Last Honors Paid To John A Shea Funeral Held At Sacred Heart
Several hundred people attended the funeral of John A Shea at 9 AM from his home 844 Main Street and then at Sacred Heart church for a solemn high mass of requiem sung by Rev Richard I Moo LL.D pastor. Assistants were Rev Thomas Mooney and Rev John Sullivan. A memorial program of music arranged by Mrs Molly Daley Ogren was performed by the church quartet and choir with entrance offerings of Lead Kindly Light.
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Fife
John A. Shea
Main Street
Sacred Heart Church
Richard I. Moo
Thomas Mooney
John Sullivan
Molly Daley Ogren
du Masse Schmidt
Funeral Rites Held For Mr Shea At Bridgeport Church
Omertéry the quartet rendered ent Jesu after mass a solo The Crucifix sang by Miss Theresa O'Brien and Thomas Driscoll. Floral offerings expressed esteem. Delegations from fraternal groups attended pallbearers from Bridgeport Lodge of Elks. Interment in St Michael's Cemetery with Father Sullivan's committal.
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Theresa O'Brien
Thomas Driscoll
School Fire Drill Aid Prevented Major Catastrophe
A garbled local report notes extreme caution by school authorities in enforcing fire drills. The observed practice likely prevented a dire outcome in a portable classroom setting, underscoring drill effectiveness and safety emphasis in the community.
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Hool
Chool
Havng Pr
Beardsley School Fire Drills Calm 60 Children
Fire from an overheated furnace at Beardsley school on Huntington road caused a blaze in a room beside two classrooms with 60 pupils. Principal Miss Jennie Fitzroy alerted staff, orderly drill led students from rooms to corridors and into the other section before flames were confirmed. Fire engines arrived shortly after.
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Beardsley
Huntington Road
Jennie Fitzroy
Evelyn Hames
Francis Lavery
City Engineers Report Tonight on Summer Street Work
A joint report by City Engineer James McElroy and Works Director George M Coughlin will be submitted to the Common Council tonight detailing street work and grading completed during the summer. The five page typed report summarizes the season’s projects while on page 12 readers begin “The Rotter” by Fieta Campbell Springer in two installments.
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James McElroy
George McOughlin
Common Council
the Rotter
Fieta Campbell Springer
Page fragment with scattered price data
A fragmentary OCR list shows varied prices ranging from 2.00 to 375 in inconsistent formats. No clear events, entities, dates, or context are identifiable beyond monetary figures and symbol groups.
Mayor May Vote With School Ed Union in Charter Revisions
Mayor Fred Atwater said the Charter Revision Commission plans ex officio Board of Education membership for the mayor and a potential tie breaking vote. The panel also weighs consolidating tax districts, raising officer bonds, changing city money deposits, and abolishing bi partisan boards, with another meeting set for this afternoon.
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Board of Education
Charter Revision Commission
Fred Atwater
Howard F. Smith
Board of Relief
Atwater
New York Stock Exchange Prices Reported at Noon
Private wire report from T. L. Watson & Co Bridgeport lists NYSE noon prices for numerous stocks. Allis Chalmers American Sugar Refining Anaconda Copper Bethlehem Steel General Electric General Motors Texas Pacific Union Pacific United Fruit and many others shown with varied quotations.
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T. L. Watson & Co
Corner Main and
John Streets
Bridgeport
Conn
New York Stock Exchange
Allis Chalmers
Aled Chemical
Beet Sugar
Bosch Magneto Am
Cotton Oil Co
Am. Int
Locomotive
Am. Tobacco Am. Smelt & Be
Sumatra
Am. Tel. & Tele
Woolen Am
Zinc
Anaconda
W. Indies
Atch
T & S Fs Baldwin Loco
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Breot Butte & Sup
Caddo Oil
Canadian Pacific
Calif. Petroleum Con. Leather Co
Cerro de Fusco
Chandler Motors
Ches. & Ohio
Chi
Island & Oht
I. & Pac
Chine
Chite
Col. Graphophone Continental Can
Consolidated Gas
Gosden & Co
Crucible Steel
Cuban Amn
Endicott-Johnson Erle
Erie
Fé Famous Players ‘Lasky
General Asphalt
General Electric
General Motors
Goodrich Co
Northern Pfd
Northern Ore
Houston Oil
Tuinels Central Inspiration Copper
Interborough
International Nickel Inter
Mer
Marine
Inter
Marine Pla
BOM International Paper
Invincible Oil
Kansas City
Kelly Spring Tire Kennecott
Keystone Tire
Louis & Nashville
Lehigh Valley Midvale Steel
Iddle States Oil
Sinclair Cons
Stand
N. J. Com
Southern Pacific
ST Southern Railway
Southern Railway Pta
St. Louis
U. & Steel
U.S
Death Halts Hearing for Compensation
A Compensation Commissioner halted proceedings when Gladys Conklin a Milford girl aged 13 was recalled to testify but was called home by her mother’s death The Conklins Morris and Mrs Conklin acted after he died from injuries while employed by the Connecticut company and while his wife sought compensation the hearing was interrupted by illness and the girl’s return home
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KE. T. Buckingham
Gladys Conklin
Milford
Morris Conklin
Connecticut Company
Norwich
Body of John Wilson Keith Committed for Shipping to Iowa City
The body of John Wilson Keith, found dead Saturday in his Main Street second hand store, will be shipped to Iowa City today at the request of a brother of the accused. Keith was a well known local figure in earlier days in Water.
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John Wilson Keith
Main Street
Iowa City
Keith
Woman's Party Sessions Held in New Haven
New Haven Conn Dec 18 Women from across the state attended a Connecticut conference of the national woman's party with a luncheon where prominent speakers of national reputation discussed the new movement. A state program will be formulated at a following meeting. Speakers included Miss Anne Pollitzer of Charleston Ohio Mrs John Hogers of New York Mrs Gutaon Borghin of Stamford Miss Emily Pierson Cromwell Conn Miss Florence Rogatz Yale Law School and others.
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New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
National Woman‘s Party
Anne Pollitzer
Charleston
Lexistativ
Cot
National Party
John Hogers
Pickpockets Target Holiday Shoppers in City
A police complaint from Mrs. J Ambrose of 1259 Park Avenue describes a pickpocket who stole 50 dollars from her coat pocket amid busy holiday crowds. A Gordon’s store at 643 East lit Street reported thieves shattered a rear window and fled with toys worth about 10 dollars. AL Murphy of 68 Hockland Avenue reported a stolen car meter from his vehicle parked at 1310 Main Street between 7 30 and 11 pm yesterday.
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Hockland
Main Street
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Jane Te
Westinghouse
Westivoneue Irons
Ric Ware
Her
Air Rifles Eee
American Hardware Stores, Inc
Fairfield Ave
Middle Sts
Blaze
Fairchild
Fairchild’s
Pairchild’s
Diame — Lavallers
G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
Main St
Arcade Corner
Charter Commission
Iowa
the Times
of Bridgeport
Chinchilla
Canton
Darby
Penn
Salt’s. Textile Manufacturing CO
NOBLE
Kossuth Street
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