Bridgeport Auction For Knapp Estate In 2 Oclock Sale
The house of Ephraim Knapp in Bridgeport will be sold at 2 pm along with three parcels of land on the new Bridgeport to Trumbull road about two and a half miles from the borough. Terms payable day of sale. Also notices seeking newspaper carriers in Poughkeepsie and Stratford apprentices, a Lost horse colt, and a new postmaster at Fairfield Center named Edward Hobart. A plan to arrange a National Baseball games series with prizes totaling about twelve hundred dollars in early November.
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Ephraim Knapp
Bridgeport
New Road
Trumbull
Richard P. Nichols
Bridgeport, Conn
Pupul
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
P. ‘Potter
Uly 10
Robert Sturges
Weston
Ann
Edward Hobart
Fairfield Center
C. B. Wakelee
First Selectman
West Side
City sewers and wheel rules dominate local council
Twenty years after the Yellow Mill trunk sewer cost over $20 000 the Sewer Committee will urge collecting long overdue assessments. A new rule requires removal of bicycle attachments for transport with sign releases. Tonight clubs and lodge events include meetings led by Patrick Coughlin and James T. Lynch, plus initiatory degrees at Pequonnock lodge remarks.
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Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Yellow Mill
Union Avenue
Bryan and Seawall Club
Madison Hall
Bryan
Kelly’s Hall
Willard Street
Patrick Coughlin
James T. Lynch
Pequorinock Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pequonnock
Russia Tightens Hold as Outer Mongolia Seat Question Roils China
A Peking dispatch says Russia urges Outer Mongolia representatives be barred from Chinese parliament while Japan edges into Inner Mongolia. It notes the Russo Japanese treaty on autonomy, Asian power rivalries, and Hutuktu’s possible refusal to sit, amid broader concerns over Mongolia’s status and Chinese parliamentary seats. France backs postal service as a regular bank.
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Peking
Russia
Outer Mongolia
Itusgla
China
Japan
Inner Mongolia
Chenghiatun
Far East
Prince Kondacheff
Foreign Office
Mongolia
Yuan Shi-kai
Urga
Er Mongolia
Local Boy Captures Picture With Greasers on Mexican Border
Clifford Shaw of West Haven writes from Lochiel Arizona about life with Troop A New Haven on the border 40 miles from nowhere and 6000 feet up He describes a border with a barbed wire fence a cattle country and patrols while noting a Mexico picture with Carranza men He asks to tell Ned Squires he can blow any call and that he feels well A council claims meeting will consider 32 claims and August railroad earnings and expenditures are reported with totals.
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Connecticut
Clifford Shaw
Thomas Shaw
West Haven
Edward Shaw
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Bridgeport
New Haven
Lochiel
Arizona
Nogales
Mexico
Carranza
Ned Squires
First Auto Petition Sparks City Council Debate
Fifty years ago the petition of J A and Rouse to run a new steam carriage through city streets stirred strong discussion at the union council. A special committee of Aldermen Lyon and Nichols and Councilman Nickerson was named to examine the matter.
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First Auto
J. A
R. Ouse
Union Council
Lyon and Nichols
Nickerson
Fire Department
J. S. Emmons
Wakeman ‘Pratt
Prospect Street
Spcial
Centre Bridge
Messrs
Hill and Johnson
Election Day in Redding Upholds Local Control
In Redding on Monday, Republicans retain a steady majority with local issues dominating. New selectman Walter Perry and new assessor Hibert M. Ford join the board, while finance committee plans and school district changes shape the town’s political and educational future.
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Redding
Board of Selectmen
Walter Perry
George[tows
Hibert M. Ford
H. Sanford Osborn
M. Joseph Bullivand
Joel Godfrey
Elbert M. Sanford
Charles Sanford
John H. Hohman
Lem ‘Arner
Chistian Miller
D. Dudley
William Ainsbury
Wm. C. Sanford
Wm. E. Banks
Osborn
D. R. Warner
James Delaney
Nichols Santanello
Charles Stauffer
John Muennich
Wm. A. Grouse
E. A. Pinkney
Rufus A. Lyons Ld
Registrars of Voters
Lem Warjner
AW. Churchill
Ef.m. Bradley
Charles M. Rowland
H. Smith
Sanford
Presbytery Probes Paths to Grow Church Membership
Members of the Connecticut Valley Presbytery met at First Presbyterian Church to discuss ways to increase church membership. A report by Rev. W. L. Shriver noted 70 percent of New England churches face similar declines. Rev. Charles Stiltz of New Haven was appointed. District Attorney Swann tasked Deputy A.D.A. Morris Elder to probe rising bread prices in New York.
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Michael Connery
Emory P.nford
D.S. Sanford
William Ainsbury
Charles Sanford
Ple
Georgetown
He Hs
Independent Union District
Boston
Connecticut Valley
Swann
Morris Elder
New York
No Present Equals Jewelry Emphasis in Ad Copy
A vintage advertisement extols durable gifts, promising practical, long lasting value. It highlights diamonds, watches, jewelry, cut glass, clocks, grooming sets, silverware, and related items while inviting readers to find attractive prices alongside diverse stock.
Costigan backs Wilson for re election in Colorado
Edward P. Costigan, Colorado’s leading Progressive, announces support for President Wilson’s re election. He cites Wilson’s record and progressive goals including tariff reform, income tax, good roads, the Federal Reserve, rural credits, preparedness, the seamen’s act, and the child labor law, praising recent Democratic leadership.
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Denver
Col
Wilson
Edward P. Costigan
Costigan
Colorado Progressive
Raymond Roblins
Keating
Colorado
Progressive Party
Marriage License Granted to Preathy and Harrison
Albert A. Prepathy, 28, machinist of 1398 Stratford Avenue, and Lillian Harrison, 23, of 435 Golden Hill Street, were issued a marriage license today. Special sale notices for ferns and palms listed for John Reck & Son.
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Albert A. Preathy
Stratford Avenue
Lillian Harrison
Golden Hill Street
John Reck & Son
The Father of Franciscans Saint Francis Festival and San Francisco links
Franciscan followers celebrate the founder on Oct. 4 1226 the saint known for gentleness and holiness. The article traces St Francis birth at Assisi and his youth as a fashionable social figure before his illness reform and founding the gray robed friars who spread Christianity. San Francisco is noted as a great municipal monument named Yerba Buena before 1847 change reflects Saint Francis parallel to the city.
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St. Francis
Church of Rome
San Francisco
Yerba Buena
California
Assisi
Umbria
Francis
Great White Way
Pass
Gray Robed Friars
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Jase
D. Gorham
Stratford
Conn
Chamber of Deputies of
France
Presbytery
Fairfield Ave
Hayes Fish Co
Water Street
Glenwood Club
Glenwood
New
Glenwoods
Main St
Corner Elm
Bridgeport Public Market Branch
East Main Street
Bridgeport Public Market ‘Branch
Cartwright
Main Street
Son Ernert
House OF Better Shoes
W. K. Mollan
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