Humane Society appoints agent for Connecticut cruelty drive
The Connecticut Humane Society announces F H Downs of 1689 Nobie Avenue as an agent as Bridséport organizers prepare a campaign to tackle animal abuse led by Agent Alexander Howell. He cites many cruelty reports including a driver pouring sand in a horse’s ears and says lenient methods will be replaced by prosecutions in serious cases.
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F. H. Downs
Nobie Avenue
Connecticut Haumane Society
Alexander Howell
Bridséport
Howell
Boy Almost Impaled Sliding Down Hay Stack
A 15 year old boy sliding down a hay stack on Doolan narrowly avoided impalement by a sharpened stage. He sustained severe thigh lacerations and was transported to the city emergency hospital for treatment before returning home to 47 Calhoun Avenue Fairfield.
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Doolan
Calhoun Avenue
Fairfield
Wealthy clothing merchant Brokaw dies in New Jersey
New York Sept 29 Isaac Wall Brokaw a pioneer clothing merchant of New York died early today at his home in Elberon New Jersey in his thirtieth year He contributed largely to the establishment of the French Protestant Church in New York and founded the Bethany Mission.
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New York
Isaac Wall Brokaw
Elberon
N. J
Bethany Mission
Robert W. Curtis Dies At Stratford Home At 77
Robert W. Curtis of South Main street Stratford died at his home after a short illness of a few days. A longtime Stratford official and Grange member, Curtis helped build Stratford avenue as a state road and served on the board of selectmen. He leaves no children, four nieces surviving.
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Stratford
Robert W. Curtis
South Main Street
Sheldon Curtis
Charles Curtis
Henry
Frederick Curtis
Board of Selectmen
Stratford Avenue
Pierce Construction Company
Selectman
Bridgeport
Fairfield County
Curtis
Weatogue API
Aoe Gopsterday
Speleton
Harry Barnes
Fred Ruffot
Roger Briggs
Ivan Morehouse
Barnes
Rufford
Briggs
Morehouse
Bridgeport Millinery Store Offers Untrimmed and Velvet Hats
Bridgeport's leading millinery retailer touts record sales and promises greater style and quality for the price. The shop claims higher value than competitors, with trimmed hats at 10 dollars and untrimmed, silk plush, velvet, velour, felt, and beaver hats offered at manufacturers' prices.
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Bridgeport
Dissolution of Five-Power Chinese Loan Pact Opens Lend Freedom
London reports a practical dissolution of the five power Chinese loan agreement among Great Britain France Germany Russia and Japan. Each power may now back its own lenders for railroads and industrial projects while still jointly lending for general Chinese administration. The British government led the withdrawal to ease British financiers frustration over bidding limits.
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London
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Japan
China
British Foreign Office
Steamer Mohawk Hits Ground, Passengers Safe
New York reports that three hundred passengers from the steamer Mohawk of Manhattan Navigation Co were transferred from the vessel after she ran aground on an embankment off Hyde Park. The bow bore a jagged hole and officials blamed a steering gear break for the accident. Most passengers resumed travel to Albany by rail.
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New York
Mohawk
Manhattan Navigation Company
Hyde Bark
Here
Albany
World's Strong Man With B and B Circus Drowned
Hartford Sept 28 Alfred Anderson a well known wrestler and promoter in New England drowned at Pequonnock while fishing. A Swedish native who rose to fame as Sweden's strongest man and a Barnum and Bailey circus performer. He later ran a cafe and promoted major wrestling events. He is survived by a wife and several children.
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Hartford
Alfred Anderson
Pequonnock
New England
Sweden
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Army recruits less vigorous of late
Washington reports that many recruits enter the service under regulation weight, according to Captain Harold W. Jones of the Army Medical Corps. After examining 590 new men, he finds current recruits weaker in strength and physique than those of 1885, with only 33.5 percent rated strong versus 57 percent in 1885.
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Washington
Harold W. Jones
Army Medical Corps
Jones
Engineer who killed Chinese on way to Mexico
San Francisco dispatch reports Alyn Mason American mining engineer who escaped imprisonment in Korea after being convicted of killing a Chinese man who attacked his daughter. He arrived with his wife and eight year old daughter and heads to Mexico. protests by Americans and Koreans helped win his release after a three year sentence.
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San Francisco
Alyn Mason
Korea
Orient
Mexico
Mason
Pape's Diapep sin touted as fast stomach regulator
The advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin cures dyspepsia indigestion gas and heartburn in five minutes. It promises rapid relief from bloating belching and sour stomach with a 50 cent case yielding 100 dollars if unsatisfied and urges keeping it at home for day or night use.
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Pape
Ady
Incubator Baby Parentage Reaches Supreme Court
Washington dispatch reports the Supreme Court will hear a case over the mother of the so called incubator baby from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Lottie Bleakley of Topeka Kansas claims maternity while James G Barclay of Douglas County Illinois and his wife allege the child was adopted or died shortly after birth. The case involves a missing girl tied to a detective accused of kidnapping from her home.
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Washington
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Lottie Bleakley
Topeka
Kas
Illinois
Kansas
James G. Barclay
Douglas County
Ill
Barclay
Fair Grounds
Barclays
London’s New Lord Mayor First Lancastran
Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater elected lord mayor of the City of London will assume office on November 9 he is the first Lancastran to hold the post Bowater a Manchester native rose in business to head a major paper trading firm He entered city service in 1884 becoming a common council representative then sheriff in 1885 and later alderman Every lord mayor must have served as alderman and sheriff
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London
Thomas Vansittart Bowater
City of
Thomas Rowlinson
County of
Lancaster
Thomas Bowater
Manchester
Court of Common Council
Dried Fruits Shipments Test New Net Weight Law
Ten carloads of dried fruit depart Los Angeles for New York and other eastern cities as part of a U S bureau of chemistry test. The aim is to gather data on shrinkage during shipping to help draft net weight regulations. Tests compare coast to inland destinations with examples like macaroni showing weight changes due to moisture.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Cal
New York
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Pacific Coast
Bureau
Denver
Arizona
New Orleans
San Francisco
Seattle
Connecticut Good Roads and Construction Co Formed in New Britain
Hartford Sept 23 The Connecticut Good Roads and Construction Company of New Britain filed a certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State. The capital is set at 50000 dollars. Farmer Want Ads One Cent a Word.
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Good Roads Company
New Britain
Hartford
Connecticut Good Roads and Construction Company of
Mayor Silent Under Fire From Beard Sermon
Mayor Clifford B. Wilson refused to comment on Rev. Ger ald H. Beard’s sermon criticizing Bridgeport leaders. He said he read the sermon in full but had no reply and instead spoke of ongoing city work progress.
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H. Beard
Clifford B. Wilson
Gerald H. Beard
Park Street Congregational Church
Farmer Reporter
Beard
Bridgeport
Pastors’ Association
Wilson
Christ
Connecticut
Sermor
Thaw's Heavy Cold Alarms Friends in Extradition Hearing
Concord New Hampshire September 29 Friends and associates of Harry K Thaw fret over a lingering heavy cold that has persisted a week since his arrival for an extradition hearing before Gov Felker Thaws persistent coughing and poor rest draw concern though he downplays the illness while under a local physician care and described as not improving under treatment
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Three Federal Arrests For Mail Fraud In Hartford
Sept 29 Hartford Louis A. Latterner and Dr Jacob W Horton were arrested by federal authorities on a conspiracy to use the mails to defraud. They appeared before Judge James L Martin with bail set at 1000 each for the December term. The arrests followed a secret indictment against two men and Dr Frederick H Latterner by the New Haven federal grand jury last week. Dr H Latterner is believed to be in California. The case is being pursued by District Attorney Fred A Scott and government detectives.
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Hartford
Louis A. Latterner
Jacob W. Horton
United States
James L. Martin
United States District Court
United States Court
Frederick H. Latterner
New Haven
H. Latterner
California
Fred A. Scott
Rich Woman to Rescue of Man in Murder Trial
William Leehan, a stenographer, stood trial in Toms River, N J, for the murder of Mrs Caroline Turner of Lakewood. Her body was found after she vanished on April 26 1911. Mrs Jasper Lynch, a wealthy Lakewood resident, privately funded his defense noting her belief in his innocence.
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Toms River
N. J
William Leehan
Caroline Turner
Lakewood
Privat
Jasper Lynch
Leehan
Militant suffragists confess to fire at Yarmouth golf links
In Yarmouth England militants damaged Municipal Golf Links with acid and left a taped confession claiming responsibility for a timber yard fire worth 175000 dollars. A note warned no vote no sport no peace no property safe, and other cards urged opposition to voting.
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Yarmouth
Eng
Yale President Hadley Urges Students Toward Public Service
New Haven Sept 29 Yale University President Hadley delivered the matriculation sermon urging graduates to dedicate themselves to public usefulness over private gain. He warned against purposeless conformity and praised governing oneself before leading others, emphasizing an inheritance of principles over money.
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New Haven
Woolsey Hall
Yale University
Hadley
Yale
Commonwealth
Fake Lottery Circulars Reported in Fridgeport
Circular letters promoting The Hamburg State Lottery and an easy money scheme arrived in Fridgeport. Resembling the Moss-Grown Spanish Prison Game, they used black paper to conceal contents inside envelopes to deter reading. One example was turned over to police as authorities anticipate postal scrutiny.
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Hamburg
Fridgeport
The Gift Divine
A short verse meditation on life worth living, asking if wealth, beauty, or health suffice and replying that God’s gift to His children is love, as printed in the Advertise ix Farmer column.
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A. R
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