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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
6
A vendor touts a three and a half mile distant development near a green and offers a half acre lots parcel described as one of the prettiest pieces of land in the city. The pitch emphasizes location and potential in a compact real estate teaser.
An advertisement promotes 100 x 250 foot lots along a boulevard. It invites readers to inspect by car, mentions nearby springs, and claims rapid trolley access. It promises two shade trees per lot and running water in each house.
New Haven Ort 13 reports Yale student aid totaled about 214 449 for the year. A circular prompted responses yielding 6000 first year class aid and 19000 for partial self support. The list shows work types, numbers, and earnings including teaching 182, waiters 185, clerical 193, canvassing 130, and more.
Connecticut manufacturers protest Taft’s planned endorsement of Lilley on his October 27 tour. They say they represent fifty million dollars and would prefer Taft stay out of the state, having contributed 35000 to the national campaign on a no-state-use condition. Lilley’s camp dismisses the objections as from a few disgruntled opponents.
Advertisements urge readers to visit Grieve Bisset Hollands drapery and upholstery department for bargains and note various local retailers offering discounted footwear gloves coats suits and home goods. Includes prices on shoes charcoal and groceries and mentions trading stamps and a flour sale at Public Market.
Fire department responds to a chimney blaze at the Keenan Clock tenement on Cole street. Damage is described as nothing serious. The rest of the city news covers a funeral, court actions, property sale, and a police honor for Sgt Fagan. The paper urges readers to advertise in the Democrat to reach tenement dwellers.
Judge Ae ton B Parker denounces Republican claims linking panic to Democrats and defends indirect contempt trial by jury. He cites his experience on the Democratic platform committee and asserts organized labor sought jury trials for all, not special privilege, arguing against efforts to curtail court powers in contempt cases.
Hartford October 13 There was a disturbance on the second floor of City Hall as Frank P Rohrmayer sued to recover 100 dollars for legal services to Sanford Thompson estate. Conservator Leslie W Newberry was the defendant and exchanged blows with Rohrmayer before colleagues separated them.
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