Bridgeport First City to Receive Maine Memorial Tablet
Commander Cassius E. Dietz of Lieut. N. W. Bishop Camp United Spanish War Veterans reports Maine Memorial Tablet No. 10 is cast and en route to Bridgeport. The bronze tablet honors the U S S Maine, recovered metal, with Liberty figure and inscription, distributed to 1000 recipients. dedication planned with Memorial Day exercises.
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Cassius E. Dietz
N. W
Bishop Camp
Maine
Havana
Nava
Washington Navy Yard
John Williams Bronze Foundry
West Twenty-Seventh St
New York City
Charles’ Keck
New York
Navy Department
U. S. S. Maine
Havana ‘Harbor
Liberty
Secretary of the Navy
Bridgeport
William H. Marigold
Washington
Barricade to Protect City Funds in Auditor’s Office
Fixtures for the city auditor’s office arrived and will be installed at once in City Hall. Renovations will make the office resemble the tax collector’s, with barred windows to guard city funds stored there. Auditor Keating handles a weekly payroll of thousands, making the setup a tempting target for theft if not secured.
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Keating
The Automobile Fat Question in True Walker Tale
In a June American Magazine extract Walter Prichard Eaton argues the art of walking has vanished beyond the motor age. He notes only a few groups still walk while most rely on cars, citing rising fatness and a shifting American type from sinewy pioneers to motor dwellers.
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Walter Prichard Eaton
Mortuary
Appalachian Club
Boy Scouts
John Finley
College of the City of
Habits and exercises for beauty and poise
Thackeray quotes open a guide on building beauty through daily habits. It prescribes posture hip exercises, seated ankle stretches, breathing routines, and mental focus on beauty. Practitioners are urged to relax, visualize the desired state, and maintain calm concentration to project self assurance.
Real Wild West in 101 Ranch heads Bridgeport show
The 101 Ranch Wild West comes to Bridgeport Monday June 2 with two complete performances. Residents from Miller Brothers 101 Ranch at Bliss Oklahoma will portray cowboys and cowgirls in features such as a buffalo hunt and a prairie life display including a train attack, stage coach robbery, pony express and Wells Fargo tableau wagons. An Indian parade and auto polo entertain, with standout performers named among the cast.
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101 Ranch
Oklahoma
Miller Brothers
Bonanza Ranch
Plains
Jos. C. Miller
Great
Oklahoma Ranch
Iron
Wells- Fargo
Easton Social and Church Notes Highlight Local Doings
Natal ie Marsh ill with bronchial pneumonia under care of Dr Gard ner of Bridgeport. Epworth League hosts a Methodist sociable on Sport Hill Thursday. Jason Candee funeral held at Baptist church. Candee lifelong Easton resident died recently in Virginia. Surviving daughter Mrs Patrick McCollum and son Nehemiah Candee. Local residents Mrs Lauren Skidmore and Mrs James Tyler visit relatives. Grange meetings planned with Harmony and Trumbull granges invited. Rev F S Clark to speak in Vermont Memorial Day. Epworth League sociable May 29. Various visits and family news. Yale Divinity student Rev Andrew Lestch preached at Centre.
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Natalie
Robert W. Marsh
C. W. Gardner
Bridgeport
Methodist Church
Sport Hill
Epworth League
Jason Candee
Baptist Church
F. S. Clark
Candee
Patrick McCollam
Virginia
Patrick McCollum
Nehemiah Candee
South Norwalk
Lauren Skidmore
Newtown
Twiney Northrop
James
Tyler
William Munson
Martha Andrews
Charles Blakeman
Clarence B. Andrews
Rock House
Margaret Klein
Homer Logan
Clarence A. Jennings
Georgia. Jennings
Aspetuck
Easton Grange
Harmony and
Trumbull Granges
The
Vermont
Grand Army
Manchester
Chester Hull
Lorintha Hull
Plattsville
Cheshire
Hull
Urban Tyack
Patrick G. McCullom
Maurice
Clayville
Hugh McCullom
Jump Hill
Andrew Lestch
Yale Divinity School
Congregational Church
John H. Wheeler
Charles Seeley
Frank Wheeler
Derby
Bethel
John B. Downs
Alice Downs
Stevenson
Homeward After Visit With Friends in Westport and Bridgeport
A resident returns home after a several day visit spent with friends in Westport and Bridgeport, relaying regards and noting the pleasant hospitality received during the stay.
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Westport
Bridgeport
The Shadow of a Great Rock and Hope at Congregational Church
Sunday services featured a sermon on The Shadow of a Great Rock and an evening theme of Hope. Plumb B. Nichols was named to attend the Fairfield East Consociation meeting in Bridgeport on May 27 at 11:15 am with officers to be elected and decisions on dissolving the Fairfield East Association and forming a county Congregational group.
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Congregational
Plumb B. Nichols
Fairfield East Consociation
Park Street
Fairfield East Association
Congregational Churches
Elbert S. Brinsmade
Burr F. Beach
Mary Booth
Shelton
Perry Green
New Milford
Joseph M. Tucker
Tucker
Spectacle Lake
Verne
Frank Plumb
Bridgeport
Lulu
Fannie Bowker
Methodist Hall
Long Hill
R. C. Putney
K. Finnel
Botsford
Newtown
Dominick Merentio
Merentio
John P. Mahoney
Memorial Day Flowers At Beck & Son Branch Stand
John Beck & Son, leading florists, prepare for Memorial Day demand with a larger stock of Cut Flowers and Flowering Plants. They open a branch stand opposite the Main entrance of St Michael's Cemetery offering a complete line of flowering plants for cemetery planting. A sombre gown can be accented by a bouquet at the waist.
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John Beck & Son
St. Michael's Cemetery
Fruitless Quest of Elusive Shad
Stratford May 27. Centuries before whites arrived shad were sought by aborigines along the Housatonic for food and storage. Early settlers salted shad for winter, but supply waned about 20 years ago. Sewage and pollution are blamed for driving shad from the river, though hatchery efforts continue. Capt. Charles A. Plumb experiments to track shad movement, catching only buck shad at Derby Dam and breakwater. Seining rules limit gear May 1 to June 20 and prohibit small mesh. Last night Plumb set a net from Olive’s Pup but caught no shad, planning further nightly attempts.
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Stratford
Housatonic
Connecticut
Charles A. Plumb
Derby
Derby Dam
Plumb
Olive
Shad Run Hopes Hinge on River Waters Cleansing
Capt. Plumb reports shad runs are sparse with many fish aged ten years or more. Observers believe a few females may still reach upper stretches to lay eggs, hoping cleaner waters from the Naugtuck valley could restore the spring arrival of shad to grace tables again.
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Plumb
Naugatuck
Stepney News Highlights Local Talks and Visits
Stepney residents attend Good Roads talk at Harmon Grange with Elmer Lund and Howard Wheeler, plus Beardsley paper. Easton Grange invitation accepted for May 27. Fred Elwell of Troy visits, Methodist prayer meeting and choir rehearsal updates. Reverend Poten hosted by Mrs. Poten of New York. Telephone line extension to William Kroger's home. Baptist church parlor entertainment planned with sewing society drama and men serving supper. Mrs. William Craft back from Long Hill. Road and rail work crews stay with L V Sisson. Ladies Aid to meet at Miss Emma Mellen’s house May 2. Miss Pearl Wales on vacation. Danbury Bridgeport trolley to reach Long Hill before summer end. Charles Bevans of Brockfield visits John Roberts. May Highland hosts Bridgeport cousin.
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Gertrude Craft
Danbury Normal School
William Craft
Harmon Grange
Messrs
Elmer Lund
Howard Wheeler
Edwards S. Beardsley
Easton Grange
Frederick Paten
Whilerm Poten
New York City
William Kroger
Frumbull
Long Hill
Srire
State Road
Affaira L. V
Ladies Aid Society
Emma Mellen
Weinewey
Stepney
Charlies Bevans
Brockfeld
Bee
John Roberts
May Highland
Bridgeport
Moths Lay Eggs May To September in Old Remedies
A fragmented old note suggests moth eggs appear from May to September and offers remedies. It mentions removing wool garments during this period, bleaching handkerchiefs, adding lemon to boiled water, and a method involving wearing handkerchiefs and soaking them in tar cream. The text is unclear and stylistically archaic.
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ANG
Thackeray
Bessie Herberg
Edith Tantlinger
Vern Tantlinger
Chester Byers
Ursus” Lindsay
Easton
Post
Trumbull
Shad
Fred Elwell
Troy
Carrie Eiweill
Mociu
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