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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1913
Page
5
The Success, a famed convict ship with a tragic penal system history, tours worldwide and will be formally opened for public display here by Mayor Wilson on Wednesday at noon.
The convict ship Success, touring as a floating museum, moored at Stratford avenue dock in Bridgeport after a Boston run. Captain D H Smith reports a favorable passage from Coney Island via New York Bay as thousands gather to glimpse the notorious vessel once used to transport convicts to Australia.
Britain faces a heated clash over establishing a municipal lighting system. United Electric Light and Water Co. plans to oppose the charter amendment, with intense legislative battles noted and campaigns expected to intensify as September approaches. The outcome hinges on votes and local support for the public lighting initiative.
The obituary notices cover funeral arrangements for John B. Toomey from Gedard Street with burial at St Michaels cemetery and pallbearers named. Another death: Mary, wife of Edward Dalton, a long time Bridgeport resident, died in Shefton and will be brought back for funeral and burial. Marion Jablinski, age 70, died at home with numerous grandchildren and a great grandchild surviving. Also included are entertainment notices for Empire matinees and a Port Jefferson steamship excursion offering a costed August trip to escape heat with family-friendly pricing.
Advertisement notes a scalp treatment service for Olly Hart with manicuring and Sherwood location at 412 Security Building, Bain 3 phone 1378 and 527 18.
Miss Josephine Carey hosted her nephew Raymond Carey of New York this week. Perry Green of New Milford stayed with Mr and Mrs Burr F Beach for the weekend. Emma Mellen returned home to Stepney after a two week visit at Daniel's Farm. Wilbur N French of Bridgeport welcomed a new baby boy. Mrs Nelson French is the grandmother. Congregational Sunday school plans a Seaside Park picnic on Wednesday August 13 with an auto bus leaving church at 9 am and returning at 5 pm. Ernest I Fitch returned from vacation and preached at the Congregational church Sunday. Katherine Treadwell of Tashlug will teach at Judd district school this fall after graduating from Bridgeport High School. Jessie Parks of Bridgeport visited her parents Mr and Mrs William Parks. George Belford visits his daughter Miss Lizzie Belford. Elizabeth Close and Mr and Mrs Frederick Porter and daughter, spending the summer at the Nichols homestead, have returned from a two week Northfield visit. The Battle of Gettysburg, five reels, is showing at The Empire Monday and Tuesday.
Stepney residents host a Girls club event on the Parsonage lawn titled A Trip to Water Falls with readings and music. Tickets on sale for Thursday Aug 7 at 8 p m with cake and cream in the dining car. Visitors include William Otto of New York and Mrs S L Nichole visiting Bridgeport. William Purdy and others return from Orange NJ after a period away.
Bridgeport are spending a week as guests of Mrs Purdy's aunt Mrs William Craft. Mr and Mrs Boughton Noble have moved into part of Roswell Rockwell's house. Methodist mid week prayer meeting on Wednesday at 1 45 followed by choir rehearsal. Mrs R Rawlins and Brooklyn family are spending the summer at their summer home now occupied by Mr Holland. Mrs Carrie Morgan Miss Hazel Morgan and Mr William Buddington visit Mrs Sabina Hull. Mr and Mrs Harry Morgan return from Asbury Park. Mrs Goodsell returns to nursing duties at Miss Harriett French's after attending a relative's funeral in Milford. Mrs Pamela Wheeler and Mrs Eliza Winton visit William Baird in Sethel.
President Juan Vicente Gomez announces he will personally command the army against Cipriano Castro. Veterans and thousands of recruits mobilize at Maracay to attack Coro, while another force gathers at Barquisimeto to trap Castro in the interior. Citizens express confidence despite business standstill.
Miss Dora F Van R Brinsmade of 1980 Washington Avenue has returned home after an enjoyable vacation with friends in Maine. Friends of Mrs Gresham Bulkley, long ill at her grandson Frank Bulkley's Main Street home, will be glad she is more comfortable today.
The Poli Players debut Madam Sherry at Pisza Theatre today with a star cast led by Marguerite Starr Marion Hutchins Tod Gibson Wilson Hummel and more. A big beauty chorus and augmented orchestra support the stock offering as Ethel Bell Anita Sanchez Babe Dunbar and others handle the musical end. Tonight is piano night with a Mansfield piano prize by the Consolidated Piano Company and coupons must be redeemed by 1 30.
Park Theatre opens today at 2 30 as George Eigine presents his photo drama Quo Vadis. The production, a major vogue in New York City and Chicago, is breaking long run records in Brooklyn Philadelphia and Baltimore with extending engagements in multiple cities.
Poli's Theater offers B A Rolfe's miniature musical comedy The Purple Lady with Rich and Wilson blackface act Bijou Russell lighted by international fame and Billy Quirk imitator Cadeia the wire walker Hol Rowley solo act plus The Girl and the Gangster two reel film Amateur night Wednesday and The Battle of Gettysboro 5 reels Empire Monday Tuesday. Raw Clean easy best hand soap 10 cents per large can by Wm R Winn Stratford Ave.
A feature extraordinary offers the Battle of Gettysburg in five parts as the greatest moving picture, costing seventy five thousand dollars and produced in four months. It depicts the three day battle with vivid charges, death, and heroism, including Lee’s dash to the North and Pickett’s charge. Also shows Kalem Special The Girl and the Gangsters in two parts.
Sacramento reports five California National Guardsmen deployed in Wycatland Yuba County after a strike violence left four dead and eight wounded among hop pickers. Industrial Workers of the World organizers led the strikers as volunteer posses and armed citizens converged. District Attorney Mannell and Deputy Sheriff Riordan were killed, Sheriff Voss and others wounded. Adj. Gen. Forbes hoped to avert further gatherings if a meeting between strikers and armed bands did not occur.
Dublin reports Dudley Malone and Russian ambassador discuss Panama Panine exposition. British ambassador Air Cor Spring-Rice denies that Malone’s work in the state department concerns Panama plans.
Bucharest reports an extension of the Balkan armistice by three days to allow Greece Romania Serbia Montenegro and Bulgaria to pursue negotiations. The aim is to reconcile differences and resolve outstanding claims by the major powers amid ongoing conflict in the region.
San Francisco Aug 4 Panama Pacific exposition managers say England Germany and Russia skipping the 1915 fair does not threaten success. They cite confessions from Frank Burt in charge of exhibitions and promise a strong industrial show with the machinery hall nearing completion amid delayed work on the grounds.
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