Will Discard Teutonic Name for American
Emil Edward Pfeffer a toolmaker in this city has applied to change his name due to dislike of the Teutonic sound of it.
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Emil Edward Pfeffer
Bridgeport Telegram in Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1918
Page
7
Man seeks permission to change name to Edward Pepper
In Bridgeport Pfeffer, a 20 year old German born employee of Trumbull Manufacturing, petitions the Superior Court for permission to take the surname Edward Pepper. He has been in the United States 12 years, five in Bridgeport, is unmarried, not involved in litigation, and asserts no crime that would injure others if the name change is granted. The petition is returnable at the October term.
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Superior Court
Edward Pepper
Pfeffer
Trumbull Manufacturing Company
Germany
Bridgeport
The
Plicant
Core
Boston Singer Caroline White Joins Caruso in First Artcraft Picture
Caroline White, renowned on opera and concert stages, is engaged to appear opposite Enrico Caruso in his debut Artcraft motion picture. The Boston-born singer began her opera career at the San Carlo Opera House in Naples in 1910.
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Caroline White
Enrico Caruso
Miss White
Boston
San Carlos Opera
Naples
Ialy
East Side Athlete Bert Ferguson in World War I Service
Bert Ferguson of the King Pin Athletic Club on the East Side serves in Company B of the 804th Infantry. He arrived in active combat near the front last month after visiting Camp Devens in February. In a letter home he describes the voyage and his hope of landing soon. Ferguson formerly resided at the Drew Hotel in Bridgeport and served as secretary and treasurer of the King Tin club, whose officers included William O Neill as president and Mack AleNamara as vice president. At the war’s outbreak, only five members of the club remained unserved.
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Bert Ferguson
King Pin Athletic Club
East Side
Camp Devens
Blue Sea
Lang Tuiand Sound
Ferguson
Bridgeport
Drew Hotel
King Tin Club
William O'Neil
Mack AleNamara
Four More Cards Bring Draft Board 2 Total to 3207
Four more registration cards push Draft Board 2 total from 38203 to 3207. New registrants include John M. Warren 2054 North avenue Mason C. Gray TJ Butler avenue WPred erick H. Keefer 704 Laurel avenue Charles D. Kennelly 89 Nor milan street. The board has indexed all cards for ages 19 to 36 and will prepare questionnaires once a new office address is finalized. The search for space reveals crowded central buildings with Liberty and Security buildings near full, leaving only a top floor vacancy unsuitable for the draft board.
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John M. Warren
North Avenue
Mason C. Gray
TJ Butler Avenue
Wprederick H. Keefer
Laurel Avenue
Charles D. Kennelly
Normilan Street
Thiave
Liberty
Tailors Hike Pressing Prices Shock Hall Room Boys
News from the hall room shows grief as local tailors raise pressing charges to five cents per cent and 74 cents per suit amid scarce damp cloths and hot irons. An organized tailors group issued new price orders with no stated reason, prompting humor as men improvise by tucking trousers under mattresses. In other items, Casmilo Brandli of 112 Lexington Ave faced continued misbranding charges after a court arraignment with a $250 bail. testimony alleges he sold canned oil labeled Pure Olive Oil.
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Casmilo Brandli
Lexington Avenue
Cie City
German-Lover fined for remarks at Lincoln School headquarters
Daniel Dailey of 60 Seay Avenue was arraigned in City Court yesterday morning for making imsking unpatriotic remarks to attendants at the Lincoln School registration headquarters. The case, heard by Judge Witeler, resulted in a $100 fine and costs.
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Geraman
Daniel Dailey
Seay Avenue
Arraigner
Lancoln
Aned Sia
Witeler
Ifa
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