Congressman's wool tariff stance sparks debate in Norwalk
Norwalk June reports Congressman K. Ell criticizes Democratic Underwood wool bill as a step toward tariff reduction he says the majority dictates Congress while Republicans push for cost of production studies. Ell plans rest trip to Mt Clemens and aims to return to vote on wool scheduling later in the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oant
Fils
Congress
Bill
Washington
Mer
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Tie
Weshington
Eorme
Ways and Means Committee
Thosday
Ate. Eal
Elem
Lou
Tiar
House
House of Representatives
Senate
Tariff Board
Tach Board
Myr
Underwood
Tax Delinquents Fined in Willimantic
Willimantic June 9 Tax collector reports five men fined 8.60 each for neglecting to pay a $2 personal tax. The city has 800 to 900 delinquents and news of court actions prompted a rush to pay taxes to avoid court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willimannie
Loomis Gives 20000 for Yale Medical Research
Announcement from Yale University states Prof Francis I Loomis of London England class of 1864 donated 20000 to fund original research in Yale medical school. A further 10000 endows the university clinic and several gifts totaling 12000 go to the Peruvian exploration fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale University
Francis Is. Loomis
London
England
Yale
Yale Medical School
University Clinic
Spitting on Dresses Leads to Fines and Jail
Waterbury June 9. Frank Donetta faced city court for spitting on ten women's dresses over a dislike of hobble skirts. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail for breach of the peace. Detective Keegan arrested him and testimony suggested a commission to assess his sanity, as officials questioned possible mental unsoundness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Frank Donetta
William P. Keegan
Donetta
Triduum Ceremony Across Catholic Churches Begun
A diocesan letter from Episcopal Residence Hartford Conn announces a triduum in honor of the Blessed Sacrament starting today and continuing through Sunday. It outlines sermons on Holy Communion exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and daily communion with indulgences for confession and mass attendance. Bishop John J Nilan urges frequent reception of the Eucharist to replenish souls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
John J. Nilan
Flartford
Police Superintendent Admits Graft Evidence Warrants Charges
Chicago police superintendent McWeeney stated that the investigation produced sufficient proof to justify wholesale graft charges against members of the police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
June
McWeeney
Abandoned a Baby in Stockbridge Street Incident
Stockbridge Massachusetts June 9 a police officer's wife nurses a baby found abandoned in the street after being tossed from a passing automobile. The infant is reported to be in stable condition with no immediate injuries observed. Local authorities appeal for information about the vehicle or occupants involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Mass
Two Prisoners Escape in New Slaven
Last night two county jail inmates escaped. Joseph Josick of Waterbury, serving a year for theft, and Angelo Stazaznalli, 19, doing four months for theft, were not recaptured by morning. A guard rushed as a door opened to admit trusties to the workyard. A state-wide alert is out to locate the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Slaven
Joseph Josick
Waterbury
Angelo Stazaznalli
Pater
Man Dies After Failing To Regain Consciousness
A man believed to be Felix Dominick from Torrington or Waterbury died today without having regained consciousness after suffering gas exposure. He had been hospitalized for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laven
Felix Dominick
Torrington
Waterbury
Another Victim of Train Wreck Believed From Fairfield
Bridgeport June 9 The body of Daniel Hanna one of the brakemen injured in the train wreck at Fairfield Tuesday will be shipped to his Springfield home today. Tannon's death occurred this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prain
Bridgeport
Daniel Hanna
Fairfield
Springfield
Tannon
Carnegie gift for Holland hero fund announced
The Hague June 9 report states Andrew Carnegie donates 250000 dollars to establish a hero fund for Holland. The sum will support veterans and public service heroes across the Netherlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Andrew Carnegie
Holland
Train wreck probe opens in Fairfield death toll rises
New Haven district superintendent C. M. Woodward of the Shore Line division of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad began an investigation into Tuesday's Fairfield wreck in which five men were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Junsa
C. M. Woodward
Shoreline Division
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Fairfield
Madero Confronts Challenge From Southern Insurgent Army
Mexico City June 9 Francisco I Madero chief advisor to Provisional President De la Barra faces a new problem from Gen Figueroas 1000 strong southern insurgent army encamped 20 miles from the capital. Talks on pacifying followers continue as rumors spread the Cientifico group may try to retake the city via Figueroas troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President de la Barra
Iigueroa
Madero
Figueroa
Cmp
Mexico City
Cientifico
Earthquake Toll Rising in Mexico Central Province
Vacano reports alarm as officials count over a thousand killed and many injured after Wednesday's quake centered near the Coima volcano. Volga region towns Za potian Tonila Platanar San Andres heavily damaged. relief trains with troops and supplies dispatched from Guadalajara. Casualty estimates await official reports as destruction spreads across a broad, irregular belt around Coima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacano
Mexico City
Coima
Pacific
Zapotian
Coima Volcano
Be a Live Wire Advice From Retiring Boston Teacher
Miss Ann Newell, leaving Boston public schools after 49 years, urged young women teachers to be a live wire and not overeat. She advised light flirting with familiar people to refresh the mind after long duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ann Newell
Boston Public Schools
Morehouse Deflects Johnson Attack on Hartford Role
In New Haven June 9 attorney Samuel C. Morehouse rejected Representative Johnsons sensational assault in Hartford telling reporters he will stay in Hartford to represent certain interests fairly and legitimately. He said Johnson has the wrong man since he was not in the house during the prior session's public utilities fight, though present in the capitol that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Samuel C. Morehouse
Johnson
House of Representatives
Hartford
Morehouse
Myr. Johnson
House
Girl Shot By Chinaman in Orono Maine
Intense excitement follows the shooting of Miss Christie Shaw age 23 as she returned from a dance. Tse Sheng Linn a Chinese government student at the University of Maine is alleged to be the assailant, taken into custody after attempting suicide by poison and held in Bangor jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinaman
Orono
Christie Shaw
Tse Sheng Linn
University of Maine
Bangor
Police surround London bank as crowd gathers
In London Savings, June 9, police ring Birkbeck's banking establishment with about a hundred officers to deter an attack by thousands of depositors fearing loss of life savings after yesterday's suspension. Early crowds, mostly women, refuse to disperse despite assurances, while markets stay steady as experts had long anticipated the bank's troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Birkbeck
Burglary Strikes Pittsfield Grocery Store
Pittsfield Mass June 9 William Cooley found an overnight break in at his grocery store. Entry through an unlocked safe yielded 5000 in new gutiable bonds 14000 in stock certificates and 85 in cash. Police have not caught the burglars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
William Cooley
Manchester doctors form association to fix service prices
Manchester June 9 The Manchester Medical Association claims to fight tuberculosis and promote hygiene but aims to set a minimum price for medical services. Office visit 1.00, house call 1.50, late night double, confinement 15, amputations 10 for one finger plus 35 per extra, fractures 10, dislocations 10, stitched wounds 2, no free treatment for the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Manchester Medical Association
Stock Market Report Shows Mixed Dividends and Small Gains
A brief stock market update notes Lex shares rising with a 1 percent dividend while 14 percent dividends appear elsewhere. Traders watch 여etered signals and modest gains across key indices as investors seek steadier returns amid volatility.
Girl Leaves Home In Bridgeport Sparks Worry
Mabel Ross an 18 year old girl left her Bridgeport home on June 9 after claiming unequal treatment by relatives. She has threatened self harm and her mother is deeply anxious over the disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Mabel Ross
Fall from Pearl Street Job Leaves Worker Injured
Emil Gabrielli, 38, fell three stories from a Pearl street building where he was employed. He landed on a picket fence and sustained injuries feared fatal. Police and rescuers investigated the incident, with local doctors attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Pearl Street
Emil Gabrielli
New Universal Numerical Plan Adopted by Banks
Hartford June 9 The American Bankers Association introduces a universal numerical system to replace lengthy deposit descriptions. Numbers designate reserve cities and states, simplifying deposit slips and bank transactions nationwide. Hartford is central to the local rollout, with 51-57 marking Hartford’s banks and 51- prefixing state and city codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bankers’ Association
Connecticut
New Haven
Bridgeport
Hartford
Hartford National Bank
Hartford Trust Company
Chetr
Clearing House Association
Clearing House
Bank check numbering push spreads nationwide
The text calls for each bank to print its number on the face of checks to ensure proper routing and identification. It urges cooperation among lithographers, printers, the clearing house associations of major cities, the state secretaries of the American Bankers association and state banking groups, and a vigorous campaign to persuade bankers nationwide to print numbers on checks for city and out-of-town customers and on bank drafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearing House Association
American Bankers’ Association
Flashes From The Telegraph Wires Headline Items
A Devils’ pantry of quick notes from cities nationwide. Fraternities at Dickinson College seen as harm to students. ice cream used to avert suicide in a New York parlor. champagne tax could end wine suppers. Card game frame ups. inmates beat staff in a Delware hospital. A beggar found with $64 sent to workhouse. Marital and social quirks appear. Barnard seniors boast sock darners. Winthrop diplomas contested by Bleas. Creek Indians oppose a school appointment. doctors praise the poor as paying patients. Resorts threaten marriages. a widow remarries a Filipino. A ballpark watchman dies after a line cut tackle. Illinois prisons blamed on city pace. a divorce bet tale. Harvard swimming feats amid club chatter. Continuous, brisk ephemera from many locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Resanreur
George Rector
Philaadlphia
George Brodsky
Wise
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
State Insane Hospital
Margaret. Beausey
Barnard (Women's) College
Columbia
S. C
Winthrop College
C. M. Bleas
Muskogee
Okla
Creek
Interior
Fisher
William T. Vernon
Cleveland
Hamilton Biggar
John D. Rockefeller
Washington
J. M. Proctor
John Mares
Lara M. Lopeez
James J. Gaghan
Chicago
Illinois
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Marie Melkillop
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Frotf. Gay
University Club
Stock Market Opens With Modest Gains Across Leaders
In New York on June 9 the general list showed a moderate upward movement at the opening. Steel common rose to 78 1/2, Great Northern preferred gained 3/4, and minor increases were recorded for Union Pacific Northern Pacific St Paul and Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. Goodrich
Roon
Hopaon Block
Church Street
lLoco
Atch
Ohio
B. RT. Oye
Pacific
Ches, & Ohio
Chicago G. W
Erie. Com
Irie
Inter B. Met
Pd. Hau
Jehigh Val
Saw Lou
Nash
Ms M
Kk, &P
Va. Mo
Pacfile
N North. Pacific
Nov
West
IN. Y .Central
Pennsylvania
Biske
Rep. Steel
Ptd
Rock Island Rock Island
Rubber. Com
St. Paul
Southern By
Southern Pac
Texas
Union Pacific
U. S
U.S
Utah
New York
Steel Common
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Reading
Taft Returns to White House After New York Trip
President Taft, pleased with his strenuous New York visit but a touch tired, returned to the White House today. Charles D. Hilles, secretary to the president, left the party in New York and headed to Maine for a few days at Secretary MacVeagh's summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
New York
Taft
Charles D. Hilles
Maine
MacVeagh
Call for Bank Statement by U S Comptroller
Washington June 9 The comptroller of the currency today issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business on June 7 U S monetary authority orders banks to report their assets liabilities and capital as of that date to assess financial stability and industry health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Plans to move Gov Lilley’s body to Riverside cemetery
Waterbury June 9 plans are made to remove Governor George L Lilley from its current grave to a new plot in Riverside cemetery marked by a handsome monument. The announcement came from a cemetery corporation director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Lilley
Waterbury
George l. Lilley
Riverside Cemetery
Cemetery Corporation
Record Wheat Crop Forecast From June Report
Washington June crop report projects a national wheat harvest near 764,291,857 bushels for summer and fall, up about 68,848,857 from last year. Spring wheat set a record acreage with higher yields. winter wheat slight gains and overall all-wheat output about 9.9% above last year and 10.2% above five-year average. Drought relief noted, especially in Washington and Oregon, with crops increasingly promising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.C. Murray
Crop Reporting Board
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Tolles Ill in Waterbury Area Noted Connecticut Conductor
Bridgeport June 9 Anson A Tolles a longtime conductor on the New Haven railroad division and a well known Connecticut railroader has been ill at his State street home. Despite severe illness he is expected to recover a rumor of his death circulated in Naugatuck valley and Waterbury papers prompting condolences to his family. Tolles has forty years of service and remains hopeful for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Anson A. Tolles
Naurgatuels
New Haven
Connecticut
State Street
Naupgatuck Valley
Waterbury
Tolles
Sugar Trust Probe Opens as Officials Summoned
Washington June 9 The house special committee began the sugar trust inquiry late yesterday summoning seven prominent sugar executives to testify Monday They include James H W Post of National Sugar Refining Edwin Takin Charles R Heike John Is Parsons and Lowell M Palmer connected with American Sugar Refining Co Also United States District Attorney Henry A Wise and James M Beck discussed the scope with the committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sugar Trust
House
James HW. Post
National Sugar Refining Company of
New York
Thomas
Edwin 3. Atkins
Charles R. Heike
John Is
Parsons
Lowell M. Palmer
American Sugar Refining Company of
Philadelphia
United States
Henry A. Wise
James M. Beck
American Sugar Refining Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wwo
Norwalk
Arma
West Avenue
K. 7
Willimantic
Rank Donetta
Wyer Sea
Art
Gen. Figueroa
Figueroa’s
Vigueroa
Francisco I. Madero
MR. Morehouse
Bank IN
Gro
Cery Store
Dickinson College
Baltimore
George Edward Reed
Third Avenue
Washington and
Department of Agriculture
Sugar Trust Probe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!