Fairfield Fire Hose Gift and Welfare Drive Highlight Fairfield News
Fairfield residents call Fairfield 46-4 for fire department contact and learn of new hose delivery to boost response after prior shortages. Visitation nurses aid 25 children and 25 families in dire need, with townwide help including rent support, clothing, food, and donations. Sherman school room to store donations. Welfare Workers push slogan Give Give Give. Christ mas Fair features hot dogs clam chowder pie cakes and toy booth run by Men s club. food booths run by Women s Auxiliary and gift booth by Knights. Town clerk records show deeds and attachments.
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Tunxis Hill District
Fairfield Volunteer Fire Department
Fairfield
Vissilme Nurses’ Association
Bridgeport
Leight
Visiting Nurses’ Association
Sherman School
United Societies of
Women's Auxiliary
R. A. Knight
M. Clarke
A. F. Huntington
Girls’ Friendly League
One Of Oldest Theatres Closed
Derby dispatch says state policeman reports the closure of one of the area’s oldest theatres in a move that impacts local culture and jobs. No further details provided in readable text.
Prentice closes Sterling theater for safety repairs
Yesterday afternoon Prentice ordered the Sterling theater in the city closed to require fire escape improvements a fire curtain and other changes before reopening. The old venue was set for a private stage event next week but it has been called off.
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Prentice
Sterling
Scense
Streeter Lecture This Evening At Barnum School
Harrison F Streeter will speak at Barnum school this evening under the Parent Teachers association at Huntington Road school. The subject is Personal Reminiscences of Northern New Mexico and the region north of Santa Fe with a desert visit and Tehua villages. The talk will be illustrated by lantern slides and music by a quartet.
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Harrison F. Streeter
Barnum School
Parent
Huntington Road School
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Jemez Mountains
Tuyounyi
Rito de Los Fri- Roker
Ada Tuck Whitaker
Jennie Fitzroy
J. Sidney Shey
Frederick M. Card
Frederick M. Cara
Huntington Road Parentiia
Ana Emittance Aeysiacs Sey AE Tent
Sailors Seek Christmas Cheer From Bridgeport Maids
A 1921 Bridgeport plea asks four U S Navy sailors aboard the Fulton to receive Christmas mail from local young women. The letter to the editor, signed by L S Masters and three others, asks for hopeful readers to write and brighten the sailors during the holidays.
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Uncle Sam's Navy
Bridgeport
Fulton
P. M
L. 8. Masters
W. J. Serafin
W. T. Porter
T. A. Hogsett
Press Praise for Irish Peace Across Papers
Press clippings praise the peace developments in Ireland. Daily News calls it well done and nationally approved. Daily Express says the Free State is established and the empire remains united. Daily Herald compares it to waking into a better world. News Letter notes the boundary commission proposal demands careful scrutiny across the north.
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Daily News
Daily Express
Irish Free State
Daily Herald
Belfast
Boundry Commission
Marriages by City Clerk Pairings List
Charles Ertle 25 a clerk of Kos suth street marries Anna Sullivan of 242 Goddard avenue. Charles L Wilbur 66 Buckingham street weds Hilda B Farmer 53 Buckingham street. Joseph Janoce waiter 88 Courtland street wed Catherine Reda at home at same address.
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Charles Ertle
Kossuth Street
Anna Sullivan
Goddard Avenue
Charles L. Wilbur
Buckingham Street
Hilda B. Farmer
Joseph Janoce
Courtland Street
Catherine Reda
Births Record of Newborns in Various Families
Birth notices list numerous newborns with parents and addresses across multiple streets. Entries include sons, daughters, and twins born to families such as Bel lanattine Maganda, Goodruff Releh, Cer ring Annuzzi, Alsen, Brown, Destesano, Lovago Bento, Flynn Baaden, Hoyse, Campbell McCall, Stevenson, Winslow, Massaro Santo, Lee, Quinn Lee, Evans Harding, Lamberand, Hennesse, Seiko, Kopson, Delmore Hayden, Spargo Madherino, Mi halico, Flynn, Nichols, Clarke Spencer, Kirk, Gootwin, Poth Psonpos, Bradoychak Fetko with dates ranging November to December and addresses including Pembroke, Orchard, Hamilton, Burroughs, Lindley, Waterview, Main, Huntington, Brook, Colorado avenue, Madison avenue, Dewey, Park avenue, Osborne street, Poplar, Broad, Andover, Putnam, Union, Bostwick, Shelton, and others. Several entries note twins or multiple births and reference both parents' names and street addresses.
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John R
Mary L. Flynn Baaden
Huntington Road
Leroy M
Alice Sehler Hoyse
Brook Street
Daniel P
Elizabeth
Campbell McCall
Colorado
Edward H
Ella Wilson Stevenson
Wood Avenue
John J
Mary F. Taughn Winslow
Madison Avenue
Dindinto
Maria Massaro Santo
Dewey Street
Bernard J
Francis Quinn Lee
Park Avenue
Lewis and
Bernice Evans Harding
Lordship Manor
Joseph
Rose Auquette Lamberand
Kossuth Street
Arthur J
Margaret Theresa Callahan Hennesse
Bruce Avenue
Stratford
Antoinette Zarro Seiko
Putnam Street
Tazzio
Helen Felepe Kopson
Osborne Street
Michael
Mary F. Delmore Hayden
Beach Street
Dominic and
Philomena Spargo Madherino
Merriam Street
Anna Arosz Mihalico
Poplar Street
Elizabeth McNin Flynn
Broad Street
John E
Bessie Resko Nichols
Andover Street
George D
Catherine R. Clarke Spencer
Alanson Road
Arthur L
Alice Holroyd Kirk
Fred
Clara Caldwell Gootwin
Union Avenue
Nicholas and
Anna Bradoychak Fetko
Shelton Street
Lyon Estate Tax Suit Decides Connecticut Liability
Greenwich December 8 Judge George A Slater ruled the inheritance tax on John Lyon a multi million dollar farmer must be paid in Connecticut The dispute arose from residence claims New York state and Connecticut authorities pressed the case from Surrogate Foley in Manhattan Lyon's Port Chester home contrasted with his Greenwich birth and voting ties The estate totaled about 1 68 million in personal property and nearly 1 million in real estate stocks and bonds core figures include the inheritances payable in the other state.
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Greenwich
George A. Slater
Westchester County
N.i
John Lyon
Connecticut
New York State
James A. Foley
Manhattan
Slater
Lyon
Portchester
Several Hundred Soldiers Return From France
A transport Cantigny carrying American Expeditionary Forces veterans arrived in New York from Antwerp. Among the passengers were eightytwo wives of soldiers. The troops had served along the Rhine, most being casualties.
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New York
Dec
Cantigny
Antwerp
Rhine
1922 Markers Here But Few Applicants
The Motor Registration Bureau office force expected a rush of license and marker applicants on December 1 but no one appeared. Markers for 1922 are available and preparations to handle early registration have been made. Motor owners and motorcycle owners are urged to apply early to avoid overtime and late hours.
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Motor Registration Bureau
Seals Not Allowed On Address Side
A historical item notes the First Lutheran church on Geovestree and Laurel avenue hosting a sermon by Rev Blunck, described as minister and doctor, planning to go to China where medical needs are vast. It mentions postal seals policy and library readers among other clipped excerpts.
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United Lutheran
First Lutheran Church
Geovestree
Laurel Avenue
China
Blunck
Charles W. Benett
Colorado Avenue
Carl Blunck
Charles F. Greene
Christmas Seal Ban Affects Post Office Policy
A Washington post office suspends a practice until January 1, 1922 noting that patrons should not place Christmas seals and stickers on the address side of mail. The policy aims to prevent mail handling issues during the holiday period.
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Fice Department
Washington
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House of Lustig
Genuine Hatters
Main Street
Fairfield Fire Department
Fairfield Guis’ Gymnasium
Legion Hall
Orette Burr
Christ
Chapman Ropes
Ellen Fykholm
Chapman Avenue
Jamesl. Gilday
James W. Miner
Beach
George Jennings
Joseph Melish
Erwin M. Jennings
Florence J. Fossa
Derby
Streeter
the Times
Futon
New York City
PRESS
Angelo
Concettina Bellanattine Maganda
Pembroke Street
Morris
Sara Goodruff Releh
Orchard Street
Deotore
Gicavanina Cerring Annuzzi
Hamilton Street
Mary Rampson Alsen
Burroughs Street
Daugher
Richard and
Margaret Brown
Lindley Street
Saverio
Sebela Riccio Destesano
Waterview Avenue
Vincent
Angelina Lovago Bento
Decemer 1
France
McCallum
Meigs & CO
Mechanics and Farmers Savings Bank
Peoples Savings Bank
City Savings Bank
Bridgeport Savings Bank
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