St Patrick's Church to rise as Grand Gothic Sage in New England
Plans for a new St Patrick's church at North Avenue and Parallel Street call for a 178 by 91 foot Gothic marble and steel structure with a 175 foot steeple. Bids open May 10. interior features include a spacious nave, avoidance of obstructed views by column placement, elaborate vestibule, statues niches, stained glass windows, and plaster ornamentation.
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St. Patrick's
North Avenue
Parallel Street
Connecticut
St Vincent's to Open Free Clinic for the Poor
St Vincent's will start a free clinic for poor patients with medical and surgical care daily from 11 to 1 and eye, ear, nose and throat services on designated days. Sister Alice leads, with volunteer specialists, to aid those unable to pay and prevent abuse of the charity.
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St. Vincent’s
Alice
Attack on Government Pure Food Laws in Court
United Press reports Corn Products Company challenges federal pure food laws in a Cincinnati court claiming the act is unconstitutional and oppressive. The company seeks to block seizure of forty six sugar packages from Gerke Growing Company amid adulteration allegations. In Washington, army officers begin a May horseback ride over Civil War battlefields in Virginia.
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United Press
Cincinnati
United States
Corn Products Company
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
Gerke
59Th Congress
Washington
General Staff
Army
Virginia
Bridgeport Director of Public Works Faces Bid Controversy
Charlies F. A. Biltz defends purchase of two road rollers at 2200 each, claiming city savings while asserting he may resign if the city disapproves. Mayor says no consent given for the purchase and bids were not required, prompting criticism from other department heads about enforcement of city ordinances.
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Biltz
Bridgeport
Charlies F. A. Biltz
Farmer
Lee
Young Bridgeporter Ordained Deacon in EpIscopal Church
John Wilkins son of Mr and Mrs Philip Wilkins residing on Beechwood avenue was ordained a deacon by the Rt Rev Walter Webb Bishop of Milwaukee this morning at the Nashotah Episcopal Theological Seminary Nashotah Wis where he has studied five years He was an acolyte at Trinity Episcopal church in his city under the late Archdeacon Louis N Booth and will serve the Milwaukee diocese until priest ordination in the near future Friends extend best wishes for his new work.
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John Wilkins
Philip Wilkins
Beechwood Avenue
Walter Webb
Milwaukee
Nashotah Episcopal Theological Seminary
Nashotah
Wis
Mr. Wilkins
Locomobile Company Values Patents At 4 Million
The Locomobile Company of America reports assets totaling 6 526 784 with patent rights valued at 4 045 000 and cash debt receivable at 33617. Real estate is 93 850 and machinery and buildings 1 029 291. Capital stock stands at 5 000 000 and floating debt 1 359 876 with a surplus of 25 040.
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Locomobile Company of America
Massachusetts
King Edward Health Sparks National Alarm in Britain
Reports say King Edward, traveling for health, must halve official duties upon return or risk declining days. Attention shifts to Prince George of Wales, seen as capable leader George V as speculation grows over the monarch’s future.
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United Press
London
Edward
George
Prince of Wales
George V
Prince George
England
Duchy of Cornwall
National Co-Operative Realty Co
Marden Bldg
Washington, D. C
Police board orders daily detective reports system
The Police board criticized the detective work citing frequent petty burglaries and poor information on cases. Commissioner Coughlin leads a committee to draft a resolution requiring daily reports from every detective to Captain Arnold, then to the superintendent. Reports should log time spent and results to show department progress.
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Police Board
Thomas C. Coughlin
Pocoche Department
Arnold
Roosevelt hunts big black-maned lion in Africa
Nairobi May 1 Roosevelt hunting party in the Mall Hills reports no news as Colonel Roosevelt remains in camp hoping to bag a black maned lion. Kermit Roosevelt accompanies his father and has shot gazelles and a deer while the big lion eludes pursuit.
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Warrington Dawson
United Press
Nairobi
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Mall Hills
Kermit Roosevelt
Postmaster Assignments for West End Station Formation
West End will get its own post office with a new station to be ready by June 1. James D. Grady is promoted to superintendent of city delivery and oversees carrier clerks. Archibald Leverty moves to East Side station, with several transfers and six additional clerks assigned.
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East Side Station
James D. Grady
City
West End
William H. Marigold
City Delivery
James L. Christie
East Side
Jon
Archibald Leverty
Alfred Glenn
St Side
New
Harry
Herbert F. Donahue
Hugh A. Maurice J. Farrell
Park Avenue
Fairfield N
Corbin
New Britain
Charles H. Bradley
William A. Reuthe
W. M. Banker
Herman Rieckel
M. H. Lynch
Edward Fagan, Jr
O. T. Pratt
Thomas Sheedy
J. D. Bouton
F. B. Heade
C. L. Judd
Ira Steenburg
Eugene Kelly
Fred A. Finn
Savings Banks See Large Deposit Growth 1888 to 1908
A historical comparison shows big gains in city savings banks from Oct 1 1888 to Oct 1 1908. Mechanics & Farmers rises from 731,895 to 3,952,877. People's from 1,996,711 to 4,620,630. City Savings from 2,648,740 to 5,838,597. Bridgeport from 3,061,576 to 6,284,244. Total deposits jump from 8,438,012 to 20,696,348, about one twelfth of state totals. The state total grows 139 percent.
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Mechanics & Farmers’ Savings Bank
People’s Bank
City Savings Bank
Bridgeport Savings Bank
Storm Kill Toll Surges Across Tennessee Towns
Memphis May 1 tornadoes and heavy storms across the Mississippi Valley killed 12 people and injured 700 plus, wrecking at least 40 towns. Bee Springs reports 20 deaths as communications with cut off towns awaits. Tennessee bore the brunt of the storm with a high statewide death toll.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Bee Springs
Tennessee
Bread famine looms as 1400 bakers strike in New York
A strike by Local No 100 cripples 1,400 bakers in 3,856 shops on the East Side threatening a citywide bread shortage. The Master Bakers' Association vows a lockout, potentially extending the walkout to every bakery in the city. The dispute stems from long hours, wage cuts, and deteriorating labor conditions.
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United Press
New York
Alderman and Commissioner Clash Over Board of Charities
Immediate examination of the Board of Charities in Eastport reveals Alderman Clifford B. Wilson testing the books while Commissioner John E. Foster defends the board. Foster denounces the accusations as baseless without evidence and recounts past trade tensions with merchants over charity purchases. Foster and Wilson visit the charity department, presenting a tense dispute over alleged misdeeds and calls for investigation.
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Board OF Charities
Clifford B. Wilson
John E. Foster
Commissioner of Charities
Wilson
Mr.Foster
Aldermanic Chamber
Alderman Wilson
Board of Aldermen
Foster
Board of Charites
Foster, Besse Co
Foster, Besse & Co
Eastport
William C. Carnage
Moriches, L. c
Sultan plotted massacre of Christians in Constantinople
Correspondence from Abdul Hamid and Yildiz forces shows the deposed sultan planned a mass slaughter of Christians in Stambule on April 25 and targeted Young Turks to spark a reaction. The plot failed when Constantinople fell on April 24, and the evidence could be used in his court martial for possible death.
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United Press
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Sultan
Yildiz
Abdul
Stambule
Young Turks
Politicians face off as ice prices rise in New York
Special from United Press reports that the American Ice Company boosted ice prices from three to five dollars a ton. Wall Street speculation links the move to political deals to lift stock, while company officials blame a shortfall in ice from the upper Hudson and Maine fields. Brokers allege motive to boost earnings and aid influential politicians from both parties.
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United Press
New York
American Ice Company
Wall Street
Ice Company
Hudson River
Maine
Wesley M. Orr
Ice Trust
Doctor A Murderer For Shooting Down His Nephew
Detroit reports Dr G K Boyajian charged with murder after shooting his nephew Haroton Gastanian in a courtroom as he faced arraignment with the doctor’s wife on a statutory charge. Gastanian died last night. Mrs Boyajian remained at large with $500 bail posted. The physician spoke of trying to forget the recent events and of his daughter’s suffering.
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Detroit
G. K. Boyajian
Haroton Gastanian
Detroit Medical College
Boyajian
Ethel Boyajian
Justice Stein
Bayailan
Pastor Dunn fires on burglars in early morning incident
In Topsfield Massachusetts on May 1 Reverend B A Dunn, new Congregational church pastor, awakened at 2 a.m. by two burglars in his dining room fired from a second story window. Both sides fired four shots, none hit, burglars fled without loot. Dunn said he could have killed one if not aiming for the legs. Bullets pierced within two feet of his head.
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Topsfield
Mass
B A. Dunn
Congregational Church
Dunn
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