Joe Miller Brings Santa Cheer to Circus at Winter Quarters
Joe Daniel Miller long-time Ringling Brothers steward hosted a Christmas dinner for 300 showmen at the Winter Quarters. A seven-piece orchestra played as vaudeville acts joined the crowd for a holiday feast. Dinners featured a special menu and a room lavishly decorated with snow banners and red checks. A closing tribute toasted Miller for his care and wartime service, with staff including Horatman, McKellips, Potter, Starr, and Norman Smith assisting.
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Joe Daniel Miller
Sandering
Ringling Brothers
Ricium and
Bailey
Santi Clnis
Ike
Winot
Teres
Mery
Bove
Steward Miller
Two Pole
Neil
Miller
Hove
Mr Muller
Charles Horatman
Herbert McKelleps
Charles Potter
John Starey
Norman Smith
Thousands Attend Christmas Services in Churches Here
Citywide Christmas observances saw large Catholic masses and Protestant services with special music. Charitable efforts provided dinners for 1500+ needy families, while Mayor Behrens and the Dekoyen quartet joined in celebrations featuring concerts and holiday entertainment.
Obituary notices from a Bridgeport area paper
A long obituary list for residents including Miss Ellen Kallaghan, Arthur Tracy, Rutledge Beale, Frederick Darling, Alexander Bishop, Anna Brewster, Mary Mahony and Louis Bassett, with funeral details, cemeteries, and affiliations. Surviving family members, residences, and church connections are noted. services are planned at local churches and mortuaries with burial in local cemeteries.
Dawes Reels in Home Christmas Cheer at Dawes House
Vice President Charles G. Dawes and Mrs. Dawes celebrated Christmas at their home in Chicago with neighbors friends and relatives. The Dawes family hosted a large gathering including youngsters adopted children and relatives. Dana Virginia and others enjoyed a picture show music and Yuletide festivities before dinner.
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Vehcago
Charles G. Dawes
Singers Radio Broadcast by Lawrence Sidebottom at WEAF
Lawrence Sidebottom of 258 Washington Avenue will broadcast a song recital from Station WEAF New York on December 28 at 4 30 PM The singer is active in church choirs in Bridgeport and New York and has served at St John s Episcopal Grace Episcopal He won the 1924 Stewart Gold Medal for solo work and recently graduated from Grace Choir School then won a Trinity Prep scholarship in New York City
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Lawrence Sidebottom
Washington Avenue
WEAF
New York City
Sidebottom
Bridgeport
New York
St. John's Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church
Stewart
Grace Choir School
Lawrence Sylebor Fun
Washington Wrentae
DeKoven
Roesury
Nevinas
Thomas Treviey
Currie Tacobs Bond
Jinne Tha
Mr Sidebottom
St. John’s
Noted physician dies in Amherst
Hartford date Dec 25 Dr Edward Hitchcock of Amherst Mass long time visiting physician for the State Board of Charities died here today He was born in Strafford Mass graduated Amherst College 1854 Dartmouth Medical College 1851 taught at Amherst two years and from 1884 to 1901 professor of physical education at Cornell He was grandson of Reverend Edward Hitchcock Amherst College president and son of Edward Hitchcock head of Amherst physical education department.
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Hartford
Edward Hitchcock
Amherst
Mass
Ince
State Board of Charities
Hitchcock
Strafford
Amherst College
Dartmouth Medical College
Cornell University
Edward Hichcock
Department of Physical Education
St Marys Cathedral Becomes First Basilica in U S
In Minneapolis on December 25 AP reports the Tro Cathedral of St Mary is elevated to Basilica status, making it the first church in the United States granted this honor. The title Basilica of St Mary underscores papal recognition and the building’s architectural significance.
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ST. Mary’s
U. S
Minneapolis
St. Mary
Tmnor Dawker
United States
Basilica of St. Mary
Engineer Dins Yongstown Inventor Edward Gray Stust Dies
Edward Gray Stust fifty six noted steel engineer died at his home in Yongstown Ohio on December 25 He invented a boiler bearing his name and was a former member of the United States Shipping board.
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Yongstown
Ohio
Edward Gray Stust
United States Shippings Board
Dutch Treat Party At Brooklawn Club Precedes Christmas Ball
A Dutch Treat gathering at Brooklawn Country Club Monday evening precedes the annual Christmas ball. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Skinner and many other local families. Alfred Berggren and other musicians join the Christ Episcopal church service tomorrow evening.
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Brooklawn Country Club
James D. Skinner
Edmund Wolfe
Styles Goodsell
David Day
Ellis Johnston
Charles Lewis
Richard Neithercut
Charles Weeks
William Grippen
Robert Wheeler
Lidward Jednings
William Ham
Henry Stoddard
Sidney Becker
John Ryburn
Henry Rennell
Arthur Marsh
Dutro Thomb
C. G. Roberts
Vermont Leeds and
Mortimer Comstock
Alfred Berggren
Christ Episcopal Church
Artiss de Volt
People's Symphony Orchestra
Boston
Clifford I. Mason
Shrine Band
Arthur I. Platt
Olivier G. Thrall
Miss & Tee Blackstone
Miss For Fulion
Ivy Bently
Latiian Hartley
Catherine Risley
Gwendlyn Stevens
Louise Meeker Mra
Julia Adam Ylambrook
Ernest Ulmer
Robert W. Wilson
Maud Buffum
Mary White
Barbara Lord
Majorie Stenstream
Dorothy Williams
Gertrude Price
Christine Brown
Anna Kerr
Grayton Booth
Kenneth Buckingham
Dramatic circle meets at Parr Avenue temple discuss Galeworthy plays
Four clubs gather Wednesday at 151 Clinton Avenue while a final party is canceled at 025 Ping Street. Rabbi Jacob I Moyerowity leads the Dramatic Study Circle discussion on John Galworthy plays at the Parr Avenue temple Monday evening. Marion Meigs, holidaying with Felix Meigs at 177 Washington, directs car education at the W A in Washington. Attorney Tarry Silverstore chairs the first annual ball for the Jewish Welfare Bureau tonight at the Strat 1914 hotel with over 1900 invitations issued. At Biuleeport Orphan Asylum parentless children receive Christmas stockings full of goodies, a noon dinner, and gifts distributed by Obeh Grotie men. Monday a Warren Hardind High School group presents entertainment. Tuesday night the Black Stock Congregational church hosts a program by local children.
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Board of Recreation
Post Road
Hillside Home
Margaret Ford
Wiliam Behrens
Behrens
John
de Koven
Frank Brathwaite
Joseph Wieler
John Galeworthy
Dramatic Study Circle
Parr Avenue Temple
Jacob I. Moyerowity
Tarry Silverstore
Jewish Welfare Bureau
Strat- 1914
Biuleeport
Warren Hardind High School
Black Stock Congregational Church
President Leads Capital in Quiet Christmas Observance
Washington observes a quiet Christmas as President Coolidge and family celebrate at the White House. Clerks have the day off, church services are attended, and business activity slows while the nation rests. The First Congregational service featured a preacher praising the Locarno treaty as a step toward peace, with the president returning to seclusion for the holiday.
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Washington
National
Conlidge
Christman
Congress
Calvary Baptist Church
Harding
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Bronxville, N. Y
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Baltimore, Md
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