Woodbury Trolley Opens With Official Run and Banquet
The Woodbury trolley line will be officially opened tomorrow with a car carrying officials and invited guests leaving from the city at 11 o clock. Speeches will be given in the Town hall followed by a banquet at the Curtiss house expected to host about 100 guests. Ex Comptroller A N Mitchell will address the welcome and Press Mellen of the New York New Haven and Hartford will respond. The route, one of the state’s prettiest, winds past cliffs and groves from Middlebury to Woodbury’s lower street, with cool scenery from Lake Quassapaug reservoirs nearby.
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Woodbury
Curtiss
Attos
A. N. Mitchell
Exchange Place
Building Boom Signals Busy Era for Local Architects
Building inspector Chatfield issued permits totaling about 44500 dollars in the past week as contractors push multiple projects. Owen Carey advances a frame addition on Franklin street for Joseph Barbara and a concrete garage on Hewlett street for George A. King, while Joseph Manganaro begins a foundation on East Main for Julius Chotzixnoff. New factory work for Steele Johnson and Narrow Fabric Co. proceeds, with Scovill Manufacturing Co receiving permits for a brick addition and five one story additions. Plans exist for an Odd Fellows building in Winsted, a residence on Woodlawn terrace for Caroline A Platt, and an Elks building addition on West Main street, among other ongoing and upcoming projects.
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Chatfield
Owen Carey
Franklin Street
Joseph 8
Barbara
Hewlett Street
George A. King
Joseph Manganaro
Julius Chotzixnoff
East Main Street
J. E. Brandt
Hill Street
Tracy Bros Co
Manufacturers
Foundry Co
Steele & Johnson
New Haven
Narrow Fabric Co
C. Jerome Bailey
Watertown
D.C. Callender
North Carolina
Scovill Manufacturing Co
Hamilton
J. F. Buttner
John Dreschler
Watertown Road
E. A. Butler
Barlow Bros Co
Winsted
Woodlawn Terrace
Caroline A. Platt
Chatfield & Chatfield
Barlow Bros
Louis A. Walsh
Elks
West Main Street
Local notices from Terryville to Hartford fill column
Purely personal items list residents visiting family and friends from Terryville Meriden New Haven Hartford and Hartford areas. Mentions include Ed ward Chapman Mrs William La Force Patrick Barry James Clancy attending Tony Pastor funeral Miss Katherine Casey and more. Police seek higher pay citing longer beats and higher city wage norms.
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Edward Chapman
Terryville
Thomas T. Redfern
Meriden
William la Force
Coe Street
Savin Rock
Patrick Barry
Orange Street
Norfolk
William Keegan
New London
James Geddes
Plaza Avenue
New Haven
Anna Wilson
Margaret Hennessy
Hartford
George Wright
W.B. McDonald
Cromwell
Joseph Tracy
Walnut Street
James Clancy
Jacques Theater
New York
Tony Pastor
Katherine Marie Casey
John Moriarty
Paul Cribber
Lindeman
Thoms
Fort Trumbull Beach
Frank P.” Guilfoile
Europe
Charles H. Clark
Horace R. Clark
Celia Judkins
Lynn
Mass
Abbie Judkins
Arthur Littledale
Clark
Newport
Paris
Edna Bruns
Poll's Stock Company
Dosser
Dosser. Miss Bruns
R. F. Andrews
The
Charles E. Merrick
Apothecaries Hall
Daisy Williams
Elm Street
Norwalk
Trinity Episcopal Church
Broadway
N. Y
Hubert F. Pierce
First ward Democrats meet in city court tonight
The First ward Democrats will convene in the city court room at 8 PM to draft a ticket for the primary. All district Democrats are urged to attend. The piece also quotes editorials on Connecticut politics and Lilley’s nomination prospects.
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Lucy
First Ward
Nabisco Sugar Wafers Highlight Elegant Dinner Service
A vintage ad style note extols Nabisco Sugar Wafers as the perfect dessert accompaniment for hostess refinement. The piece also lists local vendors and sales, including Ehrlich Rockwell Forester opening on Bank Street, Monroe's Business College, Hampson Sellew furniture, and various department store promotions for dresses, hats, coal, pianos, and boys' suit discounts.
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Ehrlich, Rockwell & Forester
Bank Street
Monroe's
Business College
Hampson-Sellew Co
Grieve, Bisset & Holland
Ladies’ Home Journal
Curran
Wenzel
Young
Apothecaries Hall Co
Upson, Singleton & Co
Jones, Morgan & Co
Knox
Woodruff Grocery Co
Curtis Art
Corn Eating Contest Claimed In Sullivan County
Middletown New York August thirty first Yharo hosts a county wide corn eating contest to crown the champion of the area Fred Owens thirteen from Grooville is named the champion sweet corn eater after devouring corn from cob to eleven feet nine inches long William Ports of Roscoe Essima sets a challenge with twenty four cobs totaling sixteen feet, eaten in one meal and invites rivals to beat it.
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Middletown
Sullivan County
Fred Owens
Henry E. Owens
Grooville
William Ports
Roscoe Essima
Mr Ports
Syrian peasant irrigation by subsoil moisture
In Syria and Palestine from April to October there is little rain yet crops like watermelons tomatoes and cucumbers thrive without watering. Farmers favor shallow six inch plowing to keep the topsoil friable and moist while allowing below moisture to support growth until autumn rains resume.
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Syria
Palestine
Board of Education Meets This Evening At 7:30
City board to meet this evening to discuss the Driggs school addition. Salvatore Bare of 51 Canal Street employed by Seavill Manufacturing fell on factory stairs, hospitalized with shoulder injury. Gaffney Jewelry Co annual report filed. John W. Gaffney president Joseph T. Gaffney treasurer John L. Gaffney secretary. Funeral held for Mrs William M. Tyler of Bucks Hill with Rev Lewis of St John's Church officiating.
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Salvatore Bare
Canal Street
Seavill Manufacting Co
Waterbury Hospital
Gaffney Jewelry Co
John W. Gaffney
Joseph T. Gaffney
John L. Gaffney
William M. Tyler
Bucks Hill
Mr Lewis
St John's Church
Plymouth
William ‘Aber
Wilson Pierpont
Jobs Todd Tana J. Noly
Rapid Life Imagery Amid Quick Decisions
Fragmentary OCR notes describe rapid actions and quick decisions in life and wealth, with scattered phrases about hustle and speed. The text hints at a revue or performance context, mentioning The Americas and a parts revue but lacks clear names, dates, or locations.
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Americas
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