Congress activity report and hearings noted
Washington reports the record of Congress shows the House met 24 days and 175 hours 44 minutes last week while the Senate met 19 days and 46 hours 41 minutes. The House considers special measures to probe the steel and Omar trusts amid reciprocity hearings and constitutional debates in Arizona and New Mexico.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Jolnist House
House
Senate
Steel Trust
Omar Trust House
Arizona
New Medico
Senin Aance Committee
Bridgerort Jackie Spotted Fever Update
Kenneth Ballard of this city nephew of Fr. and Ballard, a well known pharmacist, is recovering from spotted fever at the naval hospital in Fjawport treated with new Flexner anti meningitic serum and the Rockefeller antidate head discovery. Bullard is 17 and Jay Bada at Bridgepod hospital is in critical condition. Mrs Jove Chise Gelinas and her four year old son have recovered and returned home to 158 Hown street.
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Kenneth Ballard
Fr. & Ballard
Woodave
Naval Hospital
Fjawport
Bullard
Jay Bada
Bridgepodospital
Jove Chise Gelinas
Hown Street
Public hearing sought on Saxon chauffeur license suspension
A public hearing will review the license of Charles Saxon of New Haven, charged with reckless driving in a fatal New Haven County accident that killed Fusdectek M. Western of Cheshire and injured two women. The Secretary of State will conduct the hearing under state automobile laws, with potential license suspension or revocation.
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United Press
Harifved
Cimufteur
Charles Saxon
New ‘Haven
Saxom
Fusdectek M. Western
Cheshire
New Hawoh
Qehich
New Haven
Tela
Saxon Wir Kuiky
Reck- Jean
Welton
Denth
Mix
Antenmbite Department of the State
Mits
Substantial plan for West End Station building
A planned police station for the Third Precinct in Went wee Taree by Archi e G Bouthey is nearly complete. The $26,000 project targets Waterfield Avenue and State Street with a two story design featuring clerks office, two officer rooms, a dozen cells, janitor quarters, a bath, a storage shed, gymnasium or dormitory space, and spacious drives with decorative grounds.
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Wentwee Taree
Archie G. Bouthey
Watrfield Avenue
Btate Street
Ex Mayor Russell Suspended Chauffeur License Held Up
State office announced in May that ex mayor To McPoroush Russell of Middletewm has his chauffeur license suspended indefinitely. Russell was away on vacation. hearing scheduled on his car. License suspension stemmed from a series of prior accidents including a fatal horse incident.
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United Pros.y Hortices
Secretary of State
Hinring
Russell
Russell Wan
Tate
Ant
Girentiy
Orliller
Horne
Mer
Poll presents The Man of the Hour at Poli's a summer stock run
Manager Poll showcases George Broadhurst s The Man of the Hour starring John E Ince Janet Tyrrell and a strong Poll cast in a largely augmented production The play about a mayoral puppet king features a lovestruck heroine and moral tests with crisp acting and lavish stage settings The show may set attendance records with a long New York run and popular prices Also billed are song interludes by Jack Sherman and Eddie Hesley plus new electrograph views Seats available at the theatre box office
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New York
George Broadhursts
John E. Ince
Janet Tyrrell
Poll
Secola
Carns
New York City
Poli
Jack Sherman
Eddie Hesley
Timetable Changes From New Haven Railroad Announced
New Haven railroad reveals summer timetable changes to begin Sunday June with White Mountain express two runs and Bar Harbor through Hartford Springfield Worcester instead of via New London Worcester to ease grade delays. Extra trains expected on suburban routes serving New York Boston New Haven area.
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New Haven
T. E. Coley
Bar Harbor
Hartford
Springfield
Worcester
New London
New York
Goston
Noted pawnbroker dies in dream of burglar attack
New York on May 22 John McAleenan a prominent pawnshop manager and gem expert, reportedly killed himself after dreaming of battling a burglar. Relatives heard a shot. he was found unconscious and died two hours later. Coroner and police deem the death suicide, noting years of nightmares. He was 36, a New York Athletic Club member and well known to actors and sportsmen.
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United Press
New York
Tob
John McAleenan
McAleenan
Whiteway
MccAleenan
New York Athletic Club
Eastith Street
Arthur
John
John M. Kramer
John L. Bodine
College of Phyicians and Surgeons
Winterbottom
Freerick
Schwarz
Herford
Germany
Baltimore
Caroline Clausen
Henry Clausen
Fifth Avenue
Deutscher Verein
Liederkranz
Henry F. Schwarz
G. Frederick
Herbert F
Anna
Ida
Emily Schwarz
We Do Not Survive. a Hushed Chronicle of Civilizations
Excerpted from Herbert Kaufman in April Woman's World contrasts Sidon Egypt Greece and Rome with modern nations. It laments the rise and fall of empires, arguing civilization survives only through collective action, civic rights, and individual responsibility, ending with a meditation on endurance and divine creation.
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Sidon
Egypt
Greece
Bosphorus
Byzandium
Acorna
Ptolemy
Rome
Llse
Stark
Creation
Herbert Kaufman
Farmer Want Ad Promises Deals and Seeds for Spring
A fragment from an old rural publication highlights a farmer seeking to buy or trade for tools seeds and livestock. The note hints at seasonal needs and local negotiations indicating a community marketplace in the countryside.
Scottish Rite To Visit Providence on Wednesday
Lafay ette Consistory A A S and R will journey to Providence Rhode Island to be guests of Rhode Island Consistory. They will be received with a band at the Providence station and attend a great banquet with events planned every minute. The local Consistory leaves at 11 30 a m to confer the 27th degree on a large Providence class. A long list of candy members is named. The degree is led by Charles M Gerdinter 88d Deg Commander in Chief of First Consistory.
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Lafayeette Consistory
A. A. S and R
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Providence Station
Co. T. Beardsley
A. M. Wooster
Geo. E. Mellus
A. H. Mackenzie
J. H. Wade
R. H. Broderick
Geo. D. Phillips
E. Parker
J. A. Gorham
F. BE. Northrop
CP. Gilbert
F.C. Clark
H. M. Booth
RC. Bherwood
J. T. Wooster
C. D. Davis
R. A. Curtiss
P. S. Hill
F. S Siosson
Eugene B. Peck
B. B. Bilis
A. M. Englehard
Geo. T. Jewell
L. R Blackman
H.C. ‘Preshour
R. I. Blakeslee
F. E. Brown
F. A. Strong
Geo. Kingston
C. D
Miller
Geo. G. Beers
G. H. T. Walls
O. Smith
Geo. H. Peck
P. Wiking
Otto Lehmann
EB. N. Wakeies
J. W. Bedlent
L. P. Bristol
W. G. Newell
Geo. B. I Coley
G. P. Sanborn
Puffs Save Woman After Trolley Fall In New Jersey
Mrs. Margaret Watts credits her new puffs for saving her life after being hurled from a trolley car in Pastaic New Jersey May 22 He said a deep cut required stitching and that she would likely have suffered a fractured skull without the headwear She calmly asked to preserve them and then replaced her coiffure before going home A warning from a Bath Maine drugstorepromotes Foley Kidney Pills as restoring strength after kidney inflammation and dizziness statements from E S Bacon and F B Brill Curtis Pharmacy
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New York
St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church
Manhattan Avenue
Miton Street
Greenpoint
Sarah Farady
Franklin Street
Gabriel
Father Cioffi
Pastaic
N. J
Margaret Watts
Alfred C. Pedrick
Dr. Perdick
Bacon
East St
Bath
Foley
F. B. Brill
Curtis Pharmacy
The Horse Came Back to Bloomfield After Years
Old Dan, a black horse owned by Alexander B. McLeod of Bloomfield for 22 years, returned at midnight, neighing at the gate. A man claimed the horse and wagon as purchased on Staten Island, but McLeod bought Dan back for $50 and restored him to his old stall. Also, Marion Crabtree, 101, of Savannah, Ills, is in a hospital after a 36 day self imposed fast.
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Bloomfield, N. J
Dan
Alexander B. McLeod
Bloomfield
McLeod
Tan
New York State
Rocco Giannetti
Livingston
Staten Island
East Orange
Junkman
la Crosse
Marion Crabtree
Savannah
La Vita arrives in Bridgeport for free shows
The La Vita man with a notorious West reputation will lecture, demonstrate, and perform free band concerts and vaudeville in Bridgeport starting Wednesday May 24 at 7 30 p m on the La Vita Show Grounds corner of State Street and Bostwick Avenue crowds of up to ten thousand are expected for open air entertainment with no admission charge and easy streetcar access
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West
Bridgeport
la Vita
la Vita Free Show
State Street
Bostwick Avenue
la Vita Show Grounds
Church Debt Canceled in Connecticut Universalist Society
New Haven May 22 The Universalist society of Connecticut retires remaining parish debts culminating in all parishes debt free. Church of the Messiah plans a celebratory service with Rev W H McGlauflin and Rev Charles Conklin delivering sermons as Gov Baldwin and Mayor Rice attend. Also notes mortgage note burn on May 31. Schwarz Toy Man Dies in New York After 41 Years in Business.
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New Haven
Church of the Messiah
Uniersalist Society of
Connecticut
Boelery
W. H. McGlauflin
United States
Charles Conklin
D. D
Massachusetts
M. F. Dickerman
Baldwin
Rice
Robert C. Denison
United Church
Theodore A. Fischer
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Jackie
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Congregation of the Messiah
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Toy Man
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Household Loan CO
Heigs
Farmers’ Supply & Roofing Co
Middle Street
the United Illuminating Co
John Street
Western Union Telegraph
Amweite
Cable Serre
Western Union, Telegraph , Company
Byeoo Ornees
Amerch
Western Union Day
Wight
THE
Western Union Telegraph CO
N. Buckingham & Co. Inc
Bay State Ranges
Joseph P. Coughlin CO
John F
Fairfield Ave
Peries
England
People’s Dairy
D. D. Smith
Poli’s
Fairfeld Ave
Berkshire Mill CO
Sprague
Sprague Ice & Coal CO
East End
East Wash
Ave
Bridger
IRA Gregory & GO
Stratford Avenue
Lehigh Coal
Naugatuce Valley Ice Co
Untaren
Fairfield Avenue
Housatonio Autint
Wheeler & Howes
Main
Congress Street Bridge
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