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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
7
A sale offers the season’s finest lawn silk and lace waists reduced to one third to one half. Styles include white black and colored silk and net waists with embroidery and lace, sizes 4 to 40, with many $5 to $10 regular value now from 4.95 to 5.00. Saturday only, first come, first served.
Local brief items celebrate a new year with resumed factory work at the Phoenix shop and G M R Shoe Co. Also reported are probate and bank matters, lodge installations, church watch night services, a funeral at St Francis and a large leap year social hosted by the D J A Girls with many out of town attendees.
Public schools will reopen Monday January 4. Miss Sarah Hamilton visits Torrington. Mr and Mrs Thomas Fritton in New York. Miss Lillian Pegrum visiting Mrs Louise Baldwin. A dance at the town hall draws a large crowd. Oakville Pla factory to close for inventory January 1 and 2. W ater town Grange meets January 1 at 7 30 pm. Torrington A C basketball vs K K A first team tomorrow at 7 15 pm in town hall.
The Hanky Panky club hosts an event at Watertown town hall this evening. Oakville Pin shop secretary Walter Place sails from New York to England for a business trip. Schools in Watertown district reopen January 4 and Newton Heights January 5. An ice polo team forms with captain Alfred Champlain and players Edward Kennedy Arthur Hoxie John Egan Albert Alphonse and August Slonson slated for contests with Waterbury fives and a trip to Wind sic.
Waterville residents await a quiet New Year as shops announce early closing and some suspend operations for a ten day period. Miss Florence Harlow wed at South Methodist church while the St Michael's drum corps holds its annual reception in new uniforms. A company smoker features entertainment and a host of local personalities attend, including Waterville Engine Co members and friends enjoying games and performances.
Newburg New York December 31 One of seven patients at Mattea wan State Hospital For the Crtical Insane planned an escape with six others from a south ward. Attendant allegedly furnished files saws a blackjack and revolver but denied involvement. the superintendent blocked the escape and discharged the attendant.
Thousands of Christian workers gather in Chicago for a huge old fashioned water light service to welcome the new year. The Moody Bible Institute conducts a three day revival with speakers including Dr L Munball and Dr William B Biederwolf, aided by evangelists from across the country. The crowd includes Mrs J Ellen Poster and Dr A B Simpson among others.
Announcement of the proposed organization of the Aerial Navigation Company of America with principal office in New York and a capital of 50 million dollars. Thurlow Weed Barnes named president and Lewis Nixon as chief engineer. The plan includes airships 700 feet long and eighty feet in diameter to carry at least a hundred passengers.
Yonkers New York December 81 Major Isaac W. Maclay a retired army officer who helped carry President Lincoln from Ford's Theatre after the assassination is dead at his home He spent years after retirement in civil engineering laying out large sections of upper New York City including its parks and public works
Former Pennsylvania State Treasurer William L. Mathnes dies at his Media home, reportedly from a broken heart after graft trials in Harrisburg and a two year penitentiary sentence. He was a major figure in Delaware County politics until the capitol fraud exposure by successor William H. Ber.
Appellate Justice William J. Gaynor denied any kinship with his son Ricpert after his secret marriage to Miss May Queen of Boston. The young man, 21, left Amherst to wed in Chicago and later joined a San Francisco musical company, while the judge spoke with visible emotion.
New York December 1 trapk A Van derlip to be elected president at the annual meeting on January 12. Vanderlip has served as acting head since James Stillman left for Europe almost a year ago. The National City Bank holds a combined capital and surplus of 50 million dollars, deposits of 107 million, and gains about 15 million.
A major fire erupted today in the wool warehouse of Fred Wolstenholm and Howard Boser & Son in Philadelphia's wholesale district. The blaze spread rapidly, turning the building into a mass of flames as a general alarm was sounded.
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