Wells and Smith to Fight Friday at Madison Square Garden
English heavyweight champion Bom bardier Wells faces Gunboat Smith of California in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden on Friday. Wells arrives as a popular English fighter, weighing in several pounds heavier to gain reach and power. He is favored over Smith after recent wins and stronger stamina shown in prior bouts. Stratford Pastor to Speak in the People's Church Tonight. Rev. E C Carpenter of Stratford will address the Men's League of the People's Presbyterian church this evening at o'clock on Law Enforcement.
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Bombardier Wells
Gunboat Smith
California
Madison Square Garden
Wells
England
Smith
al Palzer
Tom Kennedy
New York
Garden A. C
Palzer
Paleer
E C. Carpenter
Stratford
Men’s League of the People’s Presbyterian Church
Sunday Shaving in Washington Prompted Sunday Close Hope
Washington March 10 Men long used to Sunday barbershop shaving faced a setback as police court rulings allowing shops to open on Sundays may be voided. Many larger shop proprietors endorsed Sunday closing after the brief reopening.
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Washington
Cyrus Corn Cure Promises Fast Relief for Corn Pain
A Bridgeport endorsed remedy claims to remove corns and stop pain instantly. The CYRUS CORN CURE is priced at 10 cents and touted by thousands who have tried it, urging readers to give it a chance amid changing weather.
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Bridgeport
Pope Pius X Improves as Cardinal Respighi Sinks
Rome reports Pope Pius X improving with doctors noting no ground for alarming rumors. Cardinal Respighi, the pope's vicar general, is sinking and reportedly kept from the pope's view while the pontiff sends him the apostolic benediction.
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Pope Pius
Rome
Pius X
Amici
Respighi
Bewhiskered confidence game linked to Russian banker case
Stratford box maker Bernard Hart delivered letters and clippings to Bridgeport detectives in a long running scam involving a Russian banker in a Spanish dungeon. The con artist named Soloneff allegedly hides 480000 dollars, with Hart claiming a $160000 share. Officials sent the matter to postal authorities for action.
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Bridgeport
Bernard Hart
Stratford
S. Soloneff
Soloneff
Paint price versus labor in ad copy prompts job efficiency
An advertisement argues buying by the job rather than by the gallon. It compares Devoe paint to other brands, estimating labor costs and durability. The piece also notes the Bridgeport Hotel Co forming with $20,000 capital, $2,000 paid in, to operate the Atlantic hotel, with incorporators Charles A Hollingsworth, William A Hollingsworth, and Koppel Berger.
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Devoe
Bridgeport Hotel Co
Incorpecentos
Atlantic Hotel
Charles A
William A. Hollingsworth
Koppel Berger
New York
Hollingsworths
Andersons Wife in Tears Over Patrolman Dismissal
Mrs. John F. Anderson visited Police headquarters to learn about the dismissal of her husband, a patrolman. She tearfully inquired into rumors of infidelity, but left fearing there was no ground for the report.
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John F. Anderson
Police Headquarters
Police Recover Stolen Trunks In Broad and Elm Theft
Police recover two trunks valued at 2200 from a transfer truck at Broad and Elm streets. Owners Emma Francis and vaudeville duo Tony Hunting Corinne Francis identified. two suspects fled, clues traced to 622 Fairfield Avenue where trunks were hidden. Contents intact, paint over owner names.
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Broad and
Elm Streets
Emma Francis
Fox
Lyric Theatre
Tony Hunting
Corinne Francis
Poli's
Charles Scalley
State Street
Scalley
Fairfield Avenue
Atad
Poli
Monster Parade in Chicago Planned by Suffragists
Chicago suffragists consider a May monster demonstration with a parade and meeting of representatives from all state equal suffrage cities. Mrs Philip Snowden of England, currently in California, would be the principal speaker. Her plans bring her to Chicago in May.
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Chicago
Philip Snowden
England
California
Another Girls Strike Sparks New Garment Labor Action
Ten thousand members of the children and misses dressmakers union, mostly girls, walked out in New York demanding a 50 hour week better pay and abolition of tenement house work. The strike follows the general garments workers strike and is authorized by ILGWU. Leaders forecast 15 000 strikers by tomorrow.
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New York
Children’s and Misses Dressmakers’ Union
General Garments Workers
International Ladies’ Garments Workers’ Union
Somers-Fair engagement announced in Times Sud
The New York Times of March Sud reports the engagement of Miss May Somers daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Francis Somers of 12 West 96th Street New York to Mr Calvin Leslie Robinson of St Louis Missouri. The wedding is planned for early June.
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The
New York Times
Sud
May Somers
Thomas Francis Somers
West 96Th Street
New York
Calvin Leslie Robinson
St. Louis
Theft of $49 from dresser at Otto Lehmann shore house
Mrs Annie Charnan reported to police the theft of 49 dollars from a dresser at Otto Lehmanns shore house. Jewelry and a gold watch remained untouched, the motive and suspect mystery.
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Otto Lehmann
Shore House
Annie Charnan
John Osterberg to star as Eric in Swedish Park Theatre play
John Osterberg, a former Bridgeporter, will play Eric the leading and most difficult role in the Swedish language production at Park Theatre tomorrow evening. The cast includes other talented actors from the Swedish ensemble. Advertisement in the Farmer.
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Park Theatre
John 3. Osterberg
Eric
Women police plan for Chicago marked by mayor
Chicago mayor Carter H. Harrison announced a plan to create a squad of 20 to 30 police women. He argued women would handle certain police tasks, especially in vice investigations involving young women at resorts, more effectively than male officers.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
New York
Completing plans for big banquet by Knights of St Patrick
The Knights of St. Patrick banquet committee met to advance preparations for the annual dinner on March 17 at the Atlantic hotel. The 7:30 p.m. start will honor Mayor Clifford B. Wilson, Rep William Kennedy of Waterbury, Attorney General John H. Light, Rep Owen Ivant of South Norwalk, Jeremiah Tierney of Greenwich, and Sen John F. McDonough of Nauga tuck, judiciary committee chair and Senate Democratic leader. An entertainment program features local artists and further arrangements point to the most successful society event yet.
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Knights of St. Patrick
Atlantic Hotel
Clifford B.* Wilson
William, Kennedy
Waterbury
John H. Light
So. Norwalk
Wnivant
South Norwalk
Jeremiah Tierney
Greenwich
John F. McDon
Father and Son Drown Crossing Ice on Pequabuck Pond
In Terryville a 41 year old man August Schultz and his 22 year old son Fred Schultz died after breaking through sixteen feet of water while crossing the Pequabuck pond. Fred Schwam, 30, escaped. John Robbins and Dr Brackett attempted rescue but saved only Schwam.
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Waterbury
August Schultz
Fred
Pequabuck
Terryville
Fred Schwam
John Robbins
Dr. Brackett
Fred Schultz
Schwam
Moose New Rooms Opened At Poli Building
The Loyal Order of Moose opens new rooms on the top floor of the Poli building Wednesday night March 12 with grand officers attending and an entertainment program plus refreshments. March 13 is ladies night with a special program. The lodge has over 2,000 members and the rooms include parlors pool billiards a library and card rooms for member use.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Poli
Pape's Diapensin Promises Fast Dyspepsia Relief
An advertisement asserts Pape's Diapensin digests all foods and cures stomach distress within five minutes. It claims quick, sure relief from indigestion, gas, belching, and eructations, plus lasting stomach regulation. Buy a fifty cent case at any drug store for immediate relief.
Suffrage Meeting At Lyric Draws 780 Signatures
A large audience at Lyric Theatre heard Dr Anna Howard Shaw advocate votes for women in 1915. The 780 signatories on suffrage petitions formed part of a mass meeting led by women with only City Attorney John S Pullman offering official remarks.
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Lyric Theatre
Anna Howard Shaw
Washington
General Assembly
John S. Pullman
Stiles Judson
Mrs Shaw
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Dr. Shaw
Shaw
Corporal Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
Shew
Denver
Underworld
China
Hungary
Fatalities in Vervins Movie Panic Explosion
Ten persons died and 48 were seriously hurt in a panic sparked by the blast of a moving picture apparatus in a small upstairs theater in Vervins France on March 10. About 120 spectators, mostly children, jammed the stairs and leaped from windows as they surged for exits while a fire followed the explosion and was quickly put out by the fire brigade.
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Vervins
France
Arson Trust Confession Ties 35 Members in Fraud Ring
Benjamin Fink admitted a full confession to Assistant States Attorney Frank Johnston in South Bend Indiana implicating 35 members of an alleged Arson Trust. Johnston announced the confession after returning from South Bend detailing ties to fire insurance adjusters and a large fraud scheme.
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Chicago
Benjamin Fink
Frank Johnston
South Bend
Ind
Johnston
Traveling firebug Fink to face grand jury soon
Report states that a former travelling firebug named Fink will have his formation presented to the grand jury in the near future. He is said to have confessed complicity in several fires including the Ben jamin Kahn store blaze, a case linked to Kahn’s recent arson conviction in South Bend.
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Fink
Eaid
Benjamin Kahn
Kahn
South Bend
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