Death and monuments loom in Ohio man’s grim trade
Oberlin reports sixty year old G W Ernst, last survivor of ten stone eaters from Norwalk, claims people fear death more than expected and has a dozen ordered monuments ready but not delivered until buyers die. Damages of 7000 sought by Margaret A Flanagan and Edna Flanagan in Superior Court against Bridgeport Brass for a February 15 truck crash that toppled a baby carriage, injuring a mother and child. Fire crews fought a Bancroft avenue dump blaze at 10 AM and a chicken coop fire on Bostwick avenue at 11:05 AM damaging a nearby garage.
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International
Oberlin
Ohio
G. W. Ernst
Norwalk
Ernst
Margaret A. Flanagan
Edna
Bridgeport Brass Company
Golde HM
Harrison Streets
Bancroft Avenue
Bostwick Avenue
A National Disgrace Comment From White House Porter
Washington reports a White House porter mocks the Labor Secretary noting the drift toward austerity and a shabby vehicle at the president's grounds. In Virginia, Virginia Suckley of 10 High Street is arraigned for drunkenness in city court with December 27 adjournment and $10 bond.
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Washington
White House
Secretary of Labor
Virginia Suckley
High Street
College Girls Explain Just Because Sayings
Baltimore December 22 The query Why does a woman say Just because prompted Goucher College seniors by psychology Professor Ethel Bowman Most cite she has nothing better to say while others offer reasons like mental layers a love of unfathomability acting on intuition dislike for argument and because a man wouldn t understand the reply
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International News Service
Baltimore
Goucher College
Ethel Bowman
Department of
Psychology
Bowman
Christmas events and local notices in STEPNEY town
The STEPNEY Sunday school plans Christmas exercises at the church on Tuesday evening followed by supper in the parlor. Schools close on the 22nd for a week's vacation. Miss Mary E Seeley fractured her shoulder last week while descending cellar stairs. Mrs. Herbert Wright visited Shelton with her sister. Mr. John Hinckley of Bridgeport recently stayed with friends in town. John Crowley escorted children to Monroe for an exhibit by town schools. A program titled A Story in Song will be performed at the Baptist church on Christmas evening with music and readings. Mrs. William Craft cared for Miss Seeley during illness. Mr. and Mrs. Herold Wright were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis. George Lyon recently visited a cousin, Charles Wilcoxson, of Lord.
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Mary FE. Seeley
Herbert Wright
Shelton
John Hinckley
Bridgeport
John Crowley
Monroe
The
Baptist Church
William Craft
Mary E. Seeley
Herold Wricht
Robert Davis
George Lyon
Charles Wilcoxson
L Ord
Family and social notes from Suffield to New Haven area
Local personals list Suffield Academy student Foster Dawe returning home for vacation with parents at Mill Lane. Neighbors and relatives visiting over the holidays include Mr. and Mrs. John Fox and daughter Mary, Miss Anne Rosan, Miss Harriett Hunter, Miss Esther Gerrish, Mrs. D. Fairchild Wheeler and daughter Julie, and Rev. R. A. Whitehead. An annual New Year's Eve hop by the University School is noted with a committee. A separate item reports $1,000 fire damage to John Resno’s home from an overheated furnace.
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Foster Dawe
Suffields Academy
Suffield, Conn
Samuel Dawe
Mill TN Avenue
John Resno
WANTS SEEKING EXPERIENCED FACTORY WORKERS AND ROOM HUNTER
Classified notices include a Meriden firm seeking experienced double and single scoring machine operators with references and salary in first letter, a young man seeking a room to practice at the plane, and divorce actions filed in Fairfield County Superior Court with notices to absent defendants in Bridgeport and Cos. The items reflect 1920s local employment, lodging, and legal notices.
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Main St. Hind
Dicht
Meriden Paper Lox Co
Meriden
Colin
H. Brides
Tip Maud G. Steen
Lewis Steen
Fairfield County
Superior Court
Ss. Brideeort
Upen
Maud G. Steen
Palrfield County
eLwis Breen
Kone
Bridgeeport
Sarah Baerhose
Briaseport
Imes
Said
Bridgeport
Michael J. Flanagan
Tata
Les KR
F. Claflin
Ella May Claflin
State OF Innecticut
A. D
Charles R. B. Claftin
Ella
Ciaffin
Wss
Bridgeport M
Bride
Londoners Bet on German Marks Boom
Londoners from clerks to bank staff flock to exchange offices and rail stations speculating on German marks. The bustling activity reaches restaurants and omnibuses as pounds are traded for marks, with forecasts of large profits and bets on the mark’s return to English money. A prominent banker puts the potential holdings at an astonishing ten thousand million marks.
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Pad
Neasay
Governor Endorses Budget and Dawes Support
Governor Everett J. Lake backs the National Budget Committee in a public statement urging taxpayers to back a national economy and efficiency program and support for Gen. Charles G. Dawes. The appeal aims to mobilize public opinion in favor of the budget plan.
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Everett J. Lake
National Budget Committee
Charles G. Dawes
Irish leaders clash as split is feared in republic
Miss MacSwiney argues a split in Ireland is inevitable while Mick Collins is praised by supporters. England’s war or treaty outcome to be decided by women’s vote, with Eamon de Valera applauding. Dispatch cites danger of revolutionary Sinn Fein clubs and IRA battalions reviving as peace talks threaten Ireland’s future.
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Miss MacSwiney
Ireland
Mick Collins
Michael Collins
Republic
England
Eamon de Valera
I. N
Lonnon
Dre
Dublin
Daily News Today
Hugh Martin
Buddort
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Fein
What Do Men Want Coming To Empire With Claire Windsor
Lois Weber's What Do Men Want heads to the Empire Theatre with continuous showings from 1:30 to 10:30 and box office at 1. The film features Claire Windsor in the principal role with New York’s complete score and an enlarged orchestra rehearsing Friday to match the production.
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Empire Theatre
Lois Weber
New York
Empire
The
Orchetra
Claire Windsor
Judge Delays Ruling on Guardian Change for Piper Children
Pro bate Judge Paul L. Miller held a hearing on Aurelius Piper Jr and Ruth to remove Ethel Piper as natural guardian amid unfitness charges. The case was contested by Mrs. Piper, and the judge continued the matter for one week. A separate accident left Samuel Coleman with a fractured wrist after his Ford failed to crank early this morning.
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Paul L. Miller
Probate
Aurelius Piper
Ethel Piper
Aurelius, Jr
Ruth
Ford
Samuel Coleman
Lee Yavenue
F. J. O'Brien
Coleman
O'Brien
Intolerable cruelty suit filed for divorce in 1917
Celia Pearsons Stewart sues Arthur Ardsfield Stewart for divorce on intolerable cruelty alleged since July 1, 1917. The couple married April 28, 1917 in Orwalk. Requesting divorces alimony and custody of Dorothy Stewart, age three and a half.
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Arthur Ardsfield Stewart
Celia Pearsons Stewart
Orwalk
Dorothy Stewart
Tragedy averted as pedestrian struck by car near Hancock
Aranka Diamond of 2744 Fairfield avenue stepped from the curb to signal a trolley at Hancock and Fairfield yesterday afternoon when she was struck by a car driven by Harry Rosenbaum of 109 Lenox avenue. She was not seriously injured and no arrests were made.
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Hancock and
Fairfield Avenues
Aranka Diamond
Fairfield Avenue
Harry Rosenbaum
Lenox Avenue
Motorcycle Crash Case Drags Through City Court
John Lucas of 8 Morehouse Street, driver, struck 12 year old Olga Stoler of 108 Andover Street yesterday afternoon in Fairfield. He was arraigned for reckless driving after the girl suffered a fractured leg and was hospitalized at St Vincent's. The case was Nolled on a $10 payment. A bankruptcy hearing for Edward H Hall, ex contractor, is set for tomorrow afternoon before Referees in Bankruptcy John Keogh following recent multiple sessions since the mayoralty election.
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John Lucas
Morehouse Street
Olga Stoler
Andover Street
Fairfield
Stoler
St. Vincent's Hospital
Edward H. Hall
John Keogh
Fire escape being erected on three story Hall printing building
Atlas Iron Works is erecting a fire escape on the three story brick building on Golden Hill street. The upper floors house the Hall printing establishment.
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Atlas Iron Works Unpn
Golden Hill Street
Hall Printing Establishment
Practical Tests Planned for Good Roads Congress
The U S Bureau of Public Roads will stage a 2000 square foot exhibit at the Thirteenth National Good Roads Exposition in Chicago January 16 to 20. Demonstrations will test soil impact, road wear, subgrade moisture control, material suitability, drainage, bridges, and culverts. Lieutenant Colonel H L Bowlby opens the congress. fall contracts aim to ease rail delivery and unemployment, while federal aid funds and vast road-building expansion loom.
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American Road Builders’ Association
Exposition
Chicago
Upper Oval
H. L. Bowlby
War Materials Division
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Lower Oval
E. L. Powers
New York
Good Roads
Congress
Coliseum
Bureau
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Thomas H. McDonald
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
America
United States
Traditional reply used by both sexes sparks debate
The discussion cites Professor Bowman noting a widespread belief that women rely on a traditional retort to buy time. More than a dozen girls claim men use it as much as women, with comments suggesting the phrase dates back to eras when women were discouraged from being too intelligent.
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Bowman
Parents Sell Children for Food in Famine Stirrings London
Reports from Moscow quote Vintsk Pravda detailing famine in Bers nik near Vitka where parents sell children for sustenance. Cases include a daughter sold for gold and provisions. another girl for bread and rubles. Orenburg and surrounding regions suffer mass hunger with scarce livestock and livestock.
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London
Mosrow
Bersnik
Vitka
Pogudla
Orenburg
Army joshes nave cap eagle eyes left
New York December 22 Army officers mock the cap insignia worn by naval officers showing the navy eagle with eyes left. Soldiers joke that the bird is running.
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New York
Army
Navy
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Stepney
John Fox
Mary
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Harriett Hunter
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Frea Courtade
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Lakeview
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George Smith
George B. Liskom
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Shirley
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Amelia F Levi
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Emily J. Burroughs
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P. S Winchester
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W. H. Pease
F. E. Perry
Oaklawn Cemetery
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Rachel Oyster Company
Pembroke Street
Ambroze Vagvolgyi
Ambrose Veevolgyi
Jetland Place
St. Stephen's RC
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Rosa Dean
James Dean
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Georg Dean
Chester Beers
Lyman H. Miller
May E Font
A. Dillingham
Universalist Church
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Hawley & Wilmot
Joseph P Crowe
Joseph P. Crowe
Fairfied Avenue
St. Peter
Joseph J
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Ellen
Blirgeport
St. Peter Church
St. Michael Cemetery
Rose Crosby
Reed Crosby
Stephen Fish Sherman
St. John's Episcopal Church
August van der Reid
Charles L. Dennis
Ros State Street
St. Augustine’s Church
Robert Howen
Howard Moody
Robert Campbell
Albert Tenison
William McDowell
Patrick Car=ty
H. W. Cole
Loyal Order of Moose
St. Michael's
Conrad Becker
Henry J. Kelly
St. George's Church
Hancock Avenue
Edward Lynch
Matthew Reilly
Ray Allaire
William Snagg
William Crowther
Edward O'Tart
Takeview Cemetery
Dail
Ardian Poe
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Toyland
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Joshes
Nave
Lane
Lane’s Golden Pheasants
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