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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1909

Page

6

Dogs as Ballet Dancers at The Top Th World

A Jackson theatre bills pampered collies as dancers in The Top O Th World. Ten dogs perform, with three caretakers, daily baths, grooming, and weekly vet checks to keep them stage ready. Jack the white registered collie is an undercover rope skiller and lone all white stud. The show with Bailey and Austin arrives tomorrow, promising a large audience.

T Jackson Amy America Jack Bailey Austin New ‘York Jackson

Sixth Regiment Elects Officers at Year Dinner

The Sixth Regiment C V held a year end dinner at the shore house with about 75 members present. President B Beers presided. a secret report recorded nine veterans’ deaths during the year. William F. Rollins of New Haven was elected treasurer and Charles K. Cadwell of New Britain joined the executive committee. W H Wooster of Seymour was named president.

C. V Shore House B. Beers S. C W. H. Wooster Seymour W. Leonard New Britain William F New Haven Charles K. Cadwell New Jacob Butcher Rollins Albert Downs Set

Wife of banker Harriman hosts labor delegates

New York aug 19 capital and labor figures attended a gathering at Mount Kisco hosted by the wife of banker Harriman. Guests included John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers and other labor leaders as firemen kept watch at the summer home.

Harriman Dines New York Capital Mount Kisco John Mitchell The United Mine

Labor Delegates Dine at Home of Mrs Harmon

Delegates gathered for a formal dinner where Mrs Harman welcomed guests and urged organized effort toward a Brotherhood standard. Speakers Mr Mitchell Mr Healy and C L Shamp addressed labor conditions as the party retired to the drawing room for plantation melodies by a negro quartet. Notable attendees included John J. Mor ey and John Foote with accompanying officers and spouses.

Mitchell John J. Morey United Railway Men’s Organization John Foote J. Pfeiffer John Mitchell Timothy Healy James McElroy Gertrude Beeks Welfare Department National Civic Federation Elizabeth Morriss Mary EB. Thon Frank J. McNulty International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of Springfield Ill Thomas B Lavey Isaac G. Johnson & Co Spuyten Duyvil Edward A. Mof, Ltd Bricklay and Masons’ Journal Camden N. A

Fashions and Fads for Household Cleaning Tips

Practical household tips from old fashions discuss cleaning wallpaper with hot vinegar to restore its look and removing fish taint from cutlery with citrus peels. The text also mentions using long celluloid collar stiffeners to add body to children’s hat brims, noting doctors’ hats as a context.

Notion Counters

Pope Answers Eliot on Religion From Rome to New York

The Pope translated Dr. Eliot’s Harvard Summer School address on The Religion of the Future into Italian and judged it a negation of faith. He praised American churchmen who defended Christianity and hinted a reply will appear in Civita Cattolica. Archbishop Farley of New York dismissed Eliot’s views as absurd and without authority, noting no religion can omit the supernatural.

Rome Charles W. Eliot Harvard Summer School of Theology Eliot Ryan Philadelphia McFaul Trenton Civitta Cattolica Jesuits Salvatore Brand Farley Queenstown Archbishop Farley New York New York Herald Caronia America

Cleaning Boilers Midas Lecture At Bridgeport Engineers

Bridgeport Engineers association met last night and listened to a lecture on cleaning boilers. The talk covered methods for boiler maintenance and safety practices for stationary engineers.

Bridgeport Association of Statenary Midas

Price List for Cards and Stationery Section

Script sixty cents Roman or block letters seventy five cents Old English seventy five cents Shaded Old English one dollar thirty five cents French Script ninety five cents Shaded French Script one dollar fifty cents Printing fifty cards from old plate forty cents Stationery section.

Autoists Lose Licenses For Fast Driving

J B R Smith New Jersey motor vehicle chief revoked one license and warned another while imposing a heavy fine on a third in three auto cases from Trenton. Carl B Kohr, longtime employee of Colonel John T Penning, had license revoked for speeding in Long Branch and alleged to have run down policemen. J F Dittmar of Tarrytown N Y fined $50 for driving without a license after claiming a registration certificate sufficed despite warnings. Mrs Maud Abbotts of 624 Broad Street was committed to Middletown Insane Asylum by Probate Court following a surgical procedure and illness.

Trenton J. B. R. Smith State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Carl B. Kohr John T. Penning Long Branch J. F. Dittmar Tarrytown Asbury Park Abbotts Maud Abbotts James Abbotts Middletown

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