Burglars Loot Bank Street Shops In Evening intrusion
Burglars entered several Bank street businesses last evening ransacking desks and safes. They stole razors from Neuman and Steiler barber shop and a few postage stamps from Hart. Tailoring suits and a gun were taken from John Barrie’s shop, while a damaged safe remained in the office. Detectives imprint finger marks at Hart’s and Barrie’s, with no entry at Clifton’s jewelry store. Divorces and lawsuits fill the clerk of the superior court as four new petitions are added including Mrs Bertha Walker’s suit for restoration of her maiden name and others for desertion and intemperance. One civil case against Police Superintendent Beach and Officer Tehan seeks damages over alleged unlawful arrest.
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Bank Street
John Kegles
Lang
Rom
Neuman & Steiler
H. Hart
John Barrie
Hart
Silvino Vastola
Kecles
Keeles
Philadelphia
Barrie
Clinton
Clayton
My Hart
Burglar & Co
John Gilmour
Mr Barrie
John
Superior Court
Bertha Madsack Walker
Frank KB. Walker
Baldwin Street
Waterbury Buckle Co
Walker
Madsack
Helen
Riordan Marvin
Howard Marvin
Mary A. Krows
Red R. Price
George M. Beach
Fineton Tehan
Price
Ilegally
Officer Tehan
Casesult
Bennett
Attorney Root
Capps Appointment Brings Navy Bureaus Under One Head
Washington December 31 Navy officers learned Rear Admiral Capps chief constructor of the navy has been made acting chief of the bureau of steam engineering. They question how a staff officer can lead the bureau long term, noting a possible consolidation with the bureau of construction may occur with no needed legislation. The retirement of Rear Admiral Barton opened the way for the arrangement to continue under a single head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Capps
Navy
Bureau of Construction
Newberry
Congress
Staf
R Admiral Barton
Hs Bureau of Steam Engineering
Obituary notice of Joseph A. O'Brien former Kansas City Star editor
A telegram from San Francisco reports the death of Joseph A. O'Brien in that city. He formerly served as assistant editor of the Kansas City Star and later practiced law in Kansas City with Alfred Henry Tewis for a brief period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
San Francisco
Joseph A. O'Brien
O'Brien
Massachusetts
Alfred Henry Tewis
Representative Hill Leaves For Hartford To Campaign
Washington reports Representative Hill, candidate for the U S Senate in Connecticut, heads to Hartford to personally lead his campaign against Senator Brandegee. He will stay until the January 19 legislative election. Buried in Wreckage. Malta details the discover of Conaul Cheney and his wife buried under wreckage at the American consulate in Messina.
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Washington
Hill
United States Senate
Connecticut
Brandegee
Eee
Hartford
Malta
Cheney
Messina
City News Notes New Year Cherished Thanks and Tax Talk
Upson, Singleton and Co report John King of East Main street will spend days in New York. The tax revision committee plans a report to aldermen and a draft bill to require all town parts to share taxes, including school districts paying teachers and assisting water system costs. Rainfall reached 0.25 inches. Branch up four and a half inches, Est Mountain up one and a half. Water concerns persist amid drought forecasts and calls for substantial rain before spring. East Mountain aids Waterbury in avoiding famine, with East Mountain thriving otherwise.
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Upson, Singleton & Co
John King
East Main Street
New York
Thoms
Waterbury
East Mountain
Trolley Victims Improve After Oakville Collision
The trolley accident yesterday morning left several injured. Miss Lucy Perrin of St Paul Street and Mrs Adele Massicotte of South Main Street remain ill but stable. Dr Thibault says Perrin is very sick and will stay in bed. Massicotte is not in danger though slightly worse than yesterday. Motorman Costello’s supporters claim brake failure, but the company says the brake functioned properly. A second car test on Robbins Street later showed smooth braking.
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Oakville
Lucy Perrin
St Paul Street
Adele Massicotte
South Main Street
Thibault
Mins
Maxsicotte
Kilmartin
Costello
Robbins Street
Trolley Petitions Before January Legislature Term
Notices filed with the state secretary list requests from multiple rail companies and residents. The Shore Line Electric Railway seeks more time to finish designated lines, while Norwich and Westerly Railway seeks an amendment to allow electricity for light and power in Preston Ledyard and North Stonington. Other petitions include extensions of charters for several street railways and a proposed Norwich Groton Street Railway from Laurel Hill Norwich to Gale's Ferry and Thames Street Groton. Twenty one Stony Creek inhabitants form an association to secure proper sanitation police protection and improvements.
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Sut
Shore Line Electric Railway Co
Norwich and Westerly Railway Co
Norwich, Mystic and Westerly Street Railway Co
Preston
Ledyard
North Stonington
Norwich, Jewett City & W Untown Street Railway Company
Albert L. Potter
Charles Hi
Brown
Norwich
Noyes B. Allyn
Norwich & Groton Street Railway Company
Connecticut Company
Laurel Hill
Gale's Ferry
Thames Street
Groton
New London & Groton
Stony Creek
Branford
Firehouse Runaway Hose Cart Crashes Through Butcher Shop Window
In New York on December 31 a fire engine and hose cart bolted from the Lincoln Street fire house after the alarm. Thomas MacAhenny steered to avoid Main Street but the horses dashed through A.C. Slinter's butcher shop window, injuring MacAhenny who was cut by glass and hurt internally.
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MacAhenny
Hart New York
Lincoln Street
Thomas MacAhenny
Robbers Build Wire Fence Under Fire In Wellston Bank Job
Five men dynamited Bank of Wellston in Weston Orta on Tuesday night. After midnight they surrounded the bank, built a barbed wire fence, and a blast attempted to open the vault. Two hours of gunfire preceded the robbers opening the vault and taking $5,000 before fleeing amid heavy fire.
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Weston, Orta
Bank of
Wellston
Stage Manager Drops Dead in Front of Grand Opera House
Frank G Reinau stage manager for James K Hackett collapsed and died of apoplexy in Atlanta Georgia in front of the Grand Opera House He was sixty five a native of Germany and well known in theater circles. Thomaston Woman Out 800 with details of a missing $800 after a family dispute ends with her search for the cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Reinau
Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga
James K. Hackett
Grand Opera House
Reinau
Gerany
Senator Hale Says No Plan to Call Roosevelt
Acting chairman of the appropriation committee in charge of the secret service inquiry stated there is no intention to summon President Roosevelt before the committee after his retirement, despite several published reports.
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Washington
Hale
Appropriation Committee
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Social and Fraternal Events Highlight Local Week
The Y M C A holds its annual reception and open house tomorrow night. Croaby High class of 1908 reunion is set for this evening at Rick's Dancing Academy on East Main Street. Waterville drum corps begins its first annual ball at Goodwill Hall with a fancy drill before the grand march. tickets at the door. Laliter's military band performs a New Year concert at Columbus Hall in Naugatuck tomorrow. afternoon program 2:90 and evening at 8. Good Will social club stages its annual dance at Buckingham Hall tomorrow evening with a 22-piece program and Gallpeau's orchestra. The Boys' Club marks its third anniversary opening its new quarters tomorrow night. Nicholas Combellack hosts the reception as brags band and orchestra perform and fruit and candy bags are given at the close.
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Croaby High
Rick's
East Main Street
Michael's ‘Drum Corps of
Waterville
Goodwill Hall
Laliter
Columbus Hall
Naugatuck
Buckingham Hall
Gallpeau'sorchestra
Nicholas Combellack
Brags
Guard Lake To Save Dam From Vandal Farmers
Higman Lake near Griswoldville now dammed by J. J. Higgins and F. C. Monier after repeated farm protests. Watchmen guard the structure as farmers have torn down the dam twice and fired on guards. Legal action threatened as the dam diverts water to several farms.
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Higman Lake
Griswoldville
J.J. Higgins
F.C. Monier
Wethersfield
W. F. Delaney
Various Sale Ads Spread Across Local Stores
Local news item showcases astring of shop promotions from Hamilton to Grieve Bisset Holland and Currans. Advertised goods include watches, ladies wear, lawn waists, fresh seafood, chickens, Emerson shoes, pianos prize coupons, frames, charcoal, groceries, and furniture with multiple store locations and price points.
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Hamilton Hard Co
Connecticut Boot & Shoe Co
Grieve, Bisset & Holland's
Emerson Shoes
J Ms
Currans
P. Stance
Curtis Art Co
Brown
Fuller
Woodrutt
Ocers Co
Georges Haddock
Benson Furniture Co
Bank and
South Main Streets
Frank the Shoeman
Jackie & Awomen
Waterbury seeks proposals for furnishing a chemical fire engine
Waterbury Connecticut invites sealed proposals to furnish one automobile chemical engine for the Fire Department. Specifications require capacity for five men, two 35 gallon extin guishers, hoses, pumps, fire gear, and a front mounted 4 cylinder motor with reinforced steel frame. Proposals due by 4 p m January 11 1909 at the City Clerk's office.
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Tomobile
Waterbury
Connecticut
City Mall
Board of Commissioners of Public Safety
Detroit
New York Fire Department
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Bureaing
Eicher O'Brien
Sacred Heart Church
Ening
T. M. Shelley
East End
Shelley
Father Dooley
City News
Mrs Massicotte
Thomaston
Carrie Michael
Jacob Schneider
Schneiders
Schneider
Chapel Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Michael
Lehigh
Coal
Haring Water Supply
John Mobilis Ott
South Main Stree
South Main ST
GEO. A
Upham
West Main and
Mattatuck Streets
Old Country
General Fire Insurance and Steamship Agency
John Ryan
North Main St
J. F. Carmody
Odd Fellows
R. R. Harder & Co
Frank
Jett
Dew
Bist
Mars
Thomas
Kitaabeth
Diistetet
Willy
Rathioon
Christy Metitvtey
Guarijias
Alioware
New Haven County
Robert A. Laws
Dricton Waterbury
Futute
Manaret Kennaugh
Dob A. Kenyauglh
Hawkins
Atrocte
Waster Dury
Robert A. Lowe
Judy
William H. Sandland
Conn
Saxe & Floto Florists
Grand
L. Becker
Exchange Place
GEO. J. Gailey’s
Grand Street
Waltham and
Elgin
Conn Decorating Co
Abbott Ave
South Leonard Street
Bank St. Exchange Place
Tel
Frank Flammia & CO
John Byronitt
Joe
FH. Deverena
Nisingh
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