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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1909
Page
6
The Carnentere and Q Hes union plans a Tabor Day action with about 200 members sending to New Britain for a large demonstration. The local open shop plan failed to secure the desired class of workers and there will be no labor parade here.
The Japanese steamship Tenyo completed its voyage on its first run in four days eighteen hours, reaching here as June Greaves notes the vessel used sixteen boilers under natural draught. The St. Louis achieved a remarkable speed, with seventeen knots reported during part of the passage.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael O Connor of 730 East Main Street mourn the death of their young daughter. Funeral held Monday. she attended St Marys School briefly and was remembered as bright, friendly, and kind. The family had already endured the loss of four other children, and one son remains among six siblings. Kilglass cemetery, Ireland, referenced in family notes.
Former North Carolina governor and lecturer Robert R Glenn warned that great cities like New York and Chicago risk divine wrath unless reform occurs. He compared them to Sodom and Gomorrah and recalled his 20 cent rail fare enforcement. He previously drew attention by fronting a state rail policy defying federal courts.
The fortieth annual reunion of Companies I and B and The Band of the Second Heavy Artillery will be held in Torrington on September 15 with a shore dinner at Lehmanns. Officers include Gen H L Abbot as president and Major Bela P Learner as VP. Several Bridgeport men, including Frank Miller, are among the members.
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on August 24 during a game at Senator W Murray Crane s estate on Windsor Mountain two clergymen collided while chasing a line drive. The Rev Franklin Knight rector of Grace Church New Haven and the Rev Herbert Johnson Boston pastor were knocked unconscious and Knight later appeared with a black eye. Crane s team allowed three more runs after the collision and Knight could not preach Sunday at Dalton s Grace Episcopal. Also on Crane s team were Rev George Wakeman Andrews Rev T C Luce and Rev Alexander McKinley.
The remains of Henry D. Fuller were sent to Bayonne New Jersey yesterday under Hawley Wilmot Reynolds. Fuller was secretary of the International Salt Company of Bayonne and died at Bridgeport Hospital after illness while driving with his family. Peter J. O Rourke a well known truckman died suddenly at his home 325 George Street of edema of the lungs. He was a nephew of Patrick J. O Rourke who conducted a wholesale liquor business for years. He is survived by his
Daniel Miller, jailed in Chicopee Massachusetts for drunkenness, claims he fell from an airship named Meteor of Man during a Canada to New York flight. He says a congenial party drank to stay warm, fights broke out, and he slid along rigging before landing in Chicopee.
Seven emaciated suffragettes appeared before a Liverpool magistrate to answer a charge of disturbing a Tuesday meeting led by Secretary Hardin. Imprisoned a week ago they began a hunger strike and refused to eat the fare as is customary in protest.
The D M Read Co advertises a limited sale offering one lot of Axminster Rugs size 3x6 from the stock line with mainly Oriental designs at a special price of 3.50. It also promotes a hair wash product in Guernsey earthenware jars priced at 50 cents, described as a wash for head and hair aimed at scalp cleanliness to help stop hair loss.
In a magistrate court a sorrowful official urged immediate food for women punished for safety concerns, but one spokesman refused, calling it man made despotism. Sentences ranged 1 to 2 months, likely suspended to avoid starving them. Special Matinee Excursions end after Labor Day aboard Park City to Port Jefferson. departures 1 30 p m weekdays, return 4 30 p m. Autumn Bermuda tours advertised.
Describes Bermuda with birds and coral reefs, a constant succession of lovely scenery. Mentions reasonable hotel accommodations at the Hamilton, American, Kenwood and others. Highlights carriage drives to St George and Devil's Hole, steamboat trips to Marine Gardens and Coral Reefs. Call S Loewith & Co., 116 Bank Street.
Forecast for New Haven calls for fair tonight with increasing clouds and a chance of showers Wednesday. A ridge along the Atlantic coast brings pleasant eastern weather while a Lake Superior low pressure system causes unsettled, cloudy conditions with local showers in the upper Mississippi valley and western lake region. Local showers have occurred over the south Atlantic and Gulf coasts, with Orleans reporting 2.48 inches of rain.
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