Stratford Sixth district candidate chosen at meeting
A special meeting of the Sixth District Voters and Taxpayers association at Nicholls Avenue school will nominate Stratford councilman candidates. Colonel Louis Harmann will not seek re election. Stephen Heneghan and Arthur Meloy are possible successors with Meloy opposing Herrmann. The nominee must run as independent, support district improvements, and ensure equal representation on town boards. Petitions circulate ahead of the October 3 election.
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Stratford
Nicholls Avenue
Louis Harmann
Stephen Heneghan
Arthur Meloy
Herrmann
Meloy
Colonel Herrmann
Voters and Vaspayers' Association
Votersayers Association
Someere
Fortieth wedding anniversary party in Long Hill
Long Hill Aug 26 Special Correspondent Mr and Mrs Charles Skillings observed their fortieth wedding anniversary Tuesday night at the Monroe home of Mr and Mrs Are thar Curtis in their honor. 44 guests attended. Numerous local residents greeted the couple and shared in the celebration, with many relatives and friends visiting from nearby towns and states.
Fire Sweeps Prison Camp in Bay State
A fire at Rutland Mass state prison camp destroyed four barns and burned over three hours. Firefighters from War Paxton Holden and nearby towns responded after the blaze started in the dairy barn and spread to others. Five hospital patients were in danger during the blaze but seriously ill patients were moved to safety. no livestock were lost as stock had been removed earlier.
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Rutland
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Associated Press
War Paxton
Holden
Cotton Mill Closes in Lancaster Mass
Anza Associated Press reports Por Mills of Lancaster permanently suspends operations. Owner W. F Stiles recently died in Fitchley. The mill, built beside the Nashua River, has occupied the site for over nine years, with portions of the building and grounds tied to Jessy Chan and other nearby occupancies.
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Lancaster
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Anza Associated Press Lanes Tuning Company
Por Mills
Novi Lancaster
W. F Stiles
Fitchley
Colton
Nashua
Jessy Chan
Westport forms new committee for war memorial plans
At a special town meeting in Westport last night, residents rescinded action by three 1926 meetings and created a new committee to oversee the World War memorial project. The group, with about $1,700 on hand, will pick a site and design, aiming for visibility near town center, with locations suggested at the town hall grounds or near the Post Road and Westport Bank and Trust.
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Westport
Saugatuck Congregational Church
James EF. Fraser
Coleytown
Westport Notes From Harriman Camp To Local Travels
Mrs David Sachs of State street joined sister Dorothy at a girls camp in Harriman New York and will stay a week or 80 before returning to Westport. The Westport Methodist Episcopal church will not hold services on Sunday September 4 due to the pastor being on vacation. Briets Mrs John Wildfooter of New York City wife of the starring corner of Compo Beach Life Guards spent the day at Compo Beach yesterday. Miss Ruth Keene daughter of Mr and Mrs John Keene of Wilton road is recovering from recent operation after tonsils removal at Danbury Hospital. Donald Crawford of State street and cousin William J Hudson of Brooklyn are touring Shelton Iowa to visit relatives. Mr Crawford expects to return to Westport shortly before Layer Dry. Miss Anna Jennette Stamm of Sylvan Road attended a bridge party at the Pequot Yacht Club Southport hosted by Miss Virginia Anderson of Southport yesterday afternoon. Judson Cottet of North Main Street is confined to his home by illness. Sunday afternoon the choir of the Westport Methodist Episcopal church will sail on Long Island Sound as guests aboard Andrew Jellio’s yacht at Saugatuck. The Artists Ball by the Westport Country Club is planned as the town’s next social event of note on September 3 with many artists attending and on the committee. the club house will be decorated and entertainment planned. A large number of county residents supported a benefit pledge for Trinity Episcopal Church Southport at Mrs F T Bedford’s Greens Farms home yesterday, with about 75 guests including Mrs Edward H Grout, Mrs Edward H Klotz, and Mrs George W Gair of Greens Farms.
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Teary
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Veterans of Foreign
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Emil Dennett
Lane
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John Crawford
the Red Cross
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First Selectman
Town Plan Commission
Ibe
James Peters Bradley
Owenoke
Leary
E. Church Ageet
Post Road
Westport Bank and Trust Company
Wold
State Street
Swagatuck
Pri Popp
Anc
John Fike, Jr
Imaperlat Avenue
Wildman
Allen
Fike
Wildmen
Toravel
Church Street
Mississippi Mi
Robert Post
Hollywood
Florida
Sylvan Avenue
Westport
Post
Westport Company
May Mullins
Compo Road
Plas
Geld Springs
New York
Henry Morris Brown
Owen~ Loxe Park
Buffalo
N. Y
Comps [Beach
Phillip Hartt
Montel
New Jersey
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Compo Pco
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Jeity
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Anna Jennette Stamm
Pequot Yacht Club
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Virginia Anderson
Southport
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Saugatuck
Westport Country Club
Mmany
F. T. Bedford
Greens Farms
Trinity Episcopal Church
Edward H. Grout
Edward H. Klotz
George W. Gair
Huntington Fire Company Plans Parking at Grounds
Huntington August 20 A special correspondent reports the Huntington Fire company carnival committee met at Nichols avenue grounds to arrange parking across the street and cut fences for replacement. Lumber for a new dance platform will arrive Monday. The twice a month dance will be Friday in the Huntington school auditorium with Stephen Tucker as chair and Morse and Mack providing music. Also notes travel, hospital birth, and community visits around Huntington and neighboring towns.
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Nichols Avenue
Herbert Ferris
Huntington School
Stephen Tucker
Morse
Mack
J. Edwin Stevens
Huntington Street
Vine Street
Stratford
Stevens
Charles Hubbell
Isinglass Istreet
Chirios Burr
Stepney
James B. Palmer
Huntington Et
di Willson
Jamaica
Long Island
Von Stroheim Removed As Film Play Director
Los Angeles August 25 The Times reports director Von Stroheim has been removed from directing his latest film The Wedding March and replaced in cutting the photoplay by Josef Von Sternberg. The project, long in the making, was produced by A Powars and previously involved Universal and later McGoldwyn Mayer.
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Associated Press
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Goldwyn-Mayer
Divorced Woman and Man Obtain Marriage License
Mrs. Eleanor Rath Kent of Brookline Mass and Walter Frederic Bart Berger mining engineer of Denver Colo secured a marriage license in New York City stating they would wed tomorrow. Kent 44 divorced from Martin B Kent. Berger 50 divorced from Rebecca Gibbons Berger last week in Ely Nevada. Cold weather reported as frost warnings arrive in agricultural districts with a low of 40 degrees in Springfield Mass.
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Eleanor Rath Kent
Brookline
Mass
Walter Frederic Bart Berger
Denver
Colo
City Hall
Kent
Martin B. Kent
Dedham
Berger
Rebecca Gibbons Berger
Ely
Nevada
Easton Epworth League Hosts Lawn Party and Notices
Easton Epworth League held a supper and lawn party at the Dickerson home with lobster tamarish and varied dishes. The issue lists church services at Lee M E and Epworth League, fire company gathering, and local social notices including births, guests, and grange events with several local families named.
The Art of Hospitality HEN Mr Mercury Threat Ens
A quirky note describes heat and bustling activity as a hostess centers on serving, with YUBAN hailed as a helpful boon in warm conditions. The piece blends odd phrasing and a playful tone to evoke a culinary guide moment.
Social Roundup From Brookfield Summer Tea Hosts
Mrs Cassius Watson hosted an afternoon tea at her Brookfield Center home with guests including Mrs Charles A Mallory Mrs Harry Mallory Mrs M C Loerve Mrs Chester Osborne Miss Barbara Watson of Danbury Miss Gertrude Crane of Brooklyn N Y and many others visiting or calling in Brookfield and nearby towns. The note lists several social visits from Danbury Newark New Milford and New Haven among residents and friends including Sister Maria Rita and Sister La Salette at St Charles convent Bridgeport and Danbury visitors at Sheriff Peter H Fennell’s home.
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Brookfield Center
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Barbara Watson
Danity
Gertrude Crane
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wallace Wiliams
Reuben Butler
Stamford
Emily .Haddon
Lake Mahapac
John Hoyt
Martha Williams
Fanny Lampson
Bernard
James Balantine
Newark
N. J
Lincoln Crosby
Cos Coh
Andrewe G. Anderson
George Maas
Richmond Hil. L. L
Frederick Stapleberg
Stanley H. Peck
Blanley, Jr
Danbury
John S. Thornhil
Allan Badd
New Milford
Savin Rock
William Munger A
Charles Green
Aarey Anderson
New Haven
Elizabeth
Sarah
Newtown
Sheriff
Peter H. Fennell
Henry B. Fennell
New York
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A. A. Schenck
Mr. Schenk
Formosan quake leaves forty dead near Taiwan port
An earthquake in Formosa near Ensuigal by Taiwan port reports forty killed. Advices from Takao note 145 houses damaged and many injured in the district as the tremor shook the island off the coast of China and south of Japan.
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Associated Press
Por+ mose
China
Japan
Ensuigal
Taiwan
Takao
Formosa
Alstrict
Bur
Peterson's Ointment Eliminates Pimples Quickly
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as removing pimples with visible results in a week. It claims the ointment soaks into the skin, selling at cents a box in all druggists.
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