Stratford Urges Sport and Wary on Sunday Liquor Trade
In Stratford an interview with Father O Conner condemns illegal liquor sales and urges lawful recreation for youths. He promotes Sunday baseball as wholesome, contrasts it with saloon gambling, and warns against using sport for illegitimate gain. The piece also notes library additions, local society events, moves, and town developments.
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Father O'Conner
Stratford
Samfay
Cornell University
University of Wisconsin
Butte College
Free Masons
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Mara Falken
Charles Wellington Walker
Colon,na Art Club
Geo. Secor
Devon
Bond
Mabel Lathrop
New Haven
Clifford Leavenworth
Charles
Sadis Blamey
Ruby Avery
Merwin
Bridgeport
Arthur Beers
Europe
France
Bootland
R. c. Chapman
Northfield
Hudson
Yellow House
Main Street
Mt. Vernon
Washington
New York Firm Offers Free Gold Plated Scarf Pin
The Merrill Co of 1161 Broadway New York invites readers nationwide to mail their name and address with four two cent stamps to receive a free gold plated scarf pin for either sex. The company promotes its catalogue of general merchandise jewelry and household goods and asks readers to act quickly to claim the item at no cost.
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United States
Merrill Co
Broadway
New York City
Gertrude Schouten Remembered In Matteawan Obituary
Matteawan N Y May 19 Mrs Gertrude Schouten was born in the first year of the last century and died yesterday at her home on the mountainside near this village. She lived through the administrations of all presidents except Washington and John Adams and had looked forward to her 119th birthday anniversary.
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John Tobin
Bridgeport
Avon Park
Tobin
W. Blue
John Birk
Jesse Sherwood
Beckwith
Charles B Davis
Brookfield
Mass
Matteawan
Gertrude Schouten
United States
Washington
John Adam
Vilage
Spreckels Will Contested by Son Over Estate
San Francisco May 19 John D Spreckels admits his father Claus Spreckels was reportedly kept a prisoner by relatives before making his will disposing of an estate valued between 320000000 and 40000000 He says he will contest the distribution in probate court claiming unfair terms and unlawful control by family members current through the probate proceedings.
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San Francisco
Cal
Claus Spreckels
John D Spreckels
Western railroads seek stay against ICC rate order
Seven Western railroads file in U S Circuit Court to restrain the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing its order cutting class rates on merchandise from Chicago and St Louis to Denver. They allege the change will cost about $1,000,000 annually once the order takes effect in June.
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Chicago
United States Circuit Court
Western Railroads
Inter-State Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Denver
Rosa
Jackson Bitter Toward Jerome
Albany May 19. William Schuyler Jackson formerly Attorney General savors bitterness toward District Attorney Jerome. He sought to retract his last annual report from the Public Printer before publication, blaming Jerome for discrediting him at the Grand Jury to derail prosecutions against the Ice Trust. He calls the alleged scheme contemptible and cowardly and links it to a dinner with Montgomery Howard Gans and others, charging trusts influence on the jury and demanding system changes.
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Albany
William Schuyler Jackson
Jerome
Jackson
Grand
Ice Trust
Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
Howard Gans
Coal Companies Blame High Prices On Increased Wages
Testimony at the government suit to dissolve the anthracite coal trust argues wage rises drive coal prices. W. J. Richards of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co testifies costs rose from 8.16 million to 15.79 million dollars in wages since 1898. Theodore Voorhees of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co cites railroad equipment costs climbing 30 to 40 percent with the shift from wood to steel cars.
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Philadelphia
W. J. Richards
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Theodore Voorhees
Philadelphia &Reading Railway Company
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Tlwatsone
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Main
John Sts
THE
Bridgeport Trust CO
State Street
Marsh
H. Judson
Treasu
People's Savings Bank
TY Savings Bank
Bridgeport Land & Title NO
Adust
SS. Loewith & Co
BANE
Hayes
Water Street
Medes
Kossuth Street
Westport
Hawthorne Inn
Boston Post Road
I. C. Ftee
E. H. Reed
Swift Lewel Fertilizer
Conn
Gesariisch
Vane
Father O'Connor
Andress Sales
John St. Postive
Howard
Waltham
Elgin
Hamilton
M.J. Buechler
Hellable Jeweler
Sugar King
Main St
Fairfield Ave
Frankforts
GUS Brock & Son
OME Cafe
R. A
Helman
Lowe’s Laundry
Seaview Ave
Thomas L. Lowe
Wells & Lowe
NION
Zine Sas
Edw
Farrell
Keith
Enli Wiisiattion
Gregory
Park City Cycle and Enameling Company
Broad Street Telephone
Liberty
Liberty Special
J. L. Bloomer
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