Salary Grab Contention Divides Bridgeport Aldermen
Bridgeport aldermen clash over a $900 salary for members with Democrat Hogan and Republican Mestanus trading sharp exchanges. The motion to rescind failed as GOP majority kept the pay, criticizing past council inaction. The council also approved Warren Brothers paving contracts and short term notes for sewer work. Mayor Wilson urged Broad Street extension, school system reforms, and a new high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
William E. Hogan
Edward J. Mestanus
Repurican
Edward A. Drew
Hogan
Honan
McManus
Oppositon
Warren Brothers Company
Broad Street
Elm Street
Madison Avenue
Wilsen
Board of Education
Howard Avenue
Barnumdyke
Directors Elected for Steam boat Co at Bridgeport meeting
At the stockholders meeting in Bridgeport on the 7th, directors were elected for one year including John W. Brown Frank H. Tothill G. M. Tooker Clinton B. Seeley Marcus B. Butler Vinat Edwards and W. A. H. Garfield. Resolutions on the death of Captain E. Tooker were passed. The board then elected Brown president Seeley vice president Tooker general manager and treasurer and Hatfield secretary. The Park City steamer will run as before with the summer timetable starting late June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stankholders
Bridseport and
Port Jefferson Steamboat Co
Bridgeport
John W. Brown
Port Jefferson
Frank H. Tothill
G. M. Tooker
Clinton B. Seeley
Marcus B. Butler
Conn
Vinat Edwards
W. A. H. Garfield
E. Tooker
C. B. Seeley
WA. H. Hatfield
Elected Mayor of Norwich by One Vote Victory
Norwich June 7 Herbert M. Leron Republican was elected mayor by a one vote margin over incumbent Jeremiah J. Desmond in the city election. The tally stood 1 456 to 1 455. Harold T. Robinson, the ex service man and son of former tax collector Thomas A. Robinson, won the tax collector post as the sole Democrat. Times Want Ads One Cent a Word. Use Them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Herbert M. Leron
Jeremiah J. Desmond
Harold T. Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Thomas A. Robinson
Theaters Review Highlights Rich Stage Acts and Films
A lively theater review praises Saranoff and Billy Abbott acts with the Garden violin girls, Elsie Ferguson in His House In Order, Laurel Lee, Kelly and Drake, and Mack Sennett comedy. It also notes Zane Grey Desert Gold with star cast, Dave Seed in An Heir for a Night, Duke Rogers, McMann Sisters, Lee Ching Chin, Hearst News, and Plaza and Lyric showings. The piece also covers Bridgeport cinema lineups and a Civil Service exam notice for local residents.
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Saranoff
Billy Abbott
Inter Garden
Elsie Ferguson
Laurel Lee
Kelly
Drake
Charles
Anna Glocker
Mack Sennett
My Golly
Pathe News
Zane Grey
K. Lincoln
Eileen Percy
Arthur Morrison
Maisie Wilson
Mr. Grey
Dave Seed
Mr. Seed
London
Duke Rogers
McMann
Lee Ching Chin
Hearst News
Concrete blocks produced at Bridgeport Stone plant
Bridgeport Stone company on North avenue turns out thousands of concrete blocks at three per minute using modern machinery for blocks bricks and sills. The firm can supply materials in any quantity at a 20 percent savings. Concrete building materials replace wood due to fireproof durability and low maintenance. Plant maintains 50 000 to 100 000 blocks on hand for immediate delivery. A hydrangea blue georgette afternoon gown with accordion pleats is described. Two divorce petitions filed in Superior Court seek custody of minor children. Ella Gilbert of Fairfield sues Steve Gilbert of Banham Kentucky over intolerable cruelty from 1914 to 1917. Joseph Szilvassy seeks divorce from Esther Szilvassy who now resides in Hungary, citing desertion in 1915.
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Bridgeport Stone Company
North Avenue
Superior Court
Ella Gilbert
Fairfield
Steve Gilbert
Banham
Kentucky
Ella Arvay
Joseph Szilvassy
Esther Szilvassy
Hungary
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Steamboat Co
Bi Dr
Moniston
Ance
Teve Manly
New York
Greve
Steve
Rere
Modiste
Violet Heming
Wanda Hawley
Clara Horton
Theodore Roberts
Monte Blue
Irving Cummings
Paramount Artcraft
Famous Players
West End
Tom Moore
Toby
Goldwyn
Harold Floyd
H. B. Warner
Giil Service Examinations
United States Civil Service Commission
Customs
Internal Revenue
Public Health Service
United States Commissioner of Immigration
Montreal
United States
Board
U. 8
Civil Service Examiners
Bridgeport Post Office
Custom House
First U. S. Civil Service District
Customhouse Tower
Boston
William Paul
Washington
the Mint
Philadelphia
Sam
Abbott
Winter Garden
Kelly ND
Golly
Dorothy Gish
Mary Edlen
Mary
Pickford
TEL
Bow S
Harold Lloyd
the Strand
Senfacain D Hampton
Eltinge Farner ‘Zane
Greey’s
Lincoln
Funny Monkey-Man
Medy
ELITE
Noble
Lew Cody
Ace OF Hearts
Robertson-Cole
Sennett Comeau
Fairfield Beach Pavilion
D.C. Quilty
Mgr. Murray
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