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Bridgeport Standard Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1919

Page

4

Boy Scout Crosby Dies After Beardsley Park Crash

John Edmund Crosby age 12 son of Mr and Mrs Peter W Crosby of 40 Tesing avenue died yesterday morning at Bridgeport hospital from injuries after a Beardsley park accident Saturday afternoon when his bicycle collided with a car driven by Mrs Anna B Beach of Trumbull Katherine Knapp 13 escaped serious injury Crosby’s funeral will be held tomorrow at 1 80 from his home and 2 30 at Peppiels Presbyterian church with Boy Scout pallbearers Interment at Lakeview cemetery He is survived by his parents two brothers Peter W Jr and Robert T

John Edmund Crosby Peter W. Crosby Tesing “Avenue Bridgeport Hospital Beardsley Park Anna B. Beach Trumbull Katherine Knapp Hillside Avenue Crosby Beach Peppiels Presbyterian Church A. Davenport Lakeview Cemetery John Peter W. Jr Robert T

Strike ties up small Buenos Aires papers

Buenos Aires papers resume after printer difficulties but face a new gas strike. Smaller publications cannot print at their own plants because gas workers strike blocks heating linotype metal. Larger papers maintain facilities and aid the smaller contemporaries in issuing issues.

Buenos Aires

Mind No Counts He Says Mind No Counts He Says

A sermon by Rev. William Wallace Rose on the text As a man thinketh in his heart so is he. He outlines six secrets for self control circumstance health appearance success and destiny, urging thoughtful living and positive belief inspiration drawn from Roosevelt Lincoln and biblical ideals.

William Wallace Rose Universalist Church God Brooklawn Avenue Pembroke Street Stratford-on-Avon Lincoln Roosevelt Niagara Falls Falls Lfe Plattsburg Mina Jesus Christ

Fiume Council Votes to Form Army for Liberty

The National Council in Fiume, after meeting with the city mayor, voted by acclamation to form an army for Fiume's defense. Funds of 20 million in treasury bonds will back the effort, to be organized by poet Sem Benelli, a former Italian army captain, with justice to be administered in the king of Italy’s name. The report also notes a separate opening of the Hotel Pembroke in Woodmont under George W. Holloway with a formal dinner and dancing, marking a successful debut.

Rome Fiume National Council Counsil Sem Benelli Bonds Tralian Italy Pembroke Woodmont George W. Holloway Taft New Haven

Big New Menagerie Featured by Circus

A gigantic new menagerie will join the city’s circus, combining Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey. The herd includes eight giraffes, nearly all U S pachyderms, baby giraffes, lion cubs, tiger cubs, baby elephants, and exotic species like hippos and rhinoceroses. The full show opens with a grand revue and a street parade, with performances beginning Friday, June 27.

America Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Brothers and Barnum & Bailey

Marinan Enlists for One Year in Air Service

Harold E B Marinan of Bridgeport applies for a one year enlistment in the air service as an aerial ferry waits at Mineola. He served in the army from Sept 19 1917 to March 8 1919 including six months in France with Battery 1 302nd Field Artillery.

Air Service Mineola Army Stamford Harold EB France Marinan Bridgeport Levy

Dishes Offered In Open Stock Sets And Porcelain Patterns

A catalog note presents open stock options for dish sets allowing exact quantities. Patterns from Japan include four handsome china designs with finishes priced per 100K sets ranging from 22.30 to 90 dollars. Colors feature pink rose borders green and gold borders brown borders and blue floral motifs with colonial and Rouen influences.

Japan China Conyon

Sparkling glass for gift items and display

Sparkling glass for gift items including vases bowls plates and sets. New patterns are available to receive them with prices from 3 to 38 dollars for items such as vases bowls and table sets. Fourth floor displays offer crystal pieces like sugar and cream sets and cruets in varied sizes and prices.

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