Board of Health Hears Incinerator Pitch and Local Nuisance Notes
The Board of Public Health met to hear James P. Maloney tout the Vulcan Incinerator plant as peerless, while complaints about smoke from soft coal at the Jacques were referred to the health officer. Sanitary Inspector Callahan reported multiple illnesses, fumigations, and widespread diphtheria control efforts across several schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Health
James P. Maloney
Vulcan Incinerator Company
Maloney
Bland
Jacques
Scovill House
Callahan
Simonsville
Walsh
Webster
Sprague
Bunker Hill
Clay
Christmas vest sale and local notices in Waterbury
City shoppers are urged to buy Christmas presents with six and nine shillings priced fancy vests at Upson Singleton Co. Civil and social notes report Edith French’s stable hospital condition, funeral details for Mrs Herbert B. Smith, and a requiem mass for James Claffey. Recent local items include medical ward plans at Brookside, Tenement block work on Louns bury street, and rising egg and feed costs affecting farm life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upson, Singleton & Co's
Edith French
Waterbury Hospital
Herbert B. Smith
W. G. Smith
First Avenue
Immaculate Conception
James Claffey
Rebels Siege Port au Prince as Haitians Fear Uprising
From Port au Prince, December 1, rebels led by General Antoine Simon halted their advance after a victorious march, bringing fear of internal revolt. US and French warships remain in the harbor as residents shutter shops, foreigners worry of pillage, and an extraordinary session of the chambers is convened to preserve or broker a settlement. Grand Goave fell without a shot. Duguay Trouin surveys and guards, Nord Alexis sails to bombard a rebel port.
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Port Au Prince
Revolutionary Army
Antoine Simon
United States
France
Grand Goave
Duguay -Tronin
Petit Goave
Duguay Trouin
Nord Alexis
Authoress Dies After Pistol Wound in New York
New York reports Mrs. Eleanor Merron Cowper, noted authoress, playwright, and actress, died at Presbyterian Hospital after a self-inflicted pistol wound at the St. Regis. Doctors removed a lead fragment from her brain following surgery. she had been wounded at the hotel and died hours later. Her wealth funded jewelry gifts to a bazaar shortly before her death, and she was believed driven by the deaths of her husband and James H. Wallack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eleanor Merron Cowper
St. Regis
Presbyterian Hospital
James H. Wallack
NAVAL WAR CONGRESS OPENS WITH UNITED STATES AT LONDON
London dispatch reports the international naval congress beginning with representatives from major maritime powers including the United States. The gathering focuses on proposed and actual changes in warfare at sea as Egypt’s call and wider imperial interests loom in the backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London
Congress of World
Donahue Case judge finds three defenses bad
Judge Bennett of the superior court rules in favor of Miss Donahue on three defenses in the case brought by Mary Moriarty to recover about 4000 from the estate of Thomas Donahue. The court notes the defense is valid because C F Downey obtained a foreclosure judgment against a portion of the estate.
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Bennett
Superior Court
Mary A. Donahue
Nellye Donahue Moriarty
James L. Moriarty
Miss Donahue
Thomas Donahue
Downey
Waterbury
Daniel Kelly
Mary Kelly
Water
Maid District
Dee
A. D
Robert A. Lowe
Capitol Names Assistants for Legislative Session
Superintendent F. E. Dickerman announced the assistants for the upcoming session: John Davis Preston, W. H. Taylor Putnam, Charles Sevito Bridgeport, Frederick O. Brown Lebanon, Albert Stokes Westbrook, William Holbein Burlington, and Frank St George Meriden. Barber shop contract awarded to J F Shulthiess Hartford. restaurant to William L Bowles Springfield Mass. boot black parlor awarded to the prior conductor.
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Capitol
Lst
F. E. Dickerman
John Davis
Preston
W. H. Taylor
Putnam
Charles Sevito
Bridgeport
Frederick O. Brown
Lebanon
Albert Stokes
Westbrook
William Holbein
Burlington
Frank St George
Meriden
J. F. Shulthiess
Hartford
William L. Bowles
Springfield
Mass
New Street Broom Cleans City Paved Streets
The city operates a flow broom on paved streets today and it works well when not blocked by sidewalk crowds. Propelled by two horses, the sweeper could reduce cleaning costs, though daytime traffic slows progress. It runs faster at night when fewer vehicles are about.
Timely Topics hoards bargains and products across city shops
Apothecaries Hall Co offers silver bonbon dish and pound of candy. Driggs & Smith tout quality pianos. R. R. Harder & Co sells boys pants at half price. Boston Furniture Co invites orders for household furnishings. Model Market Co ships two carloads of White Swan flour. Hubar & Co hold diamonds jewelry silverware with small deposit. Currans sell coats and suits at quick sale prices. J. G. Jackle & Sons offer holiday slippers. Jones, Morgan & Co display clothing for all ages. Harvard models priced 12 to 30. Woodruff Grocery demos a peanut for salads. Miller & Peck list women’s flannelette garments. J. B. Mullings & Son’s boys store stocks essentials. Ehrlich, Rockwell & Forester offer tailor suits formerly 30 to 35. Mother hears, “Oh mamma,” as child barefoot. King Dodge’s slippers protect from cold. Upson, Singleton & Co present tailored suits at 18. Hub Grocery Co offers money-saving combinations. Ziglatzki-Marks sell artists materials and passe partout. Cleaned Lehigh coal sold by John McEligoct. George J. Gailey & Co new jewelry and cut glass. Reid & Hughes show hand painted embroidery novelties. Rubber goods and altar repairs at Al Babbar, 129 Bank Street.
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Apothecaries Hall Co
Driggs & Smith
R. R. Harder & Co
Boston Furniture Co
Model Market Co
Hubar & Co
Currans
J. G. Jackle & Sons
Jones, Morgan & Co
Harvard
Woodruff Grocery Co
Miller & Peck
J. B. Mullings & Son
Boys
Ehrlich, Rockwell & Forester
King Dodge
Upson, Singleton & Co
Hub Grocery Co
Ziglatzki-Marks
Lehigh
John McEiligoct
George J. Gailey & Co
Reid & Hughes
al- Babbar
Bank Street
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Board OF Health
Incinerator Co
City News
F. H. Grant
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
New Empire Theater
Louis Hull
Wylie
John Bolton
Emerald Street
Florrie
Alfred
Joseph Dougherty
Sallie Brassie
Catherine
Margaret
Sallie
Sylvester
Rosaline Price
Soberg
Lounsbury Street
Baldwin
South Street
Board of Charities
Brookside Hom
Lal
Anti-tuberculosis League
Charity Board
Demon
Fen
Simon
Naval War Congress
Egypt
Libya
Robert Hichens
Mamma
Louis Globe-Democrat
East Main St
Donahue
NEW Street Broom
James M. Fulton
Mullingw
Bank St
Chemids
Park Ave
Poll’s Theater
E. N. Dougherty
Mullings
Nted—Porter
Hamilton Hardware Corp
Fulton Music Co, Inc
Center
Martha Atwood
Watertown
South Main
The
Fulton Music Co
George Robbins
West Main St
Grand St. James M. Fulton
J. A. Lovett
Fuller St
Willard St
District OF
John O'Reilly
Sy Yald Duntict
Margaret O"ly
Waterwry
Porolock
Wadhams Woman's Relief Corps
Grand St
ENTS
Crown
Hill
Beacon
Hill St
Maple
Baldwin Sts
Mill St
Maple St
Democrat
Frank Graber
South Main St
N. B
Fred Wohlfarth
South Mainst
Muster & Liebeskind
East Main Street
Henry Weber
Ward St
Joln
J. McBvoy
Conn
Far
Rell Bros
W. ©. Burten
South Waterbury
Tel
OLD Buxton Distillery Co
Helen Palmer
Marion
P. O
New York City
Irish Woolen Mills Co
Farrelly & Dwyer
A. Dulac
J. B. Smith & Co
Benedict St
Tracy
Danbury
Grand
Philip Miller
Hamilton Ave
Franklin St
Frank the Shoeman
Ludlow St
Wyman St
Ludlow
Exchange Place
Redmond
Willowst C
T. Brennan
East Main Si
McGrath Block
Corner Phoenix
J. A. Hynes & Son
George N. Marshall
Vine St
Vine
W. R. Price
Poli
East Male and
Celests
A. R
California
Mra
A. D. Hubbell
Bond
City
W. R. Adams
Abbott Ave
Bohl
N. Y
Prise & Horton
D. H. Tibrn
Sears i
Thomaston
Waterville
American Loan Co
Con ci
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