Popular novelist to represent country in stormy Portugal
Meredith Nicholson, known for The House of a Thousand Candles and The Port of Missing Men, will go to Lisbon as the new American representative to Portugal. He is shown in a photograph taken in Portugal’s capital where soldiers patrol the streets amid imperialist threats. The nomination to be minister to Portugal was sent to the Senate by President Wilson, with a possible upgrade to ambassador before he assumes duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith Nicholson
Portugal
Nicholson
Indiana
Lisbon
Olson
Concert at Lafayette Park Tomorrow Night
The Srdgeport Italian band led by Pietrini will perform at Lafayette Park tomorrow night. The program includes Social Life, Marth, La Basta Ladra, over ture, BRosinj, Short Sweet for cornets, Waltz Atilla, Verdi selections, Star Spangled Banner, and March Seuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srdgeport
Lafayette Park
Marth
Brosinj
Beepans
Wodfell
Atilla
Verdi
Seuss
Pietrini
Easton Grange No 140 Hosts Varied Evening Program
The regular Easton Grange No 140 meeting will feature an evening of performances under the direction of Mrs. Clarence A. Jennings, Mrs. Elbert Nichols, and Miss Minnie Q Sherwood. The program includes piano solos, readings, debates on Woman’s Suffrage, recitations, piano trios, and various vocal numbers by local members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton Grange No. 140
Clarence A. Jennings
Elbert Nichols
Minnie QO. Sherwood
J. Arthur Sherwood
Adele Keller
Robert W. Marsh
Hazel Sherwood
George Beers
John L. Mel- Ten
Clara Sanford
William Lopez
Nichols
Edith Sherweod
Yotal Golo
Clarence B. Anyotal Golo
Joseph B. Hills
Strawberries and cake mark visit to Virginia home
Patrick McCollam has returned to his home in Virginia after several days with First Selectman and Mrs John H Candee. Miss Lucy Disbrow of Sport Hill graduates this year from the wo High school. Miss Alice Gregory of Sport Hill visits Stamford friends. Miss Connors of Brooklyn is visiting her sister, Mrs Richard Haley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick McCollam
Virginia
First Selectman
John H’ Candee
Lucy Disbrow
Sport Hill
Alice Gregory
Stamford
Connors
Brooklyn
N. Y
Richard Haley
No Secret About Woman's Beauty and Summer Party
The ad extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for distressing womanly symptoms and beauty claims. A Bridgeport party of young people gathers at Martha cottage Silver Beach Milford for summer weeks featuring May Dolan Belle Dolan Minnie Savage Belle Carroll Abbie Larkin Margaret Moran May Day William Dolan and Edward Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Pinkham
Bridgeport
Silver Beach
Milford
May Dolan
Belle Dolan
Minnie Savage
Belle Carroll
Abbie Larkin
Margaret Moran
May Day
William Dolan
Edward Martin
Booklets On Domestic Arts Offered By Government
Housewives may receive five practical booklets from the Department of Agriculture by mailing a coupon to Congressman Jeremiah Donovan in Washington. The series covers food care, canning, bread making, home gardening, and related topics by leading authorities Mary Hinman Abel Mario Parloa Helen W Atwater J F Breazeale L C Corbett W R Beattie and O H Benson. Supplies are limited. Here is the coupon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Donovan
Washington, D. C
Department of ‘Agriculture
Mary Hinman Abel
Mario Parloa
Helen W. Atwater
J. F. Breazeale
L. C. Corbett
W. R. Beattie
O. H. Benson
Domestic Sciences Bulletins From The Bridgeport Evening Farmer
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer presents bulletins on Domestic Sciences detailing practical household techniques, standard procedures, and timely tips for home economics. Highlights cover nutrition basics, meal planning, textile care, and household management advice from local experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Rev T G Williams Trumbull Pastor Weds On Thursday
Trumbull June 23 Rev T Yeoman Williams pastor of the First Congregational church will wed Miss Myrtle Pellymounte of Mount Vernon on Thursday at four o clock at Professor G H Betts home. The couple plan a trip visiting Iowa Illinois Michigan and Niagara Falls. The bride a Cornell graduate resigns as dean of resident women the groom a Cornell and Yale student. A benefit comedy The Country Fair directed by Olga Mann will be presented tomorrow at the Congregational church with a long cast and musical numbers.
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Trumbull
T. Yeoman Williams
First Congregational Church
Mount Vernon
Myrtle Pellymounte
Joseph Jort Newton
G. H. Betts
Williams
Altona
Iowa
Mason
Ilinois
Lake Petoski
Michigan
Niagara Falls
Cornell College
Cornell Colleges
Yale
Nelson French
Congregational Church
Olga Mann
Albany
Handy Andy
Stanley Linley
Peanut Sall
Ruth Linley
Boss Jones
Howard
Beach
Jake
Mary
Royal Thornton
Nellie Thornton
Lulu Bowker
Walter Gillette
Banford
Merrill Beach
Dorothy Beach
Lester M. Shelton
Lewis and Gould Shelton
Burr F. Beach
Cora E. Beach
Howard S. Beach
Harold
Horace Wellington
Willard
Laura Beach
Roland Beach
Norwalk
Daniel
Edward Alberts
Bridgeport Brass Co
White Plains
William H Batchellers Body Lying In State
William H Batcheller longtime corset firm secretary and vice president died of arteriosclerosis at 50 in Bridgeport. He lived at 598 Fairfield Avenue and will lie in state. factory closures and viewing hours were announced. Survived by widow and brother George C Batcheller, president of the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam H. Batcheller
George C
Batcheller
Algonquin Club
Bridgeport Yacht Club
Republican Club of New York
Arcanum Lodge
Bridgeport Lodge
Hiks
South Congregational Church
George C. Batcheller
Fairfield Avenue
Monster Babecue for Eagles Field Day July 22
Bridgeport aerodrome hosts a field day on July 22 after a state parade by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Mark Nagel will oversee a mammoth barbecue for about 10 000 people, using nearly 200 sheep and other ingredients. The event includes athletic meets, pony races, a band, dancing, and an excursion train from North Adams and Pittsfield for 800 Eagles and friends.
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Bridgeport
Order of Eagles
Mark Nagel
Nagel
John J. Heavey
North Adams
Pittsfield
Pittsfield Aerie
Besit
Yonkers
Flushing
N. J
Newark
Winsted
Hartford
Stamford
SunEeper
D. H. Monahan
T. M. McNamara
J. J. Heavey
J. J. Doyle
William Moran
Heavey
West Virginia coal strike renewed with fears of bloodshed
Charleston W Va June 21 renewed strike trouble has broken out after the senate committee left the Cabin and Paint Creek fields. District 29 plans a full field strike led by Thomas Haggerty 12 000 miners would lay down tools. Miners demand check weighmen union rights assembly short ton and grievance procedures no wage demands. Carlisle city in New River field fired upon by strikers to intimidate nonunion workers. Weather and parade plans for Bridgeport July 22 noted. Obits James T Vail Danbury June 17 William H Beaton Danbury June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
Cabin
Paint Creek
Thomas Haggerty
United Mine Workers
New River
District 29
Raleigh
Fayette
Haggerty
Cabin Creek
District 17
Carlisle
New Haven Line Noted For Safety In Five Preceding Accidents
The text notes that in the five accidents before 1913 no coroner verdict or state or national investigation found defects in roadbed motive power equipment or signals. It highlights New York New Haven Hartford as having the densest passenger traffic among large railroads and attributes public shock to any accident on this road given its safety record and superior infrastructure.
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Brandeis
New England
New Haven Road
New York
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Globe
New York, New Haven & Hartford
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Eredith
Easton
Donovan
M. C
T. G. Williams
William H. Batcheller
Foley
Foley & Co
F. B. Brill
Stratford Avenue
Sixth St
Stearn’s Insecticides
Photography
Armstrong
Whitman Studio
Eagles
West Virginia
Order
Vail
James T. Vail
Beaton
tIn Danbury
William H. Beaton
Springfield Republican
New Haven & Hartford
R. R. Co
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