Broadway Sport and Vaudeville Acts At Local Theatre
The week features The Broadway Sport a humor filled photo drama with contrasts between country life and Broadway and a vaudeville bill including The Four Newsomes two Herculean women Kimberly Arnold O Neils and Kes in a vocal drama test plus Lilette with violin and Hearst Pathe News serial scenes from around the world plus action from the war front and a coast bathing cult parade.
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Broadway
Holmes
Kimberly
Arnold Ao
Big City
Kes
Kins
Fay and
Elkins
Bridgeport
O'Neil
New York
Plaza The Bar Sinister at Pissa theatre draws crowds
The Bar Sinister nears end of a successful week at the Pissa theatre as audiences relish its nine act drama of race prejudice. The cast is praised for its powerful, lively presentation and climax. Next week features Abramson's epic The Immigrant and Leah Baird appears for One Law for All.
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Pissa Theatre
Beth
America
Abramson
Hie Seeee
Carmen at Polis Brings Metropolitan Opera to Bridgeport for Charity
The Metropolitan Opera production of Carmen arrives in Bridgeport to support Home Guard welfare efforts. Two advance ticket sales have sold briskly as Capt D B Wason and Ambulance Company aides mobilize for the first major opera here. Special stage clearance and extra dressing rooms are prepared. Seven cars of scenery and a 50 piece orchestra will be arranged to fit the theater, with Mrs Alice Robinson and other noted artists contracted for leading roles.
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Metropolitan Opera
Armen
Bridgeport
Home Guard
Polis Theatre
D. B. Wason
Metropolitan
New Haven Road
Mre
Alice Robinson
Hatters' Strike Continues Amid Open Shop Threat
Danbury reports the Hatters and Finishers association reaffirming a continued strike in local hat factories. A meeting last night responded to Frank Acres of F. H. Lee Co. who threatened to close his shop and switch to an open shop basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Hatters’ and Finishers’ Association
Frank Acres
F. H. Lee Co
Stars of Great Repute Aid War Fund in Westport Fete
A June 30 monster fundraiser in Westport attracts John Philip Sousa Marie Dressler Ina Claire and other stars to support war relief. Aero Club planes promote the event with Hippodrome animals and vaudeville acts transported by Mark A. Luescher. Proceeds split among Red Cross Navy League Aero Club and Fairfield county ambulante. Booth chairmen listed with prominent patrons among organizers and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
New York and
Bridgeport Society
John Philip Sousa
Marie Dressler
Ina Claire
Aero“Club of America
Fairfield County
Mark A. Luescher
Frederick Lewis
Saugatuck
American Red Cross
United States Navy League
The
Aero Club of América
Field Ambulance
Irene’ Davis
Fairfield
Navy League
Edith Riker
F. ©. Tanner
E. T. Bedford
Greens Farms
Katherine Grout
I. D. Warner
Bridgeport
W B. Lashar
A. L. Riker
Brigeport
H. O. Havemeyer
Oliver Gould Jennings
John Adams Thayer
Jonathan Thorne
D. H. Warner
Harry Payne Whitney
Henry P. Davison
Robert, Ingersoll
Germans retire across the Lys in Belgian retreat
London reports German troops evacuated about eight square miles across the Lys, with British patrols probing east of Messines and near Warneton. Despite no official War Office confirmation, experts credit the dispatch as Germans pull back. British armies press from the Messines ridge toward Lille Roubaix and Tourcoing. Violent fighting also rages north of the Aisne in Champagne as French forces regain trench elements lost yesterday.
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London
Pracy
River Lys
Belgium
Messines
Lys
Warneton
Houplines
War Office
Messine
Plumer
Ypres Canal
Lille
Turcoing
Roubaix
France
F. B. Maurice
British War Office
Aisne
Champagne
Vauxaillon
French War Office
Mont Carnilett
Great creditors sale at Stratfield Hotel Building Bridgeport
Forced to sell to save litigation, hundreds of garments unpacked at 1227 1229 Main Street in the Stratfield Hotel Building. High art suits, gents furnishings, and spring stock offered at deep discounts with refunds if not satisfied. Sale starts Saturday. early shopping urged for best picks. Edward Longeran.
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Bridgeport
Main Street
Stratfield Hotel
The Berlin War Report on Soissons Front Gains
The report claims Germans stormed 1 500 yards northeast of Soissons with gains and severe French casualties. Paris War Office says June 8 to 20 22 German planes and a captive balloon were taken out of action. Eleven shot down by pilots, three by anti aircraft guns, seven behind lines after damage. Thirteen thousand kilograms of projectiles were dropped on German buildings and encampments in raids.
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Berlin
Gmod
Soissons
Paris
Army Doctor Accused Of Murdering Piper At New Brunswick
Dr William J Condon a prominent New Brunswick physician was arrested at Fort Oglethorpe Ga on the charge of murdering John V Piper a Rutgers graduate student last February Prosecutor Stickler cites evidence but cites no clear motive and gossip had swirled since Pipers disappearance Condon a former Army surgeon is now a captain in the Army Medical Corps at Fort Oglethorpe Also noted Secretary Lansing reports a Haiti Germany break while a local seeds seller is mentioned in the closing lines
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
William J. Condon
New Brunswick
John V. Piper
Rutgers College
Piper
Dr. Condon
Philippines
New Jersey Guard
Army Medical Corps
Fort Oglethorpe
Bridgeport Butchers Elect Officers In Organization
Bridgeport Butchers and Grocery association members elected E. B. Phillips of Hartford as president Samuel Dreyfus of New Haven as first vice president Joseph Stoehr of Bridgeport as second vice president T. M. Preston of Hartford as treasurer G H A Hayward of Bridgeport as secretary Herbert Mills of Meriden and trustees R Bauman Bridgeport James Mulvey New Haven C P Case Hartford. The group urged a uniform federal cold storage law limiting poultry storage to nine months and supported repeal of oleomargarine manufacturing tax. Governor Holcomb would be asked to devise a plan for cooperation with state and national agencies on food preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holcomb
Connecticut
Connecticut Retail Butchers’ and
Grocery Association
Seymour Kashman
E. B. Phillips
Hartford
Samuel Dreyfus
New Haven
Joseph Stoehr
Bridgeport
T. M. P. Preston
G. H. A. Hayward
Eae
Herbert Mills
Merlen
R. Bauman
Joames Mulvey
C. P. Case
Congress
St Vincent’s Lawn Fete Held at Pivot Bridge Home
A lawn fete for St Vincent’s hospital will be hosted Saturday afternoon June 30 at Mrs George T McCarthy 929 Transiton avenue Pivot bridge. Whist and refreshments to follow with numerous young women assistants listed by name.
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St. Vincent’s Hospital
George T. McCarthy
Tranistan Avenue
Margaret Brady
Florence Neary
Millicent Bee
May Casserly
Loretta Burns
Margaret Keane
Ruth
Helen Burns
Bessie
Alice Sullivan
Margaret Kieley
Madeline Harrigan
Elizabeth
Edna Coughlin
Frances
Mary Dunleavy
May Lynch
Addie Mahoney
Augusta Kilhane
Agnes Fitzpatrick
Rose Flanigan
Lorreene Dunn
Gertrude Farley
Helen Keating
Julia
Elizabeth Farnam
Margaret
Jane Casey
Mabel
Loretta Morrissey
Frances O’brien
Catherine
Elizabeth McElroy
Catherine Hill
Elizabeth Roach
Lucy Chamberlain
Catherine Buckley
Lillian
Ethel Whitcomb
Marie McDermott
Susan Keating
Grace Hargrove
Marion Krouse
Anna Lalley
May
Agnes Light
May McCarthy
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Ella Hanley
Nellie
Genevieve Donahee
Ethel Donovan
Roslyn
Bridgeport Art League Special Meeting Planned
An important meeting of Bridgeport Art League members is set for Monday at 3:30 pm in the art league rooms, with the executive board at 2:30 pm. Red Cross summer plans and the July outing will be addressed. All members urged to attend. Mrs. William EB. Allen travels to New York to greet daughter Celie Allen returning from St Joseph College in Emmitsburg Md. Miss Anna Hutchinson leaves for Camp Arcadia in Cascé Me as councilor and equestrian instructor. Engagement announced between Laura Nichols and Frank Custard. Nichols active in First Methodist Episcopal church work. Custard to enter Drew seminary after Wyoming and Wesleyan universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Art League
Art League
Red Cross
William EB. Allen
Lenox Avenue
New York
Celie Allen
St. Joseph College
Emmittsburg
Anna
Louise Hutchinson
Charles Hutchinson
Elmwood Avenue
Camp
Arcadia
Cascé
Eleanor Cleveland
Bridgeport
Miss Hutchinson
Laura R. Nichols
Main Street
Frank R. Custard
German Submarine Fires on Lifeboats Kill Eight
Paris reports a German submarine torpedoed a British steamer then fired on its lifeboats, killing eight occupants. The Brittany flotilla boat picked up 50 survivors, and a patrol boat saved 40 more.
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Paris
Admiralty
Brittany
Sackett Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Harry Sackett a Bridgeport retail grocer filed in district court for bankruptcy claiming liabilities of 2083.88 and assets of 1341.82. The report notes an injury at Hull Massachusetts involving Charles H Evans Rochester N Y machinist Naval Reserve.
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United States District Court
Harry Sackett
Bridgeport
Sackett
Charles H. Evans
Rochester
N. Y
Naval
Hull
Mass
Pep and Pep in Baseball Days Past
The Pittsburgh Leader baseball editor laments bygone pep in games and fights on the field. He recalls players challenging umpires when harsh calls were made and blames strict rules for suppressing old-time spirit and noisy conduct in baseball.
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Pittsburgh Leader
Dancing Monday and Wednesday at Lordship
A listing notes dancing events at Lordship with Murray's Orchestra playing 15 pieces. Admission is 25 cents. Times include 7 40, 8, 8 20, 8 40, and 9 o'clock. Also mentions leaving Golden Hill to jeer at those times.
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Lordship Murray
Golden Hill
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POLIS
Leah Baird
Stars OF Great Repute
Society Women
Edward Lonergan
Edgar Lewis
Stuart Holmes
the Newsomes
Elkins, Fay & Elkins Local Boys
Kimberly & Arnold
Lillette
Hearst Pathe
Reading
Cecil
Spooner
George Cohan
Ieee
Pauline Frederick
Intra
N. J
Robert Lansing
Haiti
Germany
Port Au Prince
John Beck & Son
Condon
Bridgeport Butchers
Metropolis Opera CO Presents
Carmen
Ambulance Corps
Fourth Regt
Corps DE Ballet
Savitabilla
Agnes Robinson
Forest LA Mont
Vincent Ballister
Poli’s Theatre
Evelyn Barkey
Rosalie Davis
Ethel Honan
Gretta Hurley
John Reck
Annette Staal
Nivne
Biggs
Boston ‘Transcript
van Putter
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