Local society notes and travel plans in town
George Peterson of Staten Island visits friends as a Queen's Daughters meeting is announced for Friday evening at Augustine's chapel after devotions to the Sacred Heart. Miss Irene O'Rourke spends the weekend in Meriden visiting Miss Bessie abroad. The group sails for Southampton in July, travels to London, and returns in August. Barns, Deane, Burritt, and other locals pursue studies abroad next year while others plan summer trips to the Pacific coast and Seattle exposition.
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George Peterson
Staten
Conceet
Y Hoa
Gally
Wiuhiel Deane
Miss Burritt
Miss Deane
State Normal School diplomas admit early entrants
The State Normal School at New Haven allows sixteen year olds who complete grammar school to enter after tests and graduates two year training as finished teachers. Certificates are recognized statewide and unaffected by the current certification bill. The article also notes a Queen City recital by Mrs Susan Hawley Davis with harpist Anna Louise Davis and a list of performers and dates of other local honors and engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co] State Normal School
New Haven
Connecticut
General Assembly
Susan Hawley Davis
Masonic Temple Hall
Anna Louise David
Mendelssohn
Chadwick
Donizetti
Martini
Wagner
Haydn
Isses Sherwood
Pearsall
Bishop
Farist
Johnson
Bartholomew and Tuck
Mannweller
Dorsey
Warner
Hawley
Mills
Roaches Run Rampant at Home Prompt Housewife Aid
Roaches invade homes as some try to control them with limited success. Gyrus Roach Powder promises to terminate roaches, claiming to be harmless and non toxic, sold at 35 cents per pound.
Former mayors testify Hart saloon suited for Jacques place
Two former Bridgeport mayors Hugh Sterling and H H Pyle testified before County Commissioners that Jacques former premises could operate as a saloon. William Hart, once manager, now owner, claimed 1500 balance due. witnesses for Law Enforcement League opposed license citing past arrests. Also noted Prof A Frank ophthalmic practice to open in Meigs building after July 1.
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Jim Jacques
Jacques
Bridgeport
Hugh Sterling
H. H. Pyle
Law Enforcement League
E . Nicholson
Sit
William Hart
Hart Haseen
Samuel W. Giedhill
John F. Murphy
Frar
Daniel J.weston
Phil Blansfield
Bert Hazel
Beamer and
Hall
Paul Chapmen
German Catholic Scholars Enter High School For Commencement
St. Joseph's R C school closes for summer on June 30 as Sisters of Notre Dame stage a graduation with seven diplomas and a two act operetta The senior boys perform The Bell in the Forest and Prince Percival amid praise from Rev Herbert Dahme while Edward Andres faces appendicitis recovery in Bridgeport Hospital
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St. Joseph's R. C
Sisters of Notre Dame
Edward Andres
Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport High School
Herbert Kaesmann
William Andres
Florence Lacher
Clara Stackmann
Eulalia Vorschmitt
Elsie Herb
Herbert Dahme
St. Joseph’s Church
Europe
Prince Percival
Old Forster
Young Alexis
Karl Krag
Alexis
Karl
Franz Staub
Death of Elsie Sigel Shocks City Chinatown Pursuit
New York dispatch reports Chung Sin, roommate of Leon Ling, under arrest as a material witness in Elsie Sigel murder case. Police seek Leon Ling as the prime suspect while noting Chung Sin’s possible information sources. Funeral for Elsie Sigel held. mother hospitalized in Connecticut. Police widen Chinatown probe amid public fear and vigilant status of Chinese residents.
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United Press
New York
Chung Sin
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Leon
West Galway
N. Y
Carey
Homicide Bureau
Chu Gain
Chune Lin
Canton
China
America
S Gil
Revelstock
Vancouver
Connecticut
Chinatown
Chung Lin
Steeplechase Island Adds New Attractions and Swim Instructor
Mrs A E Payne, new to the country from Yorkshire England, leads the bathing pavilion at Steeplechase Island and will teach swimming to women and children. She holds a Royal Life Saving Society medal and a London instructors certificate. Rentals include Shetland ponies and a donkey team added to amuse children, with goats planned later. King and Queen diving horses perform at 4 and 8:30 daily, while Dare Devil Dash flies at 5 and 9 daily, drawing crowds.
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A. E. Payne
Yorkshire
Engand
Steeplechase Island
Payne
Royal Life Saving Society of Yorkshire
London Professionalf
Andrew Moncci
Dare Devil Dash
Pink Wedding Attended by Hundreds in Brockton
Miss Ethel Ames, daughter of the late Oliver and Mrs. Ames of St Paul, wed Alexander Lincoln of Brooklyn at the Church of the Unity in North Boston. The pink rose setting filled with thousands of roses and peonies. guests from Cambridge, Brooklyn, Boston, New York, Chicago, Buffalo and St Paul. A reception followed at the Ames home. couple to sail on a summer wedding tour abroad and to reside at 265 Beacon Street, Boston.
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Brockton
Mass
Ethel Ames
Oliver Ames
St. Paul, Minn
Alexander Lincoln
Brooklyn
William 8. Lincoln
Paul Revere
Boston
Church of the Unity
North Boston
Cambridge
New York
Chicago
Buffalo
St. Paul
Lincoln
Willam H. Ames
Beacon Street
Bos- On
Library board names its own members now
The library board, now a self perpetuating body under a new statute, appointed A. B. Beers, Robert N. Blakeslee, and Jerome Orcut for three years from July 1909. Nominations were confirmed. The council held for edits to a minor labor ordinance and tabled a wage increase for city double teams. The claims committee awarded 1125 dollars to St. Vincent's Hospital for damages from a grade change.
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Library Board
A. B. Beers
Robert N. Blakeslee
Jerome Orcut
St. Vincent's Hospital
Weather Indications New Haven June Forecast
June 22 forecast calls for fair night with Wednesday partly cloudy. A recent western and central heat wave has been tempered by local showers, extending to Buffalo area. Overall pleasant with high temperatures across the region near the comet path to the north.
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United Press
New Haven
Buffalo
New Moving Picture Theatre Planned for West Fond
A moving picture theatre is to open soon in West Fond at State Street and Colorado Avenue. The metal lined walls will enclose a seating capacity of 450 and four exits allow rapid evacuation in case of emergency.
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Moving Picture Theatre
West Fond
State Street
Colorado Avenue
Sacred Heart School Class of 1909 Commencement
The Sacred Heart school will hold commencement at Warner's Institute Lafayette and Atlantic streets on Thursday June 24 at 2 30 pm. Rev T R Sweeney will present diplomas and address graduates. Prizes include Agnes Brady for Christian Doctrine and a four pupil book prize set for four poems and essays. The 32 graduates enter local High School in fall. motto For God and Country.
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Warner Institute
Sacred Heart School
Warner's Institute
Lafayette
Atlantic Streets
William Fitzgerald
Sisters of Mercy
T. R Sweeney
Sacred Heart Church
T. R. Sweeney
Agnes Brady
Edward McGuirey
Longfellow
Harry Fennell
Prescott
Ferdinand
Isabelle
James Lucey
Peru
William Hope
Tennyson
Father Sweeney
Harriet Fennell
Susie Whaley
Blanche Corbett
William Connelly
Adelaide Carey
Gualberto
St. Catherine
Edward McGuire
William Roche
John Steele
God
YEGGMEN LOOT SYRACUSE BANK SAFE IN BOLD EXPLOSION
Yeggmen blew open the Citizens National Bank vault at Locke New York and escaped with 3300 in cash and securities still valued. Sheriff Ferris and Under Sheriff Walker led a countywide hunt with a posse as townsfolk fled in fear. The vault was shattered and alarms cut as attackers fled, leaving authorities seeking the criminals. Special bargains advertised at BE Dillon Company accompany the report.
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United Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Jesse Ferris
Walker
Citizens National Bank
Locke
Ferris
Auburn
Burning of the Vanities in Florence 1497 Carnival Scene
Savonarola's 1497 burning of vanities in Piazza della Signoria featured a seven stage pyramid of items condemned as luxuries including costumes, masks, false hair, cards, books, pictures, and sculptures. Children sang hymns as the flames rose while fagots burned at the center.
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Savonarolo
Piazza Della Signoria
Florence
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