Chaplin to Appear in Memorial Day Fireworks Show
Charlie Chaplin will headline a large fireworks display at Newfield Park organized by American Amusement tomorrow evening. The program features giant Chaplin set pieces and a patriotic finale honoring Civil War veterans from 1861 to 1865. Special trolley service will run to the park, with seats in grandstand and bleachers for safe viewing.
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Charlie. Chaplin
Newfield Park
Iolu
Charlie Chaplin
Baseball Park
Frvarm
Clergymen Set Meeting Over Name Changes of Clubs
Clergymen and other remonstrants plan a meeting to decide future action to block five local organizations from selling liquor under last week’s county licenses. They allege evasion of the law and criticize tactics that renamed clubs to defeat old remonstrances. Attorney A J Merritt represents the remonstrants and will discuss plans after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Merritt
Hollister Lot Auction Draws Strong Interest
Ingalls & Adams auctioneers report brisk demand for lots at Hollister development. Tomorrow salesmen will staff the site from 10:00 until evening as the popular auction style gains traction. In a separate incident, Frederick H. Lucas, 55, died at Bridgeport Hospital after a gasoline explosion on the Noyes estate on Trumbull Road while cleaning a well. He reportedly ignited by an oily rag. Lucas is survived by his mother Mrs. Henry Lucas and a brother Myron Lucas. In another crash, Ida Bedowitz and her five year old daughter were fatally injured after a Westchester Avenue vehicle collision. Parmer Want Ad One Cent Word.
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HollIster
Ingalls & Adams
Noyes
Trumbull Road
Frederick’ H. Lucas
Bridgeport Hospital
Lucas
Henry Lucas
Nichols
Myron Lucas
Ida Bedowitz
Westchester Avenue
Opposition Abandons Preparedness Parade Plan
At a mayor’s office committee meeting the plan for a preparedness parade was dropped as sentiment for the event seemed unlikely to succeed. Mrs. William T. Hincks leads a women’s contingent with its band, while George E. Crawford favored an American Day July 4 celebration. A speaker may address Seaside Park before the fireworks.
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William T. Hincks
George E. Crawford
Seaside Park
Stock Market Noon Report Shows Mixed Gains
Noon prices show Reading and Lehigh Valley strength lifting market sentiment while Mowrs dominate the specialist with mixed moves. Willys-Overland up six, Chandler Motors to 106 with higher dividend, GM down 57 to 462. Inactive issues firmer, bonds steady as midday trading slows.
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Reading
Lehigh Valley
Mowrs
Willys-Overland
Chandler Motors
General Motors
Wiles
Coffee With Milk and Historic Tastes Across Eras
A compact note traces coffee's early drink customs in Europe noting milk and sugar additions began around 1687 per Mme de Sevigne. It recalls cultural quirks from Mme de la Sabliere to the Ainus and recounts Joseph Jefferson’s Rip Van Winkle tale told in a Catskill hotel with a revelatory punchline about identity.
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Europe
Manchester Guardian
Mme. de Sevigne
Mme. de la Sabliere
Japan
Rip’ van Winkle
Joseph Jefferson
Catskill Mountains
Rip
Hyar
Berry
Jefferson
Boss Prevaricators in Sharp City Quips
A Birmingham Age Herald excerpt mocks boastful denials as lies and costly upkeep, paralleling a man who never admits fault. The humor targets a boastful, insincere figure described as a chronic prevaricator.
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Birmingham Age Herald
Widen East Main Street Hearing Notice Bridgeport 1916
Notice of a Common Council hearing on a proposed widening of East Main street from Ogden street to Boston avenue. The meeting held May 15 1916 adopted a resolution to notify interested parties to appear June 5 1916 at 8 PM in City Hall Council Room to discuss setting back curbs eighteen inches each side. Attest J Alex Robinson City Clerk.
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East Main Street
Ogden Street
Boston Avenue
Common Council
City of
Bridgeport
Com Council
City Hall
A. D
J. Alex. H. Robinson
Common Council Room
Establishment of Grades on Grand and Read Streets
Hearings set by the Common Council for June 5 1916 at City Hall to hear residents on establishing grades for Grand Street from North Washington Avenue to Pequonnock River and for the entire length of Read Street as proposed by the Grand Street Bridge Commission engineers. City Clerk announces notice to interested parties to appear and be heard.
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Grand Street
Read Street
Common Council
City of
Bridgeport
Common Council Room
City Hall
A. D
Washington Avenue
Pequonnock
Grand Street Bridge Commission
J. Alex. H. Robinson
Bridgeport sewer construction hearings set for June
Bridgeport Common Council hears a proposed sanitary sewer program on Anson Street from Fairview to Summit, Gordon Street from Fairview to Summit, and an extension of Noble Avenue sewer about 400 feet from Livingstone Place. A public hearing is scheduled for June 5, 1916 at City Hall to discuss the project.
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Anson Street
Fairview Avenue
Summit Street
Gordon
Summit St
Noble Avenue
Livingstone Place
Trolley track relocations and new construction petitions
On June 5 1916 hearings were scheduled on petitions from Lordship Park Association for relocating its single Hollister avenue track near Stratford, from The Connecticut Co for a single track branch crossover on Stratford at Hollister, from Danbury Bethel Street Railway for a turnout on North Main Street between Fern and Goldenrod, and from The Connecticut Co for relocating its double track on Noble between Barnum and Berkshire. J ALEX. H. ROBINSON.
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Common Council
City of
Bridgeport
City Hall
Lordship’ Park Association
Hollister Avenue
Stratford Avenue
The
Connecticut Co
North Main Street
Fern Street
Golden Rod Avenue
Noble Avenue
Barnum Avenue
Berkshire Avenue
Attest
J. Alex. H. Robinson
Petition hearings on spur tracks at Housatonic area
The Common Council heard petitions from Mary F Whitney and Parsons Foundry Co asking permission to install spur tracks across Housatonic avenue and Wakeley street. Details described curves and crossovers with the Berkshire Division of the NYNH&H Railroad, aiming to connect to petitioner lands. Also reported are local notices and obituaries.
Out of Sight Country Cousin Ripe Potatoes
A humorous farming note contrasts underground potatoes with city life. It ponders how to judge ripeness and remarks on practical farming wisdom in a brief, lighthearted exchange.
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Eddie Collins
Collins
Ban Johnson
Cobb
Milan
Clarence Rowland
Eddie
Ghaplin
Rivercliff
Devon
Milford
New Haven
Robins
AGE Sa Esos
Housatonic River
First
Bridgeport National Bank Rde
Main St
Attest, J. Alex. H. Robinson
Housatonic Avenue
Wakeley
Frederick Sts
Mary F. Whitney
Berkshire Division
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Wakeley Street
Petitioner
Parsons Foundry Co
N. H
Standard Manufacturing Co
Land of
Frederick Street
Arthur D.,byrne
West Point
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
John +. Matthews
St. Louis
Peter P. Hummel
Howard Avenue
Mt. Grove Cemetery
Price
St. Charles
Atlantic Street
P. O
Mansfield
Dillon’s
Card
Thanes
Ellen Spears
John Spears
Main Street
Hamlet
Los Angeles Times
Palestine
Holy Land
Earth
Jerusalem
Mecca
Arabia
Mohammed
India
Sakya Muni
Elis
Peloponnesus
Olympus Zeus
Susa Kara
Constantinople
London
Margaret Woodward
Countryside Magazine
Dallas News
Bear
John
Indianapolis Star
France
Holland
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