Biographies of Members in The Congressional Directory
Washington May 16 A new Government Printing Office volume titled The Congressional Directory contains autophies of congressmen and senators. It notes professions from lawyers to farmers and lists foreign birth, Civil War service, and personal quirks, highlighting prominent names such as Stedman and Lafferty and detailing party and regional affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Government Printing Office
Congressional Directory
Rep. Redfield
New York
Mfe
Charles Manly Stedman
North Carolina
House
Adam Poin Littlepage
West ‘Virginia
Ife
Ezekia Candler
Mississippi
Maively
James Alexander Dougherty
Arena
Missouri
J. Z. Kindred
Charles Etton
Pennsylvania
Rep. Sherwood
Dem
Ohio
Utter
Rep
R. J
Underhill
N.Y
Foster
Kindred
N. Y
Fusion
N. C
Barchfield
Rep. Pa
Ditfendorfer
Palmer
Byrnes
Kendall
Iowa
Aiken
McDermott
Wie
Sep
Dem. N. Y
Henry George
Calder
N. J
Fornes
Hartman
Lafean
Eel Rep
Utah
Lindsay
Maher
Lewis
Daugherty
Cameron
Ariz
Cople
Gallagher
Buchanan
Rucker
Dem. Colo
Estopival
Dem. la
Talbott
Stedman
Gordon
Dem. Tenn
Lamb
Thistlewood
Bradley
Sherwood
Dem. O
Bingham
Hill
Cuba
Philippines
United States
Tillson
Conn
Howard
Ames
Mass
Gardner
Murray
Dei A Weeks
Health Board backs Fischer to handle city garbage
The Bridgeport Health Board and city officials voiced confidence in contractor Charles C. Fischer to manage all trash collections. He explained delays due to lack of an experienced supervisor, noting he would resume work after burying today and tomorrow, with full operations planned by Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Charles C. Fischer
Bridgeport By-Products Co
Fischer
York
Local marriage licenses issued for three couples
Marriage licenses were issued today to George Taylor, 29, a Locomobile Co. clerk, of Park Avenue, son of John and Jane Stell Taylor, to wed Anna Bennett, 22, daughter of Richard and Martha Morehouse Bennett of Stratford. and to Carl V. E. Adolphson, 27, machinist, to marry Hilda Ss. Abrahamson, 25, both residents of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Taylor
Locomobile Co
Park Avenue
John and
Jane Stell Taylor
Anna Bennett
Richard and
Martha Morehouse Bennett
Stratford
Carl V. E. Adolphson
machin_ ist
Hilda Ss. Abrahamson
Jerry Holmes Leaves Bridgeport for Warren New Hampshire
Jeremiah Holmes former candidate on the Prohibition ticket departs Bridgeport after eight years of public service. He will reside in Warren New Hampshire to rest and evaluate future work. Holmes organized factory noon meetings built recreation rooms and libraries, led the Industrial Baseball League, and served at the State trade school before aiding the Christian Union financially. His departure is felt as Bridgeport loses a dedicated worker and Warren gains a prepared leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Holmes
Prohibition
Bridgeport
Warren
N. H
Holmes
White Mountains
Park Avenue
Industrial Baseball League
State Trade School
State Board of Education
Christian Union
Jerry
U Fellows From Springfield In Extra Train Sunday
About 150 Odd Fellows from Springfield Massachusetts are to ride a chartered train Saturday evening to Bridgeport. They will be greeted by Wheeler Wilton band and Adelphian lodge hosts at Broad and Cannon Streets, confer the first degree on candidates, and dine with Fidelity Rebecca lodge serving supper. Notables include Grand Secretary Hutchinson and District Deputy Grand Master Crowe of New Haven. They depart Bridgeport at 8:30 Sunday morning.
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Odd Fellows
Hampden Lodge
I O. OO. F
Springfield
Mass
Adelphian Lodge
Wheeler & Wilson
Broad and
Cannon Streets
Fidelity Rebecca Lodge
Hutchinson
Crowe
New Haven
Bridgeport
Pollution of Streams Spurs Bills in Legislature
Dr. Joseph H Townsend of the State Board of Health urges strong action to stop stream pollution in Connecticut. He cites the need for an engineering department and sewage disposal oversight, noting other states have adopted successful programs. The report also lists 148 deaths from consumption, 259 pneumonia, 191 heart disease and 3 typhoid, totaling 1,656 with a rate of 18 per 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Townsend
State Board of Health
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Board of Health
Biltz to Testify and Close McKenna Hearing
Charles F A Biltz the contractor will testify at the resumed hearing on Thursday evening. He has been treated for rheumatism in Michigan. The testimony concerns a claim by Denis F Mulvihill that the city paid for work for the Connecticut Co in Stratford Avenue due to grade changes blamed on the engineer. The engineer denies knowledge of the transaction and any extra work. After Biltz testifies arrangements will be made to close the hearing. Mulvihill provided the only information to the committee so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. A. Biltz
Biltz
Michigan
Denis F. Mulvihill
Connecticut Co
Stratford Avenue
Mulvihill
Household Notes for cleaning and laundry tips
Practical domestic tips cover cleaning clotheslines curtains brickwork and fabrics. Methods include coal oil wool cloth cleansing powder for cloths, trimming tablecloth edges, double boiler milk temperatures, chees cloth bag for boiled dinners, chloride of lime for lace curtains, caned chair restoration, linseed oil on red bricks, gasoline washing of wet waists, blueing dresses in pillow cases, repurposing soap scraps in baking powder cans, benzine blotting for grease on wallpaper.
Proposed Building Code in Limbo
At a council meeting Alderman Jackson urged a report from the ordinance committee on the building code by July 1, then amended to November 1. DeForest questioned the delay while Lavery and MacFayden blamed the committee. A tie vote was broken by President Lavery in the affirmative, and the resolution was tabled to await the committee’s action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Alderman DeForest
Alderman Jackson
Lavery
MacFayden
Paddock
Jackson Proposes Audit Committee for City of 100000
Alderman Horace H. Jackson introduced a resolution in council last evening to appoint a committee of the mayor city auditor and five aldermen to investigate the most modern and best auditing system for a city of 100000 inhabitants and to adopt that method. The committee is to report to the council by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace H. Jackson
House Burns While Families Attend Mass
Willimantic residents rush to scene as a fire destroys the home of John Shannihan and James F. Clune while families attend early mass. Log loss exceeds 3000 dollars. Cause traced to a kitchen gas range. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Willimantic
John Shannihan
James F. Clune
By Laws of Bridgeport Health Board on Disease Reporting
The Bridgeport Board of Health adopted by laws April 12 1911 listing reportable diseases and isolation rules. It sets when isolation ends for diphtheria and scarlet fever and minimum school exclusion times for measles varicella whooping cough and mumps. It also covers household exposure rules and penalties up to one hundred dollars with clerk David W. Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health of
City of
Bridgeport
Board of Health
Meales
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Meigs & Co
ASW
Pieigs & Co. Outfitters
Sridgeport. Com
Germany
Donahue
Ireland
Wilson
Scotland
Berger
Austria-Hungary
United States Navy
Annapolis Academy
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Weeks
Fowler Dem. Jil
John W. Langley
Gudger
Joseph E. Ransdell
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Rep. Geo
Wilder
Rep. Mass
Masons
Knights Templar
Shriners
G. A. R. Post
Candler
Dem. Miss
Elk
Pythias
Wedemeyer
Mich
Austin
Rep. Tenn
Georgetown
British Guiana
Glasgow
George White
Carl G. Anderson
J. J. Kindred
Wm. G. Brown
Dem. Va
Jonathan P. Liver
Brown
Congress
Benito Legarda
Aguinaldo
Malolos
Philippine Congress
J. Kuhio Elnole
Kalahua
Liliuokalamai
Hawaii
Kansas
Lafferty
Oregon
LaFollette
Ayer
Ayer Co
Jerry” Holmes
U Fellows
SHE President Versus Life
Philadelphia Medical Club
Taft
Texas
California
Chickamauga
Life—Journal of the
American Medical Association
Townsend
Edward C. Daley
Lovell School
Meigs Building
Eee
Bachman
State Street
The
David
Lynch
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
America
Brockton
Man L. Douglas Shoe CO
Main Street
Builders Hardware
Lyon-Grumman-Manson CO
Fairfield Ave., Cor
Middle ST
VADOR
N. Buckingham & CO
State ST. Vador
Joseph P. Coughlin CO
Dion. Sas
Berkshire Mill CO
the People’s 130 State Street
Tel. Geo. A. Robertson — Sae
Sprague
Sprague Ice & Coal CO
East End East Wash
Avo
Ira Gregory
Stan Lehigh Coal
Juck Valley Ice CO
Umicce
Fairfield Avenue
Housatonic Avenue
Main
Wheeler & Howes
East End
Congress Street Bridge
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