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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
7
Grieve Bisset Holland at 38 40 Bank Street advertises a nightly sale with large discounts on men and women garments. Includes blue chambray shirts, lawn and lace trimmed pieces, lisle socks and gloves, and various undergarments. Also features peroxide of hydrogen and sanitol toothpaste offers.
The Naugatuck fire department baseball team and fans travel by 12:52 train to Milford to play the Milford squad with Danny Sweeney expected to pitch and Mike Kiely on standby. After the game the group plans to spend the rest of the day at Savin Rock. Also noted are obituaries for John A. Crich and Annie Kunelmas, with funeral details and interment at St Francis cemetery, plus notices of other local events and residents.
Watertown notices report Mr Ashenden shooting two weasels in his hennery. George Harper loses a cow to lightning Thursday afternoon. Miss Lathrop of Bridgeport visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Lucius Harp. Independents under J M Kelley play ball in Collinsville this afternoon. Mr and Mrs Walter Devore return to New York after visiting L J Fox. F M Painter recovering health taking a vacation. Mrs Thomas Frey and son Harold depart for Port Jefferson to spend a week. Court Merrit Hemingway to hold regular meeting Tuesday at 8 p m. Probation office hearing on will of late Mrs William Fox. H M Hickox named administrator. Mrs Mary A Curtiss dies in New York. leaves three sons and two daughters. Remains to be brought to Evergreen for interment.
Mary and Julia Kelly visit relatives in Danbury while Mr and Mrs Felsmann and two children stay with kin on Wood Street. Mr Hubbard visits Mr A Stone on Main Street as J M Lynch plans to build a dwelling near Bradshaw place on Railroad Street. A LaSelle moves family from the Slade tenement in Glen to the tenement above the post office on Main Street.
Bridgeport pitcher Red Waller is reportedly sold to the New York Americans for about 2000 dollars. He will report after Bridgeport’s western trip. Arthur Irwin of the Americans met manager O Rourke and Waller at Hotel Atlas for contract talks yesterday.
Otis L. Fuller of Hartford was in Waterville on business yesterday. The Donovan sisters Mae and Helen are visiting relatives in Forestville. Lizzie Caden of Paterson N J is visiting friends in the village for a few days. At the local fire company meeting last evening George Feest was elected treasurer.
Trolley conductors were posted for fare registration failures. A Hartford judge ruled no man has right to a Sunday saloon visit, fining two men found inside. Other items note burglary at Hartford Golf Club, a factory fire injuring a watchman, a lightning strike on a trolley car near Newington center, and a romantic elopement ending in marriage at Central Village.
Boston National Club president Dovey rebukes spending on minor leaguers and praises selecting ready players from the streets rather than college men. He says college players are a back up, while he wants proven performers who can immediately contribute and avoid a bloated spring roster. The Cin cinnati Star quotes him contrasting with President Hermann of Cincinnati.
Chicago management released the lineup for the visit to Waterbury. Locals expect a tough test as surprises loom and thousands of fans travel to see the game in Rivville, promising an entertaining matchup tomorrow.
John D. Rockefeller returns to a Berea area farm and helps a German couple, William Krause and wife, struggling with a $900 debt. He hands over hundreds and smaller bills totaling a substantial gift, urging acceptance. The family keeps one dollar bill as luck after the payment.
Philadelphia police and navy yard officials investigate after a set of blue prints believed to be from the Indiana’s ordnance department is found under debris near Sixteenth and Porter streets. George Small reported the find and authorities describe a man who placed the drawings, now under scrutiny.
The Bryan League of Pennsylvania met in Philadelphia to form an independent ticket for the presidential election and establish a state organization with a county by county ticket. Over 100 Democrats and Kerr followers attended, Kerr replaced by Wallace as chairman. Committeeman Kerr outlined funding via a $10 per member levy split between state and national committees.
A St Louis feature profiles Jack Dalton a forty six year old tramp printer and self described wandering minstrel who has drifted for twenty seven years and traveled the world. He claims tramp life is healthy exciting and superior to settling down and discusses humor education and his many travels and escapades.
An advertisement argues that actresses must show teeth and smile to be winning. It promotes dental improvement as a specialty, claiming a good set of teeth cannot be ignored by civilized women and that prominence is unnecessary without a smile.
Time solves all problems and eliminates the man who thinks the world cannot get along without him. The Hallet & Davis piano has stood the test of seventy years. What more could you ask.
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