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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1913

Page

8

Stratford Town Meeting Aims To Address Local Projects

Stratford Aug 6 town hall meeting fills expected to debate Orchard street extension to the Housatonic river pathways sidewalk work on tram avenue and drainage to prevent property damage from surplus water The session will also consider Graham or North street, Surf avenue improvements and a $1000 grant for Huntington road school walks plus other town business Mrs Winton plans to push extra funds for Huntington road school completion The town selects faced a separate lawsuit as Selectmen Welles Alley and Holmes were summoned in a damage case tied to a road project backstory includes a sanitarium return for Gene Lewis and calls for a gravel and road-structural upgrade in Stratford and a registrar voters meeting set to enroll names.

Stratford Intratford Rosamunda Hool Board Ferry Road Housatonic River S Mall Thompson Venue Graham Or North Street Ball Tittan Graham Graham Or ‘Orth Street Surf Avenue Huntington Road Th Brothers Putney Booth Gene” Lewis Ed. Lewis Elton Gene Ker Stratford Avenue Main Street Elm Street John Holmes Rebekah Lodge Henry Meachen Amy Bolmes Dora Sanford W. R. Beard Adelaide Morehouse Trowbridge Wolfram Kendall Gregory

Eight Married Men for Jury in Diggs Case

In San Francisco in August, Maury I Diggs sat with his lawyers as 11 jurors appeared. Eight married men were temporarily passed with 22 children among them. The court confirmed no women jurors would be accepted.

San Francisco Maury I. Diggs Sacramento Reno Nev Marsha Warrington Drew Caminetti Lola Norris United States District Court Diggs United States B. E. Donaldson N. J. Abbott van Fleet Caminetti Veniremen

A Blessing to Victims Of Sore Foot Agony

A sensational remedy called Calocide is promoted as the fastest cure for all foot ailments. By dissolving two tablespoons in warm water and soaking for 15 minutes, soreness allegedly vanishes and corns peel away. The ad claims immediate relief for bunions, sweaty feet, and odor with a 25 cent box, available via druggists.

Wanted Competent Man for Lunch Bar

Meredith's Cafe seeks a competent man for the lunch bar at 54 East Washington Ave. Apply in person to discuss duties and hours.

Meredith's Cafe East Washington Ave

Fairfield Blacksmith Guilty Of Reckless Driving At Fairfield

Daniel Williams of Bridgeport was found guilty of reckless driving by Judge Bacon Wakeman in Fairfield town court. He was fined $100 and costs and appealed to the Septem ber term of the Common Pleas court with $200 bond. Williams’s Studebaker collided with a Pierce Arrow car driven by George O. Pizzipio of New York, injuring Jack Shepherd of Bridgeport, who sustained a skull fracture. Other occupants, including Williams and Gordon Williams, survived with varying injuries. Pitzipio and Miss Do. Winants escaped harm.

Fairfield Daniel Williams Bridgeport Bacon Wakeman Lawrence J. Finklestone Common Pleas Court George McCormack Williams Studebaker Main Church Streets Pierce-Arrow Garret P. Winants New York George O. Pizzipio Jack Shepherd Bethel Daniel Gordon Williams Pitzipio Miss Do. Winants Wakeman John Anderson Samuel Wheeler Main Street Church Street Harold Bullard Winant William Bullard Benson's Corner Beinig Finklestone McCormack William B. Boardman Fein Attorney King

City Park Hedge Plan and Elm Trimming Recommended

A parks report proposes starting city park development soon. It recommends planting new hedges around City Hall Park and trimming elm trees to improve the greenspace and streetscape.

Superintendent of Parks City Hall Park

Sets of twins born to one man

Washington reports Dr. William Warren of St. Joseph Missouri described a family history for pension purposes. He notes 25 children by three wives who were sisters, the first two wives twins and the third also a twin. He is the sole survivor at 76 and will receive a pension increase.

Washington Pension Bureau William Warren St. Joseph Warren

Fairfield News Briefs From 1913 Local Life And Infrastructur

Fairfield reports a surprise wedding of a 71 year old smithy operator and his 42 year old bride. Sheriff Elwood advances two new jail cells in a leased Marine avenue house with a shipment delay over gold trim designs. A Rooster River bridge bridge project links Fairfield and Bridgeport, costing 2000 for Fairfield and 3000 for Bridgeport, with officials named on the bridge plate and widening improvements. Advertisements promote Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder care.

Monroe Fairfield Elwood Marine Avenue Rooster River Bridgeport Tunixis Hill Road

New Park Commissioners Attend Initial Meeting

Louis Kutscher Jr and Philip Holzer join the Park Commission for their first meeting. Olmstead Bros of Brookline Mass report completion of a survey of 19 acres added to Beardsley Park over the Trumbull line.

Louis Kutscher, Jr Philip Holzer Park Commission Olmstead Bros Brookline Mass Trumbull Line Beardsley Park

Park City Lodge NEOP Initiation and Plans for Grand Lodge

At tonight's Park City lodge NEOP regular meeting one new member will be Initiated and several applications received. A whist committee will meet after to plan the annual grand lodge meeting to be held in Bridgeport in 191.

Park City Lodge Grand Bridgeport

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