Teens Stole From Store on Scovill Street
Charles Nordozzi and Tony Lucia, youths, entered Rafele Riccio’s shop at 65 Scovill Street and stole $21.50. Patrolman Samuel Walsh arrested them. only $1 was recovered. The boys confessed and admitted others were involved, giving inconsistent stories about the missing money. They were held at the police station bake shop for several hours to refresh their memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nordozzi
Tony Lucia
Rafele Riccio
Scovill Street
Samuel Walsh
Nordozzi
Lucia
Riccio
Nordozzti
Tony Santoro
Nardozzi
Month's mind mass and local probate actions
A month’s mind mass will be held at St Patrick's church for Thomas J Grimes. Probate Judge Etheridge grants Christina Faber a $30 monthly allowance retroactive to August 1907. Mary A Sullivan wins $266.20 against W H Shields administrator for Bridget O Connell estate. A probate hearing on Joseph W Kindregan estate notes ongoing annual reports and delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Church
Thomas J. Grimes
Christina Faber
Adam Faber
Etheridge
Thomaston
Jan H. Moran
Holy Name
Immaculate Conception
James E. O'Brien
Mary A. Sullivan
Naugatuck
W. H. Shields
Norwich
Bridget O'Connell
Kennedy and
Cassidy
William E. Thoms
J. M. Lynch
Joseph W. Kindregan
Reidville
Lyra
Mary Lang
Charles Besenbruch
L. Pellmit
Lena Honnegar
Mary Rohnolder
John Kellar
Meriden
Kellar
Meriden Lyra Singing Society
Frank Gorman
William Gorman
North Main Street
May Lavine
Annie Gorman
Late Conception Church
O'Brien
Charlestown
J. H. Mulville
William
Purely Personal News From The City
A roundup of local social happenings lists Pauline Hayden taking a two week vacation to Pine Orchard. Several residents like John Lane, Milton Well, and Edward O’Brien are visiting nearby towns or hosting guests. Notables include architect Joseph Smith and sister Miss Margaret Smith planning a trip abroad, and ex Senator William Kennedy opening a cottage at Woodmont with family. Local students Edward Byrnes and John Ryan return home for the summer, while others head to sites from Harvard to Dartmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Hayden
Pine Orchard
John Lane
Oakstreet
Ansonia
Milton
Savin Rock
Joseph Smith
Margaret Smith
New York
Frank Fitzpatrick
Edward O'Brien
North Willow Street
Lewis Madden
Highland Lake
Winsted
Margaret Fitzgerald
Beacon Street
Elizabeth O'Connell
William Kennedy
Naugatuck
Buena Vista
Woodmont
William J. Shannahan
New Haven
Alfred Straub
Edward Byrnes
James Byrnes
East Main Street
Harvard University
John Ryan
Dartmouth College
Edward Ryan
Liberty Street
William Comber
Central Avenue
Mount Vernon
Albany
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Great Lakes
Middle West
Canada
Lillian Hewitt
Mitchell Avenue
Molly Noonan
Walcott Street
Gilbert High School
Michael F. Bowler
Western Union Telegraph Co
Philadelphia
Waterbury
J. G. Twining
Cheshire
Inventions of lunatics and their strange devices
A nibbling account describes a Villejuif patient who built a parification machine from a bottle a plank and a metal tuber with faucets and produced bread the size of a man s head until a doctor destroyed the device. The piece notes how madmen collect wax imitate keys and fashion weapons from common items and how insane artists sculpt bizarre statues and objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villejuif
Dr Marie's
Orphan Children Find Homes Through Parish Appeal
A Boston orphan asylum sent twelve children six boys and six girls to St Francis Xavier's parish. Daniel Pyne supervised the group in the church basement while families lined up to offer homes. The children aged 7 to 13 showed good care, and many were placed in desirable homes as others queued, with Pyne promising to register more names for future placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Francis Xavier's Parish
Orphan Asylum
Boston
Daniel Pyne
Railway Neurosis From Constant Travel Described
A medical note reports cases where long and frequent railway journeys trigger nervous disorders similar to trauma. One 33 year old worker suffered headaches, dizziness, and sensory loss after years of travel, while a 45 year old engineer developed hallucinations and fear after four years on trains. Travel itself can provoke such neurotic symptoms.
Claims of the Railroads and Increasing Freight Rates
The Illinois Manufacturers' Association heard the railroad side led by Vice-President Brown of the New York Central. He cited wage hikes adding about 160000000 annually to payrolls, new costs from early year labor rules, reduced mail compensation by about 1056600000, the employers liability act, rising taxes, and higher right of way costs as factors pressuring rate increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Brown
New York Central Lines
United States
Knapp
Neal
Balmen
Congress
Eral
Leaile
Dinner Sets Offered At Prices From Four Fifty To Twenty Five
Woe advertises a crockery business with a wide line of dinner sets to suit nearly every taste. They offer parts replacement with no need to mismatch and claim to duplicate parts for any set. Visiting the showroom costs nothing and staff are ready to show the goods.
Newspaper ads prove most effective for theatre crowds
At Hurtiy and Leaman's Music Hall in Harlem New York the Paul McAllister stock company tested advertising methods. Manager Greneker found 75 percent of the audience credited newspaper ads as their attraction while billboards posters and mailers attracted far less. He concluded newspapers should receive the bulk of the advertising budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurtiy & Leaman
Music Hall
West 125Th Street
New York City
Paul McAllister
C.F. Greneker
Harlem
McAlister
Hurtig & Seamon
Greneker
July Fourth shopping spree at local markets and sales
Georgia peaches and native beans from Boynton farm headline daily market notices. Advertisers promote Fourth of July attire, millinery half price, ham and bacon, fireworks, shoe sale, va cation trunks, shirt and wash goods specials, and furniture to be sold at reduced prices. Local firms such as Mullings, Woodruff Grocery, Ham on Hardware, Frank the Shoeman, Curran's, Miller & Peck, Rei Hughes, Langley, Phelan the tea man, and Mattoon advertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Boynton Farm
Speare
J. B.mullings & Son
A. F. Cowles
Smithfield
Woodruff Grocery Co
Hamon Hardware Co
Agen
Duesler Bros
Frank the Shoeman's
Curran's
Miller & Peck
Maishiot
Hallet & Davis Piano Co
Rei Hughes
Wash Goods Department
Aseat Root & Boyd
North British and Mercantile Insurance Co
London
Langley
Trottaking Co
Wenger
Phelan
BR. H. Mattoon
Watertown
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Walsh
City News
William EB. Egan
Southington
Yale Law School
Henry McGrath
Yale Medical School
Thomas McGrath
Yale
McDonald
The
Democrat
Newales
H.W
Hallet & Davis Plano Company
James Flannigan
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Johns Hopkins
Aty
St Francis Xavier
South Main ST
Lehigh
Allard & Blanchette
South Main Street
John Mobiligott
Hawkins Street
T. F. Carmody
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Waterbury Drug CO
Car East Main and
Spring Sts
Saxe & Floto Florists
F. Buck
North Main
Tel
Garme
John Byron
Plume & Atwood's
Uptown
J. H. Devereauch
R. R. Harder & CO
Bank Street
Frank
Shoeman
South Main
Trott’s
Maillard's
Buckingham Pharmacy
Post Office
Connecticut
Washington
Dallas
Union St
Grand St
Union
North Willow
West Side
Vienity
Hellmann Brewing Co
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