Dublin City Hall Seized By English Troops In Ireland War
British troops occupied Dublin City Hall and other municipal buildings amid savage guerrilla fighting with Sinn Feiners in southwestern Ireland. In Tipperary from 15 to 20 were killed and more than 30 Sinn Feiners have perished since martial law began. Royal Irish Constabulary sergeant Walsh was killed in an ambush while guiding reinforcements to Mullinahone. General Neville Macready campaigns in Tipperary mountains to disarm Sinn Feiners as authorities face heavy losses. A Cork post office raid yielded one robber dead and cadets wounded. General Tudor reportedly granted indefinite leave amid police reprisals.
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Tipperary
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Evry Nook
Po Mce
Kilkenny
Cork
Tack and Tan
Tudor
Auxiliary Police
Jenkins Brothers to distribute year end bonus to workers
Jenkins Bros valve manufacturers announce a year end bonus of 10 percent of total earnings for all employees on the payroll December 1. About 750 Bridgeport workers will share in more than 100000 dollars, with distribution also applying to those laid off through no fault of their own and certain rehired staff.
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Jenkins Brothers
Ste Bridgeport
Jenkins Factory
Bridgeport
Charles V. Barrington
Jenkins Brosthers
Jenkins Bros
Rertone
Divorced Wife Pays His Fine In City Court
A fine of 25 dollars and costs on Bronislaw Filianovich of Embroke Street was paid by his divorced wife. Bronislaw and his brother Joseph were arrested Saturday after mutual assault. Joseph allegedly struck with a chair, Bronislaw used a knife. Each man was fined 25 dollars and costs. Police records show multiple prior convictions and arrests. Under Recreation Board, Seaside park has flooded lower sections, with skating reported excellent.
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Bronislaw Filianovich
Joseph
Bronislaw
Board of Recreation
Seaside Park
Westport Raid Nets Quartet
Prohibition officers arrested Salvatore Angeli and William Moss in Westport after spotting a Scripps Booth car carrying five gallons of alcohol and two quarts of Tennessee brandy hidden in the rear. A Buick coupe held Irving Spamino and Frank Saraceno with 49 quarts of liquor. All four men held on $500 bond to answer charges of transporting liquor in Stamford.
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Prohibition Enforcement
Westport
Salvatore Angeli
Sands Street
Portland
Irving S. Spamino
Commerce Street
Boston
Frank Saraceno
Court ‘Street
Middletown
Stamford
Weather Forecast for Bridgeport Area Delivers Rain
Weather forecast from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday evening calls for rain in Bridgeport and vicinity with warmer temperatures. The forecast notes rain tonight and Thursday and a modest rise in thermometer.
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New Haven
Bridgeport
Miss MacSwiney to Speak in Bridgeport Meetings
In Verona Hall the MacSwiney Council of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic held a meeting. State Organizer Simon Crehan announced mass meetings in Bridgeport New Haven and Hartford to feature Miss MacSwiney sister of Corks late mayor and possibly Mrs Muriel MacSwiney. New Haven Dec 28 Hartford Dec 29 Bridgeport date TBA. 325 membership applications received.
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MacSwiney
Hartford
New Haven
New York
Cork
No Woman Jury For Mrs Nott
Long talked of Nott murder trial set for December 20. Debate centers on whether women will serve on the jury, with Sheriff Simeon Pease opposing female jurors in this lurid case. Judge Hinman excused the jury to December 20, and state attorney Cummings announced the trial date.
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Nott
Ethel Nott
Elwood B. Wade
John E. Johnson
United States
Court House
Simeon Pease
Board of Charities
George E. Hinman
Homer S. Cummings
Julius Papp
Rose Flores
Baptista Bianca
Danbury
Edward Connors
Stamford
Usted
Cheshire
Who Is He A wartime eloquent Bridgeport figure identified
A Bridgeport Times notice asks readers to identify a renowned eloquent gentleman whose wartime speeches impressed thousands. The contest promises a $1 prize for the first correct identification with several locals named as other correct identifications.
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early Slogan Warns of Queues
A dated social verse notes the pressure of late shopping and long lines. It contrasts clerks and crowds with soldiers and football players, urging cautious pacing and warning against rushing through crowds during the holiday season.
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Hill
Lanes Celebrate Golden Wedding
The Lane family marks the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Clark P. Lane Sr. at their East Main Street home with a reception for descendants at Park Street and Orange City oranges sent by Albert Lane. The couple also share Mr Lane’s seventy eighth birthday and a brother’s fifty second birthday. among guests, Mrs. Fred Lane survives from the original wedding party.
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Clark P. Lane
East Main Street
Park Street
Clark P. Law, Jr
Nancy S
Lane
Charles
Roland Lane
Hugh F. Lane
Albert Lane
Orange City
Flaesterday
Mr. Lane
Fred Lane
Clark P.lane
Christmas Burglar With a Heart Delays Theft
Amas News reports a Chicago case where a young girl Ruth Marley found a burglar in her home. He shared lunch and played piano jingles, promising to return someday but leaving without taking anything.
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Chicago
Ruth Marley
Jon
Schoo
Balloonists Searched Over Adirondacks For Missing Naval Crew
Glens Falls N Y Dec 22 Army aviators plan a second noon flight to search the Adirondacks for three missing naval balloonists. They will circle Saranac Lake and mountains in Essex Franklin counties including Crane Gore Vanderwhacker Adams Ampersind St Regis and Whiteface. Visibility is poorer than yesterday which may delay the flight. Lieutenants Beau and Johnson await orders from Mitchel Field before starting the second search.
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Glens Falls
Adirondacks
Mounains
Moon
Hamilton County
Saranac Lake
Essex
Franklin Counties
Crane, Gore
Vanderwhacker
Adams
Ampersind
St. Regis
White Pace
Beau and
Johnson
Mitchelfield
Mayor Has Not Signed Ordinance Prohibiting Evening Auctions
An investigation into the constitutionality of the six PM auction ban continues as Assistant City Attorney Parker Seeley weighs a motion to dissolve the temporary injunction issued by Judge Kester. The ordinance remains unsigned by Mayor Wilson, with a 35 day window to sign or veto. The injunction bars city agents from enforcing the ordinance, filed by Philip Slavatsky for Joseph Drucker of the Bridgeport Act Co, who sells Japanese foods at auction during prohibited hours and seeks $10,000 damages.
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Parker Seeley
Kester
Wilson
Hundreds killed in a railway crash near Petrograd
Central News despatch from Hoelsviztfors Vinland reports several hundred killed or injured in a railway accident near Petrograd. The crash is blamed on overcrowding of a train but details are sparse.
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London
Hoelsviztfors
Vinland
Tursday
Petrograd
Arrests Sweep New York Night in Vice Raids
A nationwide wave of crime prompts New York police to deploy 20 sharpshooters racing in cars to halt bandits. About 909 arrests occur in cabarets and late-night eateries with 57 men nabbed in Last Houston Street and 24 more in Broome Street. Police allege gambling tied to both locations while a pardons board in Trenton votes to withhold clemency pending minimum sentences for major crimes. In Stamford a truck driver reports a hold-up attempt that failed to net cash as witnesses describe three attackers and a forced drink incident.
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Last Houston Street
Wiliam A. Coleman
Broome Street
Stamford
Philip Raichenbach
New York
Ward Baking Co
Polce Tadgy
Norwell
Francis Melelros
Virona
Onseikus
Vrides Street
Theolies
Lloyd George Says America Blocks Peace
Premier Lloyd George warned that universal disarmament cannot advance until the United States joins a League of Nations. He said no League could be complete without the Western republic and urged U S entry. He cautioned that ongoing armaments races threaten another war.
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Lloyd George
America
London
United States
League of Nations
Greatrepublic
West
Death of Thomas Davey At Walnut Beach Under Investigation
Medical Examiner Dr. Fischer ruled natural causes for the death of Thomas Davey of Davey Bros Inc, found under Oak Grove Dancing pavilion at Walnut Beach. Davey, a storefront inspector, suffered an acute cough and collapse, with small lung water detected. Police denied foul play amid rumors. Survived by widow Jennie Boey Davey, eight brothers and two sisters. Funeral Friday at 8:30 from home, St Patrick's Church, burial in St Michael's Cemetery New York.
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Thomas Davey
Beechmont Avenue
Davey Bros., Inc
Oak Grove
Walnut Beach
Fischer
Milford
Davey
Bl Mix
New Haven
Jennie Boey Davey
Peter
James
Stephen
Michael
Frank
Joseph
Bartholomew
Australia
John
Ireland
Mary Davey
Anna Davey
St. Patrick’s Church
St Michael's Cemetery
Norwalk Crime Wave Growing Hits Local Streets
South Norwalk police headquarters faced a morning report of a holdup by three colored men who allegedly took $25, a gold watch and a diamond stickpin from Jamies Toner after an assault while Christmas shopping. Peter Olsen later reported two men robbed him of $1.34 near the central fire station as a fifth similar incident appeared in the day’s notices.
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South Norwalk
Jamies Toner
Peter Olsen
Central Fire Station
Haisup
Four Die In Powder Blast At DuPont Mill Near Moosic
In Scranton Pennsylvania on December 22 four men were killed and two injured in an explosion at the DuPont powder plant in Belinvilleze near Moosic. Property damage was about 10000 dollars. The dead include Groarne and Herbert Raw. the blast was felt across the Lackawanna valley as the plant bundled commercial powder largely for the anthracite mining industry.
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Scranton
DuPont Onder Company
Belinvilleze
Moosic
Archard Groarne
Herbert
Lackawanna Valley
Boam
Hd Shorvell
Hamon Woman Says Man She Slew Left A Wall
Clara Smith Hamon speaks from Mexico about plans to return to Elso Texas within a day. She asserts she killed Jake Hamon after a dying farewell and warns she fears no jury. The case hinges on homicide charges as the oilman and politician’s estate unfolds and legal actions stretch onward.
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Hamon
Sam Blair
Universal Service
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Chicago Herald Examiner
Elso
Tex
Clara Smith Hamon
United States
Jake 1. Hamon
Oklahom
Ardmore
Mexico
Jake la Ramon
Clara Smith Hamen
Mo Heinen
Clara Smith Mamon
Tam
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Mrs. Nott
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Hawley Avenue
Gannon Street
Maz Worntlia
Whd
East Side
Amas News
Washington
F. Street
Russell J. Poot
City Council Committee
Bowery
Bowery Mission
Europe
European Relief Council
Herbert Hoover
Council
N. Y
Trenton
XN. J
Court of Pardons
Marketrregular
Stock Exchange
Norwalk
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