Coolidge Proclaims Thanksgiving Day for 1927
President Calvin Coolidge urges Americans to observe Thursday, November 24 as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer. He notes national domestic success, peaceful world relations, and a call to remember those in affliction while giving thanks at family firesides and places of worship. The proclamation, dated October 26, 1927, designates the holiday and outlines the spirit of gratitude.
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Washington
Associated Press
Coolidge
Thos
Calvin Coolidge
United States
United States of America
Scout Meeting Postponed By Halloween Conflict
Devon October 26 A regular Monday evening Troop No. 5 Boy Scouts meeting is postponed to the following week due to Halloween. Holy Name Society meets Thursday night at St Ann's Church hall Nanatuck avenue. Mr and Mrs Henry Unlend Fort Trumbull Beach with Berton Jones New Haven travel to Florida by auto. Mr and Mrs Charles Adams return to Walnut Beach from Utica New York. Mr and Mrs George Sommers host Mr Sommers parents Springfield Massachusetts.
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Devon
Reguar
No. 5
Boy Scouts of America
Hallowe'en
Holy Name Society of
St. Ann's Church
Church Hall
Nanatuck Avenue
Henry Unlend
Fort Trumbull Beach
Berton Jones
New Haven
Darrow
Edward C. Birge
King W. Mainsfield
Edward T. Bedford
George W. Gair
Edward A. Godfrey
Joseph Adams
Joseph Morton
Frank Cribar
Fable Brothers
Audrey Brothers
William Matthias
Leslie Frazier
Willam H. Petrie
Democratic Town Committee
Oscar B. van Zant
Board of Finance
Wiliam HH. Petrie
Board of Assessors
John J. Sullivan
John K. Gault
Westport
National Hall
State Street
Lady Palmerton Lodge
Shepherds of Bethlehem
John J. Hansen, Jr
Mary H. Warren
Fairfield
Joseph G. Hansen
Louise Hansen
Amelia Murphy
Martina Mallory
Norwalk
Morristown
N. J
Warrentee
Edward
Birge
Alan Parsell
Morningside Drive
Greens Farms
Frank van
John Puzzak
Division Street
Puzzak
Buck Hill
Parsall
Westport Council
Knights of Columbus
Joan A. Dolan
Felix Kriewald
Roseville Road
Weston
Keith- Kennedy Hardware Company, Inc
Clarence W. Keith
King’s Highway
James Roy Kennedy
Outfit
Georgle W. Keith
Edward C. Rice
Julia M. W. Gault
Compo Road
Rober F. Gault
Edward C. Birger
Eddie
Doc” Casey
Jack Delaney
Dann W. Hauser
Point Road
Frances A. Hunpheeys
M. Y
Edtward C. Hirge
Necco Candy Firm Adverts In New England Sugar Makers
The promotional blurb markets the New England Confectionery Company Bovton Mass makers of 500 kinds of fine candy. It emphasizes Necco as a safeguard brand and urges consumption wherever candy is sold, invoking a nostalgic image of sweets and urban street markets.
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Necco
New England Confectionery Company
Bovton
Mass
Stratford Okays Beach Cut for Stratford Airport Project
Stratford town council unanimously grants Bridgeport Airport Inc permission to cut a 250 foot wide strip through Short Beach to deepen a canal and build a Class A commercial airport on the Lordship meadows. Dredging could start within days with War Department permits pending and aims to attract aircraft industry and mail service to Stratford.
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Bridgeport Airport Incorporated
Housatonic River
Short Beach
Little Neck Bridge
Connecticut
Repdy
Bush
Rex B. Delacour
Lordship Meadows
Colonial Air Mail Company
Bridgeport
Brainard Field
Hartford
Lordship
Bridgeport Post. Office
War Department
Sinc
Atlantic Seaboard
Wiliam E. Arthur and Company
Buffalo
Cleveland
Portland
Elmira
Schenectedy
Stratford Road
Stretford Road
Gatford
Delacour
Washington, D. C
Cobtun
Housatonic
Ahchorage
Dr. A. E. Waffle Dies Noted Baptist Writer at 80
Albion area obituary notes Dr. Albert E. Waffle aged eighty, famed Baptist writer, educator, and clergyman. He died at home after a 38 month illness. A former dean’s son, he led pastorates in New Brunswick New Jersey Bay City Michigan Jamestown Ontario and Albion before retiring in 1908.
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Albion
Associated Press
Albert E. Waffle
Nore
Jill
Aifn
Harvey Waffle
Hamilton Theological Seminary
Hamilton
N. J
New Brunwick
Bay City
Mich
Jamestown
Woortstock, Ont
Westport awaits order for new fire truck this week
Westport details show Pioneer Hook and Ladder No. 1 delaying the truck contract until next week as committee work progresses. Fire Chief Dunnigan and officials visited Hahn factory in Allington to view models. town voters approved $5,000 for a replacement after ten years of use.
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Jeremiah Dahls
Stratford Town
Oroneque
Bee Lim
Reed
Carlton Day Reed
Walter Hedfern
Redfern
L. J. Herrman
Alpert C. Coulter
Savocool
Merritt Vanderblit
E. ‘Ward Ireland
Westfort
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
Francia P. Dunaigan
Harry BR. Sherwood
Pioneer Company
Harold Baker
Dunnigan
Charles Miller
Hahn Motor Car Company
Hahn
Allington
Penn
Westport Department
Saugatuck
George A. Darrow
Edward C. Birge
Treasury
Coal Demand Growing in New York Markets
Economic stabilization worldwide signals higher coal use with ships shifting from oil. Experiments suggest powered coal may replace oil in bunkers. Exports rise this year led by Germany, with the United States and Poland following.
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Germany
United States
Poland
House fire destroys Starrett Place after 150 years
Blens Carlton Mass Oct 26 The 150 year old Starrett Place in Blens Carlton was a tinderbox for flame which leveled it in 25 minutes today leaving the family of Samuel Busby homeless. The cause of the fire is undetermined.
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Carlton
Mass
Associated Press
Starrett Place
Samuel Busby
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