Service Club Plans Charity Summer Dance for Orphanage Aid
The Service Club hosts a summer dance on September 10 at the Brooklawn Country Club to raise funds for the Bridgeport Protestant Orphanage, Children's Ward, Day Warseries and Girly pel a. Miss Bumibeth Havens leads as president with Miss Margaret Snethcut assisting. Miss Anna Swinnerton and Miss Eleanor Bartram also involved. The club aims to bolster local charitable support with annual contributions and pledges from the community.
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Margaret Snetthercut
Anna Swinnerton
Eleanor Bartram
Clus
Assistanes
Zane Club
Batis
Labor Increases Across Middle West Reported
Chicago Aug 18 Four thousand more children are working today than two years ago says Clyde A Brown acting director of the city vocational and employment bureau. The rise in child labor is centered in the middle west with Missouri Kansas and North Dakota showing exceptions as employers seek cheap help due to high living costs and scarce adult labor. Brown cites similar trends in other states and notes a doubling of extended labor in Minnesota as families strained by rising prices push to secure income.
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Chicago
Clyde A. Brown
Middle West
Missouri
Kansas
North
Caie Aps
Lamont
United States
eMinnesota
Masked party plans wind down the dancing season
Weekend social notes detail preparations for a masked party to close the season. Numerous attendees hosted by Jonathan Godfrey and others are listed with guests from Lexing ton New York Rome N Y and Brookl own Country club. The piece also mentions exhibitions of late painter Revert C Minor and various civic and social figures traveling or entertaining in multiple locations.
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Lexing On
Brooklown Country
Breanne Bartram
Miles Tiarrici Windsor
Elimbaih ‘Barbe
Dorothy Northrop
Anna Swinnerton
Elizabeth Ford
Rome
N.Y
Betty Sinclair
New York
Bradford Warage
John Scheeler
Robert and
Louis Isutsener
Wat
Romance at 29 Is Folly at 251
In Chicago on an 1915 tale Virginia Natalie Bhatney Corsica daughter of William Shansander of New York and Montreal elopes years ago with Michael. Now she seeks divorce citing changed circumstances and desires happiness with someone else while he rebounds with Vidlin.
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Chicago
Aus
Rammbes
Virginia Natalie Bhatney
Corsica
Dughter
William Shans Ander
New York
Montreal
Virginia Eaw
Wisheet Corsten
Mader
Michael
He Ayvorce
Lee Éay
Corsigna
Josha
Pons
Somnne
Bridgeport Business Women's Club to Incorporate Tonight
Bridgeport Business Women's Club will act on articles of incorporation at a meeting called by the Goay of Recreation. Miss BR E House will coordinate with new officers to finalize plans for the intensive campaign for the tenth. Executive board members will meet at lunch. a special welcome will be extended to those who joined in the past month.
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Bridgeport Business
Anc Vrofea
Sidnsi Women's Club
Recrealon
Perak
Bridgeport Nationate Iaulidln
Romain
BR E. House
Park Avenue
Board of Aldermen
G. W. Party at Herkimer Street Home
A group gathered for a house warming at Herkimer Street including Mr. and Mrs. Tastyrs and Mrs. Redgate with several guests such as Miss Anna Dowd, Miss Jamese Smith, Miss Mary Dor, and Mr. William Cullen among others. The event featured a list of attendees and general celebratory notes.
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Tias Brecker
Mroo
Mra
Charies Tastyrs
Edward Redgate
William Cullen
Michael Fedell
Myre
Willam Reche
Ar Whitney
Fedovard
Iti Sheridan
Treas Clampers
Lucy Dowd
Well Known Composer Succumbs to Injuries
Renowned American composer J Pierpont Morgan dies from injuries after a taxicab run over in front of Carnegie Hall. Born in Maine, he was a leading figure in American music theater and held ties to Chadwick and the broader musical world. He passed away Saturday at Roosevelt Hospital.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Greenwood Lab
Roosevelt Hospital
Warnegie Hall
Local Drum Corps Earns Second Prize at State Event
The Warner Brothers Grenadiar Drum corps earned second prize at the 34th annual state convention in New Britain. About 40 drum corps from across the state competed. George Shorrer of Hollister Avenue won first prize for the best bass drummer, James Quaan of 408 Connecticut Avenue won first prize for best exhibition of individual fifing, and Edward Dempsey of 118% State Street won second prize for snare drumming.
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Warner Brothera Grenadiar
Asability
Gecord
New Britain
About &0
George Shorrer
Hollistar Avenue
James Quaan
Connecticut Avenue
Edward Dempsey
Milford Woman Struck By Car In Street Collision
A Milford resident crossing a street yesterday was struck by an automobile driven by Everett Woods of Naugatuck. The woman was knocked to the ground suffering injuries to the breast and head. her condition is not considered serious.
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Milford
Brey
State Strode
Everits Woods
Pilgrim's Progress adapted for centenary pageant in New York
A dramatic service titled The Pilgrim and the Book is planned for the Bhar tercentenary celebration. It follows the imagination of Percy Mackaye and aims to include all church and Sunday school members. No special scenery required. Characters depict disciples apostles and Christian era figures.
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New York
MioAn
Pilgrim's Progress
Fercy Mackayo
John von Fae Benn
Angel
Mackaye
Saint ‘Louis
Caliban
Citizensinipy
Red Cross
Bridgeport Italians Host Seventh Annual Picnic at Stadtler Park
A Bridgeport Italian community gathering marked their seventh annual outing at Stadtler's Park with Italian language speakers and talks by Tasquale Da manager of the Italian senate bureau. De Bias urged Red Cross support and renewal of memberships ahead of a forthcoming campaign set for November 1, highlighting Red Cross work in Europe. Sozin Di Yenzio introduced the speaker, with music and athletic events as part of the program and Mishae Luciano serving on the arrangements committee.
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Stadtler’s Park
Tasquale da
Senthe Bureau
Marican National Red
Red Cross
Italy
Europe
de Bias Acill
Crown Prince Urged Germany to Quit War
Paris reports the Crown Prince of Germany urged an end to the war three months after the conflict began. The appeal came from the Crown Prince and is noted as a bid to avert further loss and restore stability, amid pressures on Germany from the Allies and the United States.
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Germany
Paris
Cape Cod Folks Begin Celebration Observances Set
Walufleet Massachusetts hosts today observances marking a coastal town’s townwide celebration with church services and a parade plan. The event preludes a church observance week leading to a significant local holiday.
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Cape Cod
Walufleet
Mass
Cape Coa
Massachusetts
Pieris
Second Congregational Church
Woman in Bathing Suit Fatally Hurt by Auto
New York August 15 Mrs Esther Litkin of Brooklyn was killed in a Coney Island accident when a automobile driven by Max Brimberg struck her as she walked along Mermaid avenue. The crash also left the nursing survivor Mrs Sherwood 11, missing since Friday afternoon.
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New York
Esther Tyitly
Brooklyn
Coney Island Hospital
Max Brimberg
Twentieth Avenue
Litkin
Mermaid Avenue
FE Josaph “d_ Sherwood
Fairfield Avenue
Ainee
Armed Men Rob Brooklyn Republican Club
Four masked armed bandits robbed 10 members of the United Republican Club at 808 De Kalb Avenue Brooklyn. They took $2,600 in cash and $2,500 in jewelry, then escaped in a waiting taxi as hundreds watched. The theft occurred quietly as the attackers restrained patrons with pistols and gathered valuables.
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New York
United Republican Club
de Kalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Poren
Sheep Roast to Boost Templetons Campaign Dinner
Waterbury Republicans plan a monster roast feast at Braga on Saturday August 24 to promote Charles A. Templeton of Lantety for the Republican gubernatorial ticket. Mayor William H. Sandland chairs arrangements and invites clubs town committees and officials to attend. Bridgeport Republicans will join the event as part of opening campaign efforts to name Templeton at the state level.
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Waterbury
Braga
Charles A. Templeton
Lantety
O. P
Viliam H. Sandland
Connecticut
Templeton
Republisan
Bridgeport
Thuty
Alleged gambling house raided on Lexing ton Avenue
Police raided a gambling house on Lexington Avenue Saturday night arresting Sebastino Scala as the alleged proprietor. Five frequenters were taken into custody as part of the operation.
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Lexington Avennue
Sebastino Scala
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