Meigs & Co Celebrates 35th Anniversary Sale Next Week
Meigs & Co plans a four day anniversary sale next week marking 35 years serving Bridgeport shoppers. The store began in 1888 evolving from men’s apparel to a full family clothing and accessories retailer with a large staff and expanded buildings over the years.
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Meigs & Co
Meigs
George W. Barker
Wuiging
Bridgeport
Main Street
Cor
Messrs. Meigs & Co
Boston
New Haven
Shelton Drug Store
Frank W. Golande
Bridgeport Evening ‘Fost
New England
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Hold Dance Tonight by Woodmen of the World at St George Hall
Whist and pinochle games will be held under the Woodmen of the World tonight at o'clock in St George's hall on Stratford avenue. The regular meeting will be called early. Some adobe houses in the southwest are over 300 years old and still inhabited.
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Woodmen of the World
St. George's Hall
Stratford Avenue
Law and a Half Day Record in 67th Congress
The Congressional Record notes a law and a half day in 624 days as the 67th Congress record. Frank W. Mondell, former Wyoming Republican House leader, criticizes Senate rules and the Ford Muscle Shoals offer, arguing it would be ridiculed if backed by Ford and condemns calls for a $100,000,000 government lease to favor an industrial center in Muscle Shoals.
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Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
House
Mondell
Senate
Ford
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Little Theatre League to Hold Annual Meeting
The Little Theatre League will meet tonight at 8 at the new theatre on West avenue. Officers slate includes Ralph E. McEldowney president Wit-Yam Dee vice president Miss Julia Farnum secretary and Miss Anna McMahon treasurer. Board of Governors elected for two years are Mrs. Sara Sherman Pryor Mrs. John A Rusling Jr Edward B. Caldwell and Charles H. Armstrong. A one act play The Chaste Adventures of Jo geth by Floyd Dell will be read after business. Plans for the rest of the season and future policy will be discussed. The league plans a future bill To be presented soon with My Pim Passes By.
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Ralph EE. McEldowney
Wit- Yam ¥. Dee
Julia Farnum
Anna McMahon
Sara Sherman Pryor
John A. Rusling Jr
Edward B. Caldwell
Charles H. Armstrong
Jogeth
Floyd Dell
Harbor Activity Slows as Tugs Move Barges in Local Harbor
Weekend harbor operations show little activity with no tow boat traffic since Saturday morning. Barges laden with coal remained docked or anchored as John Glen Isla and Robert McAllister towed vessels in the inner harbor, while Bridgeport Towing Line officials expect no objection to a new channel once dredging finishes. Oak lighthouse tender arrived from New London and will depart today.
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Isla
Robert McAllister
Bridgeport
New York
Bridgeport Towing Line
War Department
U &. Lighthouse Service
New London
New Haven
Laughing Liquor Latest Larynx Lotion In Lima
Lima Ohio March 11 police radio call interrupts with a robbery report. A woman says thieves broke into a downtown house while residents were out and stole jars of canned fruit and a two gallon cask of Ha Ha liquor. The piece notes historical reference to David Bushnell’s submarine in 1775.
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Lima
Ohio
Virgil Cook
Cook
Prominent Engineer Speaks Here Tonight
Cal vin W. Rice national secretary of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers speaks at the Stratfield Hotel in Bridgeport tonight. The lecture titled A Travelogue on South America will include motion pictures and lantern slides. Rice, a leading engineer, represented US and Canadian engineering bodies at the Centennial Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro.
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Calvin W. Rice
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Stratfield Hotel
Rice
United States
Canada
Rio de Janeiro
South America
Bridgeport
A.S. M
Mr. Rice
Engineers Club
Chemical Society
Plan to Start Knights of Columbus Council in Fairfield
At St Thomas School meeting in Fairfield over fifty signed a petition to form a local Knights of Columbus council. Cornelius McNamara chaired. Father William J Blake spoke urging men to join. Hugh Lavery outlined benefits and charter steps. next meeting set for charter details. Catholic Daughters of America announce a Thursday night gathering at St Thomas School hall to hear report on the charter.
Republican Women Meet Today at Stratfield Hotel
The Fairfield County Republican Women's associations meet in the Stratfield ballroom this afternoon at 2. John Buckley of Union, House Leader in 1921 and current official spokesman for the Republican organization of Connecticut, will be principal speaker. Miss Helen Lewis, first representative from Wallfield County, will also speak on 1923 legislation from a woman's viewpoint.
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Republican Women's Associations
Stratfield
John Buckley
Union
Buckley
House
Holcomb
Senate
House of Representatives
Connecticut
Helen Lewis
Wallfield County
Miscellaneous Shower at K O C Home in Bridgeport
A Catholic Daughters of America shower today at the Knights of Columbus house Washington Avenue collects clothing and home items for the Missionary Servants of the Blessed Trinity in Cottonton Alabama. Miss Agnes Iu Fitzpatrick and Miss Mary Grimston, former Bridgeporters, serve at the mission.
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Catholic Daughters of America
Knights of Columbus
Clay
Washington Avenue
Missionary Servants of the Blessed Trinity
Cottonton Ala
Agnes Iu
Fitzpatrick
Mary Grimston
Wis Grimston
St. Vincent's Training School For
South
Factory promotion said to be cause of assault
Stamford police believe a factory quarrel over a promotion led to the assault. Walter Piuszeski alias Dumco was arrested after firing a shot that hit Joseph Batista in the right leg on the corner of Manhattan and Pacific streets following a brief exchange.
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Stamford
Walter Piuszeski
Dumco
Joseph Batista
Manhattan
Pacific Streets
Piuszeski
Batista
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