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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
5
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The Women's Aid Society of Universalists hosted an entertainment at the G A R hall with piano duets recitations and vocal solos led by Mrs F O Ruell and Mrs Abby Cooley. Epworth League and Queen's Daughters groups held separate events with music whist and readings. The Connecticut Council of Deliberation concluded with officer elections in Norwich naming Canfield Hughes Armstrong and others to key posts.
Witnesses say a deer was shot yesterday afternoon in woods south of Washington Street and dragged to the highway into a wagon heading toward the center. The youths recall a deer like victim and note uncertainty about the vehicle’s operator as town residents wonder about the incident’s impact on local labor and gardens.
A posse scours Middlebury and Waterbury woods chasing Edward Schirrmann the alleged wife slayer. Reported wrecks include Lt Dodds and J Laney tumbling, a cow stampede, and a near firefight when a fleeing animal plunged into a pool. Some see it as a day of life changing effort. others remain wary the fugitive remains secreted.
The Rev Michael A. Karam marks a silver jubilee in the priesthood, praised by Italian Catholics of Waterbury. Messages from Pius X and fellow clergy laud his humility, zeal, and shepherding of Our Lady of Lourdes parish, with a thriving parish school and convent as a sign of his work.
A farewell gathering last evening at Mary Garren Spencer Avenue honored the Margaret Croft ninth grade. Attendees enjoyed piano selections by Anus Garren Elizabeth German Juin Roylan John McNeilie Macy Garren and Max Shaw, plus a recitation by Lester Shiller and singing by a St Marys Alumni quartet. The list of guests included Josephine Claffer Catherine Real Mery Hicelo Annie het sano Augusta Osewalt Florence Rockingham Catherine Carmmty Elizabeth German Eva Welsh France Mesen Bernarto Hiara Leeter Shiler Max Shaw Mary Garren Cathleen Garren Robert Chesson.
A rear Barn in the old Guillotte block at Bank and South Riverside streets burned early today destroying the structure and killing two horses. Daniel McGrath suffered about 1500 dollars in losses for four horses and hay, with two horses dying and two shot. Firefighters contained the blaze within about ninety minutes as residents fled in nightclothes and an engineer on a passing locomotive alerted others. The cause remains undetermined though a carelessly discarded match or electrical wires are suspected.
Brooklyn notes report Miss Isabelle Dempsey as guest of Mr and Mrs Jeremiah Devine at Bank Street. A golf match between Brooklyn business men and Stanley Parks is set for the afternoon. Mary F. Reiley, retiring Town Plot principal, hosted a farewell banquet at the Waverly Inn Cheshire with toasts. Third Congregational Church marked mortgage payoff and honored Rev D Chunn and his wife with a three o'clock ceremony and speeches by numerous pastors and dignitaries. The mortgage note of about $9,000 was burned after a farewell address by retiring pastor A de Hart Gullek. Final remarks praised donations aiding Mrs Walters wife of Rev Frank P Walters.
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