McCallum Silk Hose Offer in Assorted Colors
Silk hose priced at $1.10 in black white and colors. Quality range from $1.50 to $2.00 common odd lot. Three pairs sold to each customer.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1916
Page
14
May Invitation Sale Offers china and silk bargains
A May sale features Nippon and American porcelains with rose patterns and gold edges at low prices, plus Austrian and French china sets and a tea wagon. Also offered are skirts, hosiery, silks on sale, dining chairs with leather seats, and summer hats on the second floor.
Footwear listing for children and women with handmade options
The notice presents women's Vid-kid Ox fords and white hand-turned tail ored pumps priced at $3.45, plus boys shoes on correct lasts in tan Russian calf patent leather and gun metal calf at $2.45. Sizes 9 to 1314 for big boys, and sizes 1 to 6 for smaller boys, all in solid leather and mannish lasts.
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Big Boys
Summer Blankets For Cool Nights In Wool With Borders
A sale note describes fine wool blankets in 10 by 4 size with pink or blue borders. Priced recently at 4.50 and 5.00, now offered at 3.75 and 4.00 as a quick reach, reassuring readers of their warmth and weight for cool nights.
Merchants Plan Monthly Dinner Chorus at Bridgeport Stratfield
Bridgeport Business Men's association to host a monthly dinner with a chorus led by J Brebbine Clyne. Young vocalists will join the singing section to enliven the event while fire prevention topics and expert talks on avoiding losses will feature. Attendees urged to RSVP to Secretary Morgan. price remains $1.00.
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Bridgeport Business ‘Men's Association
Stratfield
Gaylord
Business Men's Chorus
J. Brebbine Clyne
Business Men's
Morgan
Informal Dinner No Tickets Issued By Secretary
The secretary announces an informal dinner with no ticket sales. Guests are admitted on a first come basis and encouraged to arrive early, as seating is limited and RSVP is not required.
Obituaries and funeral notices streamline local losses
Obituary notices detail services and burial for Chester Williams Annie E Howes Aboud Shaia Ursulla Snake Wesley Lockwood Frank A Gile John Glennon. Names, ages, and burial sites listed. services held at St Luke's Summerfield church Second Baptist St Augustine's. Lakeview Oaklawn Mountain Grove cemetery.
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Chester Williams
Kossuth Street
William H. Jepson
Annie E. Howes
East Main Street
B. F. Kidder
Summerfield M. E. Church
Lakeview Cemetery
Wesley Lockwood
Greenfield Hill
Springfield
Mass
Walker & Banks
F. Coideout
Second Baptist Church
Oaklawn Cemetery
Fairfield
Obituary notices for Thompson Kirk Webb and Doon
John J. Thompson age 38 longtime East Bridgeport resident dies after six weeks illness at sister’s home. Survived only by sister Maria Doon. funeral held at St. Marys church with Mass of requiem and committal at St. Michaels cemetery. Charlotte Elizabeth Kirk Webb wife of Lieutenant of Police Frederick W Webb dies at 141 Bronx Avenue after pneumonia. survived by husband, daughter Mrs Wilmot Hercher, two grandchildren, two sisters and two brothers. husband recently named police captain.
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Ursulla Saake
Ursulla Snake
South End
Warren Street
John Glennon
Richard Kiely
Grand Street
St. Augustine's Church
V. J. B. Nihil
Michael
Maurice
William
John Kiely
John J. Thompson
East Bridge Port
John J. Sullivan
Pembroke Street
Mr. Thompson
The
Singer Mfg. Co
Holy Name Society
St. Mary’s Church
Maria Doon
Deacon Street
Thomas P. Mulcahy
John J. Conway
John F. Murphy
F. J. Munich
John Lucas
Peter Campana
Frank Skoda
James Johnson
Father Conway
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Charlotte E. Kirk Webb
Charlotte Elizabeth Kirk
Frederick W.webb
Bronx Avenue
Wilmot T. ‘Hercher
Malleable Iron Co
Ernest Richards
City
George W. Lowndes
New Haven
Edward Kirk
Philip Kirk
Syracuse
Sixteen Clerks To Be Appointed At Local Post Office
Sixteen permanent clerks, the largest number ever added at one time in the state, will be employed at the local post office. Postmaster Greene received permission from the Post Office department to hire the new staff. Appointees will be chosen from substitutes from civil service examinations and will begin work on June 1.
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Greene
Post Office Department
Civil Service Examinations
Wake Sherwood Marries Musical Comedy Actress
Word comes of Wakeman Sherwood, Southport resident, marrying Miss Louise Montague of New York. The ceremony reportedly occurred in New York City last week, with a Hastings on the Hudson honeymoon. Reports say a divorce had separated Wakeman and his former wife, with custody awarded. Sherwood, a wealthy Southport figure, had lived in Newark after the separation. Montague is a Broadway musical comedy actress once based in Bridgeport. Richard Sherwood, Wakeman’s brother, could not be located.
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Wakeman Sherwood
Southport
Louise Montague
New York
New York City
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
Bridgeport
New Haven
Sherwood
Wakeman
Newark City
Richard Sherwood
Anna English
Niskie Victim Found Dead in Staircase Footnotes
Daniel Niskie aged 45 of 2805 Main Street was found at the foot of a staircase and died of apoplexy. Medical Examiner Samuel M. Garlick releases the preliminary report and notes an inquest is unlikely. Partner Want Ads. One Cent-a-Word.
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Daniel Niskie
Mainstreet
Samuel M. Garlick
Prominent men aid consulting board in work
At a University meeting R J S Pigott was elected chairman of a new sub committee of the Committee on Industrial Preparedness. Bridgeport figures H E Harris W V Dee G Drouve Co G W Headley W R Webster form the local roster aiding Hartford state efforts to inventory manufacturers and submit data for naval and war departments.
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Naval Consulting Board
United States
H. E. Harris
Harris Engineering Co
G. Drouve Co
Indictments in New York for phone tapping
Kings County Grand Jury returns two indictments naming city charity official John A. Kingsbury and charity department special counsel William H. Hotchkiss. The report notes the tapping case sources and adds a separate item about a Wisconsin law declared unconstitutional removing cases to Federal courts.
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New York
Kings County Grand Jury
John A. Kingsbury
Charities
William H. Hotchkiss
Charities Department
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Comfortables Floral Silk Fabrics for Any Room
Floral patterns in Seco Silk with color effects to match rooms including sweet peas roses blue flowers for a happy sleep yellow and lavender. Figured centers with plain borders and paisley designs suitable for any or all rooms. Were $4.00 for $3.25. Third floor.
Colonial Mahogany Bedroom Set Sells for 92 Dollars
Four post bed with ball topped posts and scroll headboard forms the centerpiece. Includes matching dresser with swinging mirror chiffonier and dressing table with triple mirror. Original price 115 dollars, now offered at 92 dollars.
Odd Dining Tables in Solid Mahogany with Claw Feet
Colonial Mahogany dining tables offered in several sizes with ball and claw or melon pillow bases. Prices range from 32.00 to 65.00, with former prices listed for reference. Sheraton Table variants included in 6 x 4 ft and 6 x 4 ft sizes at 32.00 to 52.00.
Wife’s Stamford trips cited in Benham divorce suit
John E. Stevens of Benham Avenue testified in his divorce case against Louise Stevens now of Stamford. He says she deserted him March 13 1912 and repeatedly traveled to Stamford to see Lawyer Rowell. Mrs Stevens accuses cruelty and infidelity but her side was not finished at press time. In a separate case Robert C Lewis sues Ella N Lewis for desertion. they married August 1898 and have two children.
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John. E. Stevens
Benham Avenue
Ansonia
Webb
Louise Stevens
Stamford
Stevens
Rowell
Curtis
Superior Court
Robert C. Lewis
Garment Workers Quit in Boston Strike Over Eight-Hour Day
More than 4,000 workers in 200 shops walked out in Boston to press for an eight hour day and wage increases. The nationwide action led by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America proceeded without disorder.
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Boston
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
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Syria
St. Vincent's Hospital
Frank A. Gile
New London
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Mr. Gile
Maurice O’niel
John Moran
Wake’ Sherwood
AID Consulting Board
Bridgeporters
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