Weston Grange Installation and community notices
Weston January report highlights Norfield Grange installing year events at Brookview Farm and a board of relief meeting February 1 in town hall. A Whist club gathering, local war relief knitting classes, and public notices about residents' health travel and a South Carolina winter visit are described among Weston households and out of town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Norfeld Thimble Club
Charles W. Burt
Congregational
Dennis C. Chase
Brookview Farm
James A. Smith
G. Warren Bradley
Stephen Waterbury
Board of Relief
Norfield Grange
Lyons Plain
Bradley Street
Hillside Street
Westport
LeRoy Meeker
Cross Highway
Frederick Davis
Davis
Frank Morehouse
Annie Fitch
Dennis O. Chase
Hawley Williams
Gertrude Groeschner
Frederick J. Morrison
France
Morrison
Charles A. Marks
St. Matthew’s Church
Wilton
Bridgeport
Norwalk
Helen Godfrey
New Jersey
New York
Helen Sturges
Hurlbutt Street
Camden
South Carolina
Samuel J. Miller
Cannondale
Miller
South
Itch
Godfrey Street
Ann Carson
Redding
Misa Carson
Frederick Sturges
John Car- Sos
Soldiers Admit Theft of Autos and Plot Revealed
New York Jan 28 detectives seek accomplices after three soldiers from Base hospital No 33 confess to more than 26 auto thefts. Caught in Central Park after a Harlem chase they implicate others and admit stealing 25 autos. John Hurley Carlton Nicolus and Robert B Kingsland named. Robert B Topping held on 1000 dollars for receiving stolen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Base Hospital
Central Park
Harlem
John ©. Hurley
West 169Th Street
Carlton Nicnlus
West 98Th Street
Robert B. Ktingsland
Robert B. Topping
West 181St Street
Why Baby Doll Is Held in Jail Here Question
Federal authorities seek William Baby Doll Thomas’s transfer from Bridgeport county jail to Hartford to serve the rest of a six month federal sentence. Sheriff Simeon Pease says no new release orders have arrived. District Attorney T. J. Snellacy of Hartford reportedly wants the transfer as a formal step with no hidden motives. Try to live so that friends won’t fear gossip about your character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Thomas
Bridgeport
Hartford
United States
Sherriff Simeon Pease
Baby Dol
T. J. Snellacy
Stepney Property Owners Now Have A Chance To Appeal
Stepney residents may appeal decisions as the Board of Relief will meet at Town Hall on Fridays February 18 15 and 22 from 10 am to 2 pm. Local civic notices report jurors John M Burr and Stanley Botstein serving in Bridgeport civil court. Community updates note illnesses travels and social visits among Stepney residents including Grace Fredericks Mabel Morgan Mrs Roy Turner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stepney
Dan
Board of Relief
Town Hall
John M. Burr
Stanley Botstein
Civil Superior Court
Bridgeport
John Crowley
Red Cross
Arthur J. Hut
Grace Fredericks
New Haven
George H. Clingan
Stars Plain
Danbury
Roy B. Turner
American Telegraph and Telephone Co
Harrisburg
York
Penn
Mabel Morgan
Oscar Plumb
Nichols
William Craft
Nicholas Wendblate
Majorie Connor
Sherman
Elia K. Beyer
First American Case Of Stopping Growth In Girl Giantess
Chicago January 28 Surgeons report the first American case of a giant woman with acromegalia Mabel Johnson twenty five years old seven feet six inches tall undergoing growth stopping surgery at St Bernard’s Hospital Two bone sections removed in the femur with possible further operation required Her parents are undersized and she is described as bright Miss Johnson’s case is alleged to be unique in America and linked to pituitary and thyroid abnormalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
Mabel Johnson
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Hurley
Miss Johnson
Dr. Hurley
Medical
Marie
Trumbull Relief Board to Hold Friday Sessions
The board of relief will meet at the town hall on Friday February 1 at 2 pm and will hold sessions each Friday for three weeks. Members are Samuel G. Seeley Albert H. Christie and Frank Reed. Local social notes include visits in Bridgeport and club gatherings at homes of Plumb Beach and Birks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumbull
Board of Relief
Town Hall
Samuel G. Seeley
Albert H. Christie
Frank Reed
Arthur
James Christie
Bridgeport
Bridge Club
Arthur E. Plumb
Knitting Club
Cora Beach
Misses May
Daisy Nichols
Benjamin Birks
Nitrate of Soda Sale At Cost To Farmers
A. A. Bevan, county agricultural agent, reports farmers may buy nitrate of soda at cost under a War Industries Board program. The price is 75.60 dollars per ton free on board at arrival, with farmers paying freight from the port. Applications through County Agent L. A. Bevan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Bevan
Fairfield County
United States Department of Agriculture
War Industries Board
Food Control Act
L. A. Bevan
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Rice’s Mill White
Dairies
U. S. Gutta Percha Paint Co
Providence
R. I
Conlin & Green, Inc
Elm Street
Barnum
Grange
Trumbull Board of Relief
Bor
Yaster
R. G. Whittemore & Company
Wall St
Fairfield Ave
John P. Keogh
Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York
P. O. Arcade
Lewis
Mgr
Tl, Watson &Co
John
James Staples & CO
Bridgeport, Conn
The
City National Bank Unitedates Depository
Nscfrert
Connecticut National Bank
Main
Wall Streets
People’s Savings Bank
Main Street
Austin Company
Newfield Building
Astor House Building
Broadway
Barclay
J. D. Stauffer
H. J. Phillips
K. A. Pritchard
Austin Standard
Industrial Builders
Cleveland
Detroit
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
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