Store Sale Drives West Bridgeport Building Purchase
Ap p promised the other day we take pleasure in an nouncing that we have bought the 4 story building situated 955 957 Main St which at the expiration of leases we shall remodel and occupy the entire building ourselves This sale funds the purchase and improvements The response Friday afternoon was right Saturday's response overwhelming forcing an hour close to rearrange stock and crowds were large At present we may add that Saturday business was the largest since opening in Bridgeport Monday again liberal thanks We appreciate your confidence and will strive to serve you faithfully Always returning your money if you would rather have it than the goods Buy as much as you can during this sale
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Main St
Bridgeport
Time Blocks Separated by Hour Intervals
A sequence of hourly blocks from 9 to 10 through 5 to 6. The text lists consecutive time slots without further details, indicating a timetable or schedule fragment for daily hours.
France to Block State Employes From Striking
Paris May 18 United Press reports the government drafts a statute to curb the right to strike by postal and telegraph workers while seeking to keep postal service functioning. The failed general strike by the General Federation of Labor and union withdrawals dampened hopes of widespread work stoppages. Wires are being cut and mail letters destroyed. regular delivery resumes with limited handling capabilities.
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United Press
Paris
General Federation of Labor
Ee Grocer’s
Bendison Wanted For Various Crimes
Governor Weeks has issued a requisition on New York for Barney Bendison alias John Miller, wanted in Greenwich for assault with intent to kill burglary theft and horse stealing allegedly on April 21 1909. Bendison is currently in custody in White Plains New York.
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Frank B. Weeks
New York
Barney Bendison
John Miller
Greenwich
Bendison
White Plains
Wireless healing reaches Chicago woman at sea
May 18 story from Philadelphia reports Dr. Otho Marberg of New York sending cheering guidance by wireless to Mrs. P. T. Felman of Chicago at the Bellevue-Stratford. She fainted aboard the liner Amerika and asked what to do. The station relayed his advice to follow a strict diet and to beware of fatigue. Felman paid $10.30 to the operator and soon felt improved.
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Philadelphia
Otho Marberg
New York
P. T. Felman
Chicago
Bellevue-Stratford
T. P. Felman
Pollow Diet Ecraermen
O. K
C. Marberg
New Haven Adopts Voting by Machine
New Haven aldermen voted twelve to six to adopt voting machines for state and municipal elections. Twenty-three machines will cost 25 800 funded by a bond issue. Not a party vote. mayor expected to sign the ordinance. Also notices of millinery, seafood prices, and Neugatuck Valley Ice Company bri ne ice promotion.
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New Haven
Board of, Aldermen
Process to Weld Copper and Steel
Dysart Iowa May 18 Matthew Wilson claims to have invented a welding process for copper and steel He says he has welded copper to steel as solid as molded He demonstrates in his shop using a copper handled steel faced hammer and pounds anvil daily He calls his process the first proven successful in world history
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Dysart
Iowa
Matthew Wilson
Infuriated Bull Killed by a Pittsfield Boy
In West Pittsfield Massachusetts a homicidal bull charged a Shaker sister, pursued her into a house and hayloft, injuring Peter Volin who tried to fend it with a pitchfork. Fifteen year old Willie Volin shot the animal dead from a ladder, ending the danger.
Congress Told to Go to Hell and Obituary Notes
Congress was told to go to hell by Representative Champ Clark as the engineer department faced a demand for a Mississippi River survey report. An obituary records the death of Master Freeland Carr, 14, of Newark New Jersey, from scarlet fever at his uncle’s home on May 13, with many friends and schoolmates mourning.
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Washington
Congress
Engineer Department
Army
House
Champ Clark
Missouri
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Gulf
Freeland Carr
Freeland Ostrom
Newark
N. J
Summer Millinery Display Offers Bright Summer Hats
We present a large stock of White and Light Millinery for warm weather, Natural Leg horn hats, White Chip hats, White Hair Braid hats, and Burnt Straw hats in various braids. An immense line of Flowers in White and Light shades includes Roses, Lilacs, Wisterias, hydrangeas. Trimmed millinery is the largest ever seen in Bridgeport with easy hat selection. Prices are about one third less than similar goods elsewhere.
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Bridgeport
Smith's vaudeville season opens with strong audience demand
E H Dillon & Co Smith's theatre kicked off a summer vaudeville and moving pictures season to packed crowds. The five act bill featured The Three Lady Sisters, George B Alexander, Burke Touhey & Co, Zinell and Boutelle, Apollo Brothers and premium motion pictures. A Friday lifting-bag contest offers a $50 prize, with daily matinees at 2 15 and two evening shows.
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Smith's Theatre
Jackson
Bridgeport
George B. Alexander
Alexander
Burke, Touhey & Co
Mr. Burke
Burke Brothers
Tourey
New York
Zinell
Boutelle
Apollo Brothers
Be Sure and Use Ozone Powder for Premiums
The note urges using Ozone Powder to secure premiums. It emphasizes the product and its claimed benefits for customers seeking advantages or rewards, suggesting a sales pitch style from a periodical. The lack of additional context limits deeper specifics.
Wang to Speak on Work in Orient at Banquet and Y M C A Evening
Four speakers including Wang of China Hibbard of Japan Gillett of Korea and Colton of New York will discuss nations capturing Western attention at a Stratfield banquet Thursday and a YMCA event Friday. Colton and Hibbard travel and leadership in foreign YMCA work highlight the talks with Hibbard noted for front line foreign work in Japan. Gillett from Seoul and Wang from China add insights into Korea and China. The Seoul YMCA is praised as a dominant national institution and Wang’s American study excellence marks him as a leading Chinese student.
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Stratfield
Young Men’s Christian Association
China
Orient
New York City
Messrs. Wang
Hibbard
Japan
Gillett
Korea
Colton
New York
E. T. Colton
C. V. Hibbard
Tokoyo
University of Wisconsin
P. L. Gillett
Seoul
C. T. Wang
Yale
Colorado College
Springfield
Seo
Wang
Long
Mrs Taft and Son Both Comfortable Today
Washington May 18 The two patients at the White House Mrs Taft and her son Charles are both reported to be resting comfortably today Mrs Taft rapidly recovering from the nerve breakdown suffered yesterday as a result of witnessing the operation upon her son and Charley himself minus the troublesome tonsils that gave him so much pain before their removal is expected to be up and around as usual in a short time
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United Press
Washington
White House
Slay of Puccio Ties to Petrosini Case Sparks Hunt
New York police hunt Pioggio Puccio who aided a Petrosini case benefits and funeral plans. Puccio was shot in the hallway of his East 7th Street home as he entered light, panic in a crowded building. Authorities link the killing to the Petrosini murder and seized letters Puccio had in possession.
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Pioggio Puccio
Wipow
Academy OF Music
United Press
New York
Joseph Petrosini
Palermo
Puccio
Colonial Dames Hold Annual Meeting in Norfolk
Norfolk Conn May 18 The Connecticut Colonial Dames of America opened their annual meeting at Elaridge Gymnasium with 150 delegates arriving by special train from New Haven via Hartford. Officers were elected including President Mrs John M Holcomb Hartford and Vice President Mrs Martha R Driggs Waterbury with others serving as managers. A luncheon was hosted at Foxhill Mansion by Mr and Mrs H H Bridgeman.
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United Press
Norfolk, Conn
Connecticut Colonial Dames of America
Williston Walker
New Haven
Marianna Townsend
Middletown
Frances Goodwin
W. T. Williams
Niantic
E. S. Bristol
S. In Jones
E. Phealy
Lyons
F. J. Kingsbury, Jr
Foxhill Mansion
H. H. Bridgenan
Wart remover ad at The Pharmacy on Fairfield Ave and Cannon St
A wart removal product promises painless, quick results in a few days for facial warts and hand warts. The Cyrus Wart Remover is advertised as available only at The Pharmacy located at 253 Fairfield Avenue and 186 Cannon Street.
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Cyrus
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon St
CleanEasy Hand Cleaner Ad Promo from 244 Stratford Ave
An old advertisement touts CleanEasy as the best hand cleaner guaranteed to injure the skin yet instantly remove stove polish rust grease ink paint and dirt. It markets for hands or clothing in a large ten cent can. Manufactured by Wm. R. Winn of 244 Stratford Ave.
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Wm. R. Winn
Stratford Ave
Supreme Court decision praised on antitrust and rail split
Washington May 18 The Supreme Court decision is hailed as not affecting the anti trust case against monopolies while upholding Congress power to separate transportation and production by inter state railways Officials and counsel dispute any similarity to holding company tactics and note broad government approval of the ruling.
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United Press
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil Company
American Tabasco Company
E. I. Dupont-DeNamours
Harriman
Justice White
Congress
Hartman
Moody
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Oil
New York
Taft
Funeral of Charles A. Doten Held at Home
The funeral for 19 year old coroner Charles A. Doten was held at his West Avenue home last evening at 8 o clock. The remains were moved to Sheffield this morning at 9 50. Rev Henry Hallam Tweedy of the South Congregational Church officiated. The Corinthians sang Nearer My God to Thee. Lawyers and professional friends attended. Floral tributes came from Sheriff S E Hawley county commissioners Frederick Bartlett Doten Dr and Mrs F B Downs Mr and Mrs James R Barret and Mrs Hammond. Honorary pallbearers included R W DeForest Stiles Judson C S E B Peck F W Tracy W T Land J C Chamberlain Morris Beardsley A M Wooster L K and George E Hill. The funeral followed.
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Fairfield County
West Avenue
Sheffield
Henry Hallam Tweedy
South Congregational Church
Corinthians
S. E. Hawley
Frederick Bartlett Doten
F. B. Downs
James R. Barret
Hammond
R. W. DeForest
Stiles Judson
C. S. E. B. Peck
F. W. Tracy
W. T.land
J. C. Chamberlain
Morris Beardsley
A. M. Wooster
L. K
George E. Hill
Charles A. Doten
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Kline
France
JHB
Pharmacy
WeirQein Avenues
Oeertiand Girect
Weeks
H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
W. D. Cook & Son
Neugatuck Valley Ice Company
Enie
Dillon
E. H. Dillon & CO
Smith
Moving
Heap
THE
Smith-Murray CO
Hamburg
Best Department
Sam Harris
CONN
Office & Library Supply House
Fairfield Ave
Water St
Norfolk
Supreme Court
Ali
I. W. Williamson
Hun W. Va
Foley
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