What the Mayor Can Do About Commission Government
The city faces a June 1915 order to adopt a commission plan. If the city acts promptly under the law taking effect August 1, the petition could be ready by August 5 and the issue placed on November ballots. The charter, largely prepared, could be submitted in spring with an early summer 1916 goal for Bridgeport under commission government. The City Attorney examines home rule provisions affecting timing.
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Wilson
Bridgeport
Folkers
Hartford Courant critique of insurance costs in Connecticut
The Farmer argues that Connecticut overpays for fire insurance, with the public bearing a two to one cost for every dollar of losses. It cites 1914 figures: $5,871,000 in premiums and $2,263,000 in losses, plus total industry income of $342,114,000 and losses of $177,191,000. The piece urges factual discussion of insurance economics over generalities.
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Hartford Courant
Courant Rameeee
Sewan
Courant
Bridgeport
Connecticut
California
New England
Granite Paving and the Costly Defects of Modern Roads
The Granite Block Manufacturers' Association releases Permanent Paving, promoting granite as durable pavement. It traces granite from early cobbles to modern blocks, notes crude surface issues on Water Street and Congress Street, and argues newer concrete-backed granite blocks endure with minimal upkeep for forty years. It cites New York state bond-funded pavements costing $100,000,000, Bridgeport’s sanding needs in winter, and rising maintenance concerns over a decade.
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Water Street
Congress Street
New York State
Bridgeport
Granite pavement claimed best for heavy traffic streets
A city debate emphasizes granite as the best pavement for streets carrying heavy traffic and argues it is the most economical in the long run despite a high initial cost of 15 to 25 cents per square yard.
Sir R L Borden 61 Today Faces Many Difficult Problems
Sir Robert Laird Borden marked his sixty first birthday on June 26 1854 as Canada faced a world conflict threatening the Empire. The Nova Scotia barrister leads Dominion government with vast wartime burdens and a lineage of notable premiers from Macdonald to Laurier.
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Canada
Robert Laird Borden
Nova Scotia
Dominion
Grand Pre
John A. Macdonald
Bruce America
Maconald
Scotland
John
United States
Riel
Northwest
Sir Jocce
Sir John
Alexander Mackenzie
Scotia
Mackenzie
Sir John A. Macdonald
Ledy
Louis Riel
Macdonald
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
John Sparrow David Thompson
Nova
Wilfrid Laurier
Quebec
South Africa
Wilfrid
Robert L. Borden
Duke of Aosta heir to Italian throne amid war fears
Emanuel, Duke of Aosta, 46, veteran soldier and heir presumptive to Italy, fights with the Italian army. He is brother to several Savoy princes and holds the rank of lieutenant general and cavalry inspector general. His son Amadeo, 17, joined the front when war began. Also mentioned are a Paris prison illness of Haymond Swoboda and a fatal auto crash near Mobile, Alabama involving Miss Sadie Lynch.
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Emanuel
Duke of
Aosta
House of
Savoy
Prince Amedeo
Victor Emmanual II
Italy
Abruzzi
Turin
Elena of Orleans
Comte de Paris
Amedeo
Victor Emmanuel II
Spain
Cortez
Victor Emmanual
Humbert
Prince Jaime of Bourbon The Spanish pretender turns 45
Prince Jaime of Bourbon, heir to a disputed throne, will be 45 tomorrow. Born in Vevay Switzerland, he is the son of the late Don Carlos and a Bourbon princess mother. His history includes service as a Russian army officer and a Grodno Hussars colonel in the Russo Japanese War. He owns vast wealth and is described as democratically inclined, with admiration for the United States. He has not pursued force to claim the throne.
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Prince Jaime of Bourbon
Spain
Alfonso
Don Carlos Marie de Los Dolores
Jean Isidore Joseph Francois Quirin
Antoine Michel Gabriel Raphael
Madrid
Don Carlos
Don Jaime
Vevay
Switzerland
Austria
Hussars
Grodno
Ferdinand VIII
Carlos V
Isabella “II
Ferdinand
Isabella
Alfonso XII
Carlos VI
Carlos VII
Don Juan
Carlos Vil
Amadeo L
Cortez
United States
Europe
Reading leads gains as rubber slips in New York trading
Stock market notes a mixed session with Reading up fractionally to 150 and United States Rubber down further to 43 1 2. Rubber weakness drags Reading and other issues early, while later copper reacts and Reading rebounds. UK loan demand pressures profits. court ruling on railroad contracts adds no immediate change in major holdings.
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Harrimans
Bethlehem Steel
Westinghouse
Met
Reading
Amalgamated
China
Guggenheim
Utah
T. I. Watson & Co
Aid States Supreme Court
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
D. I. & W. Coal Co
Lehigh Valley
Lackawanna
Asitania
Fairfield Gains From Local Fair For Belgian War Sufferers
Fairfield on June 28 reports over 400 dollars raised at a lawn fair held by Miss Fannie B. Jennings. Proceeds will aid Belgian war sufferers along with Fairfield women’s sewing of stockings and clothing for Belgian soldiers. The trial of Dr. Robert D. Martin was postponed until Thursday. A Holy Name Society vs Westport game was postponed due to rain. A stolen motorcycle from Southport remains unfound. Militiamen guard Governor Slaton’s Georgia home.
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Fairfield
Fannie B. Jennings
Robert D. Martin
Bridgeport
Ida Collett
Bacon Wakeman
Holy Name Society
Westport
Harry Youngquist
Southport
Cold Mill men honor retiring foreman with watch
Workers at the American Tube and Stamping Co Cold Mill on Hancock avenue presented retiring foreman David Hjorth with a gold Hamilton watch inscribed from “the boys in the American Tube and Stamping Co.” Hjorth, five years as foreman of tool makers, leaves for a role in Bryant Electric’s manufacturing department amid thanks from coworkers.
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American Tube & Stamping Co
Hancock Avenue
David Hyroth
Hamilton
Hjorth
Bryant Electric
C. F. Pichette
David Hjorth
American Tube and Stamping Co
Rousing Greeting For Young Couple Who Wed Quietly
Sven Murberg justice of the peace performed a spontaneous marriage for Andrew Bergman and Maria Sward at their new home on King's Highway. Bergman, a 24 year old painter, had told few friends of the planned wedding. About 100 acquaintances attended, presenting a silver wedding gift, with supper, games, music, and dancing lasting until near midnight.
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Sven Murberg
Black Rock
Andrew Bergman
Maria Sward
Bergman
King’s Highway
Bridgewater man Keeler dies at 81 in Bridgeport visit
Darwin Keeler a Bridgewater Conn. native and early settler died at his son Attor ney Frederick D. Keeler s home in Bridgeport after a brief illness. He was 81, born in Bridgewater and lifelong resident with a cheerful disposition. He leaves son F D Keeler. Reuben J Keeler and daughter Mrs Heman Beardsley. Funeral services will be held in Bridgewater on Wednesday.
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Darwin Keeler
Bridgewater
Conn
Frederick D. Keeler
Main Street
Bridgeport
Mr. Keeler
Connecticut
Charlotte Livingstone
New Milford
John Keeler
Mary Keeler
Keeler
F. D. Keeler
Board of Apportionment and Taxation
Reuben J
Heman Beardsley
Roxbury
3500 MILES Tire Prices and Stock List
Guaranteed service to a large number of customers with a large stock of all sizes. Non skid tires priced from 7.86 for 30x3 to 23.35 for 37x44. Includes 32x34 and 34x4 with multiple listings. Large stock of grey and red tubes also available.
Dainty Handbags On Special at D.D.Read Co Store
In a brisk catalog style note the D.D.Read Co highlights a handbag obsession for women, praising leather quality and inner pockets. Various sale prices are listed for multiple bag counts, with special Colonial bag groupings and strap-back purses featured.
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Morocco
Japanese Striped Silks for Blouses Yardwide 65 cts
Japanese striped wash silks for blouses come in yardwide widths with colored stripes on white. The price is 65 cents per yard and described as agreeable and fine to touch, ideal for hot weather. Availability noted at a Bilk Section sale.
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Cts
Lightweight Suit for Traveler at Vacation Use
Lightweight suit advertised for travelers with strong matting and sturdy construction. Described as very suitable for vacation use and comfortable to carry. Price listed as $1.25 and $1.50 on the fourth floor.
Remnants of Colored Linens at Marked Reductions
An assortment of dress linen remnants in various colors and weights offered at substantial discounts. Items range from waist-length pieces to whole dresses and home furnishings fabrics. Children's wear rompers and white dresses priced by age, with piqué hats for boys and girls, all on the main floor.
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Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Palmer Publishing Co
Pairfield Ave
R. L. Borden
Haymond Swoboda
la Touraine
Paris
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Sadie ‘Lynch
Puerie and
OHN Reck
Prince Jaime
Slaton
Georgia
Justice Murberg
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Alling Rubber CO
MAIN
Tinen Section
D. M. Read Company
Fairfield Ave
Suvesuay
Halligan Millinery
Broad Street
John F. Fay
Fairfield Avenue
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