Local notices mix of events in Naugatuck area
Readable fragments describe community happenings in Naugatuck and nearby towns. Mentions include John Mallia visiting Migitetotwm, Adare minder and Steve Rays, typhoid fever in Watertown, a ball meeting at 6, Meats Jouaph excursion to New York and Coney Island, cleaning needs on South Main Street, street embankment growth, Charles Baxter Sr ill on Cherry Street, a lawn party by the Christina Bulleaver society, Margaret Ward bedridden with illness, no borough court session, and a Nase bell game scheduled between Naugatnek and Union City Wheel.
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Esteot
Adare Minder
Bo Wreee
Dury Daar Wight
Jaeyele Taces
Tory Yeaterday
Merv Edward Welretor
City Disatreet
William Kielty
Watertown
Sweeney
Howe
A- O
Jouaph
T. A. Aoders
Wawerburs
Motroy
New York
Coney Island
South Main Street
Roa
North Main Street
Charles Baxter, Sr
Cherry Street
Christina Bulleaver Society
Avisville
Tracy Boor
Botelklestela
Union City
Whistling Farmer Saved by Bees Escape
Henry Fitch, a young farmer known as Whistler for his birdlike whistle, was driving oxen when thousands of bees swarmed him. He kept whistling to calm the animals while his mother beat a hive with a tin pan to lure the bees back into the hive. The oxen and man escaped unharmed, though the experience left Fitch nearly prostrated.
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Prom Denbury
Cos
Henry Ditech Lee
Gil
Mountain End
Ywnee Fireh
Whistler
Ciauntryside
Beethoven
Mendelssohe
Elding
Fitch
Investor Hae Hae Develops Stone Soles for Boots
The text describes an investor who devised a method to put stone soles on boots. He uses waterproof glue mixed with lean sand and spreads it as a weatherproof foundation. Quartz soles are claimed to be flexible and provide firm footing on a slippery surface.
Watertown Jottings and Local Happenings in Town
Town notes recount a horse stumble near Patt School and a rider’s quick recovery. Edger Alfa moved a wagon after school, a horse tripped but suffered no injuries. Mrs Elizabeth Broohil aids typhoid patients at M Kirbys. Hurle Foster joined a lumber company in Wetterbury. Adeina Thetanit visits East Hampton. several calls for a local team arise. Magee returns from Bantam Lake fishing. clock tolls anew, faster. John Kielty, recently kicked by a horse, regains mobility. G M Summers’ camping party at Bantam Lake reports good luck. An old elm stamp by Frank Nobles’ home is removed to improve appearances.
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Patt
Morris
Diaye Poe
Alferil
Elieneth Broohil
Mr Reid
Bethlehem
John Kielty
G. M. Summers
Bantam Lake
Frank Nobles
Oakville Happenings and Local Projects Update
The fence around the driving park is being torn down and a new one erected inside the old line to accommodate trolley tracks. Forty men are employed as officials push the work. Miss Idell Hoxley travels to Ansonia to visit her sister. Several residents, including Miss Braecell of Orange, visit. Annie Bokey is ill. Mrs Fresehett Main shows improvement. Two pews installed in the new Catholic church. Mrs George Bates leaves for Westbrook for the month.
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Idell Hoxley
Ansonia
Jobo Arkerman
Braecell
Orange
Wilam Russell
Annie Bokey
Fresehett Main
Mre Huxley
Seymour
George Bates
Westbrooh
Unlucky Player Refuses Entrance At Lisbon Street Poker Den
Tom Higgins, owner near Lisbon Street, ignores a banging door and tells a persistent patron to shove his money under the door. The scene unfolds as a notorious loser seeks to enter a crowded room, while Higgins remains cool and detached amid the ruckus.
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Tom Higgins
Lisbon Street
Higgins
Tom
Te ¢Rot
Lewiston Journal
Monza Crowns and Lombardy’s Iron Crown Tradition
Monza, famed for the Iron Crown of Lombardy, bears a long tale from the sixth century through Napoleon, with the crown forged by Reuse goldsmiths, sent by Pope Gregory the Great to Queen Theodolinda, and later seized by Austrians before return to Italy.
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Monza
Humbert
Lombardy
Reuse
Gregory the Great
Theodolinda
Napoleon
Vienna
Veretin
Italy
Thens- Tioda
Sap e Trolley Travel Hazards and Fountains Note
A historical notice warns riders to stay seated on trolley cars after several fatal accidents caused by sudden fear and jumping. It cites blown fuses, panicked passengers, and a fatal incident where a woman jumped in front of wheels. The piece also mentions horsemen advising staying in carriages and notes the Crystal Palace fountains’ capacity of 120000 gallons per minute.
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Bern
Trade of a Maine Steed Discussed in Rural Talk
In Lewiston Maine a scene unfolds as David Harum meets Isaac and Hiram to trade a veteran horse. The old man boasted of the gelding’s steadiness while others questioned its true age, revealing a comic clash over value, aging, and the stubbornness of a suiting swap.
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Maine
Ola Daviettarum
Glove Cleaner Ad At Duncan’s Pharmacy
An ad promotes La Belle Glove Cleaner at Duncan’s Pharmacy 36 East Main Street. The product cleans kid gloves without odor and can be used on hands still wearing gloves, while Castoria targets infants and children in a familiar brand context.
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la Belle
Duncan’s Pharmacy
East Main Street
Coaching in England draws thousands of American visitors
The London Daily Mail notes that about 10,000 Americans have booked all English coaching tours this year, with coaches linking London hotels to inns across England, Scotland, and Ireland. Agents report 8,000 to 4,000 travelers returning annually, with many plans arranged well in advance for rail-free journeys through the provinces.
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Great Britain
London
England
America
Scotland
Ireland
London Daily Mail
The Shirt Waist Dilemma in Men’s Dress
The Chicago Post discusses how to resolve the waistline conflict as men adopt shirt waists. It rejects suspender or belt options and suggests pads or safety pins, urging prudent consideration and noting the inventor could profit from aligning shirts with trousers.
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Chicago Post
Amazing spinal repair method sparks old man’s tale
An old storyteller, in Cleveland Plain Dealer style, recounts a miraculous if fantastical neck repair. A man with a cracked upper spine is treated with glue, adhesin plaster, zinc rods, rivets, and a boot to support the chin area until the glue sets, promising recovery with a few hints.
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Pimpernel
Feller
Josh Bowman
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Monkeys chain across river by swinging tails
A Cassell feature describes a spider monkey of the Amazon that forms a living tail chain. Monkeys climb to high branches and link tails to swing across rivers, the lower end free, gaining momentum until reaching the opposite bank and climbing up.
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Cassels
Amazon
Doctor Is A Girl In A Summer Ball Turmoil
A playful verse describes a summer gathering where a crowd expects a male doctor. A disappointed speaker asks where the men are while another voice notes that Dr Jones will attend. The scene ends with a twist as the doctor turns out to be a girl.
The Mishaps of a Cynic on Canal Street
A humorous diary-style vignette recounts a man waking to a cascade of mishaps from breaking a mosquito bar to knotting shoe laces and dropping a soap. He endures a string of clumsy disasters, then discovers an outlet by wrecking his office as a planned disruption to a bad streak.
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Canal Street
Tne
Times-Democrat
Dried Oysters Described By New Orleans Bohemian
A New Orleans resident recounts meeting Lee Yip who sells dried oysters or dry osters. The product is sun cured in shacks near the lake, dark brown and brick hard, then used in a stew with pork and seasonings. The China cook says boiling with water yields a peppery, unique flavor. The local colony reportedly consumes many barrels monthly with sales in San Francisco and New York.
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New Orleans
Lee Yip
Lee
San Francisco
New York
Bath Man’s Stone Pocket Golf Pun Joke
A Bath, Maine man jokes about keeping stones in his pockets to blunt the urge to gamble on golf. His wife warns him as her protests grow, and he quips that the real stones are about to arrive in a wagon, highlighting the humorous misdirection.
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Ike
Henry
Mamie Taylor Drink Causes Stir in Washington Bar
A Washington landlord clashed with patrons over a drink named Mamie Taylor. The tale traces a convention-trace new mixed beverage said to be a cooling tonic with Scotch whiskey and ginger ale, provoking a humorous uproar among regulars and reporters in a German restaurant run by the proprietor.
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Washington
Mamie Taylor
Dot
Washington Star
Ghostly hallucinations and self images recur in memory reports
The Westminster Review discusses how minds conjure objects and voices unseen by others. It cites Abercrombie, Goethe, Wilkie Collins, Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Sir David Brewster and Mrs A, detailing cases where imagined figures appeared, resisted touch, and dissolved when attention shifted or a test was attempted.
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Abercrombie
Goethe
Wilkie Collins
Sir Walter Scott
Lord Byron
Sir David Brewster
Mrs A
Sir David
David
Westminster Review
Up Against the Fourth Prompts Dangerous Talk
Johnny argues with his mother and an agent about skin plaster and blowing thumbs off. The agent boasts it will regrow thumbs quickly. Johnny, hoarse, plans to jump up against the Fourth of July with resolve and danger.
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Johnny
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