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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
7
Waterbury shop promotes Royal Society Embroidery Packages with complete floss and materials for holiday gifts. Items include fancy chafing dish apron, combination work bag and apron, linen centerpieces, cream and white linen pieces, shirt waist patterns, cornonation cord embroidery, and more with prices from 10 cents to $1.50.
Ned Arlington Coleman of Wyard Pa and Miss Edith Elizabeth Adams daughter of Mrs Frances Adams of Cliff street wed yesterday afternoon at St Michael's church. Bridesmaid Miss Jenny B Pitcher. best man Harry Coleman. Reception at bride’s mother home. Also notices: nurse Miss Rebecca Redfern leaves town after three years. Naugatuck Medical Association awards gold chain. Community elections, lodge dedications, and a fire incident on Hoadley street reported. A high school football game and a newborn daughter for Mr and Mrs Martin Blade noted.
Regular Court Welch meeting tonight at eight. Charles Miler resigns from American Pin Co. Wilfred Gulland starts railroad work in Highland division. Mrs P J McNamara of New York visits daughter Mrs Otto Lux on Welch street. Fred Hotchkiss to spend winter in the south for health. Miss Sara Barker resigns Welch Hosiery Co for Bridgeport. Charles Matthews returns to Soldiers' Home Noroton after weeks with friends in the ville.
Mrs F C Slade Jr visits Albany relatives while Oakville groups report activity. The Ladies Aid met at Mr and Mrs Henry Warner’s home with tea for the men. New Parish Guild officers named. A parish supper set for October 22. Congress of Mothers plans to form a local club. Mrs Charles Keyes of Hartford to address Oakville mothers October 23 at 3:30 pm.
Across the state, clubs are flourishing in many towns as mothers find them interesting and beneficial, signaling broad community engagement and value in organized groups.
The selectmen are busy preparing the highway for winter while a valuable Watertown Lumber Co horse is found dead in its stall. J G Skilton leaves for a 2 3 week trip to New York and Pennsylvania. Edgar Brouette has recovered from trolley car injuries and returns to Waterbury Buckle Co. A large number of citizens are summoned as witnesses in the William McLaughlin murder trial at Litchfield. Democratic caucus nominates A H Scoville for representative and B S Johnson M R Seppler T J Kelly for justices of the peace with B Haven Hemingway for judge of probate. Taft school hazing incident prompts faculty investigation and student concern.
Windsor hosts more than 300 Loomis family members for their annual reunion. In Tolland the Radcliffe Hicks Memorial School building is complete and will be dedicated Saturday at 1 30. Meriden reports a child burned by scalding water. Hartford notes a steel engraving gifted to the police court by Senator Bulkeley. Stamford and Derby brief legal actions amid name changes and police incidents. Torrington records Szlata’s bail and ongoing search. Meriden also lists arrests for theft of private soldiers.
Report notes revolvers pawned to New York after plans to enlist in regular army were blocked. In Connecticut, injuries, annullment, embezzlement case, and property damage unfold with multiple named locations and people.
New Haven Oct 15 The national board of directors of the Knights of Columbus refused to grant Ireland a charter to extend the order. Directors cited current conditions there as unsuitable for development. They approved immediate introduction of the order into Cuba and Porto Rico for the associate class only, with enrollment not insured due to high climatic risk.
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