Eagles Stock Company Plans New Theater at Old Auditorium
M F Greaney and David M Hartford arranged a fifty two week stock venture for the old Auditorium on South Main street now the Eagles west. $7000 of $10000 stock has been subscribed with a certified check deposited. The theater will be renovated with a raised floor enlarged stage new scenery electric lobby lighting and attractive features. Hartford and Miss Nordstrom head the stock company backed by Eagles and Elks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Greaney
Aerue of Eagles
David M. Hartford
Jacques Stock Company
Gullfelle
Eagles
South Main Street
One Hundred Eagles and Elks
Hartford
Nordstrom
Debs Averts Mishap In Providence Speech
Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs told Providence workers they invite trouble by voting for old party candidates Taft and Bryan, blasting Standard Oil and urging laborers to seek emancipation. A crowd of about 1,000 at Pawtucket nearly caused a derailment as Debs urged action. Debs spoke to 2,500 in Infantry Hall and addressed other cities with plans for Willimantic Hartford New Britain and New Haven tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Eugene V. Debs
Taft
Bryan
Red Special
Pawtucket
Debs
Infantry Hall
Standard Oil
Lawrence
Haverhill
Lowell
Walpole
Franklin
Willimantic
Hartford
New Britain
New Haven
Brooklyn Briefs Highlight Local Events and Incidents
William Dwyer joins Connecticut Co. G r o w n apron and neckpiece event set for Green street hall. St Patrick's Holy Name society plans 7 30 mass and 3 30 meeting. Nicholas Marano shop burglary noted with detective Keegan on case. Harvest festival extends to Porter street parish hall with turkey supper tonight and matinee tomorrow for children. boys choir led by Prof Grattan. whist games popular night prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dwyer
Connecticut Co
Brooklyn
Green Street
St Patrick's Holy Name Society
Nicholas Marano
Fourth Street
Nick
William Keegan
St Patrick's
Porter Street
Prof Grattan
Peary reports unusually cold and stormy season
Commander Robert E Peary on a polar expedition forwards a letter from Etah North Greenland dated August 17 describing almost continuous winds and frequent snow storms. He notes there has been little ice except a narrow band of sparse floes off the Labrador coast.
Sidewalk Building Costs Should Be Publicly Shared
The Pensacola Municipal Journal and Engineer endorses city funded sidewalk construction with costs charged to abutting property owners, praising Waterbury’s model of city laid sidewalks with repairs at city expense. The piece argues the public should ultimately pay for street paving, ending private burden on permanent street improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Pensacola
Fla
Municipal Journal and Engineer
Goodman
Mos
An & Whole
Municipal Journal
Mission Circle Elects New Officers At Second Congregational
At the annual meeting of the Mission Circle of the Second Congregational Church officers were elected led by President Mrs J Merrick Garland Nye First Vice President Mrs C D Second Vice President Mrs Warren L Hall Secretary Miss Harriet Leggett and Treasurer Mrs E B Paine. The group plans home charity, foreign missionary work, and funded improvements notably to the church organ while supporting Waterbury hospital St Marys Hospital and the Montgomery Industrial School in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Circle
The
Second Congregational Church
J. Merrick Galland
Nye
Mra C. D
Warren L. Hall
Harriet’ Leggett
E. B. Paine
Henry Fehl
J. P. Pratt
Wagner
W. Leggett
C. B. Morris
W. L. Hall
John Ives
Stephen Cra
C. Benham
T. B. Ridge
Alice Wilcox
Bertha Hart
Edith Camp
Hazel Fogg
Lucia Woodward
Hazel Hyde
Hattie Kirk
G. Mason
J. L. Geist
Edson Hitchcock
T. H. Hewtt
C. D. Nye
J. B. Doherty
Henry Burton
W. A. Blackman
D. E. Blackmar
Dorothy Benedict
Bessie Segar
Elia Partree
W. A. Shepard
Elsie Hyde
Pierre C. Cowles
H. G. Dodge
P. B. Norton
Walter Holmes
Norton
Odd Fellows
Waterbury Hospital
St Mary's Hospital
Montgomery Industrial Sct
Alabama
Socialists speak up against article on Debs visit
A Waterbury letter from October 8 1908 objects to a piece titled Cleanliness that ridiculed the socialist movement and Comrade Debs. The writer accuses the article of misleading readers and obscuring the grand noble teachings of socialism, arguing for fair treatment and clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Socialist Movement
Debs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Curran Dry Goods
Eixtra
Brussels
Flor
Wilton
Royal Wilton
Crystal
All Willow
U. S
Allard & Blanchette
Fe.l. Marks HS & C Co., Inc
A. F. Cowles
Decorating Co
Abbott Rve
Quassapaug Lake House
A. Harris
Hall
Ralph N. Blakeslee
Meadow St
North Main Street
Hart
Fairfield, Ord
Main ST
Waterbury Title Co
Leavenworth St
D. F. McCarthy
Cottage Place
M. A. Green Jeweler and Broker
Bank Street
Buckingham Building
Woodruff Grocery
Leaders In
Duesler Bros
People's Market
Phoenix Ave
F. Buck
North Main
Tel
Call
Ladies of Gents
Geo. A. Upham, Builder
Col. West Main and
Mattatuck Streets
Holley
Democrat
Elton
Holtzer
Giants
Bernat Holzer
Scena
Apothecaries Hall CO
Lower Bank Street
Bargain Millinery
Russia
Arthur
Bank St
Ziglatzki-Marks Co
South Main
Driggs & Smith Co
Balk
Bote Gatter & Hodson’s New Shop
West Main Street
Over Park
COOK
United
Leavenworth Sts
Curtis Art Co
Adt
J.G. Jackle & Son
BBC
Brooklyn Briefs
Peary
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!