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Newspaper

Waterbury Evening Democrat

Location

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1908

Page

4

Elm Tree Degree Team Initiates Class of Candidates In New Haven

NE C P notes a visit by Grand Guide T Miles Payne and twelve Toca Neoplans to Elm Tree lodge New Haven initiating four classes of candidates. The male Elm Tree team, the second largest in the order with about 1000 members, received rounds of applause for their movements. Future plans include bringing the team to Waterbury with expenses to be covered by the grand warden. The article also covers Sheridan lodge debates in Columbus hall and forthcoming events with Anchor and Brass City lodges. Speedwell hall to host November 19 class initiation and a 21st anniversary celebration, with supreme and grand officers expected.

Elm Tree T. Miles Payne Toca Waterbury D. J. Sullivan Riverpoint R. J Sheridan Lodge Columbus Hall William Dinneen Timothy Gerren Anchor Lodge Speedwell Hall F. T. Peabody Melrose Mass Order Brass City Lodge F. H. Tolles Danbury

Timely Topics at local shops for Halloween bargains

Local ads promote Halloween novelty items and decor from Adts Art store and photograph studio. Bargains span groceries, clothing, hats, shoes, underwear, and dresses at Curran, Reid & Hughes, I Chase & Sons, and Connecticut Boot & Shoe. Notable prices include 29¢ candy, hats at $1.90, and walking skirts $2.98.

Adt Hampson-Seilen Co Grieve, Bisset & Holland Scotts, Dyers Cleaners East Main Street White-Simmons C. FP. Wilson Nugent J. G. Jackle & Sons Reid & Hughes I. Chase & Sons Danbury Center Street Musier & Liebeskind Guarantee Credit Clothing Co Miller & Pecks Connecticut

Sailors’ Slang From The Man-Of-War Era Explained

A San Francisco official notes a vast slang used aboard ships where a bluejacket speaks in coded terms. Terms include beach comber for a saloon hanger, breaking it and run up for shore offenses, rookies who ship over, and desk jargon like lucky bag, sea lawyer, and sea dog, mapping life at sea and on shore.

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Waterbury Hibernian plan and city dam debate headline

John P. Sheehan to inaugurate a juvenile division of Hibernianism at A O H hall in Waterbury with boys age ten to sixteen. The event runs at 3 p m and parents must attend or provide written consent for youth members. Aldermen to discuss water questions and a dam plan with options 50 or 90 feet and costs around half a million dollars, plus five year project timeline. Potential dam choice aims to relieve water issues sooner.

Upson, Singleton & Co Julia Atwood Margaret Casey South Main Street Valere Chouirand Charles Kelly Cherry Street Leo G. Midland Fannie Mathers A. L. Porter Bell Tatten Frank Ward Rosina Zaleska Waterbury A. O. H. Hall John P. Sheehan Board of Aldermen

Music as an art and its moral force in culture

A digest from Scientific American discusses music beyond sound, arguing it shapes ethics and religion, with science and philosophy framing music as a profound art. It contrasts music's spiritual reach with debaters who deny its inner meaning, while highlighting music as central to character and society. It also includes a short essay on gluten, explaining how gluten forms from flour and water through washing, and how gluten content varies upon analysis.

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Gladstone Mocked by Shipowner in Budget Office Encounter

An old London anecdote recalls Gladstone as chancellor being approached by a Sunderland shipowner who offered him £1000 a year for his writing and figures. Lindsey, the Sunderland MP, suggested introducing the pair, while Gladstone privately thanked the visitor as humor filled the room.

Gladstone Sunderland Lindsey Mr. Gladstone Mr. Lindsey Mr. Lladstone W. B Grad Stone London

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