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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
2
A string of local shoplines touts buttermilk quality and buying savvy. Jokes compare legal bills, tea, beer, and schoolyard quips to persuade customers. A call to buy emphasized with prices for baking powder and a nod to stock urgency.
Observers note a surge of volunteers for U S Navy as officials favor daily newspaper advertising after analysis shows recruits cost 3.86 dollars each via dailies and up to 85 dollars via magazines. The shift follows last year’s 50000 dollar bureau spend and reflects a confident recruitment mood.
Tonight’s local gathering features the Naturalist Club at St Michael’s. Water Ville Drum Corps also plans a performance, adding musical entertainment to the community meeting.
The Orange fair is set for September 7 and 8 with a raincoat sale at Upson Singleton Co. Open all day Tuesday. Law and abatements committees to meet Thursday night. Aldermen may lack quorum next Monday due to Labor Day. Bank Street curb repairs to be inspected. Anniversary requiem for Francis Mays at St Thomas’s Church tomorrow at 8. Hotels report a rush of tourists. Finance board to discuss teachers’ salaries on Thursday. Sunday Mass to be the last high Mass in Catholic churches starting next Sunday. Sidney Hart files bankruptcy with $8,138.93 in debts and $4.29 in assets. Firemen drill daily at the Brooklyn engine house. Tower work with seats on the move. Two gypsy fortune tellers arrested then released with vow not to read palms again. Waterbury Military Band parade at City Hall. barn dance and encores. A speaker at City Hall criticized out-of-town labor. calls for charter changes. Timothy J. Fitzgerald, 44, dies from gas dose at 1054 South Main. despondent over dull times. Funeral set for 9:30 tomorrow.
Aug 31 Farmers club members toured Governor Rollin S. Woodruff at Farmer Lee's dairy farm in Orange. Molly Stark the cow let the governor milk her while farmers cheered, followed by a banquet at Walnut Grove and a notice of DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills sold at Beckingham Pharmacy.
A Treasury Department circular warns federal post office workers against political activity. Prohibitions include serving on political committees, aiding campaigns, publishing partisan papers, or accepting nominations with intent to resign from the competitive service. Penalties include fines up to $1,000 or three years imprisonment.
The Pequot Casino on Pequot avenue near New London harbor burned at noon, gutting the club house of summer cottagers with losses estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. Twelve New York guests escaped safely as fire officials blamed a short circuit beneath the floor of the third story wing. Local residents aided in rescuing trunks and valuables.
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