Silk Umbrellas Sale Offer At Noon Tomorrow
A newspaper ad notes sale price 1.98 each for women's silk umbrellas in black or colored silk, regular 2.98. The sale closes at noon tomorrow.
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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
7
A newspaper ad notes sale price 1.98 each for women's silk umbrellas in black or colored silk, regular 2.98. The sale closes at noon tomorrow.
Voters head to 5 to 9 pm polls in Borough court room O Briens livery stable and Union City hose house to choose seven delegates and two alternates from each ward for Democratic state congress and probate conventions. A ward street hearing on nearby highway changes adjourned to Tuesday.
Regular meeting of Goodwill lodge K P is scheduled tonight. Local guests include Mr and Mrs Ferdinand Wolf who stayed with relatives in Thomaston yesterday. Several residents report recent vacations and returns from travels to Savin Rock New Haven Lakeville Woodmont Newburgh New York. Welch Hosiery mill resumes operations after three week inventory closure. Mr and Mrs William Moore return from a trolley trip to New York.
Mr and Mrs Frank Hand of Texas visit relatives in Watertown. Several residents change jobs and travel. Miss Treloar visits from Passaic, New Jersey. The Woodmen baseball team defeats Watertown 5 to 2 at Driving Park. Miss Margaret Dunn and Joseph J. Barry marry at St John’s church and plan to live in New York. Daniel Barry of Norwich and Miss Nellie Shiel of Watertown attend.
A wagon bolt broke causing the horse to bolt and throw occupants into a ditch. The horse was driven to Brahen livery stable where it was found badly cut on the legs from the broken whiffle tree.
The Oakville column lists residents at Savin Rock and Walnut Beach along with trips to Bantam Lake Congamond Lake and Springfield. It notes a car accident returning from New Britain and calls for an officer of the law as a pressing local issue alongside school discussions, urging action on police presence.
Eleven passengers rode the first scheduled auto bus link between Collinsville and Unionville to connect with Farmington trolley at Unionville on Sunday. Across towns reports include drownings in New York harbor and river, a jail cell suicide attempt in Hartford, burglary at Judge Perry’s home in Southport, and a drowning near Siam Dock at Gildersleeve farm in Portland.
Tory Winter, a wrestler known as Izzie 18, is winning many matches in New York. In Rochester he defeated three top notchers in an hour and a half. In a private Auburn bout he beat T. Babcock. An upcoming match is set with War Eagle in Brockton in two weeks.
Mr Henley questions Miss Palrey about changing herself. Miss Fairley replies she would remain as she is, asserting a strong sense of self. The exchange reveals tact, self-perception, and social attitudes.
At a New Britain clubhouse meeting managers from Middletown Meriden New Britain Waterbury and Bristol settled the Elk State league by awarding the cup to Waterbury for the season. The balance will be shared among six teams and exhibition cup engraving will honor every participating player.
Bristol reports President Tracy hearing grievances after umpire Wilkinson showed a black eye from a clash with New Haven manager George Bone on a trolley ride from Holyoke to Springfield. witnesses say Bone struck Wilkinson and other New Haven players intervened. Tracy will discipline if Bone is at fault. Wilkinson may have provoked the incident. Manager Hanna sought lighter suspensions as McCabe faces absence, with league considering substitute umpires for future games.
Martin J. Sheridan of the Irish American Athletic Club broke the Works throw record in Dundalk with a discus throw of 142 feet 5 inches using the London Olympic discus. The previous record stood at 196 feet 1.3 inches.
London reports T. W. Burgess endured twenty-two and three-quarter hours at sea before drifting a mile and a half from the French coast. The distressing episode unfolds as Burgess, aged about twenty-two, remains adrift near the English Channel.
George W. Fitzgerald, former assorting teller in Chicago subtreasury, was arrested on a state warrant for allegedly stealing 173000 in large denomination bills. Bail was set at 100000, reduced to 50000, as detectives call it a historic government robbery.
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