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Newspaper

Waterbury Evening Democrat

Location

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1908

Page

7

Cups and Saucers and Toweling Sale Notice

Fine Austrian china in plain white cups and saucers valued at 15 cents the lot of 20 pieces. Brown crash toweling priced at 10 cents. Sale lasting tonight and Monday.

Coat Sweaters in White and Oxford Gray Value $3

Special sale offered tonight and Monday on men's and women's coats and sweaters in white and oxford gray priced at 198 cents or about two dollars. Limited quantities available, shoppers urged to act quickly.

Local notes on tower construction and a brewing company well

The Rev Father Ryan visited friends in Greenwich yesterday. A signal tower near the Bank Street bridge, 1 mile from course, will have eighty four levers and is expected to operate before snow fires. A coal bin will serve engines nearby. Hellmann Brewing Co resumes artesian well drilling after weeks of search, aiming to hit a good spring. Philip Galli’s Fifth Street store was burgled last evening. entry through a window, no goods or money taken, detective on the case suspects prankish youths.

Father Ryan Greenwich Bank Street Bridge Hellmann Brewing Co Philip Galliof Thomas Colesanto

Social and Fraternal Events and Police News

A October 26 Monday evening debate at Second Congregational church ponders if the nation should elect the Democratic candidate for President on November 3. The Algonquin club hosts an informal yet selective reception at Buckingham Music Hall on Friday October 30. In New York, police hunt robbers who shot Maurice Tannenholz after a jewelry store robbery on Lexington Avenue, with clues sought from a taxi driver. A note on the broad use of the word vermin traces its evolution from Latin roots to modern broad usage including cats, dogs, and birds, with literary references.

Waterbury Men's League Second Congregational Church Algonquin Club Buckingham Music Hall New York Maurice Tannenholz H. Tannenholz Lexington Avenue Tannenholz

Timely bargains and new lines in town tonight

Reid & Hughes offers bargains in neckwear gloves and toilet articles while Hamilton Hardware Co markets tools for masons carpenters machinists and moulders. J G Jackle & Son sell Emergon shoes and rubbers as a storm nears. Scoszafava offers flashlight photos at 274 South Main Street.

Reid & Hughes Hamilton Hardware Co J. G. Jackle & Son John J. Sheehan Monsi Slocum Fenner

Dillon Case Tuesday in Superior Court to try motorman

On Tuesday at 10 o clock the superior court will hear the case of John Dillon the motorman charged with causing the Novembers fatal accident at West-Mady street. The outcome will affect the fellow charged flagman James Flavin and may lead to an additional count if Dillon is found guilty. A separate case against motorman Sullivan for a death on South Main street may be postponed to February or after the election per counsel Kennedy. This outlines Attorney Kelloggs plan for next week in court.

John Dillon Weat Mady James Flavin Dillon Flavin Kellogg Sullivan South Main Street Kennedy Kelloggs

City Court Records Show Drunken Row at Ter ryville Boarding House

George Wilton, a recurring drinker from Terryville, visited 219 South Malin Street and assaulted Mrs Pennington in her kitchen. He admitted intoxication but claimed no memory of the event and was jailed for thirty days. Other cases include William Hoar committed for mental evaluation after a home disturbance and fighting police, Paul Lazzette's probation violation, and John Shevlick fined for an Elm Street disturbance with an unsettled old debt.

George Wilton Terryville South Malin Street George Pennington Penningtons Wilton Pennington William Hoar Brookside Paul Lazzette John Shevlick Mary Neske North Elm Street Shovlick Shevlick

High Death Toll Among Connecticut Civil War Vets

The death rate in the Grand Army in this state since January rose sharply with 161 deaths from Jan 1 to July 31. Among the deceased were six veterans over 80, including John Walton of Gilbert W. Thompson post and H. T. Thompson of Admiral Foote post. Captain George Greenman of Sedgwick post and others connected to posts and regiments are noted. A committee led by General Brayton Ives urged a monument for the First Connecticut Cavalry.

Grand Army John Walton Gilbert W. Thompson Bristol Allen Martin Admiral Foote Post New Haven H. T. Thompson Admiral Foote Edward Redington Lombard Post Greenwich Merrit Sedgwick James Farrell Connecticut Linus Goodrich J. B. Thompson William H. Parmlee Hiram Williams New York Charles W. Willard Joseph W. Briggs Norman B. Perkins Second Heavy Artillery Brayton Ives First Connecticut Cavalry Association General Assembly Ives Henry T. Phillips Phillips Norwich Ebenezer Bishop Boston Post Department George S. Smith Stone House Farm Niantic

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