Will Stanton headlining Poli's amusements in Bridgeport
Will Stanton, former Winter Garden star, known as the Made-in-America Souse, performs a clever oddity alongside A Tired Taxi with Lewis Haytington Co Arthur Idpson in Vaudeville in a Legitimate Way Seabury and Shaw dance novelty and the Three Kelps in a comedy thriller The War Bride's Secret five part drama stars Virginia Pearson Pathe News also shown Armenian Syrian relief fund photoplay concert 1 to 5 pm tomorrow Poli's big Sunday evening concert 6 to 10 pm with major photoplay features.
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Will Stanton
Winter Garden
Mr. Stanton
Lewis Haytington
Arthur Idpson
Seabury and
Shaw
Kelps
Europe
Virginia Pearson
Pathe
Poli’s
Plaza screens old favorites with Tree and vaudeville mix
The Plaza presents Sir Herbert Tree in The Old Folks at Home for final showings tonight. The program also features The Six Harvards musical revue, Fungalore with Bernard Bennett and a blackface act, La Dora aerial thrills, W comedy, and Gladys Bulete in The Shine Girls with Monday's lineup headlined by H. B. Warner in The Vagabond Prince.
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Sir Herbert Heerbohm Tree
Sir Herbert Tree
Tom Brown
Fungalore
Bernard and
Bennett
Fisher
la Dora
Tom Night
Gladys Bulete
Shine Girls
Pathe
H. B. ‘Warner
Lyric to Stage The Daughter of Mother Machree at Lyric
The Lyric Theatre announces a week long engagement starting Monday for Edward H Rose’s four act comedy The Daughter of Mother Machree. Mae Desmond stars as Sunshine Sally City with Bentley’s Orchestra providing music and matinees Tue Wed Thu. A change in policy sees the All-Star Stock Players open in The Sinners in place of the previously announced program.
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Mother Machree
Edward’ H_Rose
Shiatar Theeves
Matchmg
Sally City
Knights of iColumbus
Order of Hiber‘zdans
Isham
Bridgeport
Liberty
Bentley
Trainman Walden Killed Near Hawleyville Station
Hawleyville Conn Oct 21 W D Walden of New Haven flagman on a New Haven bound freight was instantly killed at 3 o clock while protecting his train. He reportedly sat on the track and did not notice an approaching extra 2012 engine and car movement. The accident occurred about a half mile west of the station as the crew switched cars. Walden’s body was to be taken to New Haven. A brother reman on another eastbound freight learned of the tragedy upon reaching Danbury. Discovery of more Alaska sunk rocks announced by Coast and Geodetic indicating ongoing peril to ships.
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Hawkeyville
Conn
W. D. ‘Walden
New Haven
W. B. Estile
Joseph McDermott
Walden
Danbury
A CLEAR COMPLEXION Ruddy Cheeks and Sparkling Eyes
Dr F M Edwards has treated many women for liver issues over 17 years using a liver remedy named Liman Olive Tablets. Advertises as olive-based substitute for calomel, sold in 25c and 50c sizes, claimed to restore health with a single tablet daily.
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F. M. Edwards
Edwards
Boys in Blue Live Again in Days of 1861 at Yale Bowl
About 200 members of the Elias Howe post and Connecticut Department of the Grand Army of the Republic reenacted Civil War scenes during a Yale pageant at the Yale Bowl. The event featured a Union firing squad and a Confederate detail from Bridgeport using period weapons and uniforms, honoring Capt. Theodore Winthrop of New Haven who died early in the war.
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Elias Howe Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Yale
Department of Connecticut
Theodore Winthrop
New Haven
Grave Street
7Th
New York Regiment
Grand Army
Bridgeport
Winthrop
Remington Arms and Ammuni Co
Frank Miller
Russell Glenn
J. Henry Blakeman
Edward T. Abbott
William Wirtz
James R. Vanz
A. S. Fargo
Henry Hurd
Joseph Tyler
William Thrasher
A. S. Purdy
Henry J. Seeley
Miller
William M. Barnum
Christopher Quinn
Danbury
Connecticut Department
Connecticut Grand Army
Six Corporations Formed in Bridgeport City
Bridgeport announces the organization of six new corporations. Auction Sales Co. Inc. is formed with $20,000 capital. Cutler's Farm Dairy Co. with $4,000. Karm Terminal Co. with $200,000. Offset Tool Co. with 50 shares. Raybestos Co. with $1.5 million. McAvoy Tailors Co. with $5,000. Incorporators include Samuel Wagner, Leonard Palliser, Philip Waldman, George S. McLevy, S. Simpson, and others from Bridgeport and New York City.
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Bridgeport
Auction Sales Co., Inc
Samuel Wagner
Leonard Palliser
Philip Waldman
Solomon Krause
New York City
R. C. O- Neil
Charles J. Mercer
John T. Cooper
Offset Tool Co
D. J. Trivers
W. J. Buckley
Cyrus Barker
Bride-to-Be Showered by Friends for Isabel Thomson
Miss Isabel Thomson of 753 Norman street will wed Winthrop Beardsley of Putnam street in early November. Miss Carolyn Mitchell hosted a personal shower at 1144 Park avenue with many gifts, music, dancing, and luncheon. The guest list included Ada O,Rourke Emma Reddy Marcella Gallagher Helen Drueke and many others. The Phi Gamma group of First Presbyterian church plans an open meeting at 7:45 in church parlors under a council led by Mrs. M. H. Chapin and officers chosen by the group. Rome authorities curb lighting due to coal shortages, closing public houses by 10:30 PM.
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Isabel Thomson
Norman Street
Winthrop Beardsley
Putnam Street
Carolyn Mitchell
Park Avenue
Ada O’rourke
Emma Reddy
Marcella Gallagaher
Helen Drueke
Alice Thomson
Julia Reilly
Phi Gamma
First Presbyterian Church
M. H. Chapin
F. M. Hawes
J. R. Woodhull
George C. Gerrish
J. B. Fitzgibbon
A. Bennett
Six of barge crew drowned in lake storm
Cleveland Oct 21 The Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co received a wireless from the captain of the passenger steamer Western States reporting he stood by the wreck of a barge off Bar Point. Six crewmen were drowned one rescued and one still aboard the rigging. The barge may be the D L Fisher or possibly the D L Filer fed by Union Transportation of Chicago.
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Cleveland
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co
Western States
Detroit
Bar Point
D. L. Fisher
D.L. Filer
Union Transportation of Chicago
Warlike Spirit Is Abroad In Bridgeport
In Bridgeport city court last night more than a dozen defendants answered assault charges. George M. Brown of 615 Water Street drew attention with plans to fight anyone he met after being called German. He confronted Patrolman Samuel Gregory and was restrained. Later Brown fought with Greeks refusing to join the Allies and was roughly handled, leaving one eye injured. He was fined five dollars and costs with judgment suspended.
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George M. Brown
Water Street
Brown
Samuel Gregory
Gregory
Enorm
Kaiser Exhorts Troops In Speech at Front
Emperor William spoke to western front troops after honoring the dead, declaring the living will fight on so no one dares to attack German honor and liberty. He prayed God would be with the German forces in the ongoing fighting.
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Kaiser
London
William
Western Front
Brown Accepts Health Officer Post in Bridgeport
Dr Walter H Brown epidemiologist with the state health department announced he would take the Bridgeport health officer job. The health board had already understood his acceptance weeks earlier. The Duke of Connaught meanwhile arrived in England.
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Boston
Walter H. Brown
State Department of Health
Bridgeport
Duke of Connaught
Canada
England
Registrars' Notice to Correct Voting Lists in Bridgeport
General Registrars of Voters will convene at City Hall Room 4 on Friday October 27 1916 from 9 a m to 5 p m to correct and revise voting lists. No name will be added after October 27 1916. James H Rooney and William Lounsbury, Registrars, Bridgeport Conn. October 18 1916.
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General Registrars of Voters
City Hall
State Street
James H. Rooney
William Lounsbury
Bridgeport
Conn
Armenian Syrian Fund Collection Set For Sunday
New York Oct 21 President Wilson issues proclamation calling for nationwide subscriptions and collections to aid destitute Armenian and Syrian subjects of the Turkish empire An appeal is sent to seventeen million Sunday school children to contribute to relief efforts across the United States throughout today and tomorrow
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New York
United States
Wilson
America
Fasting Nation Aids Armenian Syrian Relief Funds
The country observes a day of fasting to donate money to Armenian and Syrian relief. The committee estimates $5,000,000 needed for Armenians and at least $1,000,000 for Syrians. Mrs. William Hubbell, widow of the Civil War time fuse inventor, dies at Yonkers in her 95th year.
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American Committee For Armenian and Syrian Relief
William Hubbell
Yonkers
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