Naugatuck News Briefs on Trials and Local Life
Local court items set for Judge Hissel as Jack Quinn and Edna Quinn face charges in New Britain. Mrs Kinnerney and others are represented by Kennedy. state officers surveil Quinn’s place. Community events span lodges dances, church Christmas services, and a Cribbage tournament at Renohan’s with a $55 prize. Community notes cover holiday travel, theater, and merchant trade with Waterbury and Traction Co. James Clark, longtime employee, dies. Breen fined for saloon violation with Condon contesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hissel
Kennedy
Kinnerney
B.C. McMahon
Josephine Scott
Union City
New Britain
Margaret
Bridget Rietly
Toftay
Seymour
Centennial
Gavel Lodge
Salem
Opera House
Renehan's Hall
Welcome Social Club
Partea
Atate
Quinn
Sweeney
Hee
George Kennedy
Buffalo
Bryant
New Haven
Shepherdlodge
A. M
Renohan’s
Nangstuck
Waterbury
Christ Dey
Church Etreet
Ewing
St Francis Church
Miss Peck
Mr. Curry
Francia
Pythian Hall Baptist
Barry
Deacon Smith
First Baptist Church of
T. Carnon Hanna
Hanne
Mabie
Democrat
New York
Traction Co
Consolidated Road
James Clark
The
Flove Co
John Breen
Cherry Street
Hasterd
Breen
Patrick Condon
Prince Henry Mission Seen as Spread-Eagle Display in Berlin
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Henry’s Far East voyage as mainly a display of pomp. Germany, China, Russia, and Britain maneuver to shape Manchuria and North China after Port Arthur, with Japan and Germany seeking understandings while debates on the Bay of Klao Chou reveal costly fortifications and scarce harbor value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
China
Foreign Office
Port Arthur
Cologne
Germany
Ruoma
Prance
Prince Henry
Procaia
Sim
Hong Rens
Siberian
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
Corea
England
Prem
Bay of Klao Chou
Kemp's Balsam Promotes Quick Cold Relief nationally
An advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as the most successful remedy for coughs croup bronchitis asthma and consumption. Available at druggists tonight through the week with a 25 cent bottle and a family bottle free offer to encourage immediate use and home stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp
Watertown Jottings and Local Notices
Watertown notes describe St John's confirmation exercises led by Bishop Tierney with priests from the diocese, a decorated church, and heavy train traffic. Also announced are Prof Turner’s Jan 7 1898 lecture at St John's, Waterbury Traction Co's electric line success, and Golden Cross meeting plans at Pythian Hall with notes on local welfare and small advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plice
Waterbury
Golden Cross
St John's Church
Father O'Donnell
St John’s Church
Tierney
Hartford
Turner
Watertown
Boston
Germany
Waterbury Traction Co
Oakville
Episcopal Church
Taft
William Hanning
The
Xendera
Pythian Hatihia
Portland Chamber Pleads for Relief Aid to War Department
In a telegram to Secretary of War Alger the Portland Chamber of Commerce urges immediate relief for famine in the Northwest. It asks for 310,000 from the relief fund, promises an expedition with volunteers to reach Dawes in sixty days, and warns against inflated food prices and misleading reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike Panda
Portland
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Alger
Northwest
Reiler
Fulton
Daweon
United States Demands 8 Million Indemnity from Spain
Madrid dispatch reports the United States demands Spain pay 8,000,000 dollars in indemnity to American traders for damages suffered during the Cuban conflict. The request follows damage claims linked to the war in Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
London
Madrid
United States
Cuba
Effort to Save Durrant Intensifies in San Francisco
Dec. 27. A renewed bid to spare Theodore Durrant’s life by Jan. 7 unfolds as an affidavit from the murderer's father is filed. Horace Smythe, a juror who convicted Durrant, was cited for contempt after allegedly admitting he did not vote to convict on the trial evidence but was influenced by outside tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Horace Smythe
Durrant
Smythe
Oakville Happenings and Holiday Notes In Town
Local items report traffic on the Watertown and Oakville Branch at peak levels and Skaling ceremonies starting. Oakville citizens face higher lunch prices and a two day shop shutdown ended. Congregational Sunday School plans annual Christmas festivities with tree and Santa Claus. Depot additions updated. holiday train runs and record passenger traffic. Some travelers faced steep prices for coffee and sandwiches on the line. A light snowfall occurred yesterday. Curtis Meek of Anaheim praises Chamberlains remedy after buying a bottle. Sales by Apothecaries Hall Co. George M. Ladd, 864 South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Oakville
Maple Grove
Plu
Congregational
Red Men's Hall
Waterbury
Qaleville
New York
Leiter Turn Miner In Earliest Northwest Wheat Gold Scheme
Chicago December 27 Levi Leiter, father of Joseph Leiter, is linked with Canada Pacific railway head John Mackay Ogden Mills and the Dale of Tuck in a large scale wheat and gold venture in the Northwest Territory. H Maitland Kersey, a former White Star agent, is named as the key organizer with possible concessions and influential backers in England. Leiter says details are with Kersey and that European talks will resume on return from Europe for business arrangements.
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Northwest
Chicago
Levi
Northwest Territory
Leite
Canadian Pacific Railway
John WV. Mackay
Ogden Mills
Dale of
Tuck
Afr
Leiter
Joseph
Eidte
H. Maitland Kersey
White Star Steamship Line
Ulete
England
Ikersey
TD Delleve
Europe
Penn track chief denies Penn visit to England
Philadelphia December 27 A Kregznein the fast hurdler stated in Milwaukee that the University of Pennsylvania track team would visit England next summer to compete in 11 dual meets with Cambridge University Frank B Ellis chairman of the Penn track committee denies the claim asserting no such trip has been scheduled and that no agreement exists at present
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kraenhtein
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
A. Kregnzlein
University of Pennsylvania
England
Cambridge University
Frank B. Ellis
How to Prevent Pneumonia Remains Cough Remedy Endorsed
A local notice promotes Chamberlain's cough remedy as the best preventive for pneumonia during cold season. It claims the remedy cures coughs and colds, is used by many, and suitable for people with weak lungs. Available in 25 and 50 cent sizes from Agottionartes Hall Co and George M. Ladd at 54 South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Olagah
Indoer
Agottionartes Hall Co
George M. Ladd
South Main Street
Man wanted to start business with small capital before Christmas
A garbled notice promotes a small capital start in canned goods and provisions with hints of seasonal timing before Christmas. It mentions J D Kennedy Oakville and John Evans Florist, claiming Waterbury Evening as a top advertising medium for business men and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
Ain Seart
J. D. Kennedy
Oakville
Court Official and Mason Dead
Charleston West Virginia December 27 Q. O. Long clerk of the state supreme court and lieutenant grand commander of the Scottish Rite Masonry for the southern jurisdiction of the United States died here last night after a short illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Long
State Supreme Court
Scottish Rite Masonry
United States
Stomach Remedy Advocated as Safe Cure for Indigestion
A period advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe, effective non patent medicine for indigestion and related stomach troubles. It claims 1894 Michigan cures exceed six thousand and promotes mail order availability from Start Co. Marshall, Michigan with a 60 cent price and a free book on stomach diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Stuart
Start Co. Marshall, Mgeh
High Class Clothing Presents Christmas Gifts in Rochester
A Rochester ad promotes a Christmas display of gifts from High Class Clothing. It touts wearable bargains and a wide assortment including neckwear, mufflers, house jackets, bath robes, umbrellas, coats, gloves, hats and caps. The store offers evening hours until Christmas and highlights festive window displays.
Rochester Clothing Co Sideboards New Charm and Utility
A Rochester Clothing Company advertisement extols sideboards as essential furniture for the home. It asserts the piece combines beauty and practicality, praising their role in convenient dining and housekeeping, and notes their lasting charm despite rising costs.
Undertaking firm and messenger ads 19th century note
J. M. Burrall & Co at 60 Bank Street advertises undertakings in all branches with telephone contact. D. M. Stewart at 101 Franklin Street is listed as messenger boy for C. J. Behe mour, and 184 Maple Street appears in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Burrall & Co
Bank St
D. M. Stewart
Frankelin St
C. J. Behemour
Maple Street
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Naugatuck
Colum
M. E. Church
Union Chipel
Baptist Mission
Pythian Hall
Pram ‘Ndia
Gem Opera House
Tve
Frohman
Vhl
Dr Wood
William Kirby
Akron
Eric Coa
N.Y
Doan
Curtis Meek
Anaheim
California
Apothecaries Hall Co
Bissell
F. E. Wheeler & CO
Watertown Conn
Westbury Park
I.R
B. H. Mattoon
B. C. Atwood
Post Office
Kielty's
J. J. Reilly
Amuel Hoskin
Warner's Mill
Wirnest Zeidler
John Evans
Greenland
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
Denmark
Huntington Bays
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Culiacan
Altat
Pacific Coast
Collis P. Huntington
Norristown
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Manine Morrison Hogan
Andrew Carnegie
Hogan
Dunfermline
Scotland
Miller
Old Town Hall
Charles Rogers
Oxkyille
Liam
Big Demijohn
Jamaica
Grand St
South Main
WM Pasternak & Bro
Bank Street
Echinkay
Shartles
Muscatell
Catawba
Angelicé
Christie
Cluh
Anheuser-Busch
Dr de Ver
de Ver
Dublin
Adinbureh
India
Africa
America
North Main Street
Conn
Rochester
Santa Claus
Rochester Clothing CO
Hellmana Brewing
Erlanger Hofftpreail
Rraw
Phic
Bite Langer
Bavaria
J. W. Hodson’s
Ta Exchange Place
Trephonn
Fiegen
T. & Guest
South Main ST
T. H. Hayes
East Main RT
New England
Cor
Union and
South Main Sty
Mount Vernon
Frank Brothers’ Co
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