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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
2
A collage of ideas questions luck and choices from a Waterbury reader. The piece muses on elections safety and consumer buys while urging a local store for tea coffee buttermilk and baking powder to bring happiness at home.
The Democrat office is open every evening until closing time and on Wednesday and Saturday evenings until 8. People wanting to pay subscriptions or other bills or to leave job work or advertisements will be attended to evenings if they cannot call during the day.
List of gatherings this evening includes Boys club Waterbury Burns club Waterbury Co No 20 U R K P National Association Stationary engineers Algonquin club South End Social club Barcelona council K of C Steuben lodge No 391 D C H Melchizedick No 200 O B B R J Costello lodge B of R Ke T No 423.
City Clerk William H Sandland faces his 300th hunter license case while Scovill Manufacturing buys Mrs Nellie Agnews East Main property. Masses and funerals mark the week with Eva Emmons buried in Pine Grove and Thomas J Doran remembered at Immaculate Conception. Eagles display 3500 in gold and public works discuss next years budget.
The Connecticut Agricultural College reports an enrollment of 149 students this year. Limited Grove cottage accommodations prevented several girls from being admitted. Eight out of state students total 35, with many from New York. The college also hosts several foreign students, including one from Ecuador and another from Ia-
The St Thomas church choir restarts whist parties in the basement at 8 30 p m with dancing and Chaputs orchestra. The DOA annual state meeting convenes at Bridgeport on Thursday October 29 with luncheon at 12 30 and exercises at 1 45 attendees should notify Mrs R R Stannard to secure luncheon tickets. A party honored Miss Esther Cooney with a gold watch at her Hamilton Avenue home featuring piano by Mrs J F Brennan and performances by Irene Mulville Helen Slavin Margaret Cooney and Esther Cooney. St Marys Hospital Aid thanks donors for the October 14 supper and unclaimed dishes moved to St Patricks Hall for pickup. The Algonquin club reception and dance returns to Buckingham Hall two weeks hence with Gallpeau orchestra providing music as preparations aim to surpass prior years.
A local listing enumerates discounted items from Miller and PeckCo including Ladies' White Lawn Waists at 49c, Misses' 2-piece Wool Suits at 3.93, Ladies' Mohair Walking Skirts at 2.98, Colored Silk Petticoats at 3.98, All Wool French Broadcloth at 1.00, Silk Warp Melrose at 1.50, ribbons from 3c, embroidered handkerchiefs from ic, note paper from 25c, elbow length silk gloves from 1.50, Cambric from 10c, hosiery from 19c, Boys' Knee Pants from 49c, Children's ribbed hose from 15c, bleached ribbed vests from 25c, men's outing shirts from 49c, children's bonnets from 25c, corset covers from 25c, dresses from 39c, tapestry pillows from 25c, Wilton Hassocks from 39c, carriage robes from 1.29, oilcloth squares from 69c, straw matting rugs 36x72.
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