Exceptional summer hat sale at Dillon Co Main Street
EB H Dillon Co offers warrantable summer merchandise including white hemp straw hats natural leg horn genuine panama hats and sport hats. Matinee excursion on the Park City steamer to Port Jefferson NY departs from Fairfield Avenue foot, Friday and Saturday. Three hours on the Sound one and a half hours at Port Jefferson, return to Bridgeport by 6 p.m. at specially reduced round trip fare.
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Park City
Port Jefferson
M. Y
Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport
A Little Bedbug On Your Pillow Warns of Infestation
A notice warns that bedbugs on pillows can bite and disturb sleep and suggests Presto Killer as an effective cleaner priced at 25 cents. The advertisement urges readers not to tolerate bites as a sign of neglect and offers a remedy.
Cypress Pharmacy on Fairfield Ave Faces Court Land Street
A readable fragment notes Cyrus Pharmacy located on Fairfield Avenue with a court land street reference. The item lacks dates or actions but pins the business at a specific street intersection and city area.
Two Year System Defeated by Redding Electors
Special to The Farmer. Redding town meeting June 24 drew about 30 citizens to vote on extending town officers’ terms to two years. Proponents led by Selectman Barnes and Attorney S. Shaw argued cost savings and policy discussion benefits. opponents cited honesty and potential waste. A motion to table failed. result: no change this cycle.
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Redding
Selectman
Barnes
S. ©. Shaw
D. S. Sanford
Charles Favereau
Frank Ferry
Sanford
Favereau
Fire Department
Ridgefield
American Surety Co
Surety Company
Duncan
J. Arthur Sherwood
George S. Banks
Muennich
Arthur Hargraves
Bridgeport
W. B. Claflin
Hargraves
Paris milliners advertise at 105 Main and 910 Rue St Cecile
Wholesale and retail leading milliners announce locations in Paris at 105 Main Street and 910 Rue St Cecile offering a wide selection of hats and related accessories for customers.
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Main ST
Rue St. Cecile
Dillons Paris
Village Schoolma’m benefit to aid town fire department
An evening performance of The Village Schoolmarm at the Redding Grange hall on July 8 will raise funds for the fire department. The event invites community members to enjoy the show while supporting local emergency services. Other notes include local students and staff travels and activities, plus a new Bethel car purchase and Ridgefield Inn reopening.
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Hargraves
Serr Emil Schoch
Sanford School
Switzerland
Redding
Fire Department
Reddine Grangé
Homer Smith
Pennsylvania
Hermann Smith
Homer
Amherst College
John Muennich
Bethel
Center
Clara Smith
Joseph A. Bishop
Brooklyn
Bridge Club
Jessica Sanford
Ridgefield Inn
Stock Market Slumps As Major Shares Fall Across Board
New York trading opens with United States Steel as the lone active gainer. Canadian Pacific sinks to 147, lowest in seven years, rubber shares drop over three points amid dividend cut fears. Bethlehem Steel and General Motors resist declines. high grade Trailways and copper stocks slide. By noon further rubber losses push totals down nearly six points. some issues recover later. London advices dampen confidence. bonds irregular. Commodore Beehler, retired U S N, dies at Annapolis. Italy suspends grain import duty to January 1916.
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New York
United States Steel
Canadian Pacific
United States
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Goodrich
London
Jitneys In Court On Reckless Driving Charges
In city court Judge Bartlett bound over Andrew Maczko and Henry Shine to trial for reckless driving after an accident on State street. Both drivers blamed each other as their cars were badly damaged. Also, Patrick Corrigan was discharged after claiming he rested on railroad property while seeking work. Fred Stewart was fined $5 for operating a jitney without a license. William Hill was fined $50 for maintaining a gambling house after a raid on 100 State street.
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Bartlett
Andrew Maczko
William Street
Henry Shine
Main Street
State Street
Patrick Corrigan
Providence
Fred Stewart
Chapel Street
William Hill
Konckapotanauh Tribe to Visit Seymour Carnival Tonight
The Konckapotanauh tribe No 30 will ride in an auto bus to visit Nonawauk tribe of Seymour for an open air carnival this evening at 7. Those taking part meet at the wigwam at 6 30. The Konckapotanauh baseball team will practice at Seaside park Saturday afternoon.
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Seymour
Seaside Park
Motorcycle Police To Get Special Caps
The combined motorcycle squad asks police commissioners for a softer cap design to replace the stiff peaked style. Riders currently discard caps during fast rides to avoid wind blowoffs, risking safety. a soft peak cap like that used in New York City would be authorized to improve performance and reduce loss of headgear.
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New York City
Harvard to Have Professorship in Railroad Works
Harvard announces the James J. Hill professorship of transportation with a 125600 endowment from 74 donors including railroad presidents and bankers. The chair honors James J. Hill for railroad building and operation expertise. Commencement closes Harvard College year with Widener Library dedication funded by Eleanor Widener, and 1205 degrees conferred across multiple disciplines.
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Cambridge
Mass
James J. Hill
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Lowell
Harvard
Great Northern Railroad
Hill
Massachusetts Hall
Sanders Theatre
Widener Memorial
Oleanor Elkins Widener
Philadelpha
Harry Elkins Widener
Henry Cabot Lodge
A. Lawrence Lowell
Rice
America
Bela Lyon Pratt
Boston
Clarence Lawrence Hutchinson
Chicago
Horace Trumbauer
Widener Memorial Library
Paul Revere Frothingham
Adlington Street Unitarian
David Hummell
Greer
New York
Frank Billings
John Farwell Moores
Isaac Sharpless
Haverford College
Theodore Newton Vail
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Edgar Montgomery Collen
New York Court of Appeals
Myron Timothy Herrick
France
Beach Middy Suits at Two Twenty Five
The Smith Murr ay Co Bridgeport offers summer middy suits with detachable skirts and jackets in Norfolk style. Styles come in white and tan, sizes 16 to 38, priced at 2.25 with pieces usable separately. Also advertised are a small fish scale mesh item with gate top, German silver, and leather handbags at 95 cents.
Weekend Market Specials Fryday Fresh Fish and Lamb Deals
Readable retail ad lists Friday specials for seafood and lamb cuts. Mackerel at 25 cents each seep. cod and haddock 4 cents per pound. Porgies bitter fish blue legs spring lamb loin chops forequarter at 16 to 18 cents per pound. Cucumbers fresh potatoes milk cheese churned butter 28 cents a dozen eggs included.
German Submarines Sink Fishing Vessels and More
British warships engage German submarines as fishing vessels are sunk. Russians and Austrians shell Lemberg but the city shows limited damage from artillery. Captured officers say Lemberg’s fall removes a key Galician strong point. Berlin recalls Emperor Nicholas’s claim of a Slavic victory linked to Przemysl and Lemberg.
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Lemberg
Berlin
Nicholas
Przemysl
California's Champion Tennis Player Dead
Bergeley Cal June 24 Zeppeline A B Cameron of Mabou Nova Scotia holder of the California all around championship died here yesterday of spinal meningitis. He was 28 years old. His father is Dr Hugh Cameron a member of the Canadian parliament.
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Bergeley
Cal
Zeppeline
A. B. Cameron
Mabou
Nova Scotia
California
Hugh Cameron
Local Y M C A Athletes Set for Record Breaking A Meet
Bridgeport Y M C A track squad aims to reclaim state honors at Seaside Park next Saturday. Notable entrants include Louis Kochiss G Luippold Henry Thorne Eric Rising Maurice Finkelstein Ai Speiser Richard Bump W Beardsley Hugo Swanson Lester Short Rudolph Herth Philip Darrrymple and Walter LaMarsh.
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Connecticut
Seaside Park
Louis Kochiss
Hus
Russians Fight To Hold Front In Western War News
London reports say Russia’s front lines are mostly on their own territory with a small front along the Dnieper. Heavy fighting north of Lemberg precedes its fall as Grand Duke Nicholas withdraws to new lines. Military critics note offensive power shifting away from Russian command amid ammo shortages and renewed German French clashes along the Western Front. The North Sea armored cruiser Roxburgh survived a torpedo strike and resumed steam power. Lloyd George calls for munitions workers enlistment.
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Lemberg
Grand Duke
Nicholas
London
Petrograd
Russia
England
Roxburgh
North Sea
Lloyd, George’s Army of
Silver Flower Basket Gift to Miss Genevieve Clark
In St. Louis on June 24 the Missouri Congressional delegation sent a three foot high silver flower basket as a gift to Genevieve Clark, daughter of Champ Clark, who will wed James M. Thomson of New Orleans on June 30. The basket was delivered to the Clark home in Bowling Green. Also, at Ann Arbor on June 24, the University of Michigan awarded diplomas to one thousand graduates at the thirtyist commencement exercises.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Genevieve Clark
Champ Clark
National House of Representatives
James M. Thomson
New Orleans
Clark
Bowling Green
Ann Arbor
Mich
Tist
University of Michigan
Testament of Batcheller Co Head Surprises
The Batcheller Co will, dated July 25, 1913, reveals no disposition of holdings, with large legacies to hospitals in Brooklyn and New York and sums to associates and employees. Rest of estate goes to widow Truenne Geddes Batcheller, executrix, with Seaman and Russell serving without bonds.
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Pare
Batcheller Co
Batcheller
Corset Company
Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
Edward W. Russell
Alfred P. W. Seaman
Colonel Murphy To Lead Delegation Of Foresters
Supreme delegates elected to represent Connecticut at the Foresters of America convention in San Francisco will convene Sunday afternoon at Morris Cove hotel New Haven. Colonel T J Murphy will lead the delegation from Bridgeport and oversee activities before the August meeting.
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Supreme
Connecticut
Supreme Convention of the Foresters of America
San Francisco
Morris Cove
New Haven
T. J. Murphy
Lridgeport
No French Passports Ban Hits German American Residents
Washington reports the French government will withhold passports from Americans of German origin, a decision conveyed to the state department today. The move affects German American communities nationwide and prompts diplomatic note as officials seek clarification and impact assessment.
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Washington
France
State Department
Ta-Das
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Barnsley
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Pari Poe Oon
Battenberg
Ladies’ Dusters
Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Ave
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Courtland Street
Hartford
William H. Beehler
Annapolis
Italy
the Smith-Murray CO
THE
Smith-Murray Co
G. WM
Fairchild & Sons, Inc
P. O. Arcade
Long Island
Bridgeport Y. M. C. A
Trainpre
Dneister
City Public Market, Inc
Howland
Congressional
Pthousand
Testament OF Batcheller CO
Colonel Murphy
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