Connecticut Manufacturing Gains Over 50 Percent in 1923
The 1923 census shows Connecticut manufacturing value rising to 1,288,293,000 dollars, up more than fifty percent from 1921. Brass and nonferrous alloys lead, with 23,206 wage earners and 164,380,506 in product value. hardware, foundry, cotton goods, electrical machinery and silk follow with substantial gains.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Washington
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Connecticut
Department of Commecce
Department
Connectient
Hrass
Man and Woman Each Receive Five Year Prison Terms
Sylvester Mudlong was sentenced to five to six years in state prison by Judge Bishop in Superior Court after pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill. The incident occurred April 28 when Mudlong entered an apartment and stabbed his victim, Miasemma Connaughton, in Boston.
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Boston
Sylvester Mudlong
Bishop
Wulty
Miasemma Connaughton
Budlong
Bridgeport Library Marks 75th Anniversary Thursday
Bridgeport's main library in Main Street will reach 75 years on Thursday July 13 with 236000 volumes and broad reader use. The city’s first library began in 1851 with 1000 books and a $250 annual librarian, William I Weed.
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Bridgeport
Mainaireel
D. M. Read
Wiliam i. Weed
Hibrary Woard
William D. Biahou
Henry A. Bishop
Catherine Penitengill
Nea Burroughs
Main Street
Burroughs Library
Ala
Barnum
Circus Fame
Sanborn
Plan for Better Business Bureau to curb ad abuses
Richard Oppel of Hadley Furniture leads Bridgeport Ad Club luncheon push for a Better Business Bureau to monitor advertising. He cites misrepresentation and price inconsistencies, urges retail-financed supervision, and notes a joint meeting with the Retail Board to launch the reform. President Callin pledges Ad Club support for the bureau.
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Richard Oppel
Hadley Furniture Company
Hetald Board
Better Business Bureau
Bridgeport Advertising Club
Stratfield
Veaders
Onze
Oppel
Bridgeport
Ad Club
Retail Board
Advertising Club
Business Bureau
Royal Bureau
Maes
Merchandlse
Publc
Albany Advertising Club
Hoyt. Callin
Engine Wins Race With Car Kills Boy
A coroner's inquest was held over the death of Gibson Tivball a 19 year old farmer boy killed when his automobile was struck by a Delaware Tackawanna and Western railroad train last night. His mother was seriously injured in the crash.
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Greene, N
Dones
Gibson Tivball
Farmer
Strickly
Delaware, Tackawanna & Western Railroad
Will Ave
Dibhats
New Haven Adds Golfers Special Train to Danbury
A new daily train between New York and Danbury will join the summer schedule of the New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The service, named the Galfers Special, targets New York visitors coming to Connecticut for outdoor recreation. Danbury becomes the northern terminal to serve golf enthusiasts at the 18-hole course acclaimed as one of the state’s finest.
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Danbury
New Haven
Artford
New York
Connecticut
Danbery
Man Held For Auto Accident Goes Crazy In Court
In Syracuse New York a man detained after an auto crash in which his wife was injured is reported to have deteriorated mentally. Carl Nordlund was ordered to hospital for observation while authorities continue the investigation as heat and injuries are cited as factors.
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Syracuse
Court House
Carl Nordlund
Porter Miller
Iiny
New York
Norland
Dey Aiker
Absolute Digestion Aid Promoted In Local Ads
An advertisement touts ABSO-DIGEST as a guaranteed digestion remedy promising relief from indigestion dyspepsia flatulence heartburn loss of appetite and postmeal distress. It claims extensive research by a leading chemist and physician endorsements with moneyback guarantees at Hindle Leverty Clampett Rand and Port Drug Stores in several towns.
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Hindle Drug Stores, Inc
Leverty Drug Stores
Bridgeport
Clampett's Pharmacy
Rand Pharmacy
Fairfeld
Thatport Drug Company
Westport
Dividend Paid to Depositors of Bank Boston
Supreme Court official Hank Commissioner Joy Hoeves approved a further five percent dividend to depositors in the bank’s commercial department, bringing total payments to that class to five percent. Savings depositors have already received full payment.
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Boston
Fudge Braley
Supreme Court
Hank
Joy
Hoeves
Haneover Trust Co
Young People Ill After Baptist Fete At Seminary Luncheon
Seven members of the Young People's Society of a Baptist church are hospitalized with typhoid fever in Mochaspe, N Y. Health officials suspect the illness spread at a luncheon at Rochester Theological Seminary linked to shrimp dishes. Fourteen people attended the party, oldest among them not yet stricken.
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Mochasper
N.Y
Young Peoples Society of Baptist Church
Rochester Theological Seminary
Lewuirce
Flag Day readiness and a 5 x 8 ft wool flag offer
A brief note urges preparation for Flag Day on June 14 and promotes a 5 x 8 ft all wool flag for $4.50. It suggests using local Bridgeport laces and linen scraps to create centerpieces and scarves, inviting readers to view designs and materials on the main floor center.
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Bridgeport
Nation specials list for sewing notions sale
Nation specials advertise sewing items including basting thread 200 yd spools four for 10c snap fasteners black or white all sizes four dozen lingerie tape eight yard pieces with bodkins seven cents per piece brass pins 360 count seven cents per package fancy buttons all colors and sizes on card
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Vnto EL Fresh
New York State
C. Graham
Royal
N. B.C
Sirlein
Porterhouse
Yearling Lamb
TCA
Doz
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D. M. Read Co
N. Buckingham & Co
Hough Shade Corporation
Janesville, Wis
VUDOR
U. S
H. Manning
Plan Business Bureau
Vunder
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
People’s Savings Bank
Powell
Howland
Bridgeport, Conn
Angie
Kolynes
AFC
Nation Specials
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Howland Dry Goods CO
North Avenue
Housatonic Avenue
Wells Street
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North Mate
Bridgeport Land & Title CO
Gen Wan
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