Hosiery Prices Include Wide Range of Women and Men
Readily available stockings and socks comprise women's Burson hose in white or black, gauze cotton hose in black and tan, Mercerized gauze cotton hose in multiple colors, Maco foot hose in pink, Misses ribbed cotton and ribbed mercerized lisle hose, infants cotton socks, and children ribbed cotton styles. Men’s fine lisle hose, black silk lisle hose, and tan half hose complete the offers with prices from a penny to a few dimes.
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Hermsdorf
Clerks Face Brooklyn Business Men's In Final Naugatuck Series
Tomorrow afternoon the clerks team meets the Brooklyn Business Men's baseball squad at Firemen's field in the second game of a three game series. Brooklyn leads one game to none. a win by the clerks would end the series. The clerks are confident of victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerks
Brooklyn Business Men
Firemen
Brooklyns
Naugatuck
Fred Candee
H. G. Denniston
Hooker Hotchkiss
R. R. Loomis
Joel Webster
F. S. Nichols
Spencer Hotchkiss
Joseph C. Flynn
Frank 8. Truesdell
Edgar E. Jones
R. W. Lewis
W. H. Turon
Walter Osborn
Amos Culver
Thomas Northrop
W. H. Kehoe
John T. Maher
Peter Boylan
Sagin Rock
St Michael's Guild
Hamilton Park
Elmwood Street
Patrick Dunn
Winsted
James Dunn
Scott Street
St Francis T. A. B. Society
Columbus Hall
Esther Crampton
Fairview Avenue
Meriden
John Renehan
North Main Street
Detroit
Mich
Abbie Grant
New Britain
Lallier
Milford
Watertown Notes and Local Moves
Watertown items report outings to Bantam lake. Grange to meet in Pythian hall Friday evening. F B Noble and family registered at Guilford Point house Guilford. Heminway family back from Bantam vacation. Mattie Barbour returns to Winsted. Rail passengers rise after Waterbury station changes. F J Working moves to Taftville to lead public schools. Woolson family take Berkshire hills car trip. Susan Bronson house on Academy hill being torn down. Mia Callender to build a new residence on the site.
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Harry Cooley
Bantam Lake
Waterbury
F. J. Working
Nis
Taftville
James B. Woolson
Berkshire Hills
Academy Hill
Susan Bronson
Mia Callender
Oakville Happenings and Local Moves
J Murphy visited New York City recently. C B Fuller enjoys a week’s vacation. Mrs G A Abbott visits Walnut Beach with relatives. Mrs F W Hoffman visits Oakville Heights to see relatives in Guilford. Mr and Mrs G W Barton travel to West Goshen to visit relatives. Miss Anna Mattoon leaves for a brief stay with sister Dora in New York. George D Vail digs a well on New on Heights to 25 feet without water. Floral tribute to Mrs Shaw includes a pillow from the em shop where Edith, daughter of the deceased, is an observer. Newtonite school staff not returning. transfer to Busker Hill school not yet known who will teach on the Heights.
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Murphy
New York City
C. B. Fuller
Mary Street
Dora
George D. Vail
New On Heights
Busker Hill
Westchester Sheriff Appoints Harting as Deputy
Sheriff Lane of Westchester County appoints Richard Harting Darin, noted author and playwright, as deputy sheriff. The new lineup adds A C Bostwick and others to the staff as of August 6. In Shanghai, M Poppe was stabbed at Tiestein, with a recovery hoped after a recent escape of the assailant.
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White Pistos
X.Y
Lane
Westchester County
Richard Harting Darin
Westchester
A. C. Bostwick
Standard
Shanghei
Tiestein
M. Poppe
Je Oon
Hie Asesi
Marlborough rattlesnake killed by 10 year old boy
A rattlesnake with 11 rattles was killed near a home by Freddy Isleid, a ten year old boy, in Marlborough. The report notes multiple other local incidents across towns including serious injuries from a fight in Southington, a death by heat in Hobart Brockett's meadow, and various police and court actions in Hartford Middletown New Haven New Britain Portland and Wethersfield.
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Marlborough
Freddy Isleid
Southington
Tony Ross
Tomasso Caro
Montonese
Hobart Brockett
Adolph Karsch
Hartford
Woodruff
Middletown
Michael Moriarty
Manchester
Asylum For
Chapman
Mddletown
Joseph Williams
Green Street
Williams
Bristol
Bristol Engineering Co
New Haven
Mary Ann Fox
Portland
Lawrence O'Neil
Justice of the Peace R
Mitchell
O'Neil
John Sarma
Potter Street
Connecticut Man Tries Flight With Homemade Wings
Arioch Wheeler of North Mians, Greenwich, in heat daze, leaps from Hiram Jameson’s barn roof with wings made from heavy paper and a wooden frame. He falls into the Mianus river, is rescued by John Josselin, regains sanity, doctors attribute temporary insanity to heat. Wheeler believes he is Count Zeppelin and had followed aero exhibitions.
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Connecticut
Count Ze
Greenwich
Conn
Arioch Wheeler
Brighton Beach
Hiram Jameson
John Josselin
Wheeler
Martin Jacobson
Harry Lewis
Jameson
Count Zeppelin
Minnus
Josselin
Dreams of an airship haunt a fall from window
New York August 6 Roland Millward twenty one years old returned home exhausted and slept by the third floor window he toppled out after dreaming he was aboard an airship. A Harlem hospital ambulance crew found him upright and conscious. He refused hospital care but fled when brought inside. Attendants chased him for a block before detaining him.
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New York
Roland Millward
Moeckel
Harlem
Millward
Churches struck by lightning in Rhode Island storm
During a severe storm over Rhode Island, several churches were hit by lightning. The Queens River Baptist church at Usquepaugh was leveled. the structure dated back to 1819 and suffered extensive fire damage described as heavy.
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Providents
St. Aug
Rthede Istead
Usquepaugh
Queens River Baptist
Keene Fillies Sweep Spingay Stakes at Saratoga
James R Keene sent two fillies Maskette and Wedding Bells to the fore in the Spingway Stakes at Saratoga winning one two for the powerful stable. Maskette clocked 1 05 4 5 for five and a half furlongs amid slow track conditions. Second race results list Kennyette Aquire Jacobite while Maskette and Wedding Bells headlined the card. Yonkers meeting shifted to August 15 per Empire City Racing Association.
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Saratoga
N. Y
James R. Keene
Maskette
Wedding Bells
Keene
Madden
Wedding Helis
Mins Kearney
Kennyette
The
Aquire
Jacobite
Jimmy Lane
Rat
Wetland Hells
Lady Hubbard
Orphan Lad
George G. Hall
DY Arkie
Ronnie Bind
Gobtomda
Colonel White
Yonkers
New York
Empire City Racing Association
Yonkers Track
Trolleymen Unite Behind Providence Union
Hartford August 6. Hartford Trolleymen union pledges support to Providence workers after Rhode Island company seeks anti union contract. Local resolution vows loyalty, aims to act with Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut locals, opposing the contract and preparing for possible sympathetic strikes that could cripple trolley service in Southern New England.
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Providence
Hartford
Rhode Island Trolley Company
Trolleymen
Hartford Trolleymen’ Union
Central Row
Massachusets
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Providene
Amalgamated Association of Electric and
W. D. Mahon
Rezin Orr
Orr
Division No 425
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Raiway Employes of America
Massachusetts
New England
Bids Sought for Meadow Street Retaining Wall Contract
Waterbury Board of Public Works invites sealed bids from local bidders by August 18 1908 for a concrete masonry retaining wall along Meadow Street fronting Library Park. Requires $200 certified check and performance bond. plans and specs at City Engineer office Leavenworth street. Board may reject any or all bids. August 4 1908 R A Cairns C E City Engineer.
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Meadow Street
Library Park
Board of Public Works
City of
Waterbury
Leavenworth Street
Dentistry Ad Urges Women to Show Teeth for Charm
An advertisement emphasizes dental improvement for women, declaring that actresses or show girls need not expect notices unless they display a good set of teeth. It promotes the charm of teeth and positions the firm as specializing in dentistry improvements for all.
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Bank Street
Waterbury’s
Grieve, Bisset & Holland
DR. Beadle
Buckingham Building
Benson Furniture Company
Benson Furniture Co., Inc
Complete Home Furnishers
South Main
Grand Street
Ma Nade Joo Pan
Watertown
Oakville
Charles Fay
State Street
Foley
New Haven Hospital
L. D. Penfield
Indian Neck
Ofrce
Norton R. Hotchkiss
Joseph T. Townsend
William M. Stark
Paershes Townsend
Militia
Safe Armory
Wethersfield
Second Connecticut
Sepber
Root
Bridge Commission
Hartford Bridge
Woodhouse
Capitol
Frederick E. Dickerman
Farmer
Measiaer County
Fer
Moghes
Keene’s
Kodel
Trolleymen's Union
Organizati
NOTIC
R. A. Cairns
C. E
Wm. McGrath & Son
Magill Street
Best Dental Co
Manufacturer’s Bank
Bank It
Hallet & Davis
H. W. Yeager
Rep
Postoffice Square
Grand and Bank Streets
Waterbury, Conn
Fifat
Platt Building
East Main Street
Frank Pelka
Citizens Bank
City Hall
Auditorium Clear Co
South Main Street
Lawlor's Cigar Store
Waterville Drug Store
Wnder
Geo M. Chapman
Henry O'Connor
Registrars of Voters
City Hall Annex
Holmes & Bull Successors
Co. L. Holmes & CO
Holmes Building
the White-Simmons Co
Frisbie
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