Milford News Highlights Storm Disruption and Local Happenings
A brief electric storm swept Milford central and northern sections with lightning, thunder, fog, and rain, causing no serious damage. The Sunday timetable changes add an 8:04 p.m. New Haven train and a 9:45 p.m. service. Community notes cover visits, civic events, a Yale A Stars baseball game, new uniforms, construction at Woodmont, a ladies aid officers list, the Rosenbaum ball team win, a new Calvin Ford chapter, a 3:30 p.m. judge lecture, a recovering child, coal supplies, a nursing commencement, a funeral, a wedding, an accident, and the Visiting Nurse drive reporting about $800 pledged.
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Milford
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Railroad Springs
Ed Tooker
Carnival of the Red Men
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Alfred Dixon
Woodmont
Poli
Kes Doherty
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William Adams
Franklin Smith
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Carrie Razee
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Bush
George Mallory
Frank Gordon
Clara Hatfield
William B. Bush
Marchioness of Astorgas a Spanish tragedy in history
The Marchioness of Astorgas, a late seventeenth century Spanish noblewoman, murdered her husband’s mistress in a frenzy of jealousy. She cooked the victim’s heart and served it at table, then rolled the severed head toward her husband. Fleeing to a convent, she later became insane from rage and jealousy. The piece ends with a modern newsroom quip about a finance inept figure.
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Marchioness
Astorgas
Be Ambitious With Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand
Vigorous men and women are in demand. Wendell's Pills, Ambition Brand, are touted as a great nerve tonic to restore energy, cheer, and health. The ad promises a refund if one box does not benefit within a week, with Hindle Pharmacy or Hartigan Drug Stores as authorized dealers.
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Hindle Pharmacy
Hartigan Drug Stores
Bette
Woman Mayor Rules Old West Town Jackson Wyoming
Grace Miller leads Jackson in Jackson Hole as the first U S city administration entirely run by women. The tiny town of about 300 residents, isolated by mountains and winter roads, caps a history of outlaws with a feminist sweep replacing every male officeholder. The Courier editor cites novelty as a factor in the landslide victory.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Grace Miller
Jackson
Jackson's Hole
West
The
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States
Yellowstone National Park
Hole
Courier
Isole
Women win mayor and council seats in local election
The women surprised themselves with the result as Mrs. Miller defeated Fred Lovejoy for mayor 56 to 28. Four women won city council seats over four men by a similar margin, with no unusual campaigning or heavy turnout noted.
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Miller
Fred Lovejoy
Imayor
Forty Years of Women at Republican Conventions Trailblazers
New York women leaders announce June 8 attendance at the Republican National Convention in Chicago as delegates and alternates. Helen Varick Boswell, vice chairman of the New York County Republican organization, calls it her tenth convention, noting it will be her first floor presence among the male delegates. Florence E. Knapp of Syracuse and Arthur L. Livermore’s daughter also hold roles. The piece closes with a quip on motorists and land when venturing off road.
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New York
Helen Varick Boswell
Boswell
Massachusetts Republican Committee
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