Gillette Safety Razors Ad and Funeral Notices Collide
A garbled OCR page mixes an advertising push for Gillette safety razors with a string of funeral notices and short anecdotes. The ad touts time and money savings and urges readers to drop in at 986 Main Street. Separate notices report deaths in 1908 1909, with services at local residences and cemeteries, and brief items on Lincoln’s orderly mind, Caracas street crowds, kings named John, and a domestic dispute dialogue excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Jackson
Main Street
Caracas
Venezuela
John
John I
John IV
John V
John VI
France
John TL
What He Needed
A father received a note from a young man asking for a wife after a dating mix up. The father replied, advising the young man to obtain a spelling book and study for a year before writing again. The exchange is recounted with wit and a prosaic stance on responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Jessie
Henry
Not Dificeit High Priced Doctor Convalescent
A fragmentary dialogue shows a convalescent advised to walk ten to fifteen miles daily with a purpose while a patient vows to travel and borrow money to pay the bill. An old Indian fighter remarks the Sioux harmed him by scalping him, and a Rochefoucauld quote on jealousy closes the piece.
Bridgeport School Board Nomination Reform Debated
Hartford report notes Bridgeport figures including Mayor Henry Lee and Judge A B Beers at a City and Boroughs hearing on two charter amendments. The core issue would elect school board members by party nominees with top two vote earners, changing from current city convention selections. The hearing also addressed the harbor lines matter called the little joker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corres
Hartford
Harbor
Board of Education
Thomas Arnold
Bridgeport
Arnold
Indictments Dropped Against Insurance Figures in NY
Special from United Press. Justice Blanchard in New York Supreme Court dismissed indictments for forgery in the third degree against George Perkins Charles S Fairchild first and second vice presidents of New York Life Insurance and John Graniss. Proceedings tied to a major insurance manipulation, prompting widespread reform, end with only minor misdemeanors remaining. Graniss faces a pending charge over a false report to the state insurance department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Jerome
Whch
Graniss
State Insurance Department
Tornado Destroys Forty Homes in Slidell Texas
United Press reports a tornado wrecked Slidell Texas early today destroying forty houses. J D Welsh his wife seven children and a farm hand died in the ruins. Only cattle survived. Reports are scant due to downed wires and limited telephone lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Dallas
J. D. Welsh
Sli Gell
Texas
Slidell
Will and suit tied to Rogers estate and colleges
Executors John A. Agar of New York and Rachel L. Darey of New Haven filed a friendly civil suit in Superior Court in Fairfield against Marion Perkins and Samuel Rogers of this city Yale University Vassar College and the towns of Monroe and New Fairfield. The will left large sums to Yale and Vassar urging them to plead the state Brooklyn arrears law dispute. The case aims to have the colleges assert or drop claims as the executors seek relief from continued litigation. Dep Sheriff Peter Doolan served the papers. Also notice of a March millinery parlor opening by E C Scully at 231 Fairfield Ave featuring spring styles.
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John A. Agar
New York
Rachel L. Darey
New Haven
Cornelia H. B. Rogers
Civil Superior Court
Marion Perkins
Samuel Rogers
Yale University
Vassar College
Monroe
New Fairfield
Testatrix
Brooklyn
State of New York
Fairfield
Peter Doolan
Night watchman found asphyxiated in Waterside gas room
Stamford dispatch reports James Donovan a 45 year old night watchman for the Gas and Electric Company was found dead in the governor room near the gas tank at Waterside. He allegedly died from gas inhalation after a hose disconnected from a heater while he slept. He rang his box at midnight and the body was found at 6 AM. He leaves a widow.
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United Press
Stamford
James Donovan
The
Gas & Electric Company
Waterside
Collar bone breaks in perilous pole act by Sansonia Delila
Mignon Delila, a sansonia and Delila equilibrist, continued performances at Poll's despite a broken collar bone from a 15 foot pole drop onto her partner. After a prior mishap last Friday, doctors confirmed the break but she persisted with modified acts and a pole fall reattempt, finishing fainting but determined to continue this week in Bridgeport.
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Mignon Delila
Sansonia
Delila Equilibrists
Delila
Miss Delila
Bridgeport
Miss Delia
Trolley Co Triumph in Connecticut Company Case
The jury returned a verdict for the Connecticut Company in favor of the defendant in the suit by Elizabeth Younes of this city. She claimed injury by stepping from a moving trolley on Stratford Avenue near Drew Place after signaling the stop. Doctors testified her injuries were not serious. Younes contends headaches persist. Judge Edwin B. Gager recessed the jury until May 4.
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Elizabeth Younes
Connecticut
Stratford Avenue
Drew Place
Lever
Edwin B. Gager
Alleged college thief held for superior court
New Haven March 24 Luns Rap the alleged college thief was brought from Boston to answer theft and forgery charges arraigned in city court and held on bond of for trial at the next term of the superior court. He is charged with forging Yale student J Edward Copp's name and stealing nearly 200 dollars of jewelry from Thomas C Gordon of this city.
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United Press
New Haven
Luns Rap
Boston
Superior Court
Rapp
J. Edward Copp
Yale
Thomas C. Gordon
Deaths and Funerals for Ethel L. Waler and James Ferris
Sorrowing friends attended the funeral of Ethel L. Walker at 167 Linwood Avenue with Rev. George W. Nicholson directing services at the house and in Mountain Grove Cemetery. Ethel was a Bridgeport High School student known for her lovable disposition. James Ferris was buried after a funeral at 488 Grand Street and St Patrick’s Church with Rev. Joseph T. Picker officiating and interment at St. Michael’s Cemetery.
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Ethel L. Waler
Fannie L. Walker
Linwood Avenue
George W. Nicholson
Mountain Grove
Stilness
Bridgeport High School
James Ferris
Grand Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Joseph T. Picker
St. Michael's Cemetery
Suspects in kidnapping case are held
Cleveland March 24 EBilly Whitla identified a photograph of the man held at police headquarters as James H Boyle his kidnapper and said yes that's the man He described the suspect as Mr Jones with a new suit of clothes The man is James H Boyle a plumber from Sharon and his wife is noted in the report
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Cleveland
Ebilly Whitla
Sharon
James H. Boyle
United Press
Billy
Billy Whitla's Own Story Of Kidnapping
Billy Whitla recounts a kidnapping experience detailing the entry by Mrs Jones in nurse attire, life in a two room setup, letters to mother, disguises to elude doctors, and a later escape by car with “Jonesy” guiding him while avoiding capture. He describes hospital fears, pest house talk, and interactions with Jonesy during the escape.
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Billy
Cleveland
Dad
Buhl
Jonesy
Jones
Jady
Billy Whitla
Kanne Fae Tanesy
Hartford House Passes Various Charter Amendments and Safety Measures
Hartford March 24 The House sent through several measures including Stamford charter amendments and acts for Civil War and Spanish American War veterans families. A uniform trout season was established across Connecticut and rules allow insurance agents to act without brokerage licenses. Two fire safety bills passed requiring fire escapes in hotels and empowering a fire marshal to order exits.
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United Press
Hartford
House
Stamford
Connecticut
Stolen Winsted Clocks Head to Court in Wake of Arrest
Detective George Fox arrested George Gerhauser in a Broad Street rooming house after locating seven bronze clocks pawned locally. Gerhauser, with wife reportedly married last week to Mrs. Elle Northrop, had fled Winsted with clocks from Goodwin and Kintz factory where he worked since September. A suitcase made by Gerhauser held the clocks and ornaments. 109 bronze ormulu clocks and other items were recovered and turned over to Winsted authorities.
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George Fox
George Gerhauser
Broad Street
Gerhauser
Elle Northrop
Winsted
Goodwin& Kintz
Fox
Rooming House
Wineted
Chief Wheeler
Winsted Police
Thie Atternann
Papermakers Wed at City Hall in Surprise Elopement
Hugh Devine age 24 and Annie Waters age 22, both papermakers from Holyoke, eloped to the city and arrived after hours. Judge Nobbs arranged a license through town officials and agreed to perform the ceremony, making the wedding at City Hall a spontaneous event.
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Hugh Devine
Annie Waters
Holyoke
Judge Nobbs
Mullins
Steel men charged with conspiracy in Boston contract case
Seven steel workers are arrested in Boston on charges of conspiracy and fraud tied to the Boston Agreement on structural steel contracts. Each faces a $1,000 bond. they plead not guilty. Also reported are a Stamford engineer’s death from injuries and a note on Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for la grippe.
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United Press
Boston
Aken
Frederick Beck
Croft Iron Works
East
Albert S. Miller, Jr
Orcester
Elmer Smith
Marion
Frank E. White
Malden
John C. Wim
Somerville
Henry T. Riptey
North Chelmsford
Henry C. Collins
Charles M. Pennycegck
F. B. Brill
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Ielabodee
J. Howland’s
Main ST
Gillette
McMahon
Anna
Mery
Terrance
Ahon
Shelton Street
St. Michael's Cemen
Wtery
Walkers Farms
Sylvia ‘Mallett
Sherman Mallett
Golden Hill Street
Uate
Central Avenue
Fresh Pond
Lincoln
Stuart & Lincoln
Frederick Trevor Hill
Laura
Mr. Ferguson
George Ferguson
Chicago Tribune
Hughes & Chapman
Ris Tt
James Horan & Son Plorists
John Beck & Son
E. C. Scully
Fairfield Ave. S
Bermuda
England
Hamilton
Arlington
F. Ingold, Mgr
Washington Star
Rochefou
Committee On Cities and Boroughs
Mrs. Rogers
Fairfield Ave
E. W. Grove
Clark
Danbury
Frank P. Clark
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Comercia University
Dennis J. Gaynor
Howland
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon Street
Tony
Conn
Howland Dry Goods
Senate
Steel Men
Cornelius N. Burch
New Haven Road
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