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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
8
Collector Fred Enos of the Custom District of Bridgeport applied to the Treasury for authorization to appoint an inspector of power boats in his district. A launch is to be shared among Connecticut collectors to enforce navigation rules and federal light and sound equipment laws.
A United Press report from Stockholm notes rapid lawlessness amid the Swedish strike. A night of unprecedented burglaries preceded several clashes between strikers and troops, with disorder limited by government prohibition on alcohol. The homefront upheaval signals growing unrest.
President Taft prepares to depart Washington for more than three months, returning in November to face Congress and a tariffic debate. Local notices list obituaries and death notices for Clara Holman, John Foley, George Kelly, Hannah Bouton, Joan Lucskay, Lee Miller, Thomas Heady, Ella Bassett and others with dates in July and August across Connecticut towns.
F. Fancher of the American Graphophone Company Drum Corps earned the top snare drummer prize at the 24th Connecticut Fifers and Drummers Association convention in Naugatuck. Bridgeport placed third in full drum corps, while judges called Fancher the best snare drummer in the state and possibly the country.
The ways and means committee of the common council will meet Monday at 7 30 oclock to locate $1 000 to pay Ward M Cowles assistant building inspector whose appointment followed annual appropriations by the Board of Apportionment. The council may grant a special appropriation. Foley's Kidney Remedy is recommended for backache rheumatism and kidney and bladder trouble by local agent F B Brill 135.
The D. M. Read Co profits from an August sale extending another week through Saturday the fourteenth. Discounts include ten percent on carpets rugs lace curtains upholstery goods linen towels dinnerware and linoleum and twenty percent on furniture china sets silverware cut glass linen sheets and pillow cases. Many decor patterns china and fabrics priced to move with tiered markdowns on textiles and ready-to-wear items. The notice lists numerous fabric types and garment items with sale prices and quantities remaining.
A long list of sensational bargains unveils dozens of small goods priced at 1c to 89c. Items include harmonicas, fishing poles, cotton, bed spreads, bird cages, handkerchiefs, socks, blankets, writing paper, air rifles, rubber balls, negligee shirts, scarf pins, roller skates, fountain pens, handbags, prints, muslin, cretonnes, cotton bats, fire balls, kitchen knives and more with green coupons offered on every purchase.
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