English and American Literary Figures Birthday Ledger
A retrospective on Arnold Bennett and other notable figures marking birthdays and career highlights. Bennetts prolific output is noted alongside Adams, Dyer, and Bede. Coverage includes Adams lectures at Oxford, Swinnerton Dyer’s military wedding, and the venerable Bede described as the father of English history.
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Bede
Britain
God
Apostles Peter and Paul
Wearmouth
Jarrow
Fort George battle remembered on May 27
A historic PTA-like recount marks the May 27 1813 battle at Fort George near the Niagara River. American forces under Perry and Scott landed east of Fort Niagara and pressed a costly assault, forcing a British retreat to Beaver Dams as Fort Erie and Fort Chippewa fell. The clash left 33 Americans dead and 88 wounded versus 108 British killed, 163 wounded, and 622 captured. Russia marks coronation of Alexander III with protective measures in Moscow.
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United States
Great Britain
Fort George
Niagara River
York
Toronto
Niagara
Vincent
Commodore Chauncey
Fort Niagara
Chauncey
Sacket
Ts Harbor
Commodore Perry
Dearborn
Perry
Winfield Scott
Lady of the Lake
General Dearborn
Scott
Beaver Dams
Fort Erie
Fort Chippewa
Lieut
Fitzgibbons
Col. Boerstler
Fight Against Stock Watering In Connecticut Charter
The piece notes the battle over public service charters led by Bridgeport Democrats Wilson and McMurray to curb stock watering by the United Electric & Water Co. The Ryce amendment limits mergers and requires public valuation of property. The House debates the Lockwood substitute to place public service stocks under public authority oversight, with the outcome shaping precedent for future charters and limiting corporate power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
United Electric & Water Company
Ryce
Public Utilities Commission
Connecticut
General Assembly
Wilson
McMurray
House
Lockwood
Representative Wilson
Committee On Corporations
United Electric
Thant
United Company
Gaee Hydraulic Company
New Haven
The Evil of the Lobby and Its Threat to Legislation
President Wilson warns that the lobby corrupts tariff talks in Washington and influences lawmakers across states. He cites widespread, intensive lobbying as harmful to public policy and urges reform through direct democracy measures like initiative and referendum to curb lobby power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Death of Thomas P. Taylor recalls a Bridgeport mayor
The passing of Thomas P. Taylor sparks widespread tribute. A self made man and former mayor, he built a large manufacturing business and earned a reputation for enterprise and probity. His public spirited reforms won him friends and foes alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Taylor
Bridgeport
Contemporary Club to End Season Tonight
The Contemporary club closes its nineteenth season at Mrs Grippen’s Marina Park residence tonight at 5 15. Miss Beatrice Forbes Robertson will give the address Our Need of the Poets, outlining the year’s instructional and social success.
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William A. Grippen
Marina Park
Beatrice Forbes Robertson
Student’s Viewpoint Charms Club Members at Season Meeting
An educated and deeply read student presents a thoughtful viewpoint that resonates with club members, delivering a fitting conclusion to a most pleasant season’s meeting.
Veterans group ponders sites for Maine memorial
N. W. Bishop Camp United Spanish War Veterans held a lively meeting with record attendance. They discussed several sites for a Maine memorial to be brought to the city but did not settle on a location.
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VN. W. Bishop Camp
United Spanish We Veterans
Maine Memorial
Cole Held For Bigamy Faces His Three Wives In Police Court
New Haven May 27 John Henry Cole alias Frank J Cole is held in 1000 bail by Judge Hoyt in the police court for bigamy. Wife No 3 Maud J Friend bound over to the superior court in 6500 bonds. The trial featured caustic remarks among wives. wife No 3 refused to answer questions about their marriage.
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New Haven
John Henry Cole
Frank J. Cole
Hoyt
Maud J. Friend
Wife No
Cole
Wife No. 3
Martina Desmond
Catherine Reardon
Maple Avenue
Hartford
Jackie
Office of Justice of Peace
Jessan
East
Wesleyan to end free tuition for students
Wesleyan trustees announce full free scholarships will end. Beginning next term only worthy students receive tuition, while others must sign a note for the amount of 90 dollars per year. The change targets students using saved funds for trips and recreation, with ongoing sales promotion at Dillon & Co.
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Middletown
Wesleyan
Vacation for Eight Teachers in a Vermont Cabin
A group of eight women teachers recounts a Vermont vacation rented as a shared log cabin for a season at 100 dollars. They cooked, baked, and dined with local supplies, took 5 a.m. hikes, and socialized with games and campfire gatherings. They estimate about 5 dollars per week per person for nine weeks.
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Woman's Home
Vermont
Hoyt Bride Weds Ringdahl in Quiet Kossuth Home
Miss Eleanor Baird Hoyt daughter of Mrs Georgiana B Hoyt. she married Frederic W Ringdahl of Portland Maine last Friday evening at Hoyt home in Kossuth Street. Both are active social workers. Hoyt led House of the Seven Gables Settlement in Salem for four years. Ringdahl a Taft College graduate and Lynn Mass field secretary for the North American Civic League for Immigrants. The couple will reside in Salem.
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Eleanor Baird Hoyt
Georgiana B. Hoyt
Kossuth Street
Frederic W. Ringdahl
Portland
Maine
Miss Hoyt
House of the Seven Gables
Salem
Mass
Mr. Ringdahl
Taft's College
Lynn
North American Civic League For Immigrants
Mrs. Ringdahl
Race Problem in Railway Mail Service
Proceedings of the National Association of Railway Postal Clerks in Cincinnati focus on race in the service. Southern white clerks resist colored supervision while supporters push segregation or mass transfer of black clerks to the North, with a national petition of over 8000 clerks urging action by Postmaster General Burleson. Bridgeport clerks align with the national sentiment, awaiting an expected order.
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National Association of Railway Postal Clerks
Cincinnati
Bridgeport
Vicinity
Civil Service
Railway
Southern Colored Railway
Hitchcock
Railway Mail Association
Bureson
New England
Boston
New York
Bridgeport Railway
South
Old New England
Burleson
Doctor Ordered Away by Court to Avert Jail
New Haven May 27 Dr George W Selden who pleaded guilty to malpractice was ordered to leave the locality after a superior court ruling. He was arraigned before Judge Lucien F Burpee with Probation Officer Louie Leveritz stating he must report for a year, but he reportedly moved to West Haven and opened an office at 89 Campbell Avenue.
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New Haenv
George W. Selden
Lucien F. Burpee
Louie Leverzapt
Belden
West Haven
Campbell Avenue
Dr. Belden
Burpes
Furniture Store Ad Offers Read Co and Willow Pieces
The D. M. Read Co Hong Kong Sea Grass suites armchairs rockers settees in cretonne designs. Willow Furniture lists Ivory White Natural Baronial Brown Pompeiian Bronze and Dark Green finishes. Porch rockers and armchairs in reed natural dark green weathered oak. Lawn veranda and swing settees straight chairs steamer chairs All less 20 per cent fourth floor.
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Hong Kong
Flags and Memorial Day Goods Sale Notice
A compact ads list flags for Memorial Day including standard bunting and 10 by 15 foot sizes with ropes and canvas. Special 4 by 6 inch flags with 7 foot pole offered at 95 cents. Also lists paper napkins lags cakes and pies, middy sweaters, clearance women’s waists and free embroidery lessons. Miss Alden's day at the Art Section.
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United States
Apportionment Board Deliberates on Unexpended Appropriations
The Apportionments and Taxation Board plans a regular meeting tomorrow night to decide on shifting unexpended specific appropriations. Peter White, in his report, advised against moving funds between items.
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Board of Apportionmes and Taxation
Pew
Peter White
Ire Engines on Trial Bees
A fragmentary note describes a mythic candle method to slow burn by surrounding the wick with salt. The text hints at a cryptic ritual involving the sea and salt to produce a soft light, framed as a trial or test of the candle and its burning qualities.
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Arnold Bennett
Canada
Mr. Bennett
Arnold
Enoch Arnold Benedict
North Staffordshire
England
Woman
America
Charles Francis Adams
Oxford University
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Oxford
Adams
Gen. Lee
Virginia
John Swinnerton Dyer
Guard Chapel
London
John
Russia
Alexander III
Kremlin
Moscow
Alexander II
MR. Taylor
E. T. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Ringdahl—Hoyt
Baseball
Draper & Maynard, Reach and
Victor Goods
Harwood League
The
Alling Rubber Co
D. M. Read Co
Jack Horner
Dennison Sec
D. M. Read Company
Radford B. Smith
Main St. Department Store
Fairfield
Judes Bare
IRE
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