Water project letter from camp describes Los Angeles aqueduct
Billy Courtright recounts life at Camp Nine Mile in the Mojave while detailing the Los Angeles aqueduct project. He notes 226 miles of conduits and tunnels from Mt. Whitney to Owen Lake, a cement plant and 1000 barrel daily capacity, and an advisory board led by General Adna Chaffee. The camp features tents, commissary, mail by auto, and a public daily eight hour workday.
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Billy Courtright
Bridgeport
Golden West
Art” Secor
Harold Crafts
Nelson Shaw
Billy” Courtright
Belasco Enterprise
California
Buffalo Bill
Pawree Bill
Wild West
West
Los Angeles
D. J. Desmond
Desmond
Joe
Desert
Frisco
Funston
Mojave Desert
Mt. Whitney
Owen Lake
Nine Mile Canyon
New England
Mojave
Union Pacific
California & Nevada
Southern Pacific
Sacramento
Confessed Crime in Fear of Knife Exposed
Marto Pepe, roughed by his landlords, faced Captain Arnold on a robbery charge. He confessed under duress but will go free if no stronger evidence emerges, as the law bars confessions obtained by duress. The case followed a demand for back board pay and alleged break in a clock savings bank for 20 dollars.
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Marto Pepe
Arnold
Detective Department
Pepe
Pateo Cannuci
Cannuci
Clock Savings Bank
DeLaney
Ogden
Senator Reed
Stamford
Almon C. Judd
Bilton
Waterbury
Dunn
Willimantic
Connecticut House hears debates on stiff auto laws and speed limits
Hartford March 3 hearings before the Roads Bridges and Rivers committee showcased sharp divides over automobile regulation. Proponents urged stricter penalties and enforcement, while others warned against overreach, favoring tailored speed limits and safeguards for nonresidents and pedestrians.
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Hartford
Committee On
House of Representatives
Eckhard
Stamford
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York State
Clark
Bridgeport
Dormitter
Woodbury
J. H. Hale
Autmobilists
Quintard
Norwalk
Ahern
Davis
Ridgefield
Re. P. Chesbro
Willimantic
Massachusetts
Yale
Harry T. King
Meriden
Chesbro
Sidney Downs
Derby
Automobilists law debate and coral isle curiosities
A collage of excerpts on car regulation and enforcement, a social critique on fiduciary growth, and travel notes about the coral houses of the Seychelles. Includes quoted opinions on policing motorists, hotel economics tied to automobilists, and a series of light vignettes and bons mots.
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Isle of Mare
Seychelles
Indian Ocean
Seychelles Islands
Aden
Zanzibar
Isle of Mahe
The Six Musical Cuttys at Poli's this week
The Six Musical Cuttys vaudeville act wins universal praise at Poli's with violin cello piano xylophone and brass. Harlan Knight Co presents a one act comedy rural setting. Irene Franklin headlines next week after a popularity contest crowned her queen of vaudeville in New York.
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Cuttys
America
Harlan Knight & Co
Niblo
Wonderful Talking Birds
Willie Weston
Kelley & Barrett
Leeds
LeMar
Veronica
Hurl
Irene Franklin
Poli
Miss Franklin
Colonial Theatre
New York
Vaudeville
Irene
Eva Tanguay
Alice Lloydd
Hammerstein’s
Mise Franklin
Norris American Theatre
Burt Green
Antonio Maiori in Othello Opens Italian Trip in Bridgeport
Antonio Maiori leads his own company in a Bridgeport debut performing Othello in Italian. The production promises clear lines and high dramatic merit for Italian residents and general theatergoers alike. Also on the bill a program of animated pictures songs and orchestra with George Green spun on visuals and solos. Clyde Fitch’s new comedy The Bachelor plays Friday and Saturday with a matinee. Cohan and Harris Minstrels bring Honey Boys next Tuesday with Julian Eltinge Eddie Leonard and dozens more. Henry E. Dixey stars Wednesday in Mary Jane's Pa with an ample supporting cast and grand production.
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Antonio Maiori
Bridgeport
Maiori
Clyde Fitch
New York
George M. Cohan
Cohan & Harris
Mr. Cohan
Cohan
Julian Eltinge
Eddie Leonard
John King
Rice & Prevost
Waterbury Bros
Tenney
Henry E. Dixey
Garden Theatre
Mary Jane
Henry W. Savage
Mr. Dixey
Marie Nordstrom
Gretchen Martman
Maud Earie
Marjorie Wood
Alice Gilmore
Emmet King
Morgan Coman
Hardee Kirkland
Edward Chapman
Frank Bixby
Augustin Daly Wilkes
Horace Newman
Joseph Greybill
Coal order described by Naugatuck Valley Ice Co ad
An want ad fragment details ordering coal by the ton from the Naugatuck Valley Ice Co at 154 Fairfield Avenue or Houseatonic Avenue. It notes coal specifics and mentions cent a word in the ad.
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Naugatuck Valley Ice Co
Fairfield Avenue
Housatonic Avenue
Napoleon Grave Reflections and Nose Blowing Advice
A speaker recalls Napoleon at his grave and pities the conqueror’s victims while preferring a peasant life. The text then shifts to medical advice on nose blowing, warning against blowing both nostrils hard and the risks of forcing air into the middle ear. A London Mall note adds that the tale ends with a brisk portrait of a solemn Scotchman and his wife.
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Napoleon the Great
London Mall
Fresh Air Smoothed By New Wind Shield In Massachusetts Invention
A lodger curtly admonishes a household to open a window on a hot day while the Macleods resist, insisting on indoor confines. The article describes a Massachusetts inventors wind shield that directs air over the driver’s head, avoiding a glass plate for mud protection.
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Macleod
Massachusetts
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Kline Brothers
Money Back Store
Main St
Madras
Kline
F. B. Brill
Southport
EH Dillon & GO
Meinst
Wrens
E. H. Dillon & CO
E A. Ross
Atlantic
London Saturday Review
England
Richard Webster
Yaas
Cholly Braneless
Miss Peppery
Catholic Standard and Times
Young Shortleigh
Burke
THE
Poli’s
Hood
Mail. Co
Lowell, Masa
George Greenspun
S. A. Weirstin
Russell
Sam Harris
Sam
Arris
Conn
Fairfield Ave
Water St
Joseph P. Coughlin Co. Oase
East Main Street
Parisian Optical Co
Optician
Stratfield Hotel
Bartram & Greene
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