Spring hat display promises widest selection yet
E H Dillon & Co starts a three day spring opening featuring an extensive imported hat display. Parisian milliners Madame Georgette Suzanne Mager and Marie Louise offer ornate styles with ostrich plumes, velvet lacing and tapestry shades in colors like old rose, wisteria and cantara, with hats priced from 42 to 95 dollars.
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E. H. Dillon & Co
Bridgeport
Copenhagen
Madame Georgette
Rue Scribe
Madame Suzanne
Calbot
Rue Royalle
Paris
Madame Esther Mager
Madame-Marie Louise
Bridgeport in the Olden Days Recall of Lynching and Odd 1819 News
A Bridgeport reminiscence from 1819 recounts the execution of a famed black robber named Mingo, the political tension over his punishment, a fatal ambush near Kempsville, and a guard wounded by buckshot. The page also notes an extraordinary March snowstorm and a Washington Bridge Lottery prize draw with credit sales and overdue accounts.
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Bridgeport
Mingo
Princess Anne
Virginia
Conde
Richmond
James W. Lord
Kempsville
Lord
Washington Bridge
Jesse Sterling
Lucky Lottery
Sterling
Weather and storms recounted from 1820s Republican Farmer items
A digest of historic notes cites 1820 weather hazards causing injuries during sleet and rain, including Ebeneezer Clark Jr. breaking a thigh and bruising the body. It also recalls 1842 shad fishing reports and a 1843 Great Snow Storm with high winds and shipping damage around New York and nearby harbors.
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Republican Farmer
Ebeneezer Clark
Canaan
Sharon
Cornwall
Torrington
Secore
Housatonic
New York
Buxene
Governor’s Island
Adario
Staten Island
Anthracite Coal Set For Summer Price Cut
New York March 23 It became known yesterday that if a strike or lockout hits the anthracite collieries on April 1 companies will likely order a fifty cent per ton summer reduction for domestic sizes beginning in April An official says he favors continuing the rule citing ample stock and operators wanting movement Heads of other companies express strong sentiment to maintain the reduction
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New York
Who is who in Bridgeport Education Bills Meet
Fairfield County Teachers League meets at Bridgeport High School on March 27 at 10 a m to discuss Present Educational Bills Before the General Assembly. Speakers include Mrs L H Cummings Plantsville president of the Woman's Council of Education and Dr William E Chancellor ex superintendent of Washington D C. Supt Charles W Deane Bridgeport presents Peachers Certification Bills. No door fee.
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Bridgeport High School
General Assembly
L. H. Cummings
Plantsville
William E. Chancellor
Washington, D. C
Chancellor
Chicago
Charles W. Deane
Bridgeport
Deane
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