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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
10
A centuries old tale follows a diligent mole seeking marriage to Hannul. He visits the Sun, Clouds, and Wind, each claiming superiority before the Myrick rock figures reveal a greater force beyond earthly claim.
In a look at major league form, Evers hints a stronger pitching staff could lift the Cubs in the race. Reports discuss Johnson’s premium pay, Burns’ breakout progress, Crandall’s contract stance, and other notes on players like Cashion, Jackson, and Daubert.
An editorial argues socialism inevitability as the initiative referendum and recall spread, claiming capitalism breeds socialism and workers should own tools and produce. It contends abolishing the profit system eliminates incentives, questions surplus handling, and warns about collective ownership via trusts and bank deposits.
Secretary of the National Association of Junior Republics promotes a plan for a Junior Municipality with boy mayors and youth officials in Ithaca Cortland and Jersey City. The scheme, rooted in the George Junior Republic movement, envisions youth collaboration with adults to enforce laws affecting young people and to prepare for adult citizenship.
Letter from promoter Charlie Galvin in Paris reports Jack Johnson unable to box there plans a catch-as-catch-can wrestling bout with Constant LaMarin who claims world champ status for the title and purse. Also hints at Sam McVey returning from Australia and possible alliance with Johnson amid Breyer’s 10 000 franc judgment.
New York August 13 A crowd attacked Patt Mc Grath Olympic hammer throw champion and New York police officer in a theater lobby. An umbrella jabbed his eye and doctors feared possible blindness but saved sight after a close call.
Boston reports Governor Foss will not seek the Republican nomination for governor though enough signatures could place his name on the primary ballot if he wished. He said he had not decided whether to run independently.
At the invitation of George C Til you one thousand two hundred blind persons enjoyed Steeplechase Park at Coney Island yesterday. Most guests came from institutions in Manhattan and Brooklyn with many private homes also attending. Mr Tilyou escorted guests, hosted dinner, and ensured attentive service for them and their attendants.
A historical account recalls Captain John Price, inspector general of prison ships, whose iron rule bred fear among convicts on Stratford avenue. In 1857 he was killed by inmates after a plotted resistance, sparking public alarm and contributing to eventual abolition of prison ships.
The Interstate Commerce Commission today allowed lower anthracite freight rates from Pennsylvania fields to Boston Roxbury Boylton Street Forest Hills and Mt Hope Massachusetts and to adjacent points, applying the same reduced rate to all. The action appears in the Washington dispatch and notes the statewide impact on coal shipments.
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