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Newspaper

Waterbury Evening Democrat

Location

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1908

Page

7

Special Lace Curtain Sale Heads This Week

A local retailer advertises a week long sale on lace curtains with substantial reductions on Cluny Irish Point Renaissance and Scotch lace curtains. Items range from 69 cents to 4.95 per pair with several patterns, colors in white and ecru, and half price lots available. The promotion runs this week only.

AEA Erie Madras Nottingham Cluny

Fireworks Sale Promises Largest Line in State

An ad boasts the state’s largest fireworks display with prices low and a wide range of novelties from “TED CHINESE CA” to Roman Candies and torpedos. It markets harmless ammunition, caps pistols, and boxed assortments, calling the store “CHEAP STORE ON EARTH.”

TED Chinese CA

Bridge on Fire Near Gallup Trains Men Dead

The Gerland Limited on the Santa Fe railroad crashed into a burning bridge east of Gallup New Mexico after rounding a curve near Williams Arizona. The engineer fireman and four other trainmen were killed fifteen passengers were injured.

Wiliams Arizona Gallup New Mexico Gerland Limited Santa Fe

Explosion at San Francisco Grocery Store Kills One

An explosion at a San Francisco grocery store on June 29 injures three others and results in one death. Emergency crews respond as investigators search for the cause.

San Francisco Jace

Local Notables and Socials Highlight Naugatuck News

NAUGATUCK notes list visits across Connecticut towns including Water Street resident Lyman Lamphere in New Haven and Miss Rosella Murnane in New Haven. Several residents travel to Syracuse Denver and Liverpool with weddings and graduations on tap.

Firemen baseball team defeats Woodbury 2 to 0 on the road

Hotchkissville’s firemen best Woodbury 2 0 after noon last Saturday with new pitcher Smedick on the mound. Woodbury managed only three safe hits as Schmedick and Sweeney held the line while Frazier Gill and Cowles judged the play. Umpire Cowles. The victory marks the season’s second win over Woodbury and boosts the team’s momentum with strong fan support.

Hotchkissville Roberts O'Laughlin Morris Comber Welch Woodbury Smedick R.H.E. NL FD Schmedick Sweeney Frazier Gill Cowles W. P. Cahill

Oakville Happenings and Local Notes of Interest

Miss Louise Rabin is seriously ill at her Main street home. Frank M. Stoddard visits New York City. Mrs Sullivan of Thomaston visited friends on Wood street. Miss Mary Briday of Newton Heights visited Savin Rock yesterday. Mrs C A Mosgrove and daughter from Main street were at Savin Rock yesterday. The Baldwin place on Knob Hill is being remodeled. Bridges across Steelbrook to receive paint next week. Miss Lena Hurlburt returns home and will teach in Watertown next year. William Davies of Rockdale Avenue had a painful forehead injury during a picnic. Banns published for Miss Agnes Geoghegan and W S Sumner. Thomas Shields Sr of Watertown retired after 42 years with the railroad.

Lyman Lamphere Water Street New Haven Joseph Raythiewick Millville Avenues New Britain Edmund Geary New York City Edward Geary Meadow Street Rosella Murnane Anna Danning Woodbine Street William Glynn Torrington James Glynn Headley Street Emily Phillips Hartford Walter H. Twitchell Fairview Avenue Emil Anderson New Windsor Ill Martin Anderson Hillside Avenue W. G. Hard Des Moines Austin Murphy Schenectady N. Y Martin Dodge Rubber Avenue St Francis's Church Nora McCarthy Hoboken N. J John Broderick Cliff Street Kennedy Denver Winnifred Kelly Hartford Public William Danbury Bebee Street William H. Eastman Gorman Street Syracuse W. E. Gerrish Asbury Park Jennie Powers Thomas St John's N. F William Smith Olive Street George H. Kennedy Buffalo Europe Columbus Hall Brainard Smith Thomas Smith North Main Street New York Liverpool England Ireland Scotland Pond Hill Floyd FP Wooster Jacob Keeling Wiliam H. Thutton Sarah O'Brien Carroll Street Father Hig St James's Cemetery John F. Rick Red Men's Hall Neary Building Naugatuck Foresters’ Hall F. of Mr Moran Main Street W. F. Devine Union Center James Penrose Frederick F. Schaffer Edward J. Sweeney Hutchimeville Louise Rabin Frank M. Stoddard Falls Avenue Sullivan Thomaston Wood Street Mary Briday Newton Heights Savin Rock C. A. Mosgrove Baldwin Place Knob Hill H. B. Russell Steelbrook Lena Hurlburt Polk East Farms Hurlburt Watertown William Bert Davies Rockdale Avenue St Mary Magdalene’s Church Agnes Geoghegan Joseph Geoghegan W. S. Sumner Brockton Mass Thomas Shields

Waterville Social Notes and Local Games

James Lynch of Wallingford visits the Ville with other relatives present. Frank Waters of Thomaston and Miss Stella Minor visit Cheshire and return to the Ville. Mildred Jackson to Asbury Park for two weeks. Nettle Worthington visiting Somers. Edith Brown returns home from Hopewell after a stay in the Ville. Good Will lodge K P meets tonight. Waterville Junior baseball beats Wooster 1 0 with Bartow Fanning vs Slocum Maloney. School district officers elected and 2 ½ mills tax approved for the year.

James Lynch Wallingford Ville Frank Waters Thomaston Stella Minor Cheshire Mildred Jackson Asbury Park Nettle Worthington Somers Edith Brown Hopewell Good Will Lodge K. of P Frank Senior Ansonia Everitt Hartford James Senior Boyden Street Waterville Bob” Stone Wooster Bartow Fanning Watervilles Slocum Maloney The Woosters Ferdinand Wolf George A. Sayers Dr Holroyd H. A. Toliar F. W. Wheeler C. H. Draper

Watertown Notes And Local Visits Highlight Week

Watertown jottings report schools closed for summer. Mary Walker of Center street Waterbury visited Watertown. Misses Sheeran and Crane of Waterbury called in town. Nora Pickett of Waterbury visited her sister Nellie here. Mrs Handswich, longtime Waterbury resident, returned to Main Street after a stay at R. XII. The Watertown first team defeated the MC A team of Waterbury.

Mary Walker Center Street Waterbury Sheeran and Crane Nora Pickett Nellie F. D. Handswich Bes Main Street R. XII Watertows

Fast Saturday game ends in 6 to 3 score

Watertown and Waterbury met in a quick contest with Watertown scoring six runs to Waterbury’s three. Ziedler pitched well allowing six hits while Moss limited Watertown to seven hits. Key seventh inning threats by Waterbury produced their two runs.

Ziedler Moss Rhe Watertown Waterbury Zeidler McGowan Moes Cairns Mattoon

Local Briefs Span Farms, Rail, and Fires Across Connecticut

Milford reports continued straw hat factory work for a short period as the season stays strong. Bridgeport records a deadly accident after Frank Pagel, 15, was fatally struck by a freight train on East Bridgeport elevated tracks. Plainville heard plans for a central telephone exchange with lineman housing. Southington teases vaudeville at Lake Compounce amid disputed payments by the Connecticut company. New Britain notes dog attacks on two boys and a third bite at the town home, with Dr Kelly attending. Rockville marks its Centennial with church services and a bright electric display in Central Park. Best Hampton recounts a fox shooting by Frank Flemins near his home. Hartford recalls a 1889 express crash killing several, including Miss Mary J. Brigham. Windsor reports a warehouse fire at several buildings with $50,000 losses and unclear cause. Thompsonville anticipates a final court order to free the Thompsonville and Suffield bridge. Glastonbury notes peach trees dying with various explanations.

Milford Bridgeport Frank Pagel Kossuth Street Plainville Southington Lake Connecticut Bristol Compounce New Britain Louis Croll Hartford Avenue Levin Louis Kolodney Dr Kelly Wiley James O'Brien Tremont Street Rockville Vernon Central Park Hampton Frank — Flemins Flemins F. H. Barton Hartford New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Quinnipiack Mary J. Brigham Mt Holyoke College Windsor American Tobacco Companys W. 5S Wrisley & Son William Stinson New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company American Tobacco Company Thompsonville H. J. Curtis Superior Court Suffield Bridge Connecticut Supreme Court Warehouse Point Glastonbury John Tom Hill

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