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Died. Madalena Ponzillo, 61, mother of Opera Singers Rosa and Carmela Ponsellej of heart disease; in Meriden, Conn. Having refused to move into the mansion her successful daughters had built for her, she died in their little old home in Meriden's Italian quarter...
While her mother lay ill in her girlhood home at Meriden, Conn., Soprano Rosa Melba Ponselle gave a concert at Hartford. In the midst of "Home, Sweet Home" she broke down, fled weeping from the stage. Said Robert Kellogg, impresario: "It was the overflow of her vast emotional reservoir...
Merger in Meriden. For over 100 years Charles Parker Co. of Meriden, Conn., has made hardware specialties and since the Civil War, the famed Parker shotgun. Last fortnight the company expanded by acquiring the business of Artistic Bronze Co. of Bridgeport, manufacturer of refrigerator accessories, builders' hardware, art lamps...
Parker Bros. is located in Meriden, Conn., hometown of Rosa Ponselle. The company turns out a double-barreled shotgun called Old Reliable, by many sportsmen regarded as the best U. S. gun. Craftsmanship is high in the Parker Bros, factory, production is limited in proportion to skilled workers available. The entire output is sold at the beginning of the year. Old Reliable costs from $55 to $1,500. Fox shotguns (see above) range from...
Last week came news of the smart lads of another Peck who really had landed in a State prison. They were the shamefaced inmates of Connecticut School for Boys (reformatory at Meriden) where James S. Peck is farm superintendent. Bad boys under 16 are confined under the thin pretense of a boarding school regime. Connecticut Schoolboys are not discharged but "graduated...