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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1909
Page
2
Public notice urges all persons to use Foley's Kidner Remedy to correct urinary irregularities and restore heart and strength. Warns neglect may lead to serious illness or diabetes and mentions F B Brill as local agent.
Westport residents report cleaner streets with a dustless, low-cost water cart system and an oil coated road to Fairfield. Town notes cover Sunday shop closings, school water fountains, outdoor gospel tent, choir calls, a heroic leg rescue, local deaths, sidewalk projects, sewer debates, library funds, and beach attendance at Compo.
Townfolk recall a severe downpour that filled ponds, aided crops, and damaged a Miller home roof. Miller's mother was thrown from a porch chair as flames were quenched by Neil Randolph’s ladder work. Westward extent stopped at Southport. locals hosted a birthday tea for Marshall Kins at Attorney Clitus King’s house.
Residents along the railroad fear sparks from passing locomotives threaten grain and grass fields. They anticipate relief within a year or two as coal burning engines fade and overhead live wires vanish. Le Wetman Fox drives crews on Main Street oiling from Ash Creek bridge westward, aiming to finish by next summer. Dorothy Killian visits Bridgeport, L Mason returns to Plainfield, Mrs. Cole back to New York. Mrs. Wright's new novel draws readers at the library. O Jelliff hosts a beach gathering in Southport.
Real estate records show multiple conveyances including Homer Beers to Beers Brothers Inc for land with buildings along Main Street, Eliza Gorham to Caroline Kilberg in Mullhyttene, Sweden for a lot bordered by highway, Nathan McKinney and Claudine McKinney selling 4 acres along the Saugatuck River to David Martin of Port Chester, Guineppe Correso to Merrick Cooley at Saugatuck, Anton and Margaret Mislenski selling 5 acres in Greens Farms, and Jina Raymond selling to Nehemiah Husted for $500 with bounds including Imperial Avenue and the Saugatuck river.
A sequence of real estate transactions is listed including William J. Nichols to Agnes M. Kitcher for 100 dollars involving parts of lots 155 and 156 on James H. Seeley map, James Dunn to Mary A. Dunn detailing two land parcels with defined boundaries, Elmore 3 Banks to Agnes Rigney lot in Southport near the Connecticut turnpike, Burr & Knapp conveying 1000 dollars for Lots 477 to 483 on Lenox Heights, Agnes Rigney to James Fort repeating the same Southport lot, George A. Porter selling land with buildings to the Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Bridgeport, Bridgeport Savings Bank acquiring multiple parcels via quit claim from Annie C. Austin, George B. Beers of Guilford to Annie C. Austin, Bridgeport Savings and Loan Company selling to Edwin E. and Fannie E. Hoyt, and further transfers including Charles E. Stage to Edsonia Hoyt and Fannie Hoyt, and Michael Turro and Antoinette Turro transferring to John Francisco for Homecrest parcels on Coulter and Sugeett map.
This notice advertises affordable glasses and expert eye care. It promises substantial savings and a priceless service for eye health. The ad emphasizes years of experience and urges readers to visit for a glasses fitting and examination.
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