Bridgeport Adopts Police Ordinance Change in 1913
The Bridgeport Common Council approves amendments to police structure including a detective bureau, new assignments, and special officer rules. Provisions cover ranks, patrol count, civilian chauffeurs, and identification system duties under the Board of Police Commissioners. Obituaries and notices follow.
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Common Council
City of
Bridgeport
Board of Police Commissionersy
Board of Police Commissioners
Board of Police Commisioners
Detective Bureau
Police Board
Stephen F. Boucher
No Office Seekers Need Apply
A Baltimore Sun excerpt cites General Order No. 1 warning that the new president may bar office-seekers, with the line about turning Old Hickory’s face to the wall and posting no office seekers need apply across the land.
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Abedam
Frog Hollow
Pacific
Maine
Old Hickory
Baltimore Sun
Roosevelt views futurist works at 69th Regiment armory
At the moment of a government handover in Washington, Col. Roosevelt, famed naturalist, walked through the Sixity-ninth Regiment armory in New York to study the meanings of the futurists pictures while attempting to obtain a line on the 1916 Boston Globe.
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Washington
Col. Roosevelt
Sixty-ninth Regiment
New York
New York Society Fashion Leader Mrs Lydig Sets Trends
Following Easter season gowns, New York's social scene eyes Mrs Philip Lydig as foremost chic figure. Her Cuban origins, divorce, and high society influence spark talk on Oriental gown trends and charitable events at Glazner galleries.
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New York
Newport
Bar Harbor
Philip Lydig
Stokes
Philip Lydiz
Glaenzer
Smart Picture Warehouse
50Th St
Fifth Avenue
Lydig
Cleopatra
Salome
Nita
Lynn Wilson Urges Thorough Fire Insurance Probe
The Bristol Press lauds Representative Lynn Wilson for proposing a Governor appointed committee to investigate state fire insurance companies. It criticizes the industry as autocratic with arbitrary rates and weak public recourse, and supports exposing and correcting the power of the fire insurance lords.
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Bristol Press
Lynn Wilson
Mexico
Latin American universities trace roots before United States
A Bureau of Education bulletin notes six Latin American universities date to 1551 to 1623 in Mexico Lima Santo Domingo Bogota Cordova and Sucre. Early Spanish America focused on theology with church control and clerical faculty before independence.
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United States
Bureau of Education
Mexico
Lima
Santo Domingo
Bogota
Cordova
Sucre
New England
Spanish America
University of
Buenos Aires
University of Trujillo
Peru
Regional Universities in South American Nations
The article discusses how national barriers and travel difficulties split South American countries into regions and lead to sporadic minor universities. It examines the drawbacks of maintaining multiple provincial institutions and the risk of draining national resources while serving distant youth. The piece argues such dispersal can hinder national development.
Dorcas Society Plans Easter Event and Notices
Dorcas Society held a Tuesday meeting at the Baptist hall tacking quilts for Mrs. Orlando Osborne of Aspetuck. An April 10 entertainment with an apron sale and candy was announced. Also reported are visits, a runabout purchase, Easter preparations, and a fire permit reminder by the town warden Charles Keller and deputy E. B. Stevens.
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Dorcas Society
Baptist “Hall
Orlando Osborne
Aspetuck
Frank Wade
Blanche
Greenfield
Frank Edwards
Plattsville
Wiatie
Susan Edwards
Chester Hull
Mary F. Eldred
Huntington
William H. Lockwood
Charles Keller
Daughters of Veterans
Bridgeport
Keller
E. B. Stevens
Sport Hill
Mr. Keller
Charles Seeley
Tashua
Ford
Community Notes From Stepney and Nearby
Stepney residents share home projects and visits while illness and recovery mark the week. Mrs Williams improves her porch project. Miss Beatrice Nichols visits Hayes family. Frank Lyon sick with measles in Bridgeport. Ida Adams returns to Zoar. Edna Van Cook cares for Mrs Burr. church services planned for Faster morning and St Peter's 11 am. Miss Elsie Nichols returns from Shelton. Luckners hire part of Huil house for April 1 move. local play The Old School at Hickey Holler planned for Monroe Center. Paterson auto overhauled by Hawley and Burr. Tuesday mail delayed due to Bridgeport wreck. cocoanut parcel from Wilfred Nichols in Palm Beach.
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Williams
Oscar Plumb
Beatrice
Nichols
Stephen B. Hayes
Frank Lyon
Bridgeport
Ida Adams
Zoar
Edna van Cook
Clarence Burr
St. Peter’s
Elsie Nichols
Shelton
Agar Beardsley
Jesse Luckner
Arthur J. Huil
Hickey Holler
Monroe
Monroe Center School
Milon Hawley
Paterson
Lester Burr
Derby
Botsford
Stepney
Wilfred Nichols
Palm
Orchard View Farm Change Hearts Beach Move
Beach Florida reports that Mr Butler and his family have moved into Orchard View Farm, the residence previously vacated by Mr and Mrs Martin Castle, in the Alfred Edwards property sequence. Local residents note the transfer reflects ongoing property exchanges in the area.
Engineer M Kennzie to Leave State Board of Health
Civil Engineer McKenzie of Southington who has served 21 years on the State Board of Health writes Gov. Baldwin that at the end of his term July 1 he does not seek reappointment. He says he has served faithfully and wishes to be relieved of duties.
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Hartford
McKenzie
Southington
State Board of Health
Baldwin
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Martell’s
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Reuter
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State Street
Helen Roxanna
Edward M. Worton
Rabbitt
New Canaan
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Mullings
Norwalk
Charles A. Mullings
Onderdonk
Martha
Austin Onderdonk
Lane
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Olmstead
Stamford
Adelaide F. Meeker
James H. Olmstead
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Danbury
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William H. Gorham
Redding
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Ridge
Eva B. Ridge
Gorman
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Nicholas Hepp
Paris
Mrs. Lydig
Capitol
Quites
Manufacturers’ Outlet Clothing Co
Easton
M’kenzie
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfeld, N.J
Chichester
Bae Eibbon
Seer
Hest
Wm. Lieberum & Son Embalmers and Undertakers
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Rourke & Rourke
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M. J. Gannon
EM Balmer
Park Ave
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pacific Coast
SSS
APRIT
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New Waren
Oban
Smart Spring
W.K. Mollan
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Post Office News Store
Kelley’s Cigar Store
Fairfield Ave
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