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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
2
A brief notice states that N Stanford Range will start the tune at early morning, night, or noon, signaling an upcoming musical event with flexible start times.
Local businessmen plan an 8 30 p m meeting. Mrs Lawlor runs a Church Street millinery shop and travels to New York on business. The Connecticut G A R encampment heads to Middletown next week. Axel Johnson and a Hotchkiss Street resident sail to Sweden. Evergreen Chapter 01 S holds a meeting with two candidates. Red Men's Hall dance tickets at 25 cents with Prentzel orchestra. Companion Court Minerva and Joer Italians outline social events including a July 16 parade banner event.
Amusements note a strong opening week at the Jacques with Poli’s Own Stock Company delivering a balanced cast led by David M. Hartford as Captain Thorne and Susan Van Duzer as Edith Varney in William Gillette’s Secret Service. The company earns curtain calls, with Louise Le Blanc and others in strong supporting roles. Next comes David Belasco’s Men and Women, plus animated pictures, a matinee and special ladies and children’s reel with a lolly pop for every child. matinee 10 cents, evening 10 cents parquette, 15 and 25 cents dress circle.
Grace Margaret Gould notes in Woman's Home Companion that summer gowns showcase conspicuous trimmings with bold braiding in white and dyed cotton. Skirt and coat outlines rely on braiding lines, tassels are common, and heavy and fine laces pair with silk and net gowns. Buttons and fabric covered closures appear on tailored suits and lingerie waists feature new pearl bear buttons.
The weekly list for the Naugatuck post office ending April 11 1908 notes uncalled for letters addressed to Droskinis Wheaty Grittin Will Pollard PEA Sturges Pyre and others. Recipients should say Advertised and claim promptly at City Station postal window.
Waterbury plans a summer horse racing meet at a new house track likely to match stake races from a decade ago. Thomas Hayes, president of the Waterbury Driving Park Association, signed a lease with Kubert H. Rigney and associates for two to five years to revive interest, with Maurice H. Novman and a group of local businessmen forming an organizing committee to discuss the venture.
The suit of D. H. Nesbit of Springfield Mass against Albert Bley, former meat dealer, was heard in district court by Judge F. M. Peaseley. The case concerns wages tied to the sale of several pigs weighing 1088 pounds and whether the pigs were purchased by Bley for the Waterbury Market, which he managed.
Efforts yesterday to trace James Qooley the aged swindler who took deposits of 2 and 8 dollars from local colored people on pianos yielded no results. He has decamped and residents fear discovery. Harry W. Yeager of Hallet Davis Piano Co. joined New York inquiries on tuna served in similar offenses, hoping cooperation of piano dealers across New England to run him down.
Bishop Brewster appoints the Church of the Holy Trinity Middletown as the venue for the diocese of Connecticut annual convention to be held on the second Tuesday of June. Middletown last hosted a convention seventy three years ago, recalling the 1785 Middletown meeting of Bishop Seabury with his clergy.
Walter Clark son and Nap Clark have given up baseball with the Cleveland club. Clark, a former Harvard pitching star, will join a local shoe business, and Clarkson resigned from the Cleveland pitching staff Sunday night.
A fragment notes Judd's promoting Pure Malt with an offer to try a sample of King's Pure Malt. The text is partial and lacks full context but indicates a tasting or sales pitch at a local store.
The speaker urges prudent money decisions before investing and emphasizes that contract values are ascertainable in Mutual Benefit life insurance. Citing businessfolk in Natgatuck, he presents himself as a trusted source for evaluating policies and insurance value.
W H Kehoe touts refined taste and smarter look with new season suits. Prices claimed to match customers’ usual spending, inviting shoppers to judge later if the offer was wise.
John Yonsen of 88 Park Avenue, Naugatuck Conn., says his back pain and nightly unrest from kidney trouble improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports steady work days and better rest since starting the treatment, noting weather changes no longer worsen his condition.
An advertisement seeks a capable agent to sell a new chemical product that reportedly generates heat from ashes without smoke or grate damage. It promises high earnings, 50 percent coal savings, and a quick market lead with a trial box available by mail for 15 cents from International Trust Building in Boston.
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