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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
4
James Staples & Co Bankers located at 10 State St Bridgeport Conn announces services as Executor Trustee Administrator and Guardian. The firm offers estate handling with prompt efficient service for wills estates and related fiduciary duties.
Baseball managers and players from a quarter century ago earned paltry salaries compared with modern sums. Cap Anson reportedly drew 2700 in 1888 with 700 as captain and manager. Pfeffer and Williamson had 2000 and lesser terms. Williamson got 8000 in 1889, Comiskey 7000 in 1890, highlighting era contrasts in Chicago baseball salaries.
Historian voice argues three Canadians—Tommy Burns Arthur Pelkey and Sam Langford—hold the strongest rights to the world heavyweight title as of the era, noting Burns from Ontario Calgary native Pelkey and Langford from Weymouth Nova Scotia while citing Johnson's decline and other national figures.
Tokio Aug 12 One hundred secret agents are reported by Japanese newspapers to have been sent to Japan to kill Dr Sun Yat Sen Yuang Ling and other Chinese revolutionary fugitives by Provisional President Yuang Shi Kai The Japanese government has arranged police protection for the leaders of the Chinese revolution who sought the shores of Japan
Bridgeport harbor hosts the convict ship Success, 123 years old, famed for its teak hull and mainmast. The vessel, sunk at Sydney and later raised, remains remarkably durable, drawing hundreds of visitors daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The teak’s longevity underscores its use in shipbuilding and endures amid gales and global voyages.
The piece argues factory safety dangers demand annual inspector visits and a cigar with the proprietor. It notes John Gaffney, famed as "king of umpires," has died at 54, remarking on the oddity of an umpire dying peacefully in bed.
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