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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
4
In October 1907 I warned the public not to trust John D Tierney on my account and refuse to pay any bills connected to his business. D. H. Tierney signs this notice declaring no obligation to Tierney’s contraction.
The advertisement promotes a tourist floating policy covering personal property anywhere in the United States and Canada and inland waters or worldwide if desired. It insures against all risks of fire, lightning, navigation and transportation. Rates are stated as not high and further contract details are referenced. The notice also mentions that other kinds of insurance are written.
A sale notice advertises a three family house in the south end with a price of five thousand dollars and only five hundred dollars down. It claims a return over ten percent and mentions an associated firm F. W. Lawlor and companies in Boston.
City board hears many speakers unhappy with delays in street, sidewalk, and drainage projects. Citizens on Granite and River streets complain of raised entrances and frequent flooding. Calls for retaining walls, curb work, and new utilities grow urgent as homes risk damage from surface water and shifting foundations.
Tomorrow and a continuing run the Friendly League exhibit showcases domestic arts and housekeeping class work. Instructors demonstrate cookery and a home made fireless cooker while students from league public and home science programs display costumes underwear embroidery and sewing. Ice cream will be served in the league parlors as the display welcomes the public.
Timely items include Chase & Son selling sailor hats and a line of go carts with a free high chair on carts over $10. J Sheehan rents in town areas at reasonable prices. United Gas Improvement would bring a cool summer kitchen with a gas range. Wenzel's features suits for summer weather and Curtis Art offers developing and printing services. Upton Singleton & Co sell trousers from $2 to $6. Pharmacies warn that pure drugs are placed in prescriptions when customers use their services.
In South Norwalk on a Sunday game, Oscar Alert Anderson was killed. Coroner Charles A. Doten held an inquest and decided not to prosecute, citing a purely technical case. He notified Prosecuting Attorney William F. Tammany and suggested no criminal action. Two witnesses, Charles Sniffin and Henry Toothill, participated in the fatal game.
The district abandons moving Superintendent Tinker and Clerk Fitzgerald to downtown offices. Crowding at the high school forces plans to hold classrooms in place for now, keeping offices in their current site as Crosby fills with students for the next term.
City notes a 5 o'clock meeting of the board of public safety with routine business expected to fill most of the session. Local women represented at a county Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention in Wallingford today. An engagement is announced for J J Elbin and Fannie Albert with a wedding planned at Eagles' ball next Sunday. The Apothecaries Hall soda fountain staff prepared drinks for a larger crowd to benefit the Anti-Tuberculo sis fund. The Mall did not care.
The city plans to realign Pine street from fifty feet to forty five feet. Property owners who bought near the layout saw stakes intruding on lawns and now seek to delay or revise the plan. Any change would push the project into next year, so owners are urged to act promptly if they want a different width.
Secretary Hall and Treasurer Bodenwein of the Connecticut delegation arranged plans for the Republican convention trip. About sixty members are listed, including twenty eight delegates and alternates such as Charles F. Brooker Ansonia and Schuyler Merritt Stamford. Additional names span Hartford New Haven Middletown Killingly and other towns. Articles show new associations and incorporations in Hartford New Haven and Haddam Neck, with capital stock details and aims to support workers and local affairs.
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