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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
4
Mrs 8 L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia reports long lasting kidney illness kept her in bed at times and unable to stand. After using Foley's Kidney Remedy she notes marked improvement and claims the second bottle cured her illness.
Ex President candidate Alton B. Parker condemns the tariff bill as a deception used to cheat voters. He accuses Senators and Congress members of bold speech and calls the President's actions an abuse of power while predicting the tariff will be revisited and its injustices erased.
Speaker Cannon assigns four of five Connecticut members to chair positions. Hill becomes chairman of expenditures in the treasury department, Tilson gains military affairs and claims, Henry is reappointed chairman of expenditures on public buildings with further roles on patents and merchant marine and fisheries, Higgins returns to judiciary and heads expenditures in the agricultural department, and Sperry keeps chair of alcoholic liquor traffic with a post office role.
Ferdinand Stantho, who escaped Wethersfield on June 13, 1899, and was spotted by Sheriff Stagg at Joliet, was moved back to Wethersfield to serve the remaining term. He had been jailed since January 1897 for burglary, escaped via the insane ward, and was recaptured after a catapult escape involving blankets.
Prof. E. C. Griffin, newly engaged to head the Chemistry Department at Kansas State Agricultural College, spends his vacation in Brighton as a hod carrier. A University of Denver alumnus and former tutor, he recently returned from Ann Arbor and will join the Kansas College next fall.
Five people fell ill from pto maine poisoning after a lobster party Sunday night in New London. John Blifford, 28, of New York, died at a city hospital during the funeral for another victim, Christopher Avery, who died from the same poisoning. Three others remain hospitalized and are feared not to recover.
Woodmont officials engage outside detectives after a spate of fires since last spring. A $200 reward is offered for the capture of the alleged arsonist, believed to be a well known local resident. Warden A Y Beach favors vigilance committees as part of the search.
The national council approves a $500,000 endowment fund for Catholic University of Washington and recommends each of 1,360 councils raise voluntary dues of $1 per member annually. The convention closes with a parade of fourth degree members, including 150 new members.
At Bridgeport monthly meeting of the Poultry Pigeon and Stock Association John C. Chamberlain discussed poultry raising with members. The Wheeler Wilson band played at Washington Park attracting a large audience with the Ted Snyder Quartette performing. Robert McDonald, Windsor Hotel night clerk, plans a three week vacation to Nova Scotia and Atlantic City before returning.
President Louis Hilzinger of the Schwablecher Mannerchor led Bridgeport members to receive a diploma from the Northeastern Sangerbund for their role in the 22nd sangerfeat in New York. It was the society’s first such diploma in Bridgeport and awarded as a fifth prize in the third class. The colored diploma is printed on brown cardboard.
Bridgeport catcher Bradley Kocher reported a burglary at his room, 28 Chapel Street, where $60 and a gold watch were taken while he played games with Holyoke and Spring. Police are pursuing the culprit as Kocher found the room ransacked upon returning home Wednesday night.
Farmers in Torringford Campville and Harwinton report deer ravages in gardens and say some have bought shotguns to use the law permitting shooting to kill when deer are caught in depredations. In Waterbury, a car owned by D W O Connell and driven by P J Burke lost control near Still River Winsted, turning a somersault but the passengers escaped injury. The auto was badly damaged and embroidery presses and Jace fashion items are gaining popularity.
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