BRIDGEPORT AREA NEWS BRIEFS AND NAMES
Notices cover marriages in New Canaan Danbury Norwalk and Huntington obituaries for Norwalk Huntington and Danbury ads for servants apprentices and runaways local licenses issued church choir changes Newtown Newtown's Ronald castle and city clubs boating association and business notices plus a string of community happenings and personnel updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Canaan
Daniel Morse
Polly Warren
Ves
Norwalk
Danbury
Hiram Aort
Wewtown
Chloe Crofut
Big Six Pounder Shad From Houstock River Catch
Fifty years ago a six pound shad caught by fisherman Samuel N. Wells at Eos Landing Putney Stratford is highlighted. The notice invites buyers to seek Sam’s shad via a proclamation in the Farmer and notes a new business arrangement forming Pomeroy Gould Co. in Bridgeport with cross references to The Farmer publication and state reform school improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel N. Wells
Eos Landing
Putney
Stratford
Housatonic
Sam
New York Herald
Shim
Pomeroy, Gould & Co
William S. Pomeroy
James L. Gould
Henry Beb. Stiles
Bridgeport
Gould
Etles
New Haven Register
Far- Mer
Iitherto
Johnson
WM. S. Pomeroy
Segers Doherty and Streck Star For Locals
The Cuban Giants defeated the Victors 93 to 0 in a city game yesterday. Dempsey in left field delivered three Giants runs while O Rourke struggled with throws and fielding errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Doherty
Ivers
Rogers
Terry
Dempsey
Segers
Terry Rogers
Henry Streck
O'Rourke
Eneset
Motorists and Pedestrians Sharpen Traffic Rules
New York experts say drivers and pedestrians grow more careful but congestion limits progress. A bill for universal automobile licensing aims to suspend licenses for habitual offenders, backed by the Automobile Club and trucking groups, while manufacturers oppose for business reasons. Pedestrians show education and still cause many accidents, with 8,400 of 18,139 due to walker fault. officials stress street design and regulated crossings as the city grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitman
Woods
M. E. Case
Police
Automobile Club of America
Motor Truck Owners
Commercial Vehicle Owners, Association
Case
Bureau of Statistics
Schmittberger
Dillon
Myers
Martine
O'Brien Jana Murphy
Bishop Nilan Visits Stricken Priest in Hartford
A marked improvement is noted in Rev. Matthew Jankola pastor of St. Cyril's Slovak R C church after apoplexy during Sunday service Rev. John J Nilan bishop of Hartford diocese visited the sick cleric and celebrated mass at St Cyril's church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Jankola
St. Cyril's Methdius Slovak R. C
John J. Nilan
Diocese of
Hartford
St. Cyril's Church
Hauser Divorce Case Filed in Norwalk Court
Katherine A. Hauser of Norwalk filed for divorce from James Hauser in Superior Court this week alleging desertion. The couple married December 28, 1898, and Mrs Rubsam is identified as her maiden name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine A. Hauser
Norwalk
James Hauser
May Day origins clash of joy and revolt across history
The piece surveys May Day from ancient rites to modern labor holiday. It links Maypole dances, poison ivy lore, and druid bonfires to Roman festivals and Phoenician practices, then traces labor movements led by Gompers in 1888 1890 and IWC aims for worker solidarity and peace. It notes recent protests in European capitals and a New York Boy Scouts rally attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
America
Moloch
Baal
Flora
Europe
Germany
France
England
Scotland
Ireland
Bel
Scottish Highlands
Cornwall
United States
Canada
London
Lincoln
Westminster
Henry VIII
Union
American Federation of Labor
St. Louis
Samuel Gompers
Labor Congress
Workingmen's Congress
Brussels
Zurich
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
New York
Montreal
Rome
Buenos Aires
Diamonds Are Trumps In April Birth Stone Ad
An advertisement touts diamonds as the April birth stone and promotes high grade stones. It promises safe purchases and exceptional price advantages for buyers.
Old Tims Witchcraft and a 1712 Hertfordshire trial
In 1712 Jane Wenham faced Hertfordshire assizes for witchcraft after being accused of conversing with the devil in a cat form. The trial saw evidence of injury to a servant girl Ann Thorn and cattle deaths, but the verdict was quashed. Wenham was freed and later believed innocent. The report cites the London Spectator on the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Tims
Jane Wenham
Hertfordshire
Tao
Ann Thorn
Justice Powell
Wenham
Plummer
Fragmented exchange over attributions and magazine wants
The clipped dialogue shows a tense office scene with a typewriter attachment and a conflict about settling matters. A busy man dismisses a dispute over love affairs as not his concern. Another fragment notes a front door encounter about initiative and a woman admitting they are buying more magazines than they can afford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Lady of the House
Detroit Free Press
Wordplay in a Curious Exchange Sparks Debate
A fragment from a dialogue shows a wife asking for better cooking, a discussion on salary and nobility, and a suggestion to draft from the townsmen. The exchange touches on faith cure and a reference to Spencer’s case, set amid quirky medical and social mockery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Bronte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walker Chichester
Huntington
Nehemiah Curtis
Sarah Dipple
Samuel Dibble
Samuel C. Kirtland
Winthrop Peck
Winthrop
Lhys Brown
Fairfield
Danb
Samuel. Beers
Samuel Beers
Newtown
Seth Sherman
Rowland Sherman
Lew M. Rich
Herculaneum
Pleasure Beach
Lordship Park
Connecticut
Bridgeport Harbor
Housatonic River
John W. Eckel
Main Street
T. J. Murphy
M. C. Allen
Water Street
John McPadden
Pembroke
Jane Streets
John F. Wild
East Main Street
John Banville
Myrtle Avenue
Charles
E. Pickard
F.E. Ballard
Frank T. Prokop
Willard Street
Haywood Hopper
Greenwich
Will I. Nichols
Central Avenues
John F. Hinckley
Seaview
Barnum Avenues
ST. Patrick's Church
J. J. Kennedy
St. Augustine's Church
St Patrick’s Church
Kennedy
Carten
Stapleton
Stafford
Aey Hanley
Stearns
George Cummings
Fred J. Breckbill
Maggie Stapleton
Newtown's
Castle
Ronald
Peter Lorillard Ronald
Ronald, Castle
Monte Carlo
Ronald Castle
New Yorkiite
Connecticut Hills
Long Island
Board OF Public Works
William D. Thorme
William E. Burnham
Board of "Public Works
Chas. H. Armstrong
George F. Somers
Country Club
Brooklawn Country Club
William E. Seeley
Charles Sherwood
William T. Hincks
Herbert M. Knapp
DeVer H. Warner
William T. Haviland
William B. Wheeler
the Boating Association
Bridgeport Boating Association
Charles H. Morris
George L. Butterfield
John C. Shelton
Herbert A. Hill
Rodney S. Bassett
George E. Winton
Amos S. Lowden
Leonard F. Otters
George Frederickson
Isaac €. Holden
Zalmon Goodsell
Charles H. Pullen
Edward J. Brady
Rogers & Morford
F. B. Hall
Morford
Jarratt Morford
Rogers and Morford
Noah Rogers
George Morford
John Reck
State Reform School
General Assembly
Nilan
Boy Scouts of America
Seventy-first Regiement Armory
Switzerland
M.j.ormond
Church St
New Haven
Conn
Wilkes-Barre
Ithaca
Rochester
Buffalo
Detroit
Chicago
West
M. J. Buechler
Fairfield Avenue
Middle Street
Hayes Fish CO
House OF Better
Meat Department
Deleware
New York State
Bartlett
THE
Public Market& Branch
State & Bank Sts
E. Main ST
Sergius
Iole
London Telegraph
Richmond Times-Dispatch
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!