Auto Club Backs Grooved Rails At Bridgeport Meet
At The Stratfield last evening the Automobile Club of Bridgeport adopted a unanimous resolution urging grooved rails as the only suitable option. President Staples named a nominating committee for officers to be elected next month and formed the touring board with members from Bridgeport Stepney Sandy Hook Danbury and Stratford. New members E C Spargo Mrs Sarah Salmon John E Osborn George I Porter Charles Buck J Arthur Sherwood and James B Gregory Jr were elected. Secretary pro tem was F A Strong.
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Automobile Club of Bridgeport
Stratfield
F. T. Staples
H. French
D. F. Read
Frank Miller
Aing Touring Board
Rants
E. W. Fairchild
W. E. Norris
Bridgeport
Charles Gilbert
Stepney
Henry G. Curtis
Sandy Hook
F. B. Dalton
Danbury
E. C. Spargo
Sarah Salmon
John E. Osborn
George I. Porter
Fairfield
Charles Buck
Westport
J. Arthur Sherwood
Boston
James B. Gregory, Jr
Stratford
F. A. Strong
Reward Distribution Set In Litchfield County Case
Judge Curtis orders payments totaling 400 dollars for capture of Harvey Wagner with Deputy Hornbeck receiving 390 dollars and Mr. Smith of Sharon ten dollars. In Shelters, Winsted Gun Club safeguards eighty two Hungarian partridges after releases. Birds to be released on state preserve in weeks, with U S Department of Agriculture describing the gray partridge as a ground bird feeding on insects seeds and plant life.
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Curtis
Harvey Wagner
Hornbeck
Falls Village
Mr. Smith
Sharon
Fish and Game Commission
Winsted
Ino
Winsted Gun Club
J. F. Carey
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Europe
Snowbound Burrower Hints At Hidden Winter Existence
A fragment notes a creature that may endure severe winter weather by burrowing in snow, implying a resilient hidden life. It mentions an existence claimed by many wild observers, though details remain sparse and uncertain.
Fairfield County News and Oddments of the Week
Fairfield County reports a child burned to death in Brookfield when a paper lit in a kitchen stove set her dress ablaze. Other items note burglars in Darien, an ermine capture in Shelton, a carbolic acid death in New Canaan, a Lithuanian girl with a meat skewer in Greenwich Hospital, Stamford’s grand list total, and a method for boring glass plus light humorous items about moderation and a depot platform quip.
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Julia
John Bielczyk
Brookfield
Dr. Ogden
Cedar Gate
Darien
Dennis Rich
Shelton
Canada
Sherman Ready
New Canaan
Keeler
Greenwich Hospital
Aldermen Name 5 for Hartford Committee and City Pavement Plans
Three Republicans and two Democrats were chosen to go to Hartford as the city council forms a legislative committee. The council also advances bid plans for Main Street and Golden Hill Street paving and authorizes a two aldermen one citizen panel to negotiate removal of a brick approach to Congress Street bridge. The city sheriff seat will be filled after John Capozzi’s resignation with Max Cohen expected to win the caucus.
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Lee Roughshed
Hartford
Bullard
Griffin
O'Connell
McMurray
Gould
Wilson
Mahoney
Bertilson
Zink
Legislative Committee On
Reynolds
Main Street
East Washington Avenue
Gilbert Street
Golden Hill Street
Main
Water Streets
Congress Street
Florence M. Biltz
Broad Street
Police Board
Board of Apportionment
City Hall
Near
Committee On
Lincoln
Bridgeport
Cooper Union
John Capozzi
Capozzi
Max Cohen
Weather Indications from United Press
New Haven reports a forecast of cloudy unsettled weather for tonight and Wednesday. A disturbance moved east from the upper Mississippi Valley, passing the St Lawrence valley, bringing light showers to Lake regions and Atlantic coast areas north of Hatteras. The eastern disturbance centers over Minnesota, causing cloudy conditions in western sections.
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United Press
New Haven
Upper
Mississippi Valley
St. Lawrence Valley
Lake
Atlantic
Hatteras
Minnesota
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Benefits
An advertisement urges readers that blood should be normal to resist diseases and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a premier remedy. It claims the formula combines over 20 ingredients, prescribing it for scrofula eruptions catarrh rheumatism anemia and debility. The ad warns against inferior imitations and offers Hood's Sarsaparilla in liquid or tablet form with 190 doses for $1.
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Hood
Jess
Italian Theatre Season Promises Lavish Variety of Shown Acts
Mimi Aguglia headlines Sicilian Players in Zaza with a noted Italian cast. Next week Othello in Italian by Antonio Matori’s company. Thursday shows feature animated pictures and songs, with Geo Greengun and two fresh numbers. Friday sees Cohan Harris Minstrels led by Honey Boy Evans with George Cohan contributing jokes and songs. The bill includes leading performers, a 50 member chorus and 20 piece orchestraセット
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Mimi Aguglia
Zaza
Italy
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Zara
Antonio Matori
Cohan & Harris
Messrs
Earle Benham
Harry Morse
Waterbury Bros
Tenney
Rice
Poli's The Six Musical Cuttys Triumph In Bridgeport Week
Poli's presents The Six Musical Cuttys as headliners with a versatile repertoire on violin cello piano xylophone flute saxophone and brass. Feature Vic tor Niblo's talking birds Coo Coo and Laura perform in three languages to audience questions. Harlan Knight & Co. offer Una Clayton's The Chalk Line a one act comedy drama with rural pathos and snow effects.
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Cuttys
America
Poli
Bridgeport
Victor Niblo
Laura
Prof. Niblo
Harlan Knight & Co
Una Clayton
Knight
Maine
Lee
Chalk Line
NIBLO
BIRDS
Willie Weston
Fran
Limerick
Mr. Knight
George Neville
Lillian Volkman
Kelley & Barrett
Adolph Korn blue assault case ends in city court
In the city court this morning the continued case of Adolph Korn blue, charged as a participant in an assault in the west end a month ago, was decided. John O Connell, a lodger at headquarters, was refused lodging and retaliated by creating a nuisance at the railroad station. He received 15 days imprisonment and a fine of 15 plus costs.
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Adolph Kornblue
West End
John O’connell
Musical Family Hit Of Polis Bill This Week At Poli's
A large Poli's audience enjoyed The Chalk Line one act rural comedy by Harlan Knight & Co. The Six Musical Cuttys presented versatile instrumental and vocal numbers and were encored repeatedly. Acts by Niblo's birds Willie Weston and Kelley & Barrett followed with humor and song.
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Kelley & Barrett
Willie Weston
Leeds
LeMar
Veronica
Hurt
Electrograph
Strikebreakers Quitting Job in South Norwalk
Discontent over their presence drives strike breakers to leave town as finishers depart for Philadelphia. Ex-Senator Jeremiah Donovan leads a council meeting push to appoint a three member committee to explore settlement schemes uniting the opposing sides.
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United Press
South Norwalk
Philadelphia
Jeremiah Donovan
Norwalk
Board of
Councilmen
Rescue Expedition Prepares to Save Whitney in Arctic
New Haven reports preparations for a relief expedition to the Arctic leaving Norway on April 1 to rescue Harry Whitney, a New Haven hunter who accompanied Peary to Etah but refused to return with the Brick after musk ox hunting. His sister, backed by financier Charles D. Dickey of Wall Street, mobilizes the effort amid fears of exposure and starvation.
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United Press
New Haven
Norway
Arctic
Harry Whitney
Whitney
Peary
Etah
Greenland
Charles D. Dickey
Sweeping Wage Cut In Big Steel Mills
In Buffalo at the Lackawanna Steel Company mammoth plant the first wage reduction in the steel trade is posted. The ten percent cut hits all labor classes and office staff, with laborers bearing the heaviest burden amid price-cutting by rivals.
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United Press
Buffalo
Trust
Mammoth
Lackawanna Steel Company
Wall Street and the Banks Panic of 1907 revealed
A column explores the Panic of 1907 and the role of Morse the Ice King, detailing how bank money moves, the motives of bankers and promoters, and what the era reveals about Wall Street. Morse is said to face penitentiary time, and the series by AME promises insight for readers with bank accounts.
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Es Morse
Morse
Wall Street
Mr. Casson
March-On Sale at Hampton's Magazine
Hampton's Magazine promotes its March issue with twenty features including Vance Thompson on psychic research, Lyle on riding in the Black Patch, Capt. Frita Duquesne on hunting Roosevelt era turmoil, Rex Beach's The Silver Horde serial, and eight short stories by top authors. Price listed as 15 cents.
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Hampton’s
America
Vance Thompson
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
Kentucky
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Frita Duquesne
Rex Beach
Evans
Lurvet
Europe
Eny Live Newsdesler
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Money Back
Somme
Kline
Auto Club
Groqved Rails
Council Committee On
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Southport
Fairfield County News
Stamford
Board of Relief
Detroit Free Press
Katharine
Bob
Columbus Dispatch
John Cappozzi
Cohen
Dillon & GO
E. H. Dillon & CO
THE
Geo. Greengpun
Clyde Fitch
Messrs. Shubert
Charles Cherry
Ruth Maycliffe
Poli’s
Bentley
Smith, Murray & CO
Sam Harris
Main ST
Conn
Col. Fairfield Ave
Water St
Parisian Optical Co
Eyesight
Optician
Stratfield Hotel
D. Cook & Son
the United Illuminating Co
John Street
Lackawanna IN
Bio-Medic Physicians
Orange St
New Haven, Conn
Charles Jones
Central Avenue
Krause
the Banks
Hampton’s Magazine
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