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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
5
Curran Dry Goods Co presents a post inventory sale with deeper price cuts across the store. The regular bargain day and the special occasion offer hundreds of opportunities to save in various sections, described as unequalled this season.
Readable sale items list trim details and prices for muslin drawers nainsook nightgowns skirts and lisle hose. Includes specials on black lisle hose tan gauze lisle hose ribbed lisle thread vests with discount prices for tonight and Bargain Day. Names of fabric and trims specify ruffles medallions eyelet embroidery and lace. Local shop promotes economy on women's wear with clear price cuts.
A vintage storefront ad lists Empire Top and Long Hip corsets at reduced prices with .50 each and $1 standards, plus assorted dress ginghams, muslins, linens, towels, sheets, and lace trims. Free offer promotes skirts and new fall materials with bargain day tags.
The Sanitary Crystal Glass Ice Cream Freezer claims to freeze ice cream without turning and assures hygienic, delicious results. Priced at 1.25 with demonstrations available. Also offered are mending items for pots pans agateware enamelware and repair services for leaks in ice boxes porcelain china glassware and crockery. Money back falls 15 cents a box.
A friend recounts how Marshall Field of Chicago learned to turn defeat into victory. As a boy he asked a merchant for work by persisting with questions about needing and having a boy. The merchant finally agrees to hire him, illustrating Field’s early perseverance. Also notes beware enemies rather than enemies.
We provide all required materials and know how to fix floor troubles. Tell us your flooring needs and we will explain how to meet them with proper finishing and maintenance steps.
Canto Gerardi, held for tomorrow's city court session before Judge Peasley, reportedly admits the charge of attempted criminal assault against Mrs. Frederick A. Tyrrell of Chestnut Hill road. He was released on $2,000 bail posted by Michael Guilfoile for the Cudahy Packing Co. He will be defended by Attorney McEvoy and may plead guilty, also admitting he was armed during the alleged attack. The police question his motives and presence with another man, while noting the 22 caliber revolver bullet struck Gerardi on the temple but did not stun him, enabling him to disarm Tyrrell after the weapon was fired. If he pleads not guilty, more details will emerge and a plea change is likely.
The Brooklyn brief notes a Walker’s drug store clerk on two weeks’ vacation, a Waterbury pipe sale, and residents returning from trips to Boston and across the state. It records a bank street health concern, St Patrick’s Church Choir outing to Stratford, a pedestrian injury at Bank and North Riverside, and a bar fight on Bank Street ending with a man in the gutter. Extra items include columns from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia papers and garbled text.
A 1908 Waterbury exchange shows John ONeill and Charles Colley urging city leaders to adopt an Unter den Linden style fountain on a broad thoroughfare from the Soldiers' monument to Willow Street. They argue the project would beautify the city, cost little, and rival Berlin inspired schemes. Colley cites Savannah as a model and urges prompt action by the board of works.
A contest open to graduates and students from all Connecticut public and private schools will award the Brown Cup to the winner. Waterbury typewriting experts may enter, with the cup rotating to a trophy at annual meetings. The winner holds the cup one year, or permanently after three consecutive wins, and receives a gold engraved medal. First contest at New London on February 20, 1909, with executive committee named.
Arrangements for the state convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence union are set for September 14 and 15 in New Britain as guests of the Young Men's T A and B society. A rally and temperance address precede the event with a reception at the Y M T A hall and a banquet to conclude the gathering.
In 1907 New Haven County issued 306 decrees of divorce. Adultery and desertion led to 1 decree, 22 for intolerable cruelty, 115 for desertion of three years or more, 27 for habitual intemperance, 4 for cruelty and habitual temperance, 1 for adultery and commission of a crime, 1 for absence and absence over seven years, and 1 for corporal infirmity. A purchaser is sought for what remains.
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