Bridgeport Rain Record Un surpassed in memory
Weather observer William Jennings recalls Bridgeport set a national rain record in 1905 with 13.04 inches in 31 days and 10.95 inches in eight hours on the 29th. He cites January 1904 as the coldest period with 14 below zero and seven days below zero in February. Other notes mention last year’s 13 below and local climate trivia. Hawaii plans daylight saving. Bellevue officials discuss a circus review for children.
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William Jennings
Madam Grip
Mr. Jennings
Pew
Bridgeport
Newtown
Fairfield
Milford
Jennings
Lifebuoy soap promises skin health and cleansing
An advertisement touts Lifebuoy soap as essential for skin health. It claims Lifebuoy washes away foreign matter and perspiration acids, carries antiseptic into pores, purifies and protects, and fosters a healthy skin balance. The copy urges daily use for face hands and bath with a Cambridge Massachusetts origin.
American soldier in France on higher moral plane
Dr Daniel A Voling reports after five weeks with U S troops in France that soldiers live on a higher moral plane than civilians. He cites army programs as keeping men physically sound and morally fit, stating findings support military officials and offer reassurance to mothers and fathers.
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Boston
Daniel A. Voling
United Society of Christian Endeavor
United States
France
Ioaling
Recruit Drive Aims To Tap 16000 British Volunteers
British volunteers respond in large numbers for a vice on the other side that Lieutenant J J Todd of the British and Canadian Recruiting mission in New Haven had to double the staff of the depot Lieutenant Colonel FP Cc Jamieson asked for 5000 volunteers and indications show he will receive twice that number Manufacturers across Connecticut have aided the effort noting the need to substitute these men in plants If the Britishers stay the future of their presence here is at stake regardless of intentions.
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J. J. Todd
Church Street
New Haven
FP. Cc. Jamieson
Througout
Connecticut
RANN-DOM REELS By Howard L. Ran
A fragmented critique on promissory notes and credit culture foregrounds consumer auto sales. The piece mocks arbitrary terms and high interest, contrasting the allure of quick ownership with the burdens of debt, as it rambles through satirical observations and tangential improvised phrases.
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Howard L. Ran
Plan Large Theatre on State St
JFeuer and Lapides builders plan a 3,000 seat theatre at 268 and 270 State Street Bridgeport. They seek special permission to erect it at the rear of their ongoing structure with government sanction pending due to wartime steel-delivery curbs. David Feuer says a company is organized and will proceed once allowed, noting theatres can serve wartime information purposes.
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Jfeuer
Anil Lapides
Slate Street
Bridgeport Wll
Pleting
David Feuer
Feuer
United States
Judge Kellogg to Hear Motion in Hatters Case
Judge John P Kellogg of Waterbury will continue the contempt hearing in the United Hatters case against the War Makers' Organization of Danbury in Superior Court today. The plaintiffs allege the defendants intimidated workers at three Danbury hat factories to deter union activity, with witnesses lined up and claims of coercion and threats.
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Kellogg
Hatters
John Pp. Kellogg
Waterbury
United Kiites Pint Company
Danbury
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Plaintif
Furniture display on third floor of established 1857 store
In Salon for Furniture the third floor showcases living room sets and chairs in mahogany or oak with Elizabethan Jacobean styles. Displays include Dutch Colonial chairs Chromewald finish Fenimore Cooper Windsor pieces and tables for sun rooms and verandahs. Nests of tables and work stands complete the arrangement dated to 1857.
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Fenimore Cooper
Sterling Silver Table Items and Home Goods Sale
Sterling silver novelties include sugar tongs lemon forks cheese knives and meat forks with various handles priced from 65 cts to $4.50. Also salt and pepper shakers, rugs in old rose tones, road lamp parts, globes and chimneys, plus lighting mantles and glassware. Women's footwear, pumps and boots priced from $4.45 to $9.96 a pair. Whitman's sampler boxes, chocolates, candy sticks, nuts and confections offered, plus a Designer pattern offer for Bridgeport women at 75 cts for multiple copies.
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Bellevue
Baron & Bailey's Circus
Madison Square Garden
York City
Bellevue Hospital
Main Street
Hawaii
O'Hanlon
Lever Bros, Co
Cambridge, Mass
Dr. Poling
Niles Uiore Lessore Vail
Ein Pvorast
Soine Wien
Issory Tata
Warlier
Dave Souly
Hatlee
Sten
Ofukosa
State St
Germany
Windsor
Sterling Silver Novelties
Axminster Rugs
Welsbach
Globes
Russia
Whitman
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