Great Creditor Sale at Stratfield Hotel Block
The Creditor Sale at 1227 1229 Main Street Stratfield Hotel Block draws over 1,000 shoppers snatching men clothing and furnishings at deep discounts. Profits promise refunds if buyers are not satisfied with items priced from $0.95 to $7.85 on suits shirts hats and accessories. Store hours 9 am to 6 pm weekdays and 9 am to 11 pm Saturdays. Edward Lonergan leads the sale.
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Can Hating Friend Leads to Lunch Break Rivalry
A fragment from a Fort Worth Star Telegram item recalls Martha and another woman arguing after planning to visit their cars then sharing a lunch detour. The quirky scene ends with Martha vowing to return borrowed patterns and sever ties.
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Martha
Claude Callan
Fort Worth
Star Telegraph
Small Boy Invents Wooden Sextant Early In Life
An excerpt details Sir Hiram Maxim as a child improvising a wooden sextant with thread and sights. His sister read the indicator as he aimed near the north star, confirming a 45 degree north latitude observation. A Turkish riddle about a dreamer pasha and a beggar is also mentioned without resolution.
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Bat
Hiram
Patient man reflects on lifelong wants in cafe exchange
A philosopher recalls cravings as a waitress jokes about fried potatoes. The ill man replies that he has wanted many things all his life and has learned to live without them. The brief exchange ends with quiet resignation.
Waite to Die in Sing Sing Electric Chair Tonight
New York May 24 Dr Arthur Warren Waite faces execution at 11 pm in Sing Sing for poisoning his father in law John Peck of Grand Rapids Michigan. He spent the day humming tunes writing poems and conferring with his brother and Presbyterian chaplain Dr A N Peterson. Witnesses barred from the death chamber until minutes before the death march. The scene bears on insanity defense as alienists debate sanity versus moral imbecility based on Waite's calm demeanor and stated desire to die for his crime.
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Arthur Warren Waite
Sing Sing
John H. Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
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John Peck
Frank
A. N. Peterson
Peterson
Dr. Waite
Moyer
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Waite
Effort to Corner Future Potato Crop Faced by Mobilization Group
Hartford and New Haven speculators target Fairfield County potato growers with two bid offers per bushel and seed financing for corn. Local Agricultural committee plans countermeasures to protect planted crops and prevent price manipulation. Authorities may seek national action to curb such speculation.
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Hartford
New Haven
Fairfield County Resources Mobilization Committee
National Council of Defense
Bridgeport
Washington
G. A. R. Members to Attend Service at First M. E. Church
The Grand Army of the Republic plans a joint service at First Methodist Church next Sunday night with Rev. George M. Brown delivering the sermon. City patriotic societies expect to attend as the church is decorated and the choir offers patriotic selections.
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Grand Army of the Republic
First Methodist
George M. Brown
Arrest Woman for Theft in New Haven Case
Mrs. Hilla Debella of 693 North Washington avenue was turned over to New Haven police this morning by order of Judge Frederic Bartlett, charged with stealing a watch and $40 from a woman she once lived with. Parmer Want Ads, One Cent 2 Word.
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North
Washington Avenue
New Haven
Frederic Bartlett
Seymour suit against Norwalk nears verdict
The $5,000 case of Attorney John J. Seymour against the city of Norwalk wrapped up testimony before Judge Reed in the civil superior court. The trial drew daily crowds of prominent locals as Seymour seeks fees for legal work linked to the Washington Street bridge project. Arguments were set to resume this morning.
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Norwalk
Reed
Civil Superior Court
Seymour
General Assembly
Washington Street
Man Charged After Assault on Fire Captain Mistook Him
Nazzareni Sanchioni of North Washington Avenue assaulted Capt. Samuel W. West of Engine 4 on the street wielding plumber’s scissors weighing about 12 pounds. Sanchioni claimed he hated police and attacked by mistake, later recounting in court that West resembled a policeman.
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Washington Avenue
Samuel W. West
Engine 4
West
Sanchioni
Fine Driver Fined After School Drill Disruption
Louis Archer of 370 Centre Street, driver for Jacob Ruppert, broke a military drill at Pembroke Grammar School led by Harvey C. Went, a Pembroke public schools instructor. Archer drove through about 50 pupils, disrupted formations, then backed and hit the instructor, and was fined $5 by Judge Bartlett.
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Louis Archer
Centre Street
Jacob Ruppert
Harvey C. Went
Pembroke Street
Bartlett
Went
Pembroke Grammar School
Archer
Workman Killed in Cedar Hill Yard Accident
New Haven May 24 Nicholas Chonica a workman at the Cedar Hill yards of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad was crushed today by equipment on the new turntable. Henry Cobb another worker was injured but not seriously in the incident.
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New Haven
Nicholas Chonica
Cedar Hill
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Henry Cobb
Wendland v Union Metallic Cartridge Co contested case heard
The contested case of Henry Peter Wendland of Brooklyn against Union Metallic Cartridge Co for compensation is being heard this afternoon before Commissioner Buckingham.
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Henry Peter Wendland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Buckingham
Dr Godfrey Nominated For Office In State Medical Society
Dr C C Godfrey of this city was nominated for vice president of the State Medical Society which opened its 125th annual convention in New Haven with about 100 physicians present. Other nominations included Edwin K Root for president Patrick Cassidy for vice president John B Lane for secretary and P H Ingalls for treasurer. Dr M M Scarborough of New Haven announced he would not seek re election. President Garlick of Bridgeport urged plans to care for those called into service as the nation entered World War.
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C. C. Godfrey
State Medical Society
New Haven
Edwin K. Root
Hartford
Patrick Cassidy Norwich
John B. Lane
P. H. Ingalls
M. M. Scarborough
Samuel M. Garlick
Bridgeport
United States Marshal Seeks 75 to 100 Deputies for Alien Registry
Boston may 24 United States Marshal John J. Mitchell seeks permission to swear in 75 to 100 deputies to help register alien enemies as thousands have already applied. Elias Frowe Jr. Post No. 3 G. A. R. will meet tonight at 925 Sita Street.
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Boston
United States
John J. Mitchell
Washington
Elias Frowe Jr
Post
Sita Street
Trident trawler drives off German submarine in Biscay
In the Bay of Biscay on April 22 a trawler engaged a German submarine. Rough seas and wind hindered speed while the crew fought back with guns and a cabin boy at the helm. Within five minutes the submarine submerged and withdrew.
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Paris
Dbis
Arman
Bay of Biscay
Hari
Dis
A. P. votes to move funds into Liberty bonds
New York May 24. The Associated Press executive committee unanimously resolves to transfer $200,000 from the emergency reserve fund to purchase Liberty bonds. This emergency fund has been built to meet extraordinary news events.
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New York
The
Associated Press
Emergency Reserve Fund
Liberty
Daisy ships guard Long Island Sound buoys in drills
The lighthouse tender Daisy will inspect all buoys daily in a Long Island Sound section to prevent tampering aimed at wrecking vessels and safeguard harbor operations.
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Long Island Sound
Daisy Ars
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