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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
7
Local store runs a week long sale with many discounted home textiles and decor items. Bamboo porch screens 12x8 at 98c, ruffled muslin curtains 25c a pair, fringe Smyrna rugs 9c, sunfast Holland shades 49c, tapestry items 25c yard, Nottingham lace curtains 83c pair, tapestry portieres 2.7, wool rug fringe 7c yard, silk covered headrests 12½c each. Limited stock across many departments. visit to view further offers.
A bus carrying Haymakers near disaster when a pole snapped and a horse fell during a corner turn at Noble's farm Straitsville. Over 100 attended a fine bake by Fred Bosworth. Baseball games had mixed results with Worrell knocked out in the third. A 11-inning clash saw married men beat single men 11 10. Local grapplers report dominance by Alex Swanson. Democratic primaries set for Thursday across three wards with poll times listed.
Waterbury car news reports Thomas Shields Sr slightly better after an injury. John Holleran, hurt by a fall from a car, is recovering rapidly. The Skilton family plans their forty third reunion at the town hall on Wednesday August 26. Miss Sarah Kelley begins work as stenographer for M J Daly Co of Waterbury. Joseph Dunn of New York visits his parents. The Rev W T Holmes has returned from out of town. Jamessean visits relatives in New Canaan. A Mormon converts session notes about remigration and 200 women investigated with forty held for further inquiry, and Margaret and Catherine Hee ill sent back to Livecpost.
Sun day visits and homecomings across towns including New Britain Ansonia New Milford and Boston reflect social ties. Miss Edna Van Alstyne Miss Hazel Adams and Miss Rema McCarthy are among visitors while P S Morsehead returns from Boston and the Traynor Guards camp at Prospect Hill.
Fire yesterday at the Charles Batesbury blacksmith and carriage shop in South Manchester caused a loss of 5000 dollars. The origin remains unknown. Also reported are a child’s safe return to New Haven orphanage after a vacation theft, a Windsor druggist fined for selling candy on Sunday, a severe spinal fracture from a tree accident in Southington, and oystermen in Westport protesting seed theft by outsiders near the Saugatuck river. Additional items cover a Hartford trolley conductor killed, intruders thwarted by a frightened homeowner in Bridgeport, Judge Roraback’s 59th birthday at Twin Lakes camps, and a vesper gift ceremony.
Oakville notes cover A H Lohse entertaining Nets brother of New Haven and the Hine family returning from Morris. Misses Rabin and Murtha spend weeks at Savin Rock. A Waterbury tale features a 2.56 pipe bought for 50 conte. Donald McLeod rushes to work on a brick house on Bunker Hill road near Pollen place, with all brick construction.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw travels to Boston with Frances Paon alias Mrs H Leonard Griffith posing as Douglass and Griffith. After an alarming fainting episode at Somerville, a physician learns the truth, the pair flee to New York, and Thaw's age and lifestyle appear to have left visible marks.
A fragment from a Sunday school paper is read by Plodding Pete who asks Mike about being between two seats of fate. The dialogue frames a moral choice likened to work versus a night out.
Fragmentary dialogue shows an actor pleading hunger and a stage manager offering an eating event. Tone suggests backstage hardship and a rough, humorous exchange amid limited readable text.
In Butte Montana on August 25 a slender highwayman with blue eyes masked by a black covering robbed seven Yellowstone park stagecoaches near the Old Faithful Inn. Tourists from New York and Philadelphia were among the victims, $6000 taken, and a horse stolen to aid the getaway. He weighs little more than a twelve year old. U S cavalry and government scouts pursue him between Big Springs and Ashton Station.
A London society feud centers on a diamond necklace purchase. A rival uses a generous offer to test a lady's generosity, leading to a scheme where she pays part of the cost but the necklace appears on another, her rival, raising a bitter conflict. A Georgia farmer and a jealous wife anecdote follow, with light humor about campaigns and courtship. The column weaves gossip, intrigue, and social mores.
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