Engagement of Lydia Evans to Leander Valen-Roberts Jr.
A social page item announces the engagement of Miss Lydia Evans to Mr. Leander Valen Roberts Jr with a June wedding planned. It notes Mrs. William H. Griffith hosting a musical entertainment at 800 Clinton Avenue on May 5 to celebrate and for church dedication, with programs arranged by Mr. Theodore Yorx of New York.
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Lydia Evans
Leander Valen- Roberts, Jr
Evans
William H. Griffith
Clinton Avenue
M. E
Theodore — Yorx
New York
Personal musical club meeting and varied quotes
The Borary Club plans a Thursday May 2 meeting at the Calhoun home 329 Washington Ave to hear The Cure of Education. The issue includes quotes from local figures and notes on library book conditions and reflections on Japanese painting fashion and Macready tales.
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Borary Club
Charles M. Calhoun
Washington Avenue
H. D. Murphy
Boston Mayor Bars Moulin Rouge Show from Boston
Boston Mayor Hibbard shuts the season and bars Hattie Forsythe the Queen of the Moulin Rouge from appearing in Boston after viewing the Apache Dance in New York. The May 26 opening of the Moulin Rouge is cancelled in the city.
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United Press
Boston
Hattie Forsythe
New York
Metropolis
Westminster declines Meredith ashes in abbey
London on May 20 Westminster authorities refused permission to place the ashes of George Meredith in Westminster Abbey. An appeal backed by the Society of Authors and leaders including Premier Asquith Lord Morley Rudyard Kipling and J M Barrie was made to the Dean with Barrie personally appealing.
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London
Westminster
George Meredith
Abbey
Society of Authors
Asquith
Lord Morley
Rudyard Kipling
J. M. Barrie
Barrie
One Legged Dinner Party Tradition
A gentleman with a cork leg in a London suburb hosts an annual dinner for a dozen fellow amputees. Centerpieces feature four crutches with flower festoons, ivory miniature legs on cutlery handles, and a turkey served without a leg as the centerpiece.
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London
Summer Black Goods A Read Co Fashion Pitch
The D M Read Co advertises summer black fabrics in cotton and silk mixes. Highlights include Black Suttee Cloth 19 to 35 cts, Black Batiste 12 1 2 to 35 cts, Persian Lawn 25 cts, Black Argentine 29 cts, Black Dragon Cloth 25 cts, Black Satin Soliel 19 cts, Black Himalaya Cloth 29 cts, and Black Silk-finished Barege 29 cts. Also showcases Swisses in dots, figures, crossbars and stripes. Wash Goods Section lower floor.
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Meigs & Go
Bridgeport
Conn
Ladies of
Christchurch
The
Sunshine Shakespeare
Stratt
S. E. Hall
Colebrook
A E. Hall
Frank
Mn_ Bartlett
Will
Elias Howe
Post
Young Women's Christian Association
Meta Mopany
A. Smith
Beach
G. Bechiein
F. Faust
Mr. Fox
Florence Mc
Walter Moss
James Keegan
Flaherty
James Dermody
A. Herr
Walter Schneider
James Mahoney
James Barry
Myrtle Beach
Fred Mooney
F. E. Lewis
See Ee Rerenys
Fea Ak
Ones
Colonna Club
F. ‘MM. Paterson
Universalist Women's Club
Fred W. Tracy
Fairfield Avenue
George W
F. M. Iond
J. H. Ortreasurer
A Glines
Taft
Dickens
Central Labor Union
Eagles’ Hall
George A. Kajotte
Frank Waite
Joseph Hurley
James Saunders
James Kerwin
Mesers
Toomey and
Riley
Fred Burger
T. & Flanagan
R. W. Barrows
J. N. Burke
H. Taylor
H. Gaynor
N. Byrnes
H. Waylor
W. Miller
Harold & Gorst
Bdu
London Standard
Alderman McMurray
George R. Barnes
Common Council
Arbor
Dan‘l Sprague
Harry Husted
W. M. Terry
Harry Quinn
Col.r. Fitzgibbon
Larry Gill
M. J.fanagan
Bernard Keating, Jr
Lieut. Redgate
Charles Kingston
Hurley
W. R. Hurley
Bernard Keating
W. M. Cabot
Atlantic
Itout
Sertorial Art Journal
Macresdy
Virginius
Virginia
Icilius
Polynesia
Pacific Islands
Meredith
D. M. Read Co
Summer Black Goods
Radford B. Smith
Main St
Fairfield
Mwork Bureau
John F. Fay
New
Halligan
Sue
Joseph P. Coughlin
East Main ST
People’s Dairy
State St
GEO. A. Robertson
N. Buckingham & Co., Inc
State Street
D. D. Smith
Eigen
Sep
Bridgeport Distributing CO
Public Market
California
Buzzard's Bay
Marthas Vineyard
Nantucket
Narragansett
Newport
Watch Hill
Shore Line
Connecticut
A. B. Smith
New Haven
NEW York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Chicago
New England
Massex
Washington
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