Melvilis
Stratfield
Charle Cone, Jr
Bridgeport Hardware Company
Senate
William B. Sharp
Elyria
Ohio
France
Must Change Awnings Within Thirty Days
Police notices warn that awnings over sidewalks must be set back at least six to five inches. Authorities require compliance within 30 days or face prosecution. Dr Rupert Norton, assistant superintendent at Johns Hopkins Hospital, died at home in Baltimore.
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Birmingham
Rupert Norton
Johns Hopkins
Baltimoracariet
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New London
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Authors’ Club
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Lillian Jones
Ho- Lelian
Lorenzo B. Nickergon
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Frederick Rhodes
Philadelphia
E. H. Dillon
Main ST
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