Agtor Blamed in Quimby Disappearance Case
Boston May 18 Parents of 15 year old Gertrude Quimby say she is likely with a comedian from a local musical show last week. Detectives say she was influenced by a former actress near her home whom she met on the lure of the stage. The father traced the pair to a Tremont street hotel and plans to swear out a warrant for the comedian.
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United Press
Boston
Gertrude Quimby
Back Bay
Tremont Street
Hod carriers still out on strike
Cheshire May 18 report that he contemplated importing strikebreakers to replace the hod carriers who went out last Monday to enforce a wage demand was denied by Contractor Tracy in charge of the work on the new state reformatory. Tracy said there was not much doing and he did not miss the strikers. Waterbury May 18 contractors affected by the strike denied it was seriously affecting building. Strikers kept an effective picket on all jobs demanding higher daily wages and a Saturday half holiday.
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Cheshire
Tracy
State Reformatory
Waterbury
Obituary Notices Mark Several Local Deaths in City
Multiple obituaries note deaths in Keeseville Bridgeport and surrounding areas. Calista Duval died at her daughter’s home aged 11 amid illness. George H Houston died after an appendectomy, survived by wife and four children. Joseph Hughes died at 14 after two months illness. Anna Westberg died at ith year. Florence Chaffee died in Stratford in her 25th year. infant Joseph K Shea buried at St Michael's. Other items reference local business and wart remover product ads.
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Calista
Henry Duval
A. F. Williams
Iranistan’ Avenue
Plattsburg
Keeseville
Henry J. Duval
Scottdale
Mra. F. I. Hall
Lewiston
Fred Duval
Dannemora
Arthur F. Williams
St. Michael's Cemetery
George H. Houston
Grand Street
Ca. St
Madison Avenues
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bridgeport Aerie, F. C. E
Florence
Ethel
Raymond
George K. Houston
Joseph H
Bridget O'Shea Hughes
Linen Avenue
Anna E
Eric Westberg
Lafayette Street
5. Swan
West Haven
H. Yuncker
Binghamton
Nellie Westberg
Eric
Paul Westberg
Albert Frisk
Sweden
Florence Eloise
John M
Mary E. Plummer Chaffee
Stratford
C. E. Brewer
City
L. J. Brague
George E. Osborne
Waterbury
Wedding plans shift to town school system for ten year term
The Hill Academy trustees and the town school committee reached a near final agreement to transfer academy management to the town and convert the academy building for public school use for ten years. The town will add a small 12 by 25 foot extension for academy pupils and future funding will cover heating and running costs. A special town meeting will be held to vote the building addition once the legal agreement is signed.
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Redding
May
Hill Academy
T Wilats
Muennich
Teets
Telford
Belle Sanford
Macdonald
Sanford
Ryhme
Teason
Cornelia Talmage
Pleasant Valley
J. B. Cornwall
G. A. Talmage
Henry Kennell
Treadwell
Marcus H. Burr
A. L. Livermore
Oakley Place
Mr. Livermore
Redding-Easton
Ridgefields
Ridge
A. G. Bodie
West Nutley
N. J
Seth Todd
Tommy Ludway
Banks
Oliver Typewriter
Redding Grange
Greenfield Hill Grange
Ridge Road
Missing 1 year old Gertrude Quimby sought by police
New York on May 17 police join a Boston search for Gertrude Quimby, the 1 year old daughter of Mrs. MM H Quimby of Boston. She vanished from 519 Audubon Road in the Bay Bay district days earlier, with Boston police believing she was abducted.
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New York
Boston
Gertrude Quimby
MM. H. Quimby
Bacy Bay District
Audubon Road
Protest Against Alliance By Irish Americans In Connecticut
The Ancient Order of Hibernians in Connecticut sent letters to U S Senators Brandegee and McLean opposing any entangling alliance with Great Britain and urging a veto of ratification. The state executive board, representing about 10 000 electors, signed the protest led by state president Phillip J Sullivan and officer corps from multiple cities.
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United Voice
Order of Hibernians of
Connecticut
United States
England
U. S
Brandegee and McLean
Washington
John 8. McCarthy
New Haven
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
U. S. Senate
Great Britain
Phillip J. Sullivan
Torrington
William ‘T. May
New London
Edward T. Lyons
Hartford
Edward Flannery
Thompsonville
Robert L. Lodge
Meriden
John ¥. Leeny
Jerry Bates Noosed Out In Wilton Farm Death
Norwalk, May 18. A well known Wilton resident known as Jerry Bates was found dead in a barn by a rope suspended from the rafters. Bates had suffered fits of insanity and was recently released from Dr. Ruland's sanitarium in Westport after living with Mrs Lucy Scribner of Olmstead Hill for some years.
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United Press
Norwalk
Jerry” Hates
Wilton
Lucy Scribner
Olmstead Hill
Bates
Ruland
Westport
Cowles Seeks Charities Board Advice On Salaries And Policies
Bridgeport Charities Board weighs Dr. D C DeWolfe salary of 300 yearly after prior 450 allowance and endorses continuing current practices plus a 120 dollar scales purchase. Merle Cowles requests guidance on multiple matters including bull service, milk for pest house, garbage dirt, and cemetery fence repairs while seeking a defined budget.
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Board of Charities
D. C. DeWolfe
Merle ©. Cowles
Board of Charities of
City of
Bridgeport
Board of Health
Pest House
Board of Wealth
Lakeview Cemetery
Merle C. Cowles
Please Take Baby Gracie Warrei Found Abandoned
New Haven May 18 a note attached to a one month old infant named Gracie Warrei urged takers to care for the child. Police seek the mother who may have killed herself after leaving the infant near Hast Rock and the note mentions the child was left with St Francis Orphan Asylum.
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United Press
New Haven
Gracie Warrei
Hast Rock
St. Francis’ Orphan Asylum
Funeral of Ex Governor Chamberlain in Meriden
Meriden May 18 remains of the late ex Governor Abiram Chamberlain laid to rest in Walnut Grove cemetery after a simple public service at First Congregational church. School closings marked the day and a large throng attended as dignitaries and former governors served as pallbearers. Hartford notes state lawmakers named to attend the funeral in Meriden.
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United Prez
Meriden
Abiram Chamberlain
Walnut Grove
First Congregational Church
A. J. Lord
Thomas J. Nugent
Aberlain
Simeon F. Baldwin
New
Waller
Phineas Lounsbury
Morgan G. Bulkeley
O. Vincent Coffin
George McLean
Henry Roberts
Rollin
Woodruff
Frank K. ‘Weeks
Walter E. Coe
Stamford
Charles Godfrey
Bridgeport
Luzerne Ludington
Smith Weed
New Haven
Frank B. Brandegree
New London
Harris Whittemore
Naugatuck
William A. King
Willimantic
A. J. Sioper
William H. Hart
New Britain
Charles G. Vinal
Middletown
John Tweedy
Danbury
Hartford
Scott
Donovan
Tinglar
Vernon
Garde
Cromwell
Dunn
Stevens
Berlin
Chamberlain
St Patrick Whist and Dance Draws Large North End Crowd
The whist and dance at Eagles hall tonight, organized by St Patrick's parish women, features trophies for top players in whist pinochle and forty five, a concert, dancing after, and an extensive home made refreshments sale. Tickets sold heavily, expected to set a parish attendance record.
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Eagles’ Hall
St. Patrick's Parish
North End
Bruno's frankness saves him liberty
James Bruno, 20, coal cart driver, admitted he struck and choked Stanley Kubaliski, 20, after Kubaliski insulted him. Judge Foster, amused by Bruno's honesty, fined Bruno seven dollars and costs and Kubaliski likewise, noting Bruno should report insults to police in the future.
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James Bruno
Stanley Kubaliski
Stanley
Stratford Avenue
Judge Foster
Becaus
Bruno
Subaliski
Weather Indications for New Haven and Region
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions with local thunderstorms tonight or Friday. Light to moderate variable winds, mostly south to southwest. Lake region and New England show cloudy and showery weather, eastern states milder. a low pressure area lingers in the far northwest. Nearby vicinity expect considerable cloudiness with light showers.
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United Press
New Haven
Lake Region
New England
Rocky Mountain
South Norwalk Sees Municipal Plant Cut City Rates
Special from United Press May 18 reports South Norwalk residents praise the municipal electrical plant as rates drop to about one third of private monopoly charges in New York City. Local officials note the system enables further rate reductions beginning July 1, with the city plant claiming third lower costs than New York’s planned cuts.
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New York
United
Negro Fatally Wounded After Running Amuck
New York May 18 A negro named John Kane ran amuck last night killing two outright and fatally wounding two more while injuring about a dozen others. He was wounded in the body and suffered a fractured skull from a blackjack. Police reported grave injuries to officers McGraw and Gindbien, and the bodies of John Tait and Saxon Surat were taken home. A white man who escaped unscathed demanded Kane stop smoking on an elevated train platform as the incident unfolded. In other notes, a Poughkeepsie case involved a woman wed to Frank Damrosch Jr., and Dorothy Prisble had been fired from college.
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United Press
New York
John Kane
Sgpack
John Tait
Saxon Surat
Beca
Gencero
Ant
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