Charities Plan Girls Club House Three Stories High
At a special Associated Charities meeting in Halli Home a building committee was named to raise funds for a three story fireproof Girls Club house. It will include an assembly hall gymnasium reading room and quarters for children of working mothers. An architect will draft plans and cost estimates. Presiding was Mrs. P Omans with committee members listed.
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Associated Charities
Halli
P. Omans
The
Associam
J. P. Omans
W. E. Halligan
E. W. Downs
H. Adeline Thompson
J. C. Curtis
K. M. Spalding
H. C. Fairchild
C. E._ Wilmot
C. H. Armstrong
E. Naramore
Lucien Shepard
Salvation Army Captain Declared Leprosy Case by Expert
Washington May 25 Dr Edward Ehlers of Saint Friedrich Hospital Copenhagen the world’s leading leprosy expert declares Salvation Army captain John R Early isolated by Washington Health Department has leprosy in its primary stage. He warns the disease is virulent highly contagious and requires permanent isolation Early has refused treatment since December. The expert notes Scandinavian laws remove children of lepers from homes and place them under state care.
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Edward Ehlers
Saint Friedrich
Copenhagen
John R. Early
Salvation Army
Washington
New York
Norway
Early
Warden Saves Life At Highland Lake Rescue
Winsted May 25 Warden Edwin F Hitchcock rescued Lucius Joyner a carpenter after Joyner tipped from a canoe and clung to the overturned craft Joyner in water about half an hour signaling for help from the lighted cottage before Hitchcock in a four motor boat reached him and pulled him to safety
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Winsted
Edwin F. Hitchcock
Lucius Joyner
Highland Lake
Joyner
Mr. Hitchcock
Joyrner
Unusual School Step Lets Children Attend City Game
The committee on schools will dismiss classes thirty minutes early on Thursday so pupils can attend a City Officials and Telegram ball game at New Field at 3 PM. Waltersville school band will play. Weather permitting Newfield Park should be crowded, aiding the Girls' Club fund with ticket sales.
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Board of Education
Newfield
Waltersville
Bridgeport
Board of Aldermen
Newfield Park
Girls’ Club of
Professor William Graham Summer to retire from Yale
New Haven May 25 Special from United Press. After thirty seven years in university classes Professor William Graham Summer will retire from the Yale faculty at year's end. A Paterson New Jersey native, class of 1863, he studied at Oxford and the University of Göttingen. In 1872 he became Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale and for the past quarter century led American economics, the last fifteen years as professor of the science of society.
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United Press
New Haven
William Graham Summer
Yale
Summer
Paterson
N. J
Oxford
University of Gottingen
Two Schooners Collide Near Pollock Reef
In Chatham Massachusetts on May 25 two unknown two masted schooners collided off Pollock Reef. Both vessels are badly damaged and the Monomoy Life Saving crew has gone to assist while the tug Orchie stands by. A northwest wind worsens risk they may be lost on the rocks.
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United Press
Chatham
Mass
Pollock Reef
Bhoeth
Monomoy
Orchie
Yale Prize Awarded to H D Hammond for Essay
The John Hubbard Curtis prize for 1909 was awarded to H D Hammond of Nashville Tennessee. His essay examined The Novels of William De Morgan, announced in New Haven on May 25.
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United Press
New Haven
John Hubbard Curtis
H. D. Hammond
Nashville, Tenn
William de Morgan
Main Street To Stay Torn Up All Summer
Main Street between East Washington and Fairfield avenues will remain under construction as the Hydraulic Co. lays a 30 inch water main. Work started in good faith, with plans to replace dirt and rough top with stone, while aldermen debate grooved rails and paving material. City officials expect wood block pavement may be laid before fall, pending rail decisions.
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East Washington Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Hydraulic Co
Biltz
A. V. Hartley
American Creosote Co
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Railroad Commission
Main Street
Scandal at Harvard over examination papers
Cambridge Mass May 25 A Harvard student room sale of alleged examination papers was halted by two policemen who arrested F H Steele of Charlestown. The deal involved 750 dollars to be collected from 75 students for copies of papers in an economic course. Steele faces a local court hearing today.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
F. H. Steele
Charlestown
Steele
Prices of Fresh Meats to Be Advanced at Once
Omaha May 25 Prices of fresh meats are to be advanced by packers with fresh beef rising from 15 to 20 cents a pound and carcasses at 20 cents. Mutton increases follow, pork stays unchanged. Pack ers expect no cuts until grass fed cattle arrive in July as corn and grain costs stay high.
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Omaha
Banquet Highlights Slovak Immigrant Pride In Bridgeport
A Stratfield banquet hosted by the National Slavonic Society drew many Slovak born or connected leaders. Prominent speakers included Professor M. I. Pupin of Columbia University and Albert Mamater of the Carnegie Institute who praised American industry and machine tools. The event celebrated Slovak culture with Slav music by K agamek’s orchestra and featured remarks urging newcomers to become electors, maintain freedom, and contribute to Bridgeport’s growth as a Slovak-American community.
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America
Stratfield
National Slavonic Society
M. I. Pupin
Columbia University
Albert Marmater
B. S
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Conneccut
Kagamek
Orchestra
New York
Alois ¥. Fabry
A. S. Ambrose
National Society
Lee
Ambrose
Rogers
Armory
Hil
Bridgeport
Vincent Pisek
Lss Presbyterian
Pennsylvania
Union
Prague
Albert Mamater
Connecticut
Edward T. Buckingham
Sokol Hall
East Bridgeport
Brdgeport
Pupin
Ellis Island
John Menossky
Wilkesbarre
Ven Svarec
Ohio
Western Reserve
E. P. Nobbs
Horace H. Jackson
Joseph E. Stricker
Perth Amboy
N. J
Press and fairness praised by Slavonian advocate
A McKeesport resident William Wokolek spoke on the power of the press and the fairness of the American press in their treatment of the Slavonian people highlighting the role of media in shaping public perception.
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Ney William Wokolek
McKeesport
Wall Street opens with a soft tone and light activity
New York May 25. Trading lacks decisive direction at the open with gains and losses balanced. Erie slips to 54.58 while Reading and Missouri Pacific edge up. Industrials soften and London supplies about 10 000 shares. noon shows little change and dull volume overall. Foley’s Urine Laxative ad appears in local circulation.
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United Press
New York
London
Erie
Reading
Missouri
Pacific
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