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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1908
Page
6
A Waterbury readers’ note questions Mr Lilley’s appeal to workingmen, saying his backing would erase home rule. The piece argues working people see through political showmanship, then shifts to Halloween night antics with goblins and pranks, predicting costumes, games, and dances as Connecticut eyes Judge Robertson.
The town reports the season's first snow flurry and local goings on. Master Donald Mattoon visits relatives in Guernseytown while Mrs A H Mattoon recovers from a sidewalk fall. Flag rope theft at Newton Heights school is under police watch. Visitors Boden family return from Oneida, New York. Hugh Kelly, noted New York banker and philanthropist, has died.
Weather turns cold with light snow as Bucking ham hall hosts continuous music and dance at 8 30 pm while St Cecilia church marks high mass for Louis Tritschler. All Saints Day services honored, St Cecilia fair opens Wednesday with singing society, trolley service paused Monday noon and 7 15 pm. Hamilton Park Athletic club to hold annual dance Wednesday at Buckingham Music hall. Social at Miss Irene Dow's home features performances by local musicians and a poetry recitation.
A fragmented ad page lists store sales and discounts for tonight at Boughton Park area shops. J. G. Jackle & Sons promotes boys and girls shoes. Currans and Miller & Peck advertise discounted apparel. Linens, hats, ranges, shoes, and heating stoves appear, with retailers urging late evening purchases. Nearby firms offer roofing, dyers, and cleaners, plus miscellaneous household items and fabric products.
Joseph Michel alias Michel the Mysterious, linked to a federal probe of white slave traffic, was arraigned in Chicago and jailed on 25000 bail with a preliminary hearing set for next Friday. His wife Mariette Michel faces 5000 bond. authorities allege his home served as a clearing house for victims sent from Paris to Chicago and then to New York and other eastern cities.
The Algonquin club held a large informal reception at Buckingham Music Hall last night with over 300 attendees. Guests praised the music and floor, noted fashionable gowns, and observed a decorated stage with algonquin imagery. out of town visitors included Richard McAuliffe, Henry Booth, and Charles Egan of the University of Pennsylvania, among others.
In Suffield on October 31 residents question if the body found in the Nansemond river near Suffolk Va is Rev John A Smith former West Suffield Congregational Church pastor who vanished after accusations of moral misconduct A Virginia case hints at foul play but locals suspect he took his own life.
Utica reports the first real snowstorm of the season, with drift winds and a drop in temperature driving below zero in many northern counties. Central parts of the state show lighter snowfall from Buffalo to Gloversville as the storm moves east and begins to peter out.
Yale with four hundred aboard seeks shelter after a New England gale delays five large steamers anchored near Chatham Massachusetts October 31. The steamer Yale from New York carrying 190 passengers bound for Boston returned to port after gale conditions forced a retreat to calmer waters.
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