Actor Rommel Seeks Citizenship With Giant Co star
Ernest Rommel and Capt. Auger the Cardiff Giant operate a vaudeville sketch called Jack the Giant Killer. Rommel, age 26 and four feet two inches, has lived in Fairfield most of his life except 1968 to 1909 for a London engagement. He applied for naturalization after years of residence and stage work with Auger on Fairy Tale Farm.
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Ernest Rommel
Lilliputi
Capt
Auger
Cardiff
Sovrat
Strat
Rommel
Gov
London
Fairfield
Jack the
Giant Killer
Capt. Auger
Fairy Tale Farm
Legs Burned By English Data 5y's
A brief, undated report notes a leg injury tied to English data in Epsom England. The fragment references May 27 and Atta Rico with limited readable context. Further details are unavailable in the surviving text.
Strathcona’s Estate Near $23 Million Showcased
London on May 27 reports probate granted revealing Baron Strathcone and Royal, former high commissioner, left an estate near 23.26 million dollars. The real estate portion remained undisclosed while duties paid totaled about 4.56 million, signaling substantial wealth left to heirs.
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London
Unidentified balloon sighting near shore reported
May 27 A mysterious balloon with several aeronauts descended offshore and a pilot boat was sent to investigate. RR Dubois of Grocklawn, a city official, recently returned from West Haven after a broken arm incident.
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Etnemuende
Ger
Gee
DuBois
Grocklawn Place
Seerky
West Haven
Donovan Declines Invitation to Preside Over House
Washington May 27 Representative Donovan refused Speaker Clark's invitation to preside over the House. He had objected to extended debate on anti trust legislation, urging a night session and quicker passage. He later withdrew his objection, becoming the only member to decline the presiding honor.
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Donovan
Washington
House of Representatives
House
Webb
Speaker
Mr. Donovan
Mr. Webb
Repubiicans
California
Kahn
Pennsylvania
Clark
Connecticut
Peace Parleys Halt As Envoys Attend Picnic
Washington May 27 delegates to the Niagara Falls conference paused for a garden fete in Toronto as Huerta and American mediators reviewed mediation progress. Carranza’s northern faction and plans for a pre government representation were discussed though no terms were revealed. Officials remained hopeful a protocol shaping future talks would soon emerge.
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Washington
Huerta
Wagara Falls
Toronto
Wilson
Niagara Falls
Carranza
Mexico City
Garden party halts mediators conference in Toronto
Miagara Falls May 27 South American envoys and the American and Mexican delegates suspended their work to attend an afternoon garden party in Toronto honoring the governor general of Canada the Duke of Connaught the Duchess and Princess Patricia. Sir John Gibson Ontario's lieutenant governor will host. Mediation group planned to depart early and return tonight with informal talks en route.
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Miagara Falls
Toronto
Canada
Duke of Connaught
Patricia
John Gigson
Ontario
Cheerful Workers Sunday School Formed at Baptist Church
On Sunday at the Baptist Sunday school Class No 4 teacher Miss Minnie J Sherwood organized and named the class Cheerful Workers. Officers include Miss Bertham Andres president, Miss Miriam Clark vice president, Miss Mildred Patterson secretary, and Miss Hilda McCauley treasurer. The Methodist Sunday school plans a children's day concert on the churchs second Sunday in June. Paralysis of building operations in Chicago due to brickmaking costs is estimated at Jimuree.
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Baptist’ Sunday School
Minnie J. Sherwood
Bertham Andrews
Miriam Clark
Mildred Patterson
Hilda McCauley
Rose Kriber
Ernest Ferry
Clarence B. Andrews
Hawleyville
Hazel E. Sherwood
Methodist Sunday School
Aldermen Seek Legal Advice On City Market Places
City aldermen, halted by the ordinance committee, await the city attorney’s ruling on whether a municipal market can be legally established under the present charter. Mayor Wilson’s plan includes markets at Willard Crescent and Pembroke streets and in the North and West Ends with a nominal vendor fee. The committee also planned an ordinance on street widths and building lines per city planning expert John Nolen. A curfew proposal for newsboys would bar those under 16 from streets after 8 pm or before 6 am, with school hours restrictions and required badges for newsboys.
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Am “Ordic ‘Nes
Willard
Crescent Avenue
Pembroke’ Street
North End
West End
John Nolen
Bridgeport
Paris Milliners E H Dillon & Co
E H Dillon and Co advertise as wholesale and retail leading milliners located at 10 Rue St. Cecile Paris offering Parisian fashion hats and accessories for wholesale and retail buyers.
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Rue ST. Cecile
Paris
Thursday and Friday Anniversary Bargain Days
A historic sale note lists deep discounts on ready to wear hats, untrimmed hats, dress hats, petticoats, shirts and waists, chiffon items, and raincoats. It highlights lower prices and special offers on fabric and millinery with emphasis on reduced pricing and assortments.
Placing of billboards topic eyed by city council
E. H. Dillon & Co. available for 10 cents from the police superintendent. Alderman Paul L. Miller told to confer with City Attorney William H. Comley Jr. on drafting an ordinance to regulate billboard placement.
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Paul L. Miller
William H.comley, Jr
Police Detail for Saturday Parade
Memorial day parade officers to wear dress coats belts and white gloves with caps. Superintendent Eugene Birmingham and Captains Redgate Anderson Regan lead a long list of lieutenants sergeants and patrolmen from night detail to cover day posts. Day and night men will wear blouses for the season Sunday.
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Eugene Birmingham
John H. Redgate
William Anderson
J. H. Regan
C. H. Suckley
G. P. Sanger
James Ramsey
J. J. O'Neil
T. H
Zehnder
Suponsky
Simpson
Kearney
Sheridan
Regnery
McPadden
Boland
Casey
Curry
J. Kelly
Nyquist
M. Kelly
Dunn
EB. Cassidy
Hichel
Fitzgerald
Simmons
Tobis
McBride
Wolff
R. McCullough
D. Sheehan
D. Sullivan
Kane
Flangan
Langham
Sherwood
Stieshy
Collins
Scofield To Aid Coroner In Norwalk Bridge Disaster
Horace G Scofield of this city will assist Coroner John J Phelan as an expert on structure design for the Norwalk bridge disaster inquiry. Engineers report most timber in the coffer dam was broken. testimony from participants details events before the collapse and escape efforts.
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Horace G. Scofield
John Jphelan
Norwalk
Phelan
Scoeld
Carl Anderson
Guy Masters
C. L. Barton
W. Watters Pagan
William Moran
Pitot
Madi Tad Watioee I
Seoftela
Electric Lamp's Inventor Is Dead
London, May 27 Joseph Wilson Swan inventor of the incandescent electric lamp died here today at age 36. Born in Sunderland England he spent years experimenting and in 1879 solved the problem of producing an incandescent light enabling general electricity lighting. rs Mrs Madeline Ferola convicted of murdering Camelo Camestrale in the Bronx was sentenced to die in the electric chair during the weeks beginning July 6.
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London
Joseph Wilson Swan
Sunderland
England
Sir Joseph
Madeline Ferola
Camelo Camestrale
Bronx
The Smith Murray Co. Sale Promises Low Prices on Dresses
The Smith Murray Co advertises cash discounts on fashion items. Pretty crepes in two tier skirts cost $5, white crepes $3.50, girls’ dresses $2 to $4, Japanese silk waists $2.50, house dresses from 75c, gingham house dresses $1, and kimonos from 25c to $1.50. Short kimonos 25c to 95c, long 95c to $1.50.
Linen suits and coats for outing wear at 3 50
Linen suits and coats offered for outings, pure linen, blue tango or natural, plain styles with tasteful trimming. Full back coats with belted good fitting. Both suit and coat priced at 3.50, praised for value, fit, and style.
Miss Bishop Defeats Champion In Met Golf Round
Miss Georgianna Bishop of Brooklawn Bridgeport defeated M Hollins the current champion from Westbrook six up and five to play in the second round of the Women s Metropolitan golf championship at Orange New Jersey. Bishop a former national and metropolitan champion advanced by beating Mrs E F Sanford of Essex N J Country Club yesterday as a large gallery applauded her top form.
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Orange
N. J
Georgianna Bishop
Brooklawn Club
Bridgeport
M. Hollins
Westbrook
Miss Bishop
E. F. Sanford
Essex N. J
Dinner to Mr King vetoes plan to abolish board
John T. King vetoed abolishing the board of contract and supply at a banquet for Jewish businessmen last evening. Mayor Wilson praised King, though suspicions about his designs on the board lingered. Dinner arranged by Israel J. Cohn Harvey Greenstein Louis A. Kornblatt Lawrence Finklestone Max Blumberg and Benjamin B. Steiber. Partner Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
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John T. King
Board of Contract and Supply
Wilson
Mr. King
Israel J. Cohn
Harvey’ ‘Greenstein
Louis A. Kornblatt
Lawrence Finklestone
Max Blumberg
Benjamin B. Steiber
15 foot boat constrictor escapes during Wheeler's Circus
A 15 foot constrictor used by a snake charmer in Wheeler's Circus sideshow escaped custody during a May 2 performance in Torrington. The snake appeared in William Henderson's South Main Street backyard on May 27, triggering a near panic before Henderson killed it with an ax.
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Torrington
Wheeler's Circus
William Henderson
South Main Street
Doctor Faces Drunken Machine Charge In Stratford
Secretary of State Albert Phillips heard the case of Dr. George Carroll of Millford facing charges for operating his machine while drunk in Stratford on March 17. He claimed a companion caused the mishap by interfering with the machine, while the machine wrecked a telegraph pole. The incident followed the death of a 12 month old child from a fall, ruled accidental by Dr. Garlick.
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Albert Phillips
George Carroll
Millford
Stratford
Issac Zalkin
Madison Avenue
5. M. Garlick, Mwiti
Cate
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Easton
E. H. Dillon
Hartford
E. H. Dillon & CO
Scofield
Norwalk Bridge
Electric Lamp
Frank Jacobp
Broad Street
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Smith-Murray CO
G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
G. W. Fairchild & Sons Inc
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Bridgeport, Conn
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Corner Meadow Street
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