Old Time School Meeting At Pond House In Terrsville
Readable minutes describe a January town meeting at Junwihan Pond’s house in Terrsville to appoint Jonathan Pond as executor and clerk, set up a school, allocate wood for fires, and fix payments for services. Attendees include Edgar Pond, Lemuel Cookick Beek, Zach Hinhesek, and more. the session ends January 20 with a note on a blacksmith shop and a quatrain about God Satan and sin on the reverse.
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Terrsville
Doe
Pred Pader
Edgar 1
Pond
Amdo
Schow
Hetee
Jonayhatt Pond
Natha Pond
Jonathan Pond
Denarhan Pond
Lemuel Cookick Beek
Zacha Hinhesek
Tonullian Pond
Satan
Naugatuck items note holiday sales and gatherings
Public schools closed at noon for Christmas, with reopening planned next Monday. Church helpers will aid the needy on Christmas day. Barber shops stay open tonight but close Friday. rubber factories shut briefly for holidays. Local residents travel to Bridgeport and return. Notables include Rev J O R Sheridan’s Chicago trip and Alstonia’s recovery. Henry Binemaneus joins Cornell varsity. funeral for Mrs Flor Hubbel held at Millville with interment in Grove cemetery.
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Upson, Singleton & Co
St Michael’s Church
Jlenry Binemaneus
Cornell University
Naugatuck
Mos Flor
Gath
Istip. le L
St Michael's
Garth
Churell
Waterbury Jottings and Local Notes
Watertown jottings report Herbert Wood is ill at his Curtiss avenue home. Mr and Mrs A J Stephens will spend Christmas in New York. Road work near Lyman Sperry’s residence halted for winter. Miss Fitzgerald, parochial school teacher, resigns to join public schools. Miss Fitzgerald received a pretty gift from her pupil. Christmas exercises mark vacation. high grade pupils gift Rev Father O'Brien a $10 gold piece. Hemingway and Bartlett company suspend factory nights due to the night-hour law, reflecting its broad impact on employer and employee.
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Herbert Uwood
Curtiss Avenue
A. J. Stephens
New York
Lyman Sperry
Piizgerald
Waterbury
Fitzgerald
Father O'Brien
Heminway and
Bartlett i Company
Shrubbb Letters Over Delayed Marathon Rowing Pact
Alfred Shrubb, the English professional, travels from Boston to New York frustrated by delays in arranging a race with Longboat. He seeks a six mile and 85 yard event, demands timely terms, and threatens to return to England if not fulfilled. The plan includes four mile legs for three top middle distance runners at Madison Square Garden on January 8, with decisions to be public.
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Alfred Alfred Shrutt
Garden
Boston
Shrabh
England
Madison Satare Garden
Vitile Enelsham
Rive
Flatiron
Mr Growleigh’s Christmas Crusade Sparks Doll Display
The Chicago Post quotes a scene where Mr Growleigh, longtime critic of Christmas excess, faces a change as Laura presents a storeful of dolls and trinkets for his house. The exchange shows tension over gifts and tradition as miniature figures arrive.
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Saymond
High Prices for Pleasing Foods in Public Debate
A historical column argues that flavor and intangible dining pleasures justify higher costs for foods. It cites digestion, appetite, and mood as reasons to value delicatessen and luxury ingredients like oysters and caviar, linking them to health and morale, while warning about adulteration and the need for stricter quality control.
Building a home skating pond for winter fun
A home skating pond is easy to set up by clearing snow, flooding the space after a long freeze, and layering ice to create a safe rink. With a small patch of lawn, parents and children can enjoy the activity, while avoiding distant lakes and enjoying local ice glory. The text also promotes subscription to The Evening Democrat and Cosmopolitan Magazine.
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Learore
Circle Magazine
Evening Democrat
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Lipton Faces Cup Impasse Over New York Rules
Glasgow December report notes no prospect of an America's Cup challenge due to New York Yacht Club restrictions. Sir Thomas Lipton and designer William Fife vow to pursue a race under present rules or Europe rules, but deed of gift and club stance keep the cup tied to the NYYC framework. Some members favor boats not purely racing machines, with potential action next year toward a 1910 race.
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New York Yacht Club
Glasgow
Wiliam Fife
Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas Lipton
William Fife
New York
Europe
Sir Thomas
Vaelts
Sare
Ey Shisman
Batt
McClure’s January Feature Highlights New Novel and Stories
McClure’s magazine January issue showcases the first part of Marriage a la Mode, plus The House of Mapuhi by Jack London and five other strong short stories. Included are essays and notes from figures like General Kuropatkin on Portsmouth peace, Dr Brandreth Symond’s mortality data, James Ford on The Appeal of the Stage, and Will C Barnes on wild horses.
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McClure
South Seas
Jack London
Kuropatkin
Portsmouth
Brandreth Symond
James
Ford
Will C. Barnes
P T Barnum Estate Administrator Named in Connecticut
The Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co was appointed administrator in Bridgeport probate court for the late P T Barnum's estate, succeeding executor Benjamin Fish who died. Judge Henry Stoddard supported Harold Fish, but the trust company appointment avoids large costs. widow Baroness d Alexandry d Orengiana is represented.
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Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co
Hartford
Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co
Bridgeport
PT. Barnum
Benjamin Fish
Henry Stoddard
New Haven
d'Alexandry d'Orengiana
Harold Fish
Mr Fish
Stoddard
Schoolteacher urged shorter time in laundries ad line
A fragment from an old newspaper quotes an unnamed schoolteacher advising a shorter washing time for a little girl, referencing a mother who values washing with Fels Naptha. The passage hints at laundry product promotion within dated editorial or advertisement text.
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Anty
Progressive Women Use Fels-Naptha In Cool Water
Easy on the woman and easy on the clothes. That's why progressive women are washing their clothes with Fels-Naptha in cool or lukewarm water, in summer or winter.
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Mary
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