Eagles Parade and Field Day to Be Held in New London
The first annual parade and field day of the Connecticut State Aerie Praternal Order of Eagles will be in New London on Thursday August 18. About 3000 people and 15 bands are expected to participate with exhibits, races, and a fireworks display at Ocean Beach. A separate team contest and official guests including Taft were noted, with plans for excursion trains and special rates for visitors.
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Connecticut
Praternal Order of Eagles
New London
Thureday
New Lonon
Armatrong Fark
Ocean Beach
State Armory
Taft
The Call of the Worth at Polls Theatre Opens New Era
Poli's Goors hosts the opening of The Call of the Worth a Robert Edeson play directing by Oscar Eagle under Mr aris with Mice Fleming and Mr Ince in leading roles. New scenery from Edeson production plus local painting promises a notable show. Tickets on sale. matinee gifts include a Turkish table lamp and a Chanticleer parasol. Eileen Guerin sings with the Singing Ushers and the Electrograph displays new views all week.
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Poli
Robert Edeson
Gil
Manager Poll
Edeson
Ambes
Oscar Eagle
Mr. Aris
David Belasco
America
Eagle
Mice Fleming
Mr. Ince
Exers
Mr. Poll
Eileen Guerin
Martin Arthur Rogers
Girl pays damages to man she jilted
A jilted suitor, Walter of Malgasace Verona, sues for breach of promise. Stephen Plizke receives $40 damages as the case ends with attorney J. F. Shapiro drawing papers and Sheriff Richards serving papers for a settlement. the jilting party sought a larger fortune and nicer clothes.
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Stephen Plizke
Walter
Verona
Hen
J. F. Shapiro
Richards
Schafer to Marry in Denver
Miss Ida Schafer long resident of this city will wed A. C. Palmer, a Colorado banker, in Denver on Saturday evening. The groom plans a home at Rocky Ford where the couple will reside.
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Ida Schafer
H. E. Jeroy
Iit
New York ‘City
Denver
A.C. Palmer
Colorado
Rocky Ford
Molten brass burns worker and destroys shoe
William Bulken of 19 Railroad Court is recovering at home after a pot of molten brass spilled at the Bridgeport Brass Co plant on Housstomic Avenue Saturday evening. The incident burned his left foot and burned off his shoe.
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William Bulken
Railroad Court
Housstomic Avenue
Bridgeport Brass Co
Extraordinary summer millinery sale at Be Dillon & Co
The ad announces a clearance of summer hats and accessories at Be Dillon & Co 1105 Main Street with more than half off original prices. It also mentions jewelry storage tips and a safe Fourth of July, plus Rocker and furniture sales at Nothnagle and bargain refrigerators, urging early purchase and noting a store elevator at 1069 Main Street and 1% Fairfield.
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BE. Dillon & Cos
Main Street
G. W. Fairchild & Sons
Nothnagle's
Nothnngle
Nothnagle
Furnishing Inc
Fairfield
Strawberry Festival For Harbor Pilots At Green's Farms
Capt. LA Parsell president of Harbor No. 10 of the Masters and Pilots Association hosted a strawberry festival at his Green's Farms home. About none of the harbor members and their families attended a program of vocal and instrumental music for the guests.
Nevinses Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary at Home
Mr and Mrs B F Nevins marked twenty five years of marriage with a Saturday evening gathering at 148 Burroughs Street. The blue and white decorations reflected the festive mood as six children aided in serving and entertainment included Milas Catherine Nevins Loren Delbridge Helen Sissons Walter Lock and Edward A Nevins. The couple were wed by the late Father Rogers of St Marys and have long resided in East Bicklesport. Nevins previously served as clerk of the board of charities and now works as a salesman for Vincent Bros. Foley Kidney Pills are advertised as aiding kidney and bladder function with Brill and Curtis Pharmacy listed.
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F. Nevins
Burroughs Street
Milas Catherine Nevins
Loren Delbridge
Helen Sissons
Walter Lock
Edward A Nevins
Nevins
Father Rogers
St Mary's
East Bicklesport
Board of Charities
Vincent Bros
Fourth of July plans and local news in Westport
The town debates a safe and sane Fourth of July celebration with at least 200 dollars needed, W Franck Osbornne serves as treasurer and subscriptions are sought. Christchurch ladies will host an evening event, and Staples High School graduation drew a large crowd with Charles A. Keyes of Hartford delivering the address. Other notes include Compo Beach visitors, the Minute Man statue location, and local residents away or returning from trips. The Arion lodge earned over 50 dollars from a dance, and several Norwalk roads will be oiled by Gault Brothers. A reported sheep bake at the Jarvis place caused a police scare, turning out to be a workers’ picnic. Instances of bogus checks, clamming arrests, a judge’s wife’s death, and various hometown arrivals and departures fill the page.
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W. Franck Osbornne
Mary E. Sniffen
Christchurch
Staples High School
Charles A. Keyes
Hartford
Greens Farms School
Daisy Davis
Irene Curran
Marie Isaac
Grace Lattin
Fritz Riedel
Charles Quinn
Compo Beach
Minute Man
Morris
Danbury
Bridgeport
New York
Judge Marean
Rufus Wakeman
Grace Adams
Bertram Mills
Dick St
Stanhope Foster
Yale
Clarence Amy
Lillian Burr
Holyoke College Alley
B. Dolge
Co. B
Lake George
E. H. Coley
Utica
Arion Lodge
Norwalk
Gault Brothers
Taylor Farm
Jarvis Place
Frank Virelli
Frank Loperci
Arthur E. Plumb
Trumbull
David A. Burr
Fairfield
August Brill
Richards
Shelley
James S Booth
Mr. Reynolds
East Norwalk
Henry Bergman
State Street
Compo Street
Oscar Allen
James Rooney
James Sherwood
Samuel A. Purdy
Heldeet
LL Ae
Former minister lists national smart set in Philadelphia
W DeLyon Nicholls revises The Ultra fashionable Peerage of America to include only 20 Philadelphians. He cites Mrs Leonard M Thomas and the Wideners among Philadelphians with national smart set access, notes that Roosevelt could join, and explains that New York and Newport drawing rooms determine membership.
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W. DeLyon Nicholls
Courtland Street
America
New York
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Nicholls
George D. Widener
Joseph E. Widener
Leonard M.thomas
Nee Delfichs
James Fran Sullivan
Frances Livingston Sullivan
Anthony Drexel
William E. Carter
Craig Biddle
Paul Denckle Mills
Willing Spencer
Moncure Robinson
John Rhea Barton
Mr. Nicholls
Newport
Alexander van Rensselaer
Frederick Thurston Mason
Anthony J. Drexel
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Leonard M. Thomas
Obituary and bank election noted in local column
Elisabeth Brady widow of Michael Carroll died at St Vincent's hospital after weeks as patient residing in the South End. Funeral from 375 Myrtle avenue, residence of brother-in-law Daniel Murthe. Bridgeport Savings Bank elected officers including Thomas B. De Forest as president and Hawley family members in top roles. Foley's Kidney Remedy advised for children, by F B Brill and Curtis Pharmacy.
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Elisabeth Brady
Michael Carroll
St. Vincent's Hospital
South End
Ireland
Daniel Murthe
Myrtle Avenue
Bridgeport Savings Bank
Thomas B. de Forest
Frederick B. Hawley
Frederick Trubee
Alexander Hawley
Samuel M. Hawley
George C. Edwards
Charles W. Hawley
Isaae Birdseye
Howard FH. Knapp
Arthur W. Burritt
Edgard W. Bassick
Lucien T. Warner
Hamilton S. Shelton
Charles B. Read
Building Permits Totals $68,296 Issued Last Week
Building permits totaling $68,296 were issued by the building commission last week. Notable items include Leonardo Creatore’s three story brick store and tenement on Green Street with Birnbaum Brothers alterations on Water Street, and Michael Roth’s cement block storage and garage on Cherry Street. Frank Hellman et al repairs after fire on Main Street, Thomas P. Taylor new frontage on Broad Street, J H Freeman frame garage on Clinton Avenue, Michael Lacey frame addition on Olive Street, Wilson Marshall brick addition and alterations on Linden Avenue, and two one family frame dwellings on Trennell Erwin Jennings garage site. City of Bridgeport portions include additions and alterations to a school north Hi antetroat.
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Building Commission
Leonardo Creatore
Green Street
Birnbaum Brothers
Water Street
Frank Hellman Et al
Main Street
Michael Roth
Cherry Street
Thomas P. Taylor
Broad Street
J. H. Freeman
Clinton Avenue
Michael Lacey
Olive Street
Wilson Marshall
Linden Avenue
Aide -T¢ Trennell
Erwin Jennings
Bridgeport
Fires Burn Three Small Items at Local Laundry
An overheated smoke stack caused a shingle roof fire at Ideal Laundry on Commercial Street, damaging woodwork and costing $45. Chief Mooney advised protective measures. Earlier, a cot fire started by a child using matches prompted the fire department to respond at 7:15 PM. A lamp exploded in Joseph Poxon’s apartments at 187 Howard Avenue, burning a bedstead. a won book valued at $250 was recovered.
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Ideal
Commercial Street
Mooney
Frank Wella
Joseph Poxon
Howard Avenue
Temple Bnai Congregation Temple Contract Let
Contracts have been let for a temple for the Congregation B Nai on Park Avenue about 200 feet north of Washington Avenue. Gillette Construction Company of New Haven is the general contractor. Estimated cost is 20000 dollars. Building will be in the mission style with interior fittings and furniture. Main auditorium to be 20 by 29 feet with social use arrangements.
Rittlinger Halts Runaway Carriage Rescue at Scene
J Rittlinger of 1174 Barnum Avenue stopped a runaway horse after a shaft bolt broke near a baseball crowd returning home. He saved Miss Grace C Greene and T S Hodgman in the carriage as the horse kicked close to their faces. Fireman John O Connor, driving the chemical engine at a fire on Commercial Street, was badly hurt when a skylight glass cut his right hand, needing six stitches.
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J. R. Rittlinger
Barnum Avenue
Grace C. Greene
TS. Hodgman
John O'Connor
John O’connor
Ideal Sanary
Commercial Street
Aged Woman Lost Here Sent Home
An eighty year old Boston woman, Mrs. Caroline Weberson, was lost in the city Thursday night after alighting from a train en route to Brooklyn. She was found and sent back to her son in Boston after authorities traced a tag bearing her daughter’s Brooklyn address, who could not care for her.
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Caroline Weberson
Boston
Brooklyn
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Curtis
Pharmacy
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Curtis Pharmacy
Rittlinger
On & Po
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Angie Naur
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Rese
Bel Plows
Pr—t Bioramer
Pheae Tee
Drader
Vador
Alec
N. Buckingham & Co
State BT
Hidtel Atlas Turkish
Fairfield Avenue
Smiths
D. D. Smith
Pol’s
Fairfield Ave
Celephone
Berkshire
Sprague
Lehigh Coal
Spraguelee&Coal Co
Kind East Washineros
Arn Brisee
IRA Gregory & GO
Stratford Avenue
Taeote
Patrick McGee
Exstead
Wash. Ave
Telefeone
Kelly’s Cigar Store
Pool Room
James H. Kelly
M. Wittstein
Wangstuck Valley Ice Company
Naugatuck Valley Ice CO
Housatonic Avesur
Wheeler & Howes
Main
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Congress Street Bridge
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