Probate News and Local Leather Trade Notices
Special court in Stratford grants six months for creditors of Abigail Whitcar, late of Fairfield, to file claims. administrator Thomas Rowland ordered to publish notice. Bridgeport notes Jar mailed leather stock sale details and a tannery job offer. A trotting match is postponed due to rain as Norwalk horse fails to appear. Barney Ward of Wall Street wins first prize radishes grown in Fairfield.
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Old Within
Stratford
Abigail Whitcar
Puirfield
Ward
Samuel W. Johnson
Fairfield Decessed
Thomas
Rowland
Barney Ward
Wall Street
Fairfield
Fifty Years Ago S Club Formed in Bridgeport
A chess club was organized by Munson Hawley as president George A Staples secretary and Edgar Marsh treasurer. The group planned to hire rooms at the Bridgeport game club with access except Thursday evenings and invited new members by calling at the rooms. Also reports a lively canine battle near Southport Buckingham's guardian fought a ten minute match over a doggy attack to protect its owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munson Hawley
George A. Staples
Edgar Marsh
Bridgeport Game Club
Bristol Red Cross raises funds to equip ambulances
Workers in the Bristol Red Cross campaign learned that aside from existing war losses the city has raised about 8,000 dollars to equip and support five ambulances. The note was announced in Bristol on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Red Cross
Twenty Years Ago Poor School Facilities in Stratford Avon Park Area
A Stratford report notes very poor educational facilities for about 50 families near Avon Park. Many children must travel two miles or more or stay home. State agent Potter and truant officer Glenn pressure for a local school. Graduation notices list several graduates from the training school and new officers of Olga Lodge.
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Avon Park
Stratford
Potter
Board of Education
Glenn
Bridgeport
Lone
Stratford Avenue
Brewster’s. Brook
Park
Fire damages candy factory in St Paul losses $125000
A fire damaged the A. J. Frank Candy Co factory at St Paul, causing an estimated loss of $125,000. The article lists William S. Ingraham Mrs. Charles S. Treadway Miss Lucy Treadway Albert F. Rockyrell Carl F. Barnes and William Sessions among those connected to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Ingraham
Charles S. Treadway
Lucy Treadway
Albert F. Rockyrell
Carl F. Barnes
William
Sessions
St. Paul
A. J. Frank Candy Co
Will Shut Shop If Hatters Do Not Return to Work
Danbury June 20 Frank H Lee president of the Frank H Lee Hat Co warned at a meeting that unless labor disputes keeping the factory idle for nearly five weeks are settled by week’s end he will close the plant permanently The factory is the largest in the city and perhaps in New England employing over 1000 workers with capacity for 850 dozen hats daily The strike stems from a dispute with the United Hatters of North America over wage schedules based on selling prices or on grades of goods More than 2000 workers at about 15 factories are idle now.
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Danbury
Frank H. Lee
Frank, H. Lee Hat Co
New England
Lee
United Hatters
North America
Enroll Women in Hover Food Fight Call to 500 Volunteers
New York June 20 The New York state division of the women's committee of the council of national defense called for 500 women volunteers to register and conduct a house to house canvass to enroll every woman belonging to an organization in food conservation under Herbert Hoover's appeal for stricter household economy.
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New York
Herbert C. Hoover
New York State
Women's Committee
The
Council of National Defense
War Cross Awarded Forbes Boston Man
France decorates C. S. Stewart Forbes of Boston with the war cross for bravery in aiding wounded under fire on the western front. The award was announced via a message from Eliot Norton, director of the Harvard Norton ambulance sections. Forbes joined the American Red Cross ambulance service a year ago.
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Boston
France
C. S. Stewart Forbes
Eliot Norton
Harres-Norton
Forbes
Red Cross
Marriage Licenses Issued by Town Clerks Office
Yesterday the Town Clerks office issued licenses for Tessie Smith 18 of 187 Howard avenue to John Kovesch 21 of 673 Wordin avenue Mil s Galipino 21 of 744 Madison avenue to Benjamin George 21 of the same address Franklin Lufkin 24 of 711 Lafayette street to Helen Frances Cornell 22 of 437 Barnum avenue
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Tessie Smith
Howard Avenue
John Kovesch
Wordin Avenue
Mils Galipino
Madison Avenue
Benjamin George
Franklin Lufkin
Lafayette Street
Helen Frances Cornell
Barnum Avenue
The Wonderful Fruit Medicine Fruit-A-Tives
The marvellous medicine made from fruit juices claims relief for stomach liver blood kidney and skin troubles and many other ailments. It promises cleansing and healing through elimination and overall system toning. Priced at 50c a box six for 2.50 or 25c for trial size, available from Fruitatives Limited Oldensburg New York.
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Fruitatives Limited
Oldensburg
N.Y
Levy Heavy Taxes On Mexican Corporations Beginning July First
Mexico City authorities announce new taxes effective July 1 on untaxed items. Telephones in homes taxed 60 centavos monthly, office phones one peso. A stamp tax collected by phone companies applies to all advertisements at ten percent of receipts. Each electric light globe taxed ten centavos monthly. Foreign alcoholic beverages taxed twenty centavos per bottle. beer ten cents per bottle. Native liquors and beers taxed about half of foreign rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
City
Republic
Demand Passports for Sinn Fein Leaders in Dublin
Dublin reports two Sinn Fein demonstrators arrested for breaking into the ruined post office and setting fire to timbers amid protests welcoming released Sinn Feiners. The provisional Sinn Fein executive seeks passports for three members to travel to the United States to oppose the Irish party mission there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Anny
The
United States
Irish Party
Catholic Graduate Nurses Meet in Fairfield Chapter
Catholic Graduate Nurses of the city plan a Thursday 8 pm meeting at the Catholic Charities bureau headquarters in the Chandler Building Fairfield to organize an affiliation with the national Catholic Graduate Nurses association. A large attendance is anticipated with speakers to address the gathering.
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Catholic Charities Bureau
Chandler
Fairfield
National Organization of Catholic Graduate Nurses
Naval Reservist Dies in Harbor Collision
Charles H. Evans of Rochester New York machinist mate second class naval reserve died at a Hull Massachusetts hospital from injuries received Saturday when the coast patrol boat Wachusett collided in fog with the harbor excursion steamer Old Colony.
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Hull
Mass
Charles H. Evans
Rochester
N. Y
Naval Reserve
Wachusett
Old Colony
Brooklyn man jailed for Bridgeport steel theft
John Kenzer of Brooklyn, arrested last Saturday, was charged with stealing high tempered steel from the Bridgeport Projectile Co., where he had been employed about a week. He was fined 50 dollars and given a suspended 30 day jail sentence yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kenzer
Brooklyn
Bridgeport Projectile Co
Mexican wireless stations urged near Tampico
Oil companies around Tampico petitioned the government to permit wireless stations for business. If approved, stations would be government controlled and operated.
Norwalk Board Protests High Coal Prices Amid Summer Talks
The Norwalk board of education filed a protest with the Federal Trade Council over coal prices charged by local dealers. Coal has averaged ten dollars a ton in Norwalk for six months, prompting discussions on summer sessions and winter vacations to save fuel. The report notes Byon and American Hardware Stores at Fairfield Ave. and Middletown as local references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Board of Education
Federal Trade Council
Howland Benefit Society Banquets In Savin Rock
The Howland Mutual Benefit Society banqueted last night at Savin Rock. Special trolley cars carried about 200 from town. Those in charge of arrangements were Charles M. Colmen Ray Standish Edward Godfrey Edward Wenzel Nellie Dusin and Anna Feinn. Exceptional values of summer millinery at E H Dillon Co 1105 Main street.
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Howland Mutual Benefit Society
Saving Rock
Charles M. Colmen
Ray, Standish
Edward Godfrey
Edward Wenzel
Nellie Dusin
Anna Feinn
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Connecticut Attorney Shapiro Named Delegate to Jewish Congress
Attorney Charles H Shapiro of Bridgeport won the state election to name a Connecticut delegate to the American Jewish Congress in Washington this September, defeating Dr. George H. Cohen of Hartford. Ballots cast statewide June 10 recorded 1 181 for Shapiro and 690 for Cohen. The statewide vote revealed underrepresentation of towns, leading to two additional candidates entering the field. Shapiro campaign support came from Hartford lawyers Jacob Back M Weiss and his Bridgeport brother Joseph G Shapiro.
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Charles H Shapiro
Bridgeport
Connecticut
American Jewish Congress
Washington
George H. Cohen
Hartford
Shapiro
Jacob Back
M. Weiss
Joseph G. Shapiro
Enlist in Army Names From Bridgeport and Stratford
Patriots to the country's cause announced from the recruiting headquarters of the United States Army at New Haven include Bridgeport names Joseph Franklin Knapp Charles Augustus Miller Bridgeport and William Roosevelt King of Stratford.
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United States Army
New Haver
Bridgeport
Joseph Franklin Knapp
Charles Augustus Miller
William Roosevelt King
Stratford
Russell Added as Extra Clerk in Tax Office
William F. Russell, former assessor, is appointed to Tax Commissioner Connor's office as extra clerk for 1500 dollars a year to fill the lien examiner vacancy. A detachment of 250 men departed to the American Ambulance unit at a French port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Russell
Connor
Labor Disturbance in Paris Blamed on German Influence
Paris reports two Turks a Greek and three Spaniards with no trade ties were arrested for disturbances around restaurant doors during the recent labor agitation. They were sent to civilian internment camps. Some French authorities attribute foreign interference to German influences in the capital.
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Paris
Practical wedding gift suggestions announced for mantels and chests
A newspaper notice promotes practical wedding gifts including mantel clocks priced from $4 to $6 and 26 piece chests from $5.4 to $20, plus silver plated tableware and high grade cut glass water seal tumblers and pitchers. Rogers and Oneida Community are named as leading makers, with new designs highlighted and satisfaction guaranteed.
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Rogers and
Oneida
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Howland Benefit Society
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Grocery Bulletin
U. S
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