Westport Preparations and Local Happenings Reported
Westport progresses with pavilion work for the Ap provement Association fair plan to seat most of the audience in the open air. A. G. Southy has bought the Westport Motel from Harry L. Koosa and will operate it. Mrs. Underwood owns the building with a lease to Roosa. Several local residents are noted, including Mrs. Southey hosting Ruth Whaley, and Mr. and Mrs. Rose visiting from New York.
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Approvement Association
A. G. Southy
Westport
Harry L. Koosa
Dusold Bakery
Aspetuck Lodge
K_ of P
Holyame Society of the Church of the Assumption
R. D. S. Putney
Fairfield row ends with fines for breaches of peace
Stanley Janiscez and Andrew Nodalop are fined $2 each for breach of the peace and Janiscez faces an additional $5 fine and costs for assault after a row on Benson road. William Porsett, also under arrest, was discharged. The hearing before Justice Bacon Wekeman followed a drinking bout and accusations over Janiscez’s wife. The Fairfield fire department aided during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Janiscez
Andrew Nodalop
Janiscez
Benson Road
Bacon ‘Wekeman
William Porsett
F Airfield
Miss Mae Waggel Linen Shower Hostess Bride to Be
About thirty friends held a linen shower for Miss Mae E. Waggel who received pretty pieces of lunchware. The article notes Miss Waggel will wed Capt. Arthur Halsey later this month. Also promotes Foley Kidney Pills with multiple testimonial claims of curing kidney and bladder trouble.
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Mae E. Waggel
Miss Waggel
Miss Wastel
Capt
Arthur Halsey
Riverside Cemetery Association Holds Annual Meeting Tonight
The Riverside Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at the town hall this evening. In Bridgeport a concert by the Oratorio Society drew attendees including Mr and Mrs Willard S Plumb Mr and Mrs Howard S Beach Ira B Evans Edward Alberts and Douglas Linley. Mrs Jennie A Brinsmade rented her center house to a Botsford family and will live with her mother Mrs William S Wheeler with her two children. Mrs Austin S Nichols has been ill at her White Plains home. H B Coger of Nichols leased his tenement to Charles Edwards of Bridgeport for two years. Mr and Mrs Charles Gilbert of Tashua plan to build a large chicken house and make improvements. Georges Gillette has the contract. The spring months often bring fatigue and back pain. Foley Kidney Pills are advertised as a remedy for kidney and bladder ailments and rheumatism. F B Brill Stratford Avenue and Sixth Street. The Russian Government will not regard Austro-Italian intervention in Albania as a cause for war.
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Riverside Cemetery Association
Town Hall
Oratorio Society
Bridgeport
Willard S. Plumb
Howard S. Beach
Ira B. Evans
Edward Alberts
Douglas Linley
Jennie A. Brinsmade
Botsford
Wifh
William S. Wheeler
Austin S. Nichols
White Plains
H. B. Coger
Nichols
Charles Edwards
Charles Gilbert
Tashua
Georges Gillette
Thriving removal sale and bicycle pick list at local stores
Sizable ads urge readers to compare bikes like Iver Johnson at ONeill’s 1130 Main and note Nothingle’s rapid removal sale at 1069 Main and 135 Fairfield. Readers warned to act now as stock varied and delivery can be deferred for home building or renters. Other notices cite Foley’s Honey and Tar and local testimonials.
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Iver Johnson
O'Neill
Main Street
Nothnngle
Keokuk Dam Nears Operation as World’s Largest Power Plant
Keokuk Iowa May 2 The great concrete Keokuk dam across the Mississippi the longest power dam in the world is nearly ready for operation The 25 6 million structure will hold thirty turbines of 10000 horsepower each totaling 300000 horsepower and will form a storage lake for government use The masonry line extends over two miles with the main river span about a mile long Built after federal approval the dam follows an idea first proposed by Robert E Lee in 1835 and aims to harness the river for industry and navigation improvements.
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Mississippi
Robert B. Lee
Great River
Contest Of Degree Teams Draws Bridgeport Eagles To New Haven
A Bridgeport Eagles delegation traveled to New Haven to witness a degree teams contest for a $200 prize under state auspices. New Haven won first prize, Danbury was second. Bridgeport’s work was praised but failed to place. Judges included William Axe and Bernard Fallon, with committee head F. T. Wade and others guiding the event.
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Bridgeport Eagles
New Haven
Bridgeport Aerie
State Aerue
Bridgeport
Danbury
Big Class Receives Degrees of K of C
One of the largest Knighthood of Columbus gatherings in the area met at Eagles hall Sunday for the exemplification of the second and third degrees for a class of more than seventy five. District Deputy Frank C. Sanford and Arthur J. Hilly of New York city led the degree work with Staten Island team members. A sapper was served at Fairfield R. T. Rock toastmastered. speeches followed by visiting officers and members. Present were Joseph Cobert Thomas Brennan John Blake James Dorsey Thomas McCarty Frank Mullin Maurice Galvin Timothy Ford Edward Mahoney Charles Carroll and James J. Hilly of New York City.
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Knighte
Columbus
Eagles’ Hall
Frank C. Sanford
Arthur J. Hilly
New York City
Staten Island
Fairfield
R. T. Rock
Order
Joseph Cobert
Thos. Brennan
John Blake
James Dorsey
Thomas McCarty
Frank Mullin
Maurice Galvin
Timothy F. Ford
Edward Mahoney
Charles Carroll
James J. Hilly
Market Outlook Cautious Yet Hints of Sunshine Ahead
The stock market column notes weak margins and bear pressure but suggests discipline amid gloom. It argues for seeking small positives and cites foreign news possibly shifting sentiment. Yale graduate Ellsworth Grumman will teach in China for Yale and engage in mission work, planning a world tour starting in July.
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China
Yale College
Ellsworth Grumman
Park Avenue
Grumman
Yale
End Liver Trouble Without Calomel Says Olive Tablets
Oliveira tablets proposed as a mild laxative and liver regulator to replace calomel. Dr. Edwards promotes Olive Tablets as a safe, tooth friendly alternative claiming quick relief from constipation and dullness, with stated prices of 10c and 25c.
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Olive Tablet Company
Colum
Memorial Baptist church marks fifth anniversary observance
Local reports show a three day observance in Maplewood avenue beginning yesterday with morning and evening services. Rev. A H Boutwell delivered the anniversary sermon and Rev H M Thompson of Hartford preached the evening sermon. Tonight speakers include Rev Frederick Lent of New Haven and Rev G W Nicholson, former pastor of the First Baptist church. Ida Lake Dow conducts meetings at Advent Christian church Park and Putnam streets with sessions every evening this week. Maude Hincks led Bridgeport suffragists in a New York parade. others from Bridgeport attended. Thimble Club preparing to open Team Town Tavern at Greenfield in Fairfield to benefit the Day Nursery Association. Rev Gerald H Beard urged direct primaries in his sermon last evening, detailing the pending bill before the General Assembly and its potential moral impact statewide.
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Memorial Baptist Church
Maplewood Avenue
A. H. Boutwell
H. M. ‘Thompson
Hartford
Frederick Lent
New Haven
G. W. Nicholson
First Baptist Church
Ida Lake Dow
Advent Christian Church
Park and
Putnam Streets
Thimble Club
Team Town
Greenfield
Fairfield
Gerald H. Beard
Park Street
Special Showing In Misses and Children at Dillon Co
Gov Cox vetoes bill to restore Adams County vote sellers franchises forfeited over crime. About 1,165 people connected to the case. Local note mentions untrimmed and trimmed school dress at E H Dillon Co 1105 Main Street.
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E. H. Dillon & Co
Mainstreet
Cox
Adams County
Federal mine rescuers at Finleyville disaster near Pittsburgh
Rescue squads from the United States Bureau of Mines demonstrated efficiency during the Cincinnati coal mine disaster at Finleyville Pennsylvania. The photograph shows the rescuers about to enter the mine to search for survivors and assess damage after the incident near Pittsburgh.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Cincinnati
Finleyville
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