Supt Eugene Birmingham Improves After Grip Attack
Supt Eugene Birmingham, homebound two days with a mild grip, shows marked improvement and is expected to resume office duties at the start of next week. In San Francisco, May 24, Nat Goodwin to wed for the fifth time. bride is Miss Marjorie Moreland, leading actress in his latest production, to be married at Goodwin's Ocean Park home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Birmingham
San Francisco
Nat Goodwin
Marjorie Moreland
Goodwin
Ocean
Memorial notices from 1913 to 1915 in city listings
Funeral announcements for Theresa Burke, Patrick Clabby, Verne B Plumb, Frank E Beach, Jeremiah F Donovan, and William C Benedict are recorded with dates May 1913 to May 1915. Each notice lists parents or spouse, residence, funeral time, and burial place, indicating citywide obituary excerpts and scheduling details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullinan & Mullins
Main Street
St. Charles
Tygaieaians
St Michael’s Sepean
Verne B. Plumb
Frank
Lizzie Tait Plumb
Hillside Avenue
Mountain Grove
Frank E. Beach
Fisute
Washington Terrace
Donovan
Shelton
Jeremiah F. Donovan
Bertha Laubscher
Lakeview Cemetery
William C. Bénedict
BE. W. Downs
Clinton Avenue
Mt Grove
Skilled Help Falls Off In Textile Mills In Connecticut
Plainfield May 24 The shortage of skilled workers in eastern Connecticut textile mills hits hard with about a thousand positions vacant and idle machinery. Causes include fewer French Canadian workers returning from farms and a shift in recruiting to languages other than English. Training new skilled operatives is difficult, pushing up fake scales and wages as mills rely on less skilled labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Conn
Connecticut
Canada
Greeks Lose 250 In Battle With Bulgars
Salonika May 24 The Greek losses in the fighting with Bulgarians are given as one captain killed and 250 men killed or wounded. Hostilities have been suspended. A Bulgarian mutiny at Serres is reported with troops demanding disbandment and their commander killing himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salonika
Serres
James C Grace Named Inspector in Bridge Port Health Dept
James C Grace is named the new assistant health inspector in Bridge Port. Health Officer E A McLellan announced the appointment after careful qualification checks. Grace has years of experience in butcher and grocery trades and will work under the health officer and inspector. He resides at 234 Coleman Street and previously worked at John L Schietchert's store, 2101 Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Grace
Health Dept
Bridge Port
E. A. McLellan
Coleman Street
John Ll. Schietchert
Main Street
Wieler Buys Hotel Billings and Plans German Cuisine
Matt Wieler has acquired the Hotel Billings on Water Street from Joseph Billings and seeks to transfer the liquor license. He currently runs the Central House at 1286 Main Street and will move there due to 5. Z. Poli’s demolition plans. Wieler intends to run a first class hostelry with German specialties and will operate the Hotel Billings alongside a new cafe in a future building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Wieler
Billings
Water Street
Joseph Billings
County Commissioners
Lquor
Wieler
Main Street
5. Z. Poli
Trial of Mrs Lund Begins on Tuesday
The trials of Marion Lund, Joseph A Cohen and Miles V Dowd begin next Tuesday before Judge Joel H Reed in the criminal superior court. Lund is free on 1500 dollar bond while Cohen and Dowd are at liberty on 6000 dollar bonds each. They all protest their innocence of the grave charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Lund
Joseph A. Cohen
Miles V. Dowd
Marion Houlihan
Joel H. Reed
Criminal Superior Court
Mrs. Lund
Cohen
Doud
Liberty
Mayors join civics course then drive out flood district
Gary Indiana May 24 Mayor Thomas E Knott teams with Philadelphia Mayor Blankenberg in a civics course at Wisconsin Then an order forces levee district residents to leave within an hour More than a hundred undesirables reportedly relocate to Chicago as a so called thorough cleaning is ordered by the police chief
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Thomas E. Knott
Blankenberg
Philadelphia
University of Wisconsin
Chicago
Emperor Yoshihito Improves as War Talk Subdued
May 24 Tokio reports Emperor Yoshihito's condition improving after pneumonia. Physicians express confidence in recovery. Bulletin notes temperature 102.75 F, pulse 85, respiration 28. Count Watanabe reads Wilson cable message of sympathy. Early bulletin gave 93.2 F, pulse 76, respiration 26. Dr Shige Fuyuhiro to travel to California to study anti-Japanese sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Yoshihito
Chiaki Watanabe
Wilson
San Francisco
Shige Fuyuhiro
Imperial University At
Kyoto
Japan
California
Connecticut Federation of Women's Clubs Closes Sessions
South Manchester Connecticut May 24 After three days of sociability and entertainment the spring meeting of the Connecticut Federation of Women's clubs closed. Nominating committee members named for officers to report next spring at Stamford: Mrs Isaac I Jennings Mrs Milton Shumway Mrs F A Farrar Mrs BE Smith and Miss Elizabeth Bacon. 37 clubs were represented with 15 delegates and 194 guests. President general Mrs Percy V Pennypacker urged greater charity in reform efforts and secretary general Mrs Emmons Crocker spoke on conservation needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Manchester
Conn
Connecticut Federation of Women's Clubs
Stamford
Isaac I. Jennings
Milton Shumway
Danielson
F. A. Farrar
South Manchester
BE. D. Smith
Elizabeth Bacon
Clinton
New Haven
Percy V. Pennypacker
Texas
Emmons Crocker
Massachusetts
Inquest Set On Cueto Death At Bridgeport Brass Plant
Coroner J. J. Phelan will weigh whether a brass fragment struck Martin Cueto causing a fatal fall or if a brain hemorrhage caused his death after he was taken from the Bridgeport Brass Company factory to St. Vincent's hospital. Medical Examiner Garlick concluded autopsy unnecessary, citing a hemorrhage and contra coup brain injury, not direct penetration by metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Cueto
J. J. Phelan
Bridgeport Brass Company
St. Vincent’s Hospital
S. M. Garlick
Fairfield Avenue Conduits Begin by United Illuminating Co
The F. E. Ley Co of Springfield Massachusetts began laying conduits on Fairfield avenue today under city authorization. When completed the city will start laying permanent pavement along the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Ley Co
Springfield
Mass
United Illuminating Co
Fairfield Avenue
John Rinko Sues Mary Rinko in Divorce Action
Papers filed in superior court in this city in a divorce suit by John Rinko against Mary Rinko of Norwalk. Ground alleged is desertion on August 1, 1909. The couple married January 1894. Plaintiff seeks custody of four minor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rinko
Mary Rinko
Norwalk
Ashes Flung From Skyscraper After Laborer's Death
Cincinnati May 24 The ashes of Jacob Gross a laborer who helped erect a 34 story building were thrown to the wind from the top of the structure per his dying wish The physician told him death from tuberculosis was near His attorney carried out the request and distributed $1 to each of six relatives that was all of his estate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Jacob Gross
Gross
Woman Dies On Train En Route To Bridgeport
In Thompsonville Connecticut on May 24 Mrs Salina Garton of Orcutts Stafford died on a Springfield bound train. A physician cited heart disease. A niece accompanied her and said she felt faint before passing away. The body was sent to Stafford Springs for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompsonville
Conn
Salina Garton
Orcutts
Stafford
Springfield
Garton
Bridgeport
Stafford Springs
Memorial Day Plans Set by G A R Committee
The G A R reports Memorial Day plans nearly finished with flag placement to be completed tomorrow morning. Citizens with knowledge of omitted graves should notify Officer E L Ruggles. High school pupils' essays are with Dr N E Worden George Co Stewart and Russell Glenn, the memorial committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Ruggles
N. E. Worden
George Co. Stewart
Russell Glenn
Eckart Sues McGuire Over Saloon License Action
Caroline Eckart of Eckart Brewing Co sues BP J McGuire for 10000 alleging an agreement to favor Eckart liquors and restraining transfer of his license from Gregory Street to 50 South Avenue. A temporary injunction was granted preventing license transfer without her consent and related counsel fees were to be paid. renewal granted May 20 by county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BP. J. McGuire
Gregory Street
Malleable Iron Co
Caroline Eckart
Eckart Brewing Co
McGuire
Eckart
Weather forecast fragment summary
Fragmentary weather note mentions clearing conditions after a fall night and improvement by tomorrow with likely dry periods and cooler temperatures. Contains no specific locations or times.
Outdoor Summer Fun Offers Wide Enjoyment
A long summer for outdoor enjoyment is to be improved with ample benefit for all who step outside. The season invites many sports, from quiet activities to livelier pursuits, and Howland store provides cameras, fishing tackle, tennis, and baseball supplies for every taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howland
Old Town canoes sell with special models and gear
Oldtown canoes praised for buoyancy and easy handling. Premium standards cited with 15 16 and 18 foot models priced at 29, 31, and 25 dollars. Sponson attachments listed at 12 dollars. Paddles priced at 1.50 each. Sailing outfits offered as a complete set for 16.50.
Fishing Gear Price List From Mixed Goods Store
Split bamboo rods with extra tip two dollars. Sample bamboo rods with brass mountings and nickel finish special value three cents. Swelled hooks fifteen cents and twenty five cents per dozen. Plain hooks two cents per dozen. Reels many sizes twenty five cents forty five cents and up to three dollars. Pearl squids for weakfish five cents each. French enamel lines mostly twenty five yard lengths two cents per yard. Pure linen Cuttyhunk lines sizes nine to twenty four fifty yards per spool forty five cents. Minnows for pickerel and bass samples twenty five cents. Trout baskets one cent and one dollar twenty five. Pure silk braided lines up to one hundred twenty yards ten yards for eight cents. Landing nets forty cents to one dollar. Leaders eight to twenty cents. Steel rods very strong and staunch eighty five cents to two dollars.
Tennis rackets and supplies from top brands
A local ad offers a fine selection of rackets from Write & Ditson Spalding Slazenger Victor and others. Featured models include Gold Medal B Hackett Alexander Doherty Champion Sears St George Victor Special Longwood Expert Greenwood with prices from $2 to $8 plus nets posts markers tape covers and balls listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackett
Alexander
Doherty
D. H
Champion
Sears
St. George
Victor Special
Longwood
Greenwood
Golf outfits and clubs for expert and beginner buyers
An ad praises Crawford-Macgregor golf clubs as the ideal choice for expert players seeking the right feel and driving power. Beginners are offered complete outfits from clubs to bags with a selection of balls priced 38c to 1 dollar. Many leading players reportedly prefer these Crawford-Macgregor models.
The Kodak advertisement for cameras and supplies
A vintage ad promotes Kodak cameras as the ideal hunting companion for photographers over hunters. It touts light pocket models, Brownie and Premo lines, folding formats, film development services, and prints at varied prices, highlighting portability and ease of use with suggested price ranges from $1 to $52.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodak
Kodaks
Howland Dry Goods Go Faces License Transfer Fight
In Rockville on May 24 deputies served papers as McGuire faced a license renewal after a dispute over an estate valued at 1600 dollars. The Malleable Iron Co opposed McGuire but dropped objections if he moved his saloon away from the neighborhood. A separate confession from Lucas details a murder of his wife over two years of money disagreements, including arson and fatal blows with a “billy.” A decapitated man was found near the railroad east of Vernon station, identified later by investigators as a possible vagrant who was trackwalking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
Williamsburg
Billy
Rockville
Vernon Station
Farmer Confesses Slaying Wife and Burnings
Richmond Indiana May 24 Seth Lucas a farmer has confessed to murdering his wife with a billy and pouring kerosene on the bedding before setting fire to their home near Williamsburg last September He is jailed here The case tied to the disappearance of his daughter Mrs Grover Decamp last Friday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ond
Seth Lucas
Billy
Williamsburg
Lucas
Grover Decamp
Deruggists Fined For Sunday Sales In Waterbury
Waterbury May 21 Charles Grady Matthew Gorroche John F Duncan and A J Sorel were fined 10 each and Laula Baird and Joseph P Kilbride 75 each in police court on two complaints. They were derugists whose places were visited by the State police on Sundays and liquor was sold. NOTICE A regular meeting of the Bartenders Local will be held tomorrow Sunday night at 730 Meetings to be held once a month during er Per order
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice G. Piper
Connecticut
Couurt
Bridgeport
Aurelius H. Piper
Beatrice G. Hawley Piper
Wort Evening Farmer
A. D
WM. T. Haviland
Fairfield County
Waterbury
Charles Grady
Matthew Gorroche
John F. Duncan
A. J.sorel
Laula Baird
Joseph P. Kilbride
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Birmingham
Sat Goodwin
Hymen
James Horan
John Rece & Son
Hughes & Chapman
Stratford Avenue
National Trading Cloth
Jackson’s Book Shop
Emperor OF
MERC
OF Women’s Clubs
Cueto
John J. Phelan
Ley Co
Skyscraper
M’guire
Howwland’s
Cannon Street
Oldtown Canoes
Oldtown
Howland Dry Goods
South, Avenue
Rockwell
Wmdertaker
Poumtbi
Farmer
Deruggists
Lee
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