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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1913
Page
4
The firm offers estate handling services including acting as executor trustee administrator or guardian. Based at State Street Bridgeport Conn they emphasize prompt efficient performance in estate duties and invite appointment as executor.
The fortieth week total egg production reached 1 858 at Storrs, up 266 from last year, with W L Sleeger of York Pa winning for the week on 30 eggs in a Single Comb White Leghorns pen. Five pens tied for second with 27 eggs, including Burns of Broomall Pa and Ingleside Farms Co Thorndale Pa. The best July pen, also Sleeger, produced 126 eggs earning a silver medal, continuing a streak with Apr May months. Monthly leaders show Sleeger at 126 this month and 141 in May, top American bred pen. Several pens tied for third in July with 123 eggs, bronze medals awarded, and the top individual is A B Hall’s Barred Plymouth Rock with 29 eggs. End-of-fortieth week top fifteen pens list includes Sleeger 803, Cam 878, and numerous Single Comb White Leghorns from various farms and regions.
Feoples Savings Bank at 924 926 Main Street reports deposits, surplus, and undivided earnings totaling $6,881,460.47 and an interest rate of four percent. The notice lists Samuel W. Baldwin as president and Willis H. Lyon as treasurer, with dividends payable January 1 and June 1, on the New York Stock Exchange platform of record.
The city awards the contract to Kilpatrick Hott for installing lights on five drawbridges. The bid totals $1,228 for 40 lights with lighting and cable work. Failure to complete could incur $100 daily fines. no appropriation exists yet, though the mayor aims to raise funds.
Fine heavy silver and rich cut glass are ideal wedding presents valued for beauty, utility, and affordability. The shop specializes in a wide assortment of suitable gift articles in silver, glass, and plate, including items nationally advertised to fit any budget or home needs.
The Pageant of Darien by William C Langdon unfolds Aug 29 30 and Sept 1 in four interludes and nine episodes tracing Darien history from earliest settlement to modern times. It features realistic scenes of townsfolk life, a Morse of marches dances and orchestral interludes.
SCRAP BOOK FOR TO DAY describes the Jewish ninth of Ab fast with mourning services, prayers, and Kinnoth dirges. It notes fundraising for a Zionist return to Palestine and recounts Titus siege events, famine, and the ruin of Jerusalem, ending with a view on Jewish resilience through persecution and survival.
The Board of Heath plans a regular meeting tonight at 8 o clock. Though few items are expected, the ongoing prosecution of selling "Bob" real will likely be discussed.
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