Fairfield News Roundup Sparks Town Education Drive
Fairfield reports show three heavy gates from Cincinnati for A Holland Forbes, measles hospitalisation at Woods school, swift Fairfield Fire Department response to Mr Hayes barn blaze, and ongoing school lectures and teacher meetings. Local real estate transfers, a court case Ke ys vs Kruswick, and plans for an Educational Society to boost public schooling are noted amid fresh town notices and redecorating at the Home Made Bakery.
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Cincinnati
A. Holland Forbes
8’ Woods
Hayes
Orain
Henry C. Sturges
Bridgeport
Fairfield
Pickett
Nicholas Terrace
Wheatley
Grif and
Smedly
Hendrck
Justice Elwood
Charles Keyes
Julius Kruswick
Keys
Kruswick
Elwood
Bacon Wakeman
Clitus King
King
Morris Estate
E. S. Banks
Jperty
Supt
Hartford
Wakeman
Boston
Brookline
Mass
The
Educational Society
Sarah M
Annie L
Alice F. Thorp
Charles W. Thorp
Antoni
Mary Lis
Sarah M. Thorp
Charles S. Fox
Charles A. Rowe
Edward B. Morehouse
Jane B
William H. Wilson
Arretta Staples
William Johnston
Louis J. Hiller
Johnson
Jane Bonmey
Thomas Barry
George Groveson
Mary G Perry
Mike Wegren
E. W. S. Pickett
Bridgeport Land & Title Company
Mrs Peckton Buys Half Interest in Griesinger Co
Mrs Isador Reich, proprietor of Jon White House Clothing House on Water Street, purchases a half interest in the millinery firm Griesinger & Co in the Stratfield building for her daughter Mrs Jennie Peckton. Peckton, well trained in millinery, aims to take up the established business and invites friends to inspect a wide variety of hats and related goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isador Reich
Jon White House Clothing House
Water Street
Griesinger & Co
Stratfield Building
Jennie Peckton
Peckton
Unlucky speculator and horse racing quirk tale
A bankrupt farmer admits betting on horses and explains his luck as bad. A London Telegraph note adds humor about horses always placing second due to weight jockeys or judges. Other items recount a village parson butter barter, Genghis Khan’s tomb, an impostor elderly man, and a cuff link joke.
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Osses
London Telegraph
Old Joe
Mr. Paul
Apostle
Joe
Paul
Maister
Fair Week Opens With Spring Display and Music
Fair Week Monday morning opens with new Spring merchandise on exhibition and a grand display of Spring and Summer styles in apparel fabrics and accessories. Exhibition rooms in the Furniture Store are newly decorated. Concerts by Bentley's Metropolitan Orchestra start at two each afternoon with the Criterion Four, Mrs. Martin W. Sturtevant in dialect, J Leonard Booth on violin, and a Wheelock Pianola piano recital daily in the Music Room on the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentley
Metropolitan Orchestra
Criterion Four
Martin W. Sturtevant
J. Leonard Booth
Wheelock
M. Steinert Sons and Co
Souvenir Offer With Purchases Over Two Dollars
Souvenir given to all customers whose purchase totals reach or exceed two dollars. The item is a decorative piece suitable for desks and living room tables and is described as attractive.
New Lot Charlies for Comfortables 6c Yard
A compact notice notes a new lot labeled Charlies for comfortables at six cents per yard. The item lists a price and unit measure, indicating a small land or fabric parcel sale. No additional context or parties are identified in the readable text.
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MEIGS
Bridgeport, Conn
Morris
Proposed Education Society
Anne B. Bennett
Trumbull
George Frank Bennett
George F. Bennett
Moses E. Banks
Ouis H. Morris
Simare S. Banks
Samuel Osgood
EB. H. Burr
Edward Osborne
Burr
Osborne
New York
United States
Merrill Co
Broadway
Ciy
Genghis Khan
Edchen Koro
Count de Lesdain
Pekin
Sikkim
Cleveland Leader
Mr. Popp
Gosh
Mrs. P
Mr. P
Cleveland
D. M. Read Co
Radford B. Smith
Mainnes Department Store
Fairfield Av
John F. F
Fairfield Ave
Broad St
New England
Berger Dry Goods CO
Main ST
Cor
Golden Hill ST
T. C. Wilson
Fairfield Avenue
AME
Ican Loan Association
Seld Ave
Pcan Ali Ad Gt
N. Buckingham & Co., Inc
State’ Street
Cape Cod
Buzzard’s Bay
Marthas Vineyard
Nantucket
Narragansett
Newport
Watch Hill
Shore Line
Connecticut
A. B. Smith
New Haven
Conn
NEW York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Chicago
W. Massbhx
BP. A
Washington
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