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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
4
A reader complains about the loud fire department auto and proposes alternatives while advertising baking powder and tea, promising a free clothes rack with each pound of cocoa tea offer. The note mocks the fire chief and highlights a promotional gimmick in the same breath.
Multiple brief items include births, career moves, business ads, and church notices. Mary Elizabeth Waters born Oct 8 1908 to Mr and Mrs William Waters at 894 East Main. Mabel Thunberg of Monroe's Business College takes a post at Scovill Manufacturing Co. Fogarty family returns from England and Ireland. Gauthier Bros offer carriage painting and repair on Lounsbury Street. Evangelist W R Andrews to preach Prophecy Surer Than Eyesight at Grand Army hall. Mary Parrish branch Sunshine Society meets at 39 Plaza Avenue. Frank and Forestville Wallace couple to tour vaudeville in Alone in Heidelberg. Filley Crane Co of Waterbury files organization with $40,000 capital. Nutang trousers at Upson Singleton & Co. Universalist services at 10:30 with Bible school at noon and lectures at 7:45. Third Congregational church alters Sunday schedule with Rally Day and a men’s league starting Oct 12. David and Jonathan sermon Friday at 7:45. City News.
In Windsor near Station A four miles west, two Hartford youths found a dead hunter's skeleton in a dried brook. The body wore hunting clothes and boots, no papers identified him, and a key chain, ivory-handled tools, a pocketbook with 84 cents, and a plain ring were found. There was no gun, fueling questions of how he died. The body was examined by Medical Examiner Dr Newton Bell, and the remains were embalmed by Undertaker William S. Leek.
Readable notes indicate two meetings this evening by the Boys' Club and the National Association of Stationary Engineers. Details on times or locations are not provided in the fragment. The items appear as brief notices urging member attendance.
Immigrant couples aboard the White Star liner Majestic wed in a single ceremony after meeting on board. Miss Alice Osborne and Walter Smith, Miss Mildred Hand and Ernest Dower, Miss Rose Webb and Eno Deason tied the knot with Rev Jacob Price officiating. The couples plan a Majestic club reunion and a city tour after the wedding breakfast aboard.
A sale listing for Miller & PeckCo and others offers discounts on garments and fabrics. Items include missy skirts from 1.98, children's long coats from 3.49, ladies raincoats from 7.98, and white lawn waists from 0.69, with numerous reduced prices on hosiery, ribbons, damask, rugs, and coffee.
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