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Newspaper

Waterbury Evening Democrat

Location

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1908

Page

9

Shakespearean music program delights Naugatuck women

The Woman's Study club at Mrs HB Tuttle's residence on Millville Avenue presented a Shakespearean musical afternoon with vocalists May Smith Squire Tuttle and piano by Baxter Eaton Soule and others. The program featured selections from Mendelssohn and Schubert and a paper on Shakespearean music. large attendance reported.

Woman's Study Club HB. Tuttle Millville Avenue May Mrx Smith Squire Tuttle Baxter

Watertown Notes Include Births Weddings and School Closings

Simo born Monday to Mr Nil Mra Atwood and Miss Grave Hill takes a position at Oakville Co Taft school closes for Christmas vacation December 16. A large attendance expected for a Bethlehem dance Friday evening. Foresters held a well attended meeting. Porter, about 22, dies of tuberculosis at his sister’s home in Watertown Heights after stays at Wallingford sanitorium. A quiet wedding December 9 at Scott Avenue Watertown Heights joins Bersey Nugney to George A. Cook in presence of immediate family. Mr and Mrs Cook to reside on Scott Avenue after January.

Simo Mrnil VF Atwood Grave Hill Oakville Co Taft School Bethlehem Foresters Orden Porter Andrew Barton Wallingford Hollis B. Bagg Om Scott Nye Watertown Heights Bersey Nugney George A. Cook Clarence

The Drug Fiend and Its Empty Life

A clipped essay argues that hasheesh and other drugs render users useless and deceitful, turning them into burdens on society. It recounts personal anecdotes of ruined finances and broken trust, then shifts to a humor strip about a worried man misplacing a bankbook, illustrating lighter concerns juxtaposed with grim warnings.

Everybody's Magazine

Shakespeare Illustrated Weill Supplied Doctor I Want Strong Bark

A fragmented dialogue recalls theatrical images and domestic banter from a 19th century news page. The piece references Shakespeare, a nurse, dogs, and a playful exchange about a husband and wife. It evokes a period voice with garbled lines and unfamiliar names.

Weill Tam

A Dreadful Weapon The Sharks Teeth Club Of Polynesians

The article surveys ancient and tribal weapons with emphasis on slashing sharkteeth clubs from Polynesian cultures and other regions. It notes the brutal use, variations in length from inches to sixteen feet, and how such clubs influenced later weapons including tomahawks and spears, while contrasting with evolving metal weapons and missiles across Africa and other peoples.

National Museum of the United States

Beethoven and Business Distasteful to the Great Composer

An article cites a German paper noting Beethoven’s pricing habits. He demanded fees in guineas, warned publishers, and spoke of being partly a tradesman. A Vienna letter describes a 5 guinea offer with a year’s private property then publication rights, ending with a potential dedication.

Belling London Beethoven Leipzig Vienna

Architects Named For City Buildings and Subscriptions

C Jerome Bailey is listed as architect for the Apothecaries Hall building Freney and Jackson are architects at 61 Leavenworth and Joseph Z Smith at 38 North Male street. A subscription pitch urges readers to subscribe to the Cosmopolitan Magazine and Evening Democrat, 42 cents a month.

C. Jerome Bailey Apothecaries’ Hall Freney & Jackson—Architects Leavenworth At Joseph Z. Smith North Male St Cosmopolitan Evening Democrat

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