Initiation of 75 Eagles Members in Bridgeport Aerie
More than 290 members of the Bridgeport Aerie of Eagles attended the initiation of five candidates into the lodge at Arcadia Hall. Past Grand Worthy President Conrad H. Minn of Kansas spoke as guest of honor, with Grand Aerie officers present. The event included a banquet for about 190 attendees and remarks urging Americanization and advocacy for mothers pensions and aged care, reflecting fraternal efforts during and after World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Aerie
Eales
Conrad HW. Minn
Kansas
Ith
Grand Aerie
Grand Worthy Conduct Co Mitthes
James T. Belden
Widlacn A.gordon
Thamar Tavely
Josep Minto
T. J. MacNamara
Pooh i Brady
D. A. Monahan
JP. Neary
le Jamieson
Jonn O'Brien
Leonard Ashelm
John Eckel
MacNamara
Jo Keary
Cantu Td
Darien to Pick Prosecutor January 4
Darien officials announced there would be no immediate appointment to replace Max Sprike as prosecuting attorney. Temporary special prosecutors will handle cases until around January 1. Names mentioned include Charles Williamson, Norwalk lawyers, and G Frederick Stark with Noroton Heights ties.
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Darien
Tate Charles Bates Dana
Max Sprike
Charles Williamson
Sittuation
Norwalk
G. Frederick Stark
Noroton Heights
Stamford
Richard Ireland
Bandit shoots man and bays cop during robbery
A bandit shot George Fredericks after he objected to a robbery and held an off duty officer at bay when the officer entered. Fredericks was wounded but not seriously. The robber fled after a car chase, taking $15 from a cash register while police pursued. Earlier, another man matching the bandit description robbed John Wilco’s store of $125.
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George HE
Fredericka
Fredericks
Wagner
Fighd
John Wilco
Moose Initiation Ceremony Draws 400 at Coronial Hall
More than 400 members attended a Regular meeting of H. D. Davis legion No. and Loyal Order of Moose in Coronial hall. Officers for 1927 were elected and about 25 candidates were initiated into the second degree with a Mooseheart lesson. Women of the Moose served a banquet at 51 State street following the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Davis Legion No
Loyal Order of Moose
Mooseheart Legion
Davia
Moose
State Street
Frank Colline
Stamford
North
John IF. Lurns
Norwich
South Moose
Frank MecQuire
Wallingford
East Moose
Thomas Kenny
New Haven
West Moor
Harry Coles
Bridgeport
Carl Valine
Danbury
Argus
Eugene Sullivan
Waterbury
Bernard Wunderlick
H. J. Davis
Moosehead
Napoleon Lavole
John J. Gerrity
North Moose
Dr. W. Williams
North Moore
Rank Dorn
Police raid Kit Kat Club in London
London police raided the Kit Kat Club in Hay market at 12 30 am. About 500 people were present as officers required names and addresses and allowed guests to depart. Books were seized for checking members against table lists and possible liquor law prosecutions for non members served. No prominent Americans were found among those present.
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London
Europe
Haymarket
Scotland Yard
Kit Kat
Entertainment and lectures unfold in Monroe churches week
Monroe notices a Methodist church parlors show at 7:45 featuring lighting effects and Bridgeport talent in the farce Three Pees organized by the Ladies Aid. Trooper George EB Barrell-Nellson will lecture on the World War at Stepney church December 29, once with Near East Relief, now pastor at Monroe side Presbyterian. Local society guests, a Christmas pageant by the Willing Workers, and 4-H club activities with the Happy Sewers are noted along with several visits and travels of residents Between holiday events, town life includes health updates, school activities, and community gatherings in Monroe and nearby Bridgeport and New York.
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Monroe
Methodist Church
Bridgeport
Ladies Aid Society
George EB. Barrell-Nellson
Sussex Cavalry
Smesopotamia
Nellson
Allenby
Jerusalem
Stepney Methodist Church
Near East Relief
Monroeside Presbyterian Church
New York
Harle Wales
Cleveland
Ohio
L. Edith Wales
Solon B. Wales
Harding
Ladies’ Aid Society
Baptist Church
Wahbur French
Samuel Seeley
Tashia
Solon B. Wale Jamey D. Case
Farms Bureau
Happy Sewers
Center School
J. Benedict Beardsley
Benjamin
Hurd
Mabel Damm
Edith Nichols
Ethel Burhans
Oakrey
Misa R. Kellogg
Trumbull Orange
Palm Beach Society welcomes Countess Salm for season
Following her legal battles this month Countess Millicent Rogers Salm plans to arrive in Palm Beach with her son Peter taking a mansion on El Bravo oceanfront. The house owned by H Caryl Haskins draws top rent while storms and city projects altered the riparian front. Public sentiment grows over municipal spending and taxes as Palm Beach contemplates new rival property groups and a potential clash among owners.
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Palm Beach
Via
Count Salm
Millicent Rogers Salm
New York
Peter
Ocean Front
el Bravo
Ocean Boulevard
H. Caryl Haskins
Paris
Edward T. Stotesbury
Mirasol
Stotesburys
Stotesbury
Marie
Roumania
Floranada Club
James H. R. Cromwell
Croesun
J. F. Monzan and Company
Drexel and Company
Countess of Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale
Hart of Lauderdale
South Florida
Lord Thirlestane
Lord Camoys
Mildred Sherman
Hugh Tevis
California
England
Palm
Woranada Club
Boca Raton
L. Trevett Lockwood
Cooper C. Lightbow
South Ocean Boulevard
Lake Worth
Southern Boulevard
South Palm Beach
Willey Lyon Kingsley
Edward F. Hutton
Palm Weach
Property Owners Association
Invita
Bull pins Waterbury man to barn in farm attack
Evan Stokes thirty four of the Marwie Hill farms on Piemont road escaped serious injury after a bull pinned him to the barn wall while he aided by Charles Road another farm employee. Stokes carried to Waterbury hospital with bruises to shoulder and leg.
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Waterbury
Evan Stokes
Mar Wie Hill
Piemont Road
Stokes
Charles Road
Hales
Waterbury Hospital
Stamford Man Drops Dead In Rooming House
Stamford December 12 Special. Edward Cozerawski a sixty year old Yale and Towne employee was found dead in his bed by his landlord after a nightly check at 182 Ludlow street. Dr Ralph W Crane the medical examiner ruled heart disease as the cause of death. The deceased leaves a wife in Europe.
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Stamford
Way
Edward Cozerawski
Alxty
Yale and Towne Company
Ralph W. Crane
Ludlow Street
Europe
Universities Only Homes of Liberty Says Dr Butler
New York Dec 12 AP The universities of the world are the only present homes of liberty and its only hope, Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler declares in his twenty fifth annual report He denounces modern opponents of education calling them the new Philistines and argues that without truth and liberty education will fall into a dark age He urges a revival of the classic spirit and condemns the philosophy of behavior that reduces study of Greece and Rome to a costly pantomime.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Buttler
Columbia University
Walue
Nherty
Philistia
Jeremiah
Philiptine
Greece
Rome
Coney Island Beach Talk Sparks Holiday Grin and Gown Debate
AP briefs report Police Captain James Gillen wary of bathing suit fashions at Coney Island beaches as the season nears. Other items note Mrs Alwyne Sickinger seeking a divorce from Albert after two marriages, Miss Anne Moreau forming a Florida real estate venture for charity, James Weed filing a state compensation claim after his father fired at him, and a Morristown mailed grey kitten arriving at a Brooklyn home despite postal rules.
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Associated Press
New York
James Gillen
Coney Island
Lottia Schoemmell
Coney
O. K
Walker Vallay
N. Y
James Weed
State Compensation Commission
Newtown Trade Board May Form To Attract Industry
Newtown considers forming a local board of trade to encourage locating factories in the borough. Debate scheduled on Tuesday features Tiemann and Cavanaugh opposing Platt and Platt. Rev Tim Lee’s earlier industrial efforts ended with tax benefits for Boston firms. community watches for further industrial encouragement.
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Newtown
Grange
Robert W. Tiemann
Paul V. Cavanaugh
Elliott H. Platt
Frank H. Platt
Board of Trade
Timothy J. Lee
Newtown Congregational Church
Lee
Congregational Church
Boston
Richmond H. Gesner
Trinity Church
Gesner
Willam H. Kennedy
St. Rose’s R. C
Mastes
Virgillus Corncil
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary's Hall
Sandy Hook
Mexico
Two Men Arrested in Hartford Auto Theft Case
Meriden reporters say Hartford man William P. Eagan and Wethersfield resident Harold E. Norton were arrested at 3 15 this morning in connection with last night s automobile theft in Hartford. They were handed to Hartford police Sergeant Daly and the owner recovered his car.
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Meriden
William P. Eagan
Hartford
Harold E. Norton
Wethersfield
Daly
U S 15 Losing Free Speech Privilege Forum Here Told
Dr Harold Speght pastor of King Chapel Boston told the United Forum of the United Church last night that since the Scopes trial legislation has endangered free speech and expression in the nation. He urged toleration and warned against intolerance of successful individuals on racial creed. He cited imperialism in big industrial concerns and argued military training in colleges is optional, not mandatory, per federal law misinterpreted by colleges.
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Dayton
Tennessee
United States
Harold Speght
King Chapel
Boston
Mass
United Forum of the
United Church
Speight
King Victor Emmanuel Honors Victorious Italian Flyer
In Rome after a long morning conference with Premier Mussolini Col De Bernardi winner of the Schneider Cup was singled out for a private audience with King Victor Emmanuel He is set to receive the Order of St Maurice and will be feted with a silver Macchi model a gold aviation journal cup and Fiat medal as Italy lauds the returning aviator alongside Nobile and De Pinedo.
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Rome
Mussolini
Col. de Bernardi
Victor Emmanuel
Trig
Order of St. Maurice
Air Force
de Bernard
Journal of Aviation
Fiat Company
Nobile
de Pinedo
Italy
Gasoline thieves steal twenty four gallons on East Side
Police investigated a break in at an East Main Street station where 24 gallons of gasoline were stolen. Eugene Denzel, manager of the station at East Main Street and Noble Avenue, reported the pump broken open yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Denzel
East Main Street
Noble Avenue
Marquilers
Man Slips on Ice, Breaks Arm in City Sidewalk
Hannibal D Andrea, forty eight, of 27 Madison Avenue, slipped on an icy sidewalk Saturday night and fractured his left forearm. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital where Dr F Merella diagnosed the break and provided treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal D'Andrea
Madison Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
12. F. Merella
Oldest Montville man dies at ninety nine
Earn Sp. Dart, aged ninety nine, Montville's oldest resident, died at his home after a life as a stone mason and farmer. He tended his garden until shortly before his death. He is survived by his wife, a son, three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Pec
Earn Sp. Dart
Montville
Tragic Farmhouse Fire Claims Mother and Child
In Me Firing through a remote farmhouse in Norway, Marian Smart and her three year old son Walter died from burns after being rescued. George six briefly reentered the flames and survived. The fire forced the remaining four children to flee barefoot through snow to neighbor Virgil Dunn’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Marian Smart
Walter
George
Virgil Dunn
Mrs. Smart
Socialists May Quit in Hungary After Landslide Victory
Vienna dispatch reports Hungary's parliament lacks opposition after Premier Bethlen's sweeping win. Socialists and other opposition members plan resignations, arguing it would be pointless to stay to muster the needed thirty deputies to challenge the government. Count Bethlen is seen as the strong man of Hungary.
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Vienna
Hungary
Europe
Count Bethis
Count Bethien
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