Stratford Marriage Licenses and Local Notices
Stratford reports a marriage license for Miss Burdetta V Dean aged 16 to Clark Edward Wood of Bridgeport with consent from her father Charles H Dean. The town notes residents’ movements, hospital plans, a death on Friday, and town improvements including the new firehouse and signal system.
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Marria
Hard
Om Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
David Booth
Mariette
Bridgeport
Silman
Curtis House
New York
Reed
J. F. Hanford
Frederick H. Allen
Ing Miller
Bridgenight
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Stratford
Serv- Shepherds of
Bethlehem
Disne
James J. Abbotts
William H. Comley
Mary
Lucy Wheeler
David H. Moffatt
Ida Falken
Falken
Denver
Washingtonville
Newburgh
Orange County
York
Fonville
Blooming Grove
York Florist
Siretford Avenue
Richard Carroll
St James' Church
Charles Stage
Hartford
Eleanor E. Hines
Arolad
Charles Lovell
K. Blakeslee
Order of Hibernians
George A. and Son
Heldon
Bartram Place
Connecticut Patents and Odd Antiquated Facts
The March 23 patent list from A. W. Wooster covers inventors in Bridgeport and surrounding towns with devices for valves, vessel propulsion, clothing irons, and gear like saws and hooks, naming Abercrombie, Blanchard, Darling, and others. A separate column mulls historical sayings from Huntingdonshire on whip laws, past beadle duties, and a curious fox and flea tale explaining how foxes shed pests using moss and water.
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Wosater
Patents
Conn
A V. Abercrombie
Bridgeport
Sen. Blanchard
P. G. Darling
S. Keefer
Christopher J. Lake
Loomotion
Lashar
Surprise
New Haven
G. Church
Hartford
Dental Plus- Miller
W. M. Morlock
P. G. Danbury
Ing
Medicines and Marriage and a Weekend of Quips
A physician warns against the belief that more medicine is better noting quinine overuse harms patients who self dose after prescriptions. A Chicago Record-Herald note cites a Scotland marriage misinterpretation from a woman signing as Your Wife. Light vignettes follow about endless rainfall zones near New Zealand and Tierra del Fuego, Bacon on knowledge, antique revolvers, a gaffe about Columbus, a leading citizen with many degrees, and misused etiquette in card calling. An Ellen Terry quip reflects on women’s stage ambitions.
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Scotland
Bootland
Wilkie Collins
Chicago Record-Herald
New Zealand
Tierra del Fuego
Ellen Terry
Anxious Palmer recalls crowded heavens in child’s remark
Anxious moments as a child named Palmer watches five funerals pass the house. After the last one, he tells his mother that if they delay heaven will be too crowded to enter. The exchange captures a child’s morbid humor in a small town moment.
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Small Plmer
The Lady of the Heavens continues its dream tale
In a dark forest Rachel seeks aid from Nya the dwarf woman as she recounts her sorrowful tale of Richard Ishmael and Zulue. Nya offers a perilous path to join the dead or living lover, testing Rachel's courage while pondering a mystic journey beyond the tree fence and a shy hope.
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Nya
Rachel
Nole
Richard
Ishmael
Mother
Easter Fashion Shopping Opens At Local Stores
Preparations for Easter prompt shoppers to visit Library Corner for outfits from renowned houses such as Kuppenheimer and Rogers Peet Co. Broad spring selections include hats, shirts, gloves, and footwear at Mollan's and Gottlieb German Co. Promotions tout moderate prices, special Easter suits, dresses, and trims with window displays and specials to lure early buyers.
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Library Corner
Kuppenheimer
Rogers, Peet & Co
John F. Keane & Co
Main
John Streets
Mollan’s
Men
Butt & Packard
Gottlieb German Co
Gottlieb Gorman Co
Main Street
Howland’s
Who is who in Bridgeport
A fragmentary note asks about local figures in Bridgeport. The readable text mentions SCABLESTORITA and The Kind You Have Always of ZL and SL Adk, but no clear event or actions. The item appears as a brief vignette or inquiry rather than a full-news report.
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F. B. Brill
When Comets Terrified Evelyns Diary Entry
A diarist records a January 12, 1680 comet described as a swordlike meteor of obscure bright color. He compares it to a 1640 sight during the Earl of Strafford era, noting fear of omens and praying for divine avertive judgement.
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Evelyns
Earle
Strafford
Marches and Marches in a General Store Window
A schoolteacher in a small town eyed George Eliot works on display in the general store window and asked for Middlemarch. The clerk replied they did not have Middlemarch but offered Sousa titles. A light dialogue follows about gender sleep needs and a suggestion to not wait up tonight.
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George Eliot
Sousa
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Surae
Connecticut
E Shanley
Norwich
Goodwin
New Britain
Bronson
Rockville
New _hacksaws. Pin Co
Waterville
Luncer
Huntingdonshire
Midland
Cheshire
London Graphic
Reynard
Bacon
Columbus
Gunner
Guyer
Chicago News
Bridget
Virgil
State
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H. Rider Haggard
Eddo
Teddy Carts
Teddy Car
Mr. Berger
Bridgeport Household Supply Co
Areh St
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A. T. Dennis & Co., Wav? Sr
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