Thoms Enthusiastically Positioned for Governor Bid
Democratic primaries set for September 4 with expectations of a single ticket unless a district clash arises. Mayor Thoms aligns with gubernatorial hopes after informal party talks, while Lilley supporters brace for a tough battle. Republicans predict Thoms carrying the territory by about 3,000 votes, as supporters urge calm and focus on honest work.
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Thoms
New Haven
Lilley
George
Yale Attendance Remains Steady Despite Money Tight
New Haven August 20 Yale registration for incoming classes is expected to be about the same as last year though law medical and graduate schools may see smaller numbers due to money stringency. The academic division may fall slightly while Sheffield students show growth. If fall exams confirm, totals should align with prior trends despite recent athletic defeats and reduced tutoring work affecting student earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale
Sheff
Harvard
Princeton
Dartmouth
Ready for School Inspectors report on public school readiness
Inspector Slavin announced all school buildings are in excellent condition for the fall term. Renovations include added rooms at Driggs, a motor system at Mulcahy, and boardwalk repairs from Rodman to Lounsbury. Wanleeton School shines with painted tower and clock improving appearance.
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Slavin
Driggs
Mulcahy School
Rodman Pro
Lounsbury Street
Wanleeton School
Birth and Local News From Waterbury and New Haven
A son was born last evening to Mr and Mrs Myles A McCarthy of the north end. Pred Hubbell, a chauffeur, has been at Waterbury hospital with typhoid fever and was taken home today. A tally ho party led by Ralph N Blakeslee and ex Mayor Barlow went to Quassapane this afternoon in Blakeslee's car. The ball game between local cops and Meriden cops is set for tomorrow at 4 o'clock with the listed lineup. Tickets for the first game, rain interrupted, were 2004. Captain Jobsaie Stack of the Soldiers home band in Indiana, visiting New Haven, renews old acquaintances. Helen Srother associated with Mrs Parker and Mrs Tiernan is noted. Stack, once Connecticut musician, led the Second Regiment band for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myles A. McCarthy
North End
Meriden
Horan
Dodds
Maddense
Wallace P
Cavanaugh
McLean
Riley
Stevens Jf
Kierwed
McDonald
Personal notes from Waterbury area visitors and locals
Attorney C B E Meigs returns from vacation while many residents travel or visit relatives in Waterbury, Waterbury-area moves include Anne Arundel visitors to Ansonia and Waterbury, repeated mentions of vacations at Fort Trumbull Beach, Berkshires, Steeplechase Island, Mid dlebury, and Waterford. Notable items cover reunions at Harwinton, a Concordia Singing Society leader returning from Germany, and weddings planned for Jessie Griggs and Arthur Chenoweth with local clergy involved.
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C.be
Meigs
Alice Sullivan
Margaret Nolan
Ansonia
Waterbury
Nicholas Grout
Greenwich
Michael Grout
Waterville Street
Frank Rosseter
Barber
Harwinton
Helen Conroy
Julia Duffy
Middlebury
P. J. McMahon
Kingsbury Street
Fort Trumbull Beach
Ron Taylor
K. M. Taylor
Berkshires
Charles McPeek
University of Virginia
Joseph H. Reid
Hans Saro
Concordia Singing Society
Germany
William Colligan
South Elm Street
Torrington
Anna Trunkfield
Dorothy Louise
George Rabbott
Wilson
Boston
Rose Clark
George DeVeau
Steeplechase Island
Summers
Thomas Summers
Rose Donahue
Bridgeport
Dennis A. Magraw
Court House
Twenty-third Infantry
Edward B. Platt
Superior Court
Irene Walsh
William Lenihan
John T. Dallas
Europe
John N. Lewis
St John’s Church
Haggerty
Mamie
Margaretta
William Haggerty
North Main Street
Fern Cliff Cottage
Walnut Beach
Mary Gill
Great Barrington
Mass
M. Mohnkern
Charles Reed
New York City
William Deegan
Manhan Street
Reed
Deegan
M. Molenkern
Lionel and
Merriman
Charles Merriman
George Street
Waterville
J. Atwood Stansfield
St Paul's Episcopal Church
New York State
Dyson
Henry Gessler
Linden Street
New York
Hartford City
Ind
Geisier
Hartford City Times and Gazette
Gelsler
Molenkern
Reid & Hughes Co
Political Pointers from Ansonia Band and Lilley Campaign
The Ansonia Sentinel notes the band received a check from Congressman Lilley to fund new uniforms and highlights Lilley’s personal regard for the group. Caucus results show Lilley leading delegates in multiple towns, with Woodruff and Lake also contending. press coverage criticizes wildcat stories and clashes over the governor nomination. Major Tilson’s New Britain visit is seen as tying to Lilley forces, while Taft and Hitchcock are urged to take part, with Connecticut’s nomination fight described as unsettled.
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Ansonia Band
Congressman Lilley
Ansonia Sentinel
Major Tilson
New Britain
Horton
Lilley
New Haven
Taft
Hitchcock
Repubican National Committee
Connecticut
Charles F. Brooker
Natonal Committee
Lake Itstow
Lake
Horace Taft
Taft School For
Bore
Watertown
Clergyman in Wo Hou Girls to Strange Places
The Rev G W Sower a Methodist minister from Oak Harbor Ohio was fined 100 dollars and costs by Magistrate Kimmel for suspicious character and inability to pay and began a sixty day workhouse sentence. He had advertised for girl stenographers and used a newspaper office as a meeting point drawing responses from women who were then diverted to meet him at unknown locations. Detectives later apprehended him. The minister wept saying he would go home if released.
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Pittsburg
G. W. Sower
Oak Harbor
Kimmel
Lower
Timely Topics sales and bargains at local shops
A collage of local store promotions and merchandise deals. Grieve, Bisset & Holland offer a clean sweep sale while Imperial shoe store advertises oxford clearances. Duesler Bros list chicken and produce, Miller & Peck discount bargains, and various shops tout clothing, shoes, glassware, seafood, and hardware.
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Grieve, Bisset & Holland
Imperial Shoe
Duesler Bros
Miller & Peck's
Connecticut Boot & Shoe Store
Jones, Morgan & Co
T Currans
J. G. Jackle & Sons
Emerson Patent Colt
Hotchkiss & Templeton
Stewart
Reid & Hughes
Kayser
Waterbury Business College
Becker
Alberta
Woodruff Grocery Co
Curtis Art Co
Wenzel
Cailin
General Fire Insurance and Steamship Agency services
Full information concerning any ocean voyage Sasitory Sarees, con strally made for any cas of passage. Travelers checks and foreign money orders issued to any part of the world Mrs John Ryan, 507 North Main St. Telephone 507-12.
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General Fire Insurance and Steamship Agency
John Ryan
North Main St
Mel Gardner denies seizure ownership and cites persecution
Boston date Aug 20 Mrs John L Gardner says in an interview she owns the seized art goods held by Chicago customs officials brought by Mrs Emily R C Chadbourne as household effects. She claims she lent the items for Chadbourne in Europe and questions the $76,000 in penalties and duties.
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Boston
John L Gardner
Chicago
Emily RC. Chadbourne
Mel Gardner
Customs Department
Mr. Chadbourne
Europe
Window Screens at Less Than Cost to Close Out
Retail listing notes 44 screens 24 inches high adjustable from 22 to 33 inches wide priced 23 cents. An additional 23 screens 24 inches high adjust from 26 to 36 inches wide priced 26 cents, both labeled as the best screens made and offered to clear stock.
Naturalization law confusion unsettles district court attendees
A crowded district court session exposed widespread misunderstanding of naturalization changes. A man seeking full papers believed reforms allowed instant finalization, only to learn final papers require two years and first papers cost one dollar, revealing gaps in public knowledge about citizenship procedures.
Bristol firm ships fishing rod order to Taft trip
Bristol Manufacturing Co of Bristol, Ohio, sent via telegraph an order to Toledo for a Swest rod for William H Taft. The rod will be sent at once to Mr Taft who plans a fishing trip near Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie. The firm notes it has long received orders from famous personages worldwide.
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Bristol
Hortos Manufacturing Co
Thin Town
Toledo
William
Taft
Bristol Co
Lake Erie
Hristo Co
Ka Collection
Busiare
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City News
Woodruff
Orange
Madison
Norwalk
A. D. Munger
Lilleysman
Charles W. Scranton
Farmers’ Club
Frank B. Bishop
H. R. Norton
Norton
Mr Bishop
Scranton
Rockville
Hartford Courant
Osborn
George Ll. Lilley
Ton George Lilley
Price
Oxfords
R. R. Harder & CO
Bank Street
Hou
Pittsboro
South Main
John. McElligott
District Court For Naturalization
Gillette
District Court
Frank
South
Maio
D. F. McCarthy
Cottage Place
Wm. McGrath & Son
Magill Street
HL M. Rigney
wooDoo
John Byron
Wardner
B. Deveraus
Saxe & Floto
South Main St
L. Becker
Exchange Place
East Main Street
David Goldberg
Abbott Avence
Oakville Company
MD Express Co
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