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Bridgeport Evening Farmer in Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
12
Lightning Fells Stepney Barn and Storehouse
Special to the Farmer reports a lightning strike in Stepney starting a blaze that destroyed the barn and storehouse of B. Hawley & Co. Loss estimated at 5 000 dollars with some insurance coverage. Four carloads of feed 20 tons of hay and lumber were destroyed. No local fire department. About 500 onlookers and Burr Hawley helped save horses and wagons. The firm has operated in Stepney for 43 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stepney
B. Hawley &Co
Burr Hawley
Nine Young Men May Have Bermuda Vacation Trip
Nine young men from the Bridgeport division Connecticut Naval Militia may be chosen for an ideal Bermuda cruise aboard the U S S Machias. Lieut Merritt will select nine applicants. a meeting at Seaview avenue clubhouse will choose the first desiring en list. The Machias cruise departs New Haven August 30 for Bermuda with three days each way and two days ashore if weather cooperates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Bridgeport Division
Connecticut Naval Militia
Bridgeport
Albert J. Merritt
Seaview Avenue
Naval Militia
U. S. S. Machias
Commander Hill
New Haven
U.S. Machias
Connecticut Naval Miliia
Machias
Hats and veils sale highlights at local market
A long list of hat styles and prices dominates the page, from ready to wear to Panama and sailor hats, with many price points from fractions of a dollar up to ten dollars. The ad also notes white chiffon and lace veils and then shifts to film news about Helen Gardner and her motion picture company, plus a tease for local market specials at Public Market and Branch.
Navy cruise details list officers and divisions
Commander E Hill Jr and Lt Commander C Peck lead officers for the cruise with navigators and paymaster among key roles. The First Division, New Haven, is under Ensign Sidney Butler. Second Division is led by Lieut J G Burns. Third Division covers Bridgeport and South Norwalk under Lieut Albert J Merritt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Hill, Jr
C. Peck
C. M. Maynard
F. P. Lewis
W. J. Crowe
Arthur Hoyt
Wm. H. Hinckley
Ensign
H. Rathgeber
4Th Division
New Haven
New Hhven
Sidney Butler
J. G
Frank H. Burns
Bridgeport
South Norwalk
Albert J. Merritt
Miss Gardner to See Herself In The Wife Of Cain
Helen Gardner, Bridgeport home on Mills Hill Avenue, stars in the three reel drama The Wife of Cain. The Empire Theatre will show the film next Monday and Tuesday with matinee and evening performances, highlighting her rapid rise to fame in motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Land
Helen’ Gardner
Bridgeport
Wife of Cain
Empire ‘Theatre
Miss Gardner
Mills Hill Avenue
Naturalization Clerk Flanagan Takes Vacation and Trip
Naturalization Clerk M. J. Flanagan of the superior court leaves for vacation with stops in Boston to catch Detroit Boston baseball series and then Maine including Portland and Bangor. He will not return until September 11, advising applicants to wait prior to applying at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Flanagan
Superior ‘Court
Boston
Detroit
Maine
Portland
Bangor
Court House
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Kline’s
Furnis
Squine
Washington
Burr Hawley Co
Bolt and Burns
Bridgeport Naval Militia
Main Street
Perniture Society
Grand Rapids Furniture & Supply Corp
Elm ST
Main ST
Bridgeport, Connrocess
E. H. Dillon & CO
Hartford
Conn
Rue St. Cecile
Paris
Ndaan
Chinchilla
G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
Est
Opticians
P. 0
Tore World
Helen Gardner Motion Picture Co
Cain
Miss Gardener
Park City
Juin
THE
Smith-Murray CO
Eeperek
Copenhagen
Pretty Little Character
Esquimaux
Clerk Flanagan
Bernard Place
Stratford
Barnum Avenue
Broad Bridge Road
Bernard Park
Jordan & Selleck
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