Almanac Glimpse of The Cricket Era and 19th Century News
The Cricket a tiny weekly publication from a city forty five years past is reexamined. Its first issue carried fiction and brief notes, edited by John J. O Neil who later leads a printing house and becomes a trade union president. The piece notes a 600 circulation, fifty cent yearly subscription, and old style guidance within its few pages. A San Antonio date mentions Mexico’s purchase of ten torpedo boat destroyers, with other almanac style data on lunar times and moonset.
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Cricket
Times
John J. O'Neil
Bridgeport Eerraphical Union
Child Burned to Death in Wine Vat in Manchester
Three year old Joseph Scarlate of 86 Birch Street died after falling into a hot vat of wine left cooling on a back porch. His father, a barber, said he heated wine for congestion and the child toppled into the boiling liquid, suffering fatal scalds before rescue.
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Manchester
Joseph Scarlate
Birch Street
Joseph
N. A. Burr
Sapperstein to Direct Plaza Theatre in Fairfield Ave
Joseph Sapperstein of the Strand Amusement Co now controls four local theatres and has leased the Plaza on Fairfield Avenue for five years. He plans popular priced shows and personal management starting January 1, aiming to please discerning audiences in Bridgeport.
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Roers
Bridgeport
Joseph Sapperstein
Strand Amusement Company
Plazx
Fairfield Avenue
Sapperstein
Plaza Theatre
Chorus Girls Not So “Gay” Says Producer Dillingham
New York report notes a shift in chorus girls from glamorous social scenes to disciplined, boarding school regimes. Charles B. Dillingham, theater producer, says thirty percent of New York chorus girls come from colleges or convents and walk to work in athletic clothes while being chaperoned home. He advocates mental training from college or convent to prepare for stage life. Amateur theatricals are blamed for more university girls joining chorus.
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New York
Indies
Charles B. Dillingham
Main Street
Chorus Girls
New Yorke
Collee
Dillingham
Police hunt Jack the Ripper suspect in Chicago slaying
Chicago police today seek a mysterious killer believed responsible for Edward O Day’s death found on a bench in Douglas Park. O Day was found with a Sugural vein e vered by the unidentified man who sat beside him hours earlier. no weapon was recovered.
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Chicago
Jack the Rip Per
Edward O'Day
Douglas Park
O'Day
Firemen Rescue Dozens From Burning Portland Apartments
Portland in a early morning blaze at the Lillian apartments forced more than 160 people to flee in scant attire. A mother and her 20 year old daughter leaped from a second story window and were saved by passersby. Firemen carried many women and children to safety as the structure burned, with losses estimated around 75 000 dollars.
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Portland
Ore
Lillian
Bridgeport man held for jail delivery
Rockville dispatch reports John Casey aged 51 a Bridgeport resident was arrested in South Manchester by Chief Gordon in connection with the escape of Magsy Murphy and Edward Sharkey from the local police lock up Saturday morning Casey reportedly was already in the Wendheiser building basement lockup as a loader and accused of giving an axe to the escaped prisoners to break locks and flee no sighting of the pair since.
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Rockville
John Casey
Bridgeport
Manchester
Gordon
Magsy" Murphy
Edward Sharkey
Casey
Wendheiser
Market Street
Poland Bans Gun Toting Amid Security Crackdown
Copenhagen reports a decree from Warsaw prohibiting carrying arms in Poland. The order authorizes arrest of anyone whose acts threaten state security, bans parades and public gatherings, and authorizes police searches of private homes.
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Copenhagen
Poland
Warsiw
Perons
One Exciting Night at the Palace theater
A mixed genre mystery comedy says One Exciting Night at the Palace theater. Carol Dempster leads a large talented cast as suspense builds to a final revelation with a storm scene praised by the audience.
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Palace Theatre
Carol Dempster
Grimm
German tennis stars seek entry to United States
Berlin reports Lawn tennis leaders in Germany push for German players to enter United States competitions next year. officials say US authorities eased postwar relations but cautious steps remain. Meanwhile Germany renews international play with Spain Holland Denmark and Sweden as Dutch tennis body eyes neutral contests. A German-Nuremberg group plans a January tour of Spain.
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Berlin
A. P
Germany
United States
Spain
Holland
Denmark
Sweden
Lawn Tennis Association of
Porte Ciircles
Eniente
Nurembere
Wes Fisler Old Diamond Star Is Dead At 81
Weston D. Fisler known as the "dandy" of the diamond and first baseman of the original Athletics, died in a Philadelphia hospital at about 81. He joined the Athletics in 1865 as an amateur, later earning $1500 a year as the game grew. He played in 1874 when the club and Boston made the first European tour by American players. He retired in 1877 to enter business.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Weston D
Wes) Fisler
Athletics
Boston
Europe
Fisler
Oil conflict revived at Near East Peace Conference
Lausanne December 26 The Near East Peace Conference resumed with Turkish oil rights and battleship limits in the Dardanelles as the top issues. Reports said the Russo Turkish bloc has grown stronger during the recess as Turkey and Russia kept in contact with their governments.
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Lausanne
Dardanelles
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St. Paul
Minn
Parker Webb
Mackeral
Long Island
Orleans
Porto Rico
Jack the Ripper
Margaret Davis
Palace Review
Andy
Auto Accessory
American Hardware Stores
Fairfield Ave
Middle St
U. S
Wes Fisler
Maesace
Meigs &Os
G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc. Jewelers & Opticians
Main St. Arcade Corner
Stratfield
the Times
Iowa
Hamilton Brothers
State Street
OLD Faithfull
Fairfield County
Bridgeport Savings Bank
Southwest Corner
Main and State Sts
Patrick McGee
East Washington Ave
Knowlton SY
First National Bank
the National Mortgage Co
State & Main Sts
Connecticut
T. L. Watson & Co
John
Danbury Waterbury Middletown
John P. Keogh
Stock Exchange
TOCKS
New Haver
New Britain
York
Barnum
P.O
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