Poll Players Present Bright Week of Souvenir Mat and Musical
The Poll players unveil a week of souvenir and autographed photos as a new mat begin Thursday. Miss Fleming and Ryder praised for their portrayals in a production led by Director Meidon with Kenneth C. Johnson's program committee shaping Junior Day events for June 10 at the school hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potl
Pitania
Ana
All Law
Pease
Shirthin
Miss Fleming
Wit
Rosie
Wong
Poll’s
SRY
Kenneth C. Johnson
Mit
Mandelures
Edgar Webster
James Flyn
Ida Lodge Proposes Public Meeting on Education Initiative
Members of Ida Lodge in N.E. 0 P. Tin EF 0 P. approved a proposition to promote the order’s educational project. Warden P. Donnelly and Margaret Afeni were named to a general committee to arrange a public meeting and disseminate knowledge about the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROM & Pedle
Warden P. Donnelly
Margaret Afeni
Martine
Marigold Gathers Postmaster Certificates for Walls
Postmaster Marigold collects certificates of former postmasters dating back to early presidents. The display includes appointments signed by Presidents Eiels and Johnson, with several certificates signed by Taft, Roosevelt, and Truman era figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marigold
W. Smith
Eiels
Johnson
Cod
Taft
Roosevelt
Five Hundred Eagles Plan Outing by Special Train
Bridgeport Fraternal Order of Eagles prepares a state field day trip to New London on August 18 with a chartered train and full band. About 500 members plan to attend, with a predeparture street parade in Bridgeport. District Deputy John J. Bohl and state officers will attend, as will the New London field day boosting committee. 200 applications have already been received for initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Order of Eagles
New London
P. H. Brady
George P. Jameson
William H. Callan
J. F. Cooney
Daniel J. O'Connor
Thomas McNamare
Thomas Reddy
D. H. Monahan
John J. Doyle
Martin Keily
William Dixon
William Rodgers
Joseph Barry
William Ansell
William Moran
Joan H. Nagle
John Heaphy
Peter Carroll
John J. O'Neill
James Redden
Michael Cooney
Philip Culligan
Edward Morris
Timothy Donahue
Eugene Hope
Christopher Donahue
Joseph Hart
John Barrett
William Brooks
John Mack
James Welch
Michael Crabby
Daniel Walker
Timothy Clanagan
Stephen Boucher
Mayor Buckingham
Bernard Glenton
John H. Regan
John Dempsey
Joseph Burke
Simon McCullough
Samuel Gregory
James Connery
Charles Campana
Patrick J. Corriken
Peter Hackett
James Glennon
George Simone
James J. Kerwin
Christopher Finnegan
John H. Murray
John M. Donnelly
John Tague
Henry E. Shannon
Christoper Fay
John H. Spitzier
Harold Boud
George Smith
William H. Rogan
Peter Boyle
Istrict
John J. Bohl
Staf
New London Field Day
Yale boys suspended for auto theft dare incident
Yale University suspend Robert A. Kelly of Xenia Ohio Samuel Barr of Mogsup Conn Earle H. Hale of Gildersleeve Conn Raymond Goodrich of Portland Conn and G Prentice Jr of New Haven for taking an automobile belonging to G G Prentice Jr. The car was recovered in Waterbury after a dare. Prentice did not press charges.
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New Haven
Robert A. Kelly
Xenia
Ohio
Samuel Barr
Mogsup
Conn
Earle H. Hale
Gildersleeve
Dead Eaters In France On Strike Over Opera Hats
Paris May 26 United Press reports coffin bearers in Paris threaten to strike unless allowed to replace the opera hat with a cap during funerals. Undertakers refuse, arguing the dignity of French funerals must be preserved. The dead eaters give two weeks for recovery or they will parade with hats atop their ca h.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Paris
T|o
France
Castoria Ad Campaign and Tuberculosis Bed Shortage
A United Press report from New York on May 26 notes that at the current pace it will take 45 years to provide hospital beds for all indigent tuberculosis patients in the United States. Last year 7,000 beds were added. the goal is 35,000 by 1913, with New York State leading in beds. Also included is Governor Weeks proclamation designating June 14 as Canewacatios Flac Day in honor of the national flag, urging display and education in schools about its meaning and the nation's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
New York State
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Colorado
New Mexico
Nilan
Weeks
Tomor
Connecticut Medical Society Opens 118th Annual Meeting in New Haven
The Connecticut State Medical Society began its 118th annual session in New Haven with lectures on insanity diagnosis, urethritis, blood diseases, and anatomy. Dr. Gilbert of New Haven presided, papers covered obstetrics, gastric ulcers, fractures, intracranial surgery, and treatment of tuberculosis. An evening banquet at Lawn Club and a smoker at the MA building followed, with delegates from Hartford, New Haven, New London, Fairfield, Windham, Middlesex, and Tolland counties participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Connecticut State Medical Society
Foy Auditorium
J. M. Kenisten
Middletown
Max Mailhouse
P. J. Littlejohn
A. G. Nadler
Waterbury
E. J. Knight
Hartford
G. W. Hawley
Bridgeport
W. 5. Verdi
L. W. Bacon
Malthouse
D. Gilbert
Dudley
House of Delegates
Hartford County
Oliver Smith
Charles S. Rodman
William H. Carmall
New London County
Edward P. Brewer
Fairfield County
Gould A’ Shelton
Samuel M. Garrick
Windham
John Kent
Litchfield
Edward H Welch
Elias Pratt
Middlesex County
James M. Keniston
Tolland County
Thomas F. Rockwell
Frederick B. Willard
Erastus P. Swasey
Michael H. Gul
Charles M. Wooster
Myron P. Robinson
Thomas G. Sloda
John Hose
William S. Russell
Jeremiah D. Hggleston
Ralph A. McDonnell
New Haven Considers Charter for City Government Reform
Judge A McClellan Mathewson outlines a tentative New Haven charter proposing a Mayor and four Councilmen elected on even years with no ward system, recall and referendum powers, initiative, and a home rule framework. Education kept under Board control while business affairs move to the council and department heads nominate chiefs for police and fire under civil service rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Chamber of Commerce
Hartford
Prore
Board of Education
Chiefs of Police and Fire
Blacksmith pulls tooth with thumb during Bakersville scene
In Winsted on May 26 a Bakersville blacksmith George W. Jones demonstrates odd versatility by singing, shoeing a mule, and then extracting a deputy sheriff and postmaster's broken molar with his thumb and forefinger while continuing to sing. The incident follows a family toothache theme as the sheriff jokes through the extraction.
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George W. Jones
Bakersville
Here
B. L. Belden
Mr. Belden
Job
Mrs. Belden
New Hartford
Jones
Smith— Victo—ry
Victo—Ry
Local Notices Mention Sail Dates and Engagement
Christian Tisenmann, baker at 58 Atallam Street, will sail for Germany May 8 on the steamer Deutschland. Henry J. Waters, assistant city auditor, will sail for Europe Saturday June 4 on the Arabic. He will be absent three months. Mrs. Pearl Steiber, mother of Miss Mildred Steiber of 26 Bunnell Street, announces Mildred's engagement to William Meyer of New York. Want ads: CENT a word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Tisenmann
Atallam St
Germany
Deutschland
Henry J. Waters
City
Europe
Pearl Steiber
Mildred Steiber
Bunnell Street
William Meyer
New York
Local ads tout hats fish and watches in Bridgeport market
HH Dillon and Co advertise black and white untrimmed hats and trimmed dress hats at half former prices. W D Cook and Sons sell tons of bluefish and a wide range of fresh fish at low prices. Hayes Market displays an extensive fish assortment including cod haddock bluefish and lobsters. Buechler the Jeweler promotes a barrel of Waltham and Elgin watches bought from a wholesale stock with sale ending June 3. Also note a large gas engine driven cargo vessel in San Francisco Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hh, Dillon & Co
Main Street
W. D. Cook and Sons
Hayes
Hayes’ Fish Co
Bridgeport Public Market
Bank Streets
East Main Street
Elgin
Buechler
Bridgeport
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Zenith
Petic
THE
Poli
B. J. & Entertainment
Ida Lodge
N.E. 0
Ayer
Yale
Fletcher
Frank B. Weeks
Mathewson
Household Loan CO
ROOM
MEIGS
Cor
Main
Fairfield Ave
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Lou
N. Buckingham & Co., Inc
State Street
Rene
American Loan Asso
San Francisco Bay
Patrick McGee
Wash. Ave
Naugatuck Valley Ice CO
Moulatonto Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Sprague’s
Lehigh Coal
Spraguelee&Coal Co
Washington Ave
Berkshire Mills
IRA Gregory & CO
Stratford Avenus
Wheeler & Howes
East End
Congress Street Bridge
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