McConaughy Installed as Wesleyan Head
Dr James T. McConaughy was installed as the tenth president of Wesleyan University Middletown in a ceremony featuring leaders from Knox College Yale Bowdoin Dartmouth and Angell. The new president emphasized individuality and education reform urging stress on thoughtful, open minded scholarship and a strong honor system.
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Middletown
Alani
James T. McConaughy
Knox College
Galesburg III
Wesleyan University
Lawrence Lowell
Marvaid
James R. Angell
Tirtus
Metonduts
New England
College Xia
McConaughy
New York
Cits
Mount Hermon
Yale
Conaughy
Bowdoin
Dartmouth
Tie
Columbu
Elizabeth Thomsend Rogers
New Haven
Dasid G& Downes
Manhattan
East Tlat Rock
North Carolna
James McConaughy
D Luther B Wilson
Methodist Church
College
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Brookfield Society Card Party Brings Pleasant Evening
In Brookfield on Wednesday evening a Congregational church society held a card party in the chapel. Games and shadow pictures entertained attendees while refreshments were served. Eighteen members attended including Dr and Mrs Hamer Jones of Brooklyn and guests of Mr and Mrs Peter H. Fennell.
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Brookfield
Congregational Church
Hell
Aileen Trawe
Clarence Anderson
Franklin Hawey
Hamer Jones
Brooklyn
Peter H .Fennell
Lyney Sagendorf
New Haven Road Plans Another New York Excursion
Rail excursion to New York organized by New Haven road expects many travelers. The train departs Bridgeport at 6 43 am and arrives in New York at 8 08 am. On return it leaves New York at 8 30 pm and reaches Bridgeport at 9 00 pm.
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New Haven Road
WN. Y
New York
Hudgeport
Ridgeport
Shark and swordfish found tangled in net near Belni
A tangled catch reported off Belni included a 12 foot shark and a swordfish weighing about 20 pounds and 40 pounds respectively. The file hints at other details but the core events describe a shark and swordfish entangled in a net about 20 nautical miles off the location.
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Bilmar
Belni
Todas
Lywest
Lester Mwodost
Woo Bennett
Tinbom
French Spanish clubs hold final meetings in Fairfield
The French and Spanish clubs at Roger Ludlowe High held year end meetings in Fairfield. The Spanish club elected Rocco Know as president Martha Goetz as vice president Lucy Bradley as secretary and Lillian Hansen as treasurer. The French club chose Width Smith as president Vivian Forstram as vice president Jeanne Latin as secretary and John E Hetzel as treasurer.
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Riuy
Rocco Know
Martha Goetz
I Lucy Bradley
Lillian Hansen
Width Smith
Vivian
Water brings oil and other goods to Bridgeport
Bridgeport's annual harbormaster report shows about 13.6 million barrels of oil shipped in by water in the year ending March 31, with coal, lumber, sand, cement, iron, stone, pipes, plaster, clay, fertilizer and miscellaneous materials also received. It notes 18,219 vessels entered the harbor, including steamers, canal boats, and barges, plus nine foreign vessels. Oysters were a notable export alongside shipments of miscellaneous items.
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Bridgeport
Acco Ling
Wihaut & Lamond
Alfred W Buiduk
Seven Divorce Decrees Granted in Superior Court
Adolph Carlson Wewlown and Monica Wilson filed for divorce amid custody battles in Superior Court with Judge Sewell Jennings granting custody of two children to Carlson and Wilson’s case noting cruelty claims. Separate cases include James H Wilson and Monica Wilson, Nellie Iegan Butters, and Eugene Bresson among others, with decrees issued for desertion and separations.
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Adolph Carlson Wewlown
Iloence Bevans
Atison
Sewell Jennings
Jennngs
Faleen c Willate Stamford
Herbert Willams Stamford
Monica Wilson
Stae Steer
James H Wilson
Jennings
Wilson
Cacksonville
Florida
Keefe
Muse
Greenwich Board of Health
Wenjyamin Keefe
Siice
Tiugene
Narrow escape for New Fairfield man in car collision
A New Fairfield resident escaped serious injury after a collision in which his car struck another. The impact shattered a windshield. glass injured his head and neck, but he otherwise remained unharmed. Nearby reporters note the incident as authorities investigate details.
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Patrfield
John Cartail
Mr Carroll
Walter Thorpa
Edward Cragg
Vernon Hae
H R Verian
Mia Shernan McDowell
Clare Ca Varian
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Brookfield Society
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Danhiy Hospital
Mise Dela Vartan
New York City
Tias Reae
Donald
William
Greenwich
Noelupteer Fire Company
Cary Lot Renviving
Oakland
Mary
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Kink Mma
Vera
NOBLE
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