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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
7
Bargain Day features deep cuts on wool and cotton fabrics including Superfine flannels and loom cottons, wide selection of dresses, underwear, shirts, hoses, curtains, and ready to wear. Highlights include women suits, wool voiles, French curtains, and men Madras shirts with substantial price drops for limited time.
Grand Master Fuller presided at the Twitchell Street Masonic hall dedication with over 300 attendees. Visitors came from Waterbury Hartford Danbury Ansonia and New Haven as Paul Prentzel's orchestra provided music and Eastern Star hosted a fine collation at the new hall praised as among the finest in the state.
Waterbury visitor Patrick Walker. town school taxes due October 15. Oakville resident Wilbur French seeks spinal treatment in New York. Democratic caucuses nominate candidates for representatives judges of probate and justice of the peace tonight. James Patterson arrested for non support. Merrit Hemingway F A meeting at Pythian hall approves election night plans. Republican caucus narrows to R V Magee over J G Skitton. Magee previously defeated by A A Stone. Atwood Buckingham McLean Jones Dayton named for justice of the peace and H M Hickox for probate judge.
Connecticut railroad commissioners passed through Oakville yesterday. Miss Sarah Beeman returned from Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital in New York after eye surgery. her eyesight is much improved. Lewis Reyher moved into a new house on Railroad Street, with work starting a week ago. he will continue moving his property there.
Nutmeg Gratings reports the Wheeler Atwood stock barn owned by George Hubbell was destroyed by a fire caused when a lantern overturned. Loss estimated at 2000 dollars.
In Norwalk Miss Motlvaine claims her contract with Miss Baird was breached and she was discharged without cause, seeking 1200 damages. Additionally Theodore Carlson of South Stanley Street died of typhoid at New Britain General Hospital, the third in his family to fall ill. Bridgeport politics react to vaccination at a large Anti-Vaccination Society meeting, with candidates to be surveyed and a lecture planned around November 1. Police dragged Pequonock River for Frank De Forrest, thought drowned after he disappeared. John Krapp, 18, recounts aiding a man who jumped overboard during a river outing. Rev William Augustus Fitch, suspended preacher, fought police to remain in a former house before being released under state-guarded terms with his wife’s assurance to leave the state.
In Wallingford on October 14 a high school chemistry class accident left E. H. Brown Jr with severe facial burns and glass fragments in his left eye after a test tube exploded. A physician treated him as flames neared the ceiling and officials warned of possible inflammation delaying eye use.
Hazel J. Pratt, daughter of William Pratt of East Hartford, was killed instantly when the car she rode in skidded and struck a telegraph pole near 680 West Main Street. Three young men and one other woman were in the vehicle, including Ernest W. Keeney and Harry L. Keeney of East Hartford and Herman Dudeck of New York. Pratt had recently worked for local firms and was engaged to Harry Keeney.
Congressman Sperry won navy department confirmation of an appointment to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis for a candidate who must be named by March 4 and enter in June, replacing Cadet Hewlett of New Haven. A preliminary exam will be led by Prof Andrew W. Phillips Yale, Arthur B. Calef Middletown, and Dr Willis H. Crowe New Haven.
New Haven reporters say Yale men whose registrations were blocked by the democratic town committee plan to challenge the rulings in court. Local Republican lawyers will provide advice so the students can vote for Taft. Most registrants sought test cases and expected their names to stand, with only a few likely to be permitted.
Republicans in New Haven face a voter registration challenge led by Democrats who contest Max O. Parry and Yale Taft club members. The case, likely argued in court or bench decision, could affect student voting in the upcoming election though the registration window has closed.
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