Wary Ritchie An Invalid for Years Testimony
Mrs Mary Ritchie of 68 Hewlett Bridgeport testifies that after years of suffering from gas belching indigestion and dyspepsia she used Lax-a-Tone received relief. She claims the stomach and entire system strengthened and mobility restored after a month, with a bottle purchased at Hart Drug Stores Fairfield Ave and Congress St.
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Hewlett Bridgeport
Mary Ritchie
Lax-a-Tone
Harti- Drug
Fairfield Ave
Congress Sts
Numerous Auto Thefts Plague City Prompt Police Action
Police report a surge of car thefts with several abandoned vehicles found. two men linked to the New York trafficking of a stolen car are under investigation. A car damaged after a collision near Hast Mainstreet and Fairfield-Clinton avenues left unknown injuries, while suspects Drew and Fred Hayes deny broader ties. Detective Fox has moved seized vehicles to New York for further inquiry.
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New York City
Salvatore Soda
Nichols
Seda
Big Cap
Fairfield
Clinton
Drew
Fred M. Hayes
Broad Street
Prefectons
Fox
Andrew Churchknow
Werrencourt
New York
Mills & Gibb Co Held Bankrupt Involuntary Filing
In New York on May 15 an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against Mills and Gibb, a major white goods importer and jobber. Liabilities exceed $2,000,000. A receiver was appointed amid creditors’ equity actions. The filing alleges financial embarrassment despite claims the business was solvent and booming.
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New York
Mills & Gibb
Ral
Crm
Commt
Falls and is cut at lodging house entrance
Joseph Murphy a laborer living at 143 Han Tat reportedly fell and struck his head after attempting to enter lodging house J at 531 State Street. Sons summoned an ambulance. He was turned over to police. murky details kept him unable to explain the incident.
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Joseph Murphy
Han- Tat
State Street
Emer- Bui
Canavan
School Nurses and Health Official Shifts Noted
Miss Catherine Tuite a Bridgeport graduate moves into a school health assistant role under Dr Florence Sher. Miss Lillian Grace replaces her as health inspector and departs from Mollendo on a Peru to Berlin itinerary. Cyrus Remnaver advertised as painless wart removal at a local pharmacy.
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Catherine Tuite
T ‘He Bridgeport
Gyam
Poon
Florence Sher
Lillian Grace
James ©. Grace
Washington farewell warnings and early 20th century civic queries
Long excerpt compiles Washington’s farewell warning on foreign entanglements, inquiries into military service in European nations, treaty signatories and the Belgian neutrality casus belli, Eminent Domain, national flowers by country, opium definition, path from common soldier to general, rural free delivery origins and early funding, with dates and figures from 1890s—1900s United States history.
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Washington
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Hague
Prussia
France
England
Austria
Russia
Netherlands
Belgium
John Wanamaker
House of Representatives
James O'Donnell
Congress
Michigan
Charleston Villa
Halltown
Obituary notices for George Grady and others in a Bridgeport paper
The obituary page lists funeral services for George Grady Rose Townsend Nettie Knight Cottrell Edgar Woodin Albert Woodin George Schmitt Elvira Townsend Betsey Hawley Elizabeth Washburn Elizabeth McNally Minnie Belden Bridget Stapleton and notes on a Mexican citizen armament item. Burials occur at Lakeview Mountain Grove Nichols and St Michael's cemeteries with multiple churches referenced and family survivors named. The dense notices cover dates times and locations of services and indicate a Home Guard context in Nuevo Laredo.
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Nettie Knight Cottrell
Nettie Knight
Edwin Dwight Cottrell
Ogden Street
Edgar Woodin
B. F. Kidder
M. E
Vices
Lakeview
Ceme
Albert S. Woodin
Nichols
Nichols Cemetery
George Schmitt
George J. Schmitt
Hawley & Wilmot
William H. Jepson
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Bridget Hw. Stapleton
Washington Avenue
Bridget W. Stapleton
George Stapleton
Mrs. Stapleton
Ireland
Bridgeport
St. Augustine’s Parish
Thomas H. Devitt
Nuevo Laredo
Local figure remembered by friends and family
The obituary notes a beloved woman survived by her husband and daughter, two grandchildren, and other relatives. It mentions a close circle of friends and expresses the deceased's enduring presence in their lives.
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Porcthes. Devitt
Penns Telegraphers Will Get Increases
Pittsburgh May 15 telegraph operators on the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh received wage increases based on merit and service. Each tower employs three to six men, with about 500 Western Union operators nearby also notified of raises ranging from 8 to 15 percent. Some increases were effective May 13, others today.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Pit Burgh
Western Union
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Mills & Gibb Co
America
Financial Commission
Peru
Berlin
Aust
Turkey
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Spa
Portugal
Holland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Frederick Funston
West Point
Spain
Kansas Regiment of Volunteers
Philippines
Shell
Scotland
Canada
American Horticultural Society
United States
Indiana
Army of the United
Army Register
Young
Samuel B. M
Twelfth Pennsylvania Infantry
Army of the United States
Chaffee
Adna FR
Sixth
United States Cavalry
Dorsens
Waldemar
At.s
le Line
Earey
Milan
Enereee Rence J
California
White Sea Island
George Grady
Cullinan & Mulling
St. Michael's Cemetery
Rose Townsend
Wallace Street
Henry E. Bishop
William E. Eley
Park Cemetery
Elvira K. Townsend
Eivira K
Charles
Betsey M. Hawley
Betsey M
Frederick W. Hawley
Frederick E. Hawley
Berkshire Avenue
Mrs. Hawley
Monroe
David F
Mary Knapb Whetlock
Frederick E
Georges. Hawley
Elizabeth Washburn
Elizabeth
Charles E. Washburn
Hollister Court
A. G. Baker
Daniel M. Lewis
Newfield M. E
Lakeview Cemetery
Elizabeth McNally
East Main Street
St. Mary's Church
John J. Con Way
Michael Palmer
William McMahon
M. F. O'Connor
William Colgan
John McNab
James Casbrick
Minnie Belden
Ellen D. Belden
Main Street
Miss Belden
Mrs. Belden
St Patrick's Church
William O. Belden
George
William Belden
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