New Jersey Board Finds Concrete Best for Roads
A New Jersey legislative committee examined pavement options and endorsed concrete for roads as economical, durable, and easy to maintain. They cited lower maintenance costs, better drainage, and suitability for various weather and traffic, while noting proper sub-base preparation and joints.
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NEW Jersey Board
New Jersey
Percy H. Wilson
Association of American-Porti and Cement Manufacturers
Itia
Pgocrate Fonda
New York
New
Ohio
California
Roand
Wilson
Roosevelt Libel Verdict in Page One Case
The jury found the article libelous in two aspects and returned a unanimous verdict for Theodore Roosevelt. The court noted the issue as whether a corrupt political alliance and collaboration with crooked business influenced state government. The verdict affirmed that Roosevelt justified the article, signaling a victory for good government. Juror Burns received cheers as he left the courthouse.
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Penang
Eng
Col. Roosevelt
Burns
John M. Bowers
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Says
Charlee Murphy
Setonrest
Jurors Stand 11 to 1 in Favor of Defendant in Five Week Trial
Foreman recounts that after the first ballot the jury was 11 to 1 for the defendant. Burns supposedly refused to change his vote until today, while others claimed they did not want to appear to have rushed their decision after extensive five week examination of the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
A Little Bedbug On Your Pillow
A riotous warning about bedbugs and nightly bites ends with a remedy. The ad touts Presto Killer as an effective cleaner, priced at 25 cents, promising relief from pests and the unpleasant wakeful night.
Cyrus Pharmacy Land Sale By Public Auction
Public sale by execution directed to me will occur at the sign post in Bridgeport to satisfy costs and fees. On Saturday May 29 1915 at 10 am the following items will be sold: a safe desk electric motor set of switches starter. Safe to be held at 157 Stratford avenue Bridgeport. Deputy Sheriff Joseph F Wieler County of Fairfield.
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Bridgeport
Stratford Avenue
Joseph F. Wieler
County of
Fetrfeld
Great Anniversary Sale Promotes Millinery and Fashion Goods
Extraordinary price reductions in seasonable millinery, shirt waists, silk petticoats, perculine petticoats, outside dress skirts, cloth coats, raincoats, ostrich plumes, ribbons, marabout capes and collars and white Iceland fox scarfs.
Social and Personal News of Weddings and Local Events
Miss Dorothy Stanton daughter of Mrs Florence Stanton and William Webb son of Mr and Mrs George Webb were married at St Johns Episcopal church in the afternoon. Rev Stephen Fish Sherman performed the ceremony. A reception followed at 67 Washington avenue. The couple will reside in the Bronx before a later move to this city. Invitations were issued for Miss Natalie Banks Macfarlane’s wedding to Ernest Carlisle Hunter at the Hotel Stratfield with ceremony at six o’clock. A large audience attended the first public performance of the B H S Girls Glee club at the high school assembly hall. The program featured piano violin and choral numbers. A panic occurred at a Third Avenue moving picture house when rowdies shouted Fire. two were arrested and sentenced to thirty days.
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Dorothy Stanton
Florence Stanton
Golden Hill Street
William Webb
George Webb
Nauvoo
St. John's Episcopal Church
Stephen Fish Sherman
Charles F. Wood
Washington Avenue
Emily Sanford
Peggy Hall
Violet Wood
Theodore Crisp
New York
Harrold Drew
Ansonia
R. Hunter McQuistion
Ralph Blackburn
Harvey Irving
Webb
Alvin C. Bruel
Mrs. Stanton
Adirondacks
Francie Hough Macfarlane
Bayard Boyd Webb
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Gibbs
Brook- Uns
Josephine Lynge
Mildred Foster
Martha Marie Sleeper
Courtland School
Danahall
Wellesley
Mass
Hunter
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale Sheffield Monthly
Willard R. Smith
Mary Maraff
B. F. Hastings
David Greenspun
David Reich
W Molley
Rubenstein
Moving Picture
Third Avenue
Chicago Woman Visits Kaiser With A Plan For Peace
The Hague congress on peace sends a delegation to the German emperor. Miss Jane Addams leads with Dr Aletta Jacobs Mrs Richard Palthe and Signora Genoni of Italy. They have met Premier Asquith and Foreign Secretary Grey in London to present the peace resolution.
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International Congress of Women
Hague
Jane Addams
Chicago
Aletta Jacobs
Richard Palthe
Holland
Signora Genoni
Italy
Asquith
Grey
London
The
Seek Three Escaped Lunatics Here Find One In Local Hotel
Bridgeport authorities and charities officials hunted three escaped lunatics last night and today until keepers from Norwich and Middletown asylums assured they were not dangerous. Thomas Burke was captured at the Annex hotel Water street by Policeman Suponski and Investigator Morissey and returned to Norwich state hospital. Middletown asylum officers continued searching for two women who fled during grounds access.
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Maryland
William McIntyre
Philadelphia
Morris Turnpike
Stewartville
Warren County
Stevens
Roosevelt Road
Middlesex County
Bridgeport
Police
Charities Department
Norwich
Middletown
Thomas Burke
Annex Hotel
Water Street
Suponski
Charities
Alexander Morrissey
State Hospital For
Circus Train Crew Finds Mangled Body In Connecticut
Circus train crew in Old Saybrook, Connecticut found L. Martell of Worcester, 22, beside the tracks after a fall from a freight train. His leg was crushed and a compound fracture occurred. He received temporary local treatment and was sent to New Haven hospital.
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Old Saybrook
Conn
L. Martell
Worcester
New Haven Hospital
President of Defunct Middletown Bank Dead
E H Jackson, first and only president of the Middletown Banking Company, died in Middletown Conn at age 70. Born in Paris Co he led the bank for four decades now in receivers hands. Survived by Mrs Jackson two sons and two daughters.
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Middletown
Conn
E. H Jackson
Middletown Banking Company
Paris
Jackson
City Court Docket in Brief From Local Ledger
Sylvanus Locke of Locke Steel Belt is discharged on reckless driving charges with nolle entered. Louis Coles told to leave the city after annoying his wife, claiming love unreturned. John Simla fined $15 for cruelty to an animal after a beating by three witnesses. Jacob Lavin discharged when the woman refused to answer. Helen Smith and Loretta Walters held for trial for theft from Harry Roberts, bonds $200. Greenspun case postponed. state to prove reckless driving at Locomobile strike. Lesko Jukss Lispko fined $54 for an attack on Andrew Singer. Ferris waives burglary exam and is held on $3000 bonds. The Swiss army has mobilized.
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Sylvanus Locke
Locke Steel Belt Company
Wilder
Nolle
Louis Coles
New Haven
John Simla
Sprague Ice & Coal Company
Jacob Lavin
Pequonnock Street
Fannie Pinsky
Howard Avenue
Helen Smith
Loretta Walters
Harry M. Roberts
Louis Greenspun
Parrott Avenue
Locomobile Company
B. Dilliston
Connecticutional Bank
Wall and
Main Streets
Peter Lesko
John Jukss
John Lispko
Osborne Street
Andrew Singer
Bridgeport
William Ferris
Mother Brook the First Canal in Dedham 1639
A historical note on Mother Brook in Dedham Mass the first canal dug in the United States to connect the Charles River with East Brook about a mile long. Built by hardy Dedham villagers in 1639 for mill water this drainage passage winds along high ground with well kept gardens nearby.
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Mother Brook
Dedham
Mass
Charles River
Eastbrook
Prismatic Lake in Yellowstone Park described as world’s perfect spring
The article extols Prismatic Lake in Yellowstone Park as the most perfect spring of its kind, detailing its summit mound overflow, spider‑web ground pattern, a 250 by 300 foot pool, and a crimson‑tinged steam cloud. it quotes Hiram Martin Chittenden praising the lake’s colors and visibility. The piece then shifts to tin mining basics, ore composition, and historic tin sources, followed by a query about the cost to fire a 14 inch gun and the price of its 1,400 pound projectiles.
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Yellowstone Park
Aize
Yellowstone National Park
Hiram Martin Chittenden
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Col. Courtland Street
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Otto Rohloff
Berlin
Federation of German American Singing Societies of America
Thirteenth Regiment Armory
Ne Ees
Oats
Ee & Son
Jane Adbams
Middletown Bank
Smith-Murray CO
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Nile
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