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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1913
Page
9
A chaotic scene unfolds at a hotel where masked men threaten arrest and bribe the occupants. Scotland Yard identifies Medcroft and Earth as suspects while Mrs Fowler and Brooks confront mystery figures in a tense, shifting sequence.
Edith Medcroft collapses and claims to be Mrs Medcroft as hotel guests clash in a London hotel. Scotland Yard officer Odell-Carney intervenes while a plan to bribe a jailer surfaces to free Brock from German jail as Miss Fowler plots a daring escape and Paris rendezvous.
The New Haven railroad laid 1,983,296 new ties last year up from 1,649,201 the year before. Creosoted ties are used on the four‑track New Haven to Woodlawn and Harlem River branch, with 123,672 installed this year, nearly double the previous year. Tie plates and screw spikes provide durable rail fastening, with 181,600 ties tied in the last two years on the main line between New York and New Haven.
Tuesday visits recur among residents including Mrs Bradley and Arthur Jones. Families travel between Redding Ridge Fairfield Beach and Bridgeport area with caretakers, builders and contractors named. Multiple social visits and property transactions are noted along with health and residence updates.
Buffalo reports thousands flocked to see Niagara, Perry's flagship, on a tour linking Lake Erie and inland ports. The vessel, sunk 190 years ago and later raised, was rebuilt around Put-in-Bay and will visit lake city ports during late September, drawing large crowds as part of a commemorative voyage.
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