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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1909

Page

5

Prizes Worth While At Coming Dog Show

The Bridgeport Kennel Club bench show at Park City rink on September 30 and October 1 promises top competition with over a thousand top dogs across classes. Sanctioned by the American Kennel Club, prizes carry New York and Boston show prestige. Premium books will be available early September at D. D. Smith's Sporting Goods, while local civic leaders donate cups and trophies.

Bridgeport Kennels Club Park City Bridgeport Kennel Club New England American Kennel Club New York Boston D. D. Smith Sporting Goods Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport Henry A. Bishop Buckingham Lee J. W. Dean Victor Kennels Windsor Hotel John M. Donnelly Davis & Hawley Wissahilicon Kennel Club Pennsylvania Eckart Bros A. W. Smith Piqua Ohio Alfords King America

Sporting Coaches Bring Olympic Stars to Bridgeport Y M C A Trials

Harry F Porter Olympic high jump winner and H L Trube former mile champion train local candidates for the Connecticut Y M C A championship at Seaside Park on September 18. Supervising is H H Reinhardt Y M C A physical director. Any Y M C A member can try out to represent Bridgeport with numerous candidates reporting daily for practice.

America Seaside Park Harry F. Porter London H. L. Trube H. H. Reinhardt Association Bridgeport

McKie Wins Handicap Quarter Mile Time Trial

McKie captured first place in a handicap quarter mile time trial starting from the 30 yard mark with a 53 percent second performance. Captain Kelley, running from scratch, finished second.

McKie Kelley

Big State Fair At Charter Oak Park Draws All

The Connecticut Fair at Charter Oak Park runs September 6 to 11 and draws men women and children. Daily at fair headquarters a steady stream of visitors enter to compete in home garden and pet categories. The family character of the event is illustrated by small incidents and participant pride.

Charter Oak Park Connecticut

Old New England Fair Honors Family Roles In Exhibits

The passage extols a country Fair as a gathering that draws families with housework cooking china painting preserves and pantry displays aimed at women and children. It links the event to rural heritage and the memory of farmhouse kitchens, dairies, and traditional domestic crafts as a shared cultural appeal.

New England

Ferguson Stopped by Jeanette in Eighth Round

New York August 28 Sandy Ferguson weighed over 200 pounds and fought Joe Jeanette who weighed about 185. Jeanette pressed the pace from the sixth round as Ferguson tired and signaled to quit. The bout ended in the eighth round with Jeanette declared winner in a lackluster heavyweight clash.

United Press New York Sandy Ferguson Joe Jeanette Paris Ferguson Fairmont A. C Jeanette Billy Gibson Jimmy Johnson Sandy Jeannette Boston

AT HIS THROAT

Watertown Aug 28 Frank Sides 51 of Waterbury killed himself by cutting his wrist and throat with a penknife then hanging from an apple tree. He appeared mentally unbalanced. He leaves a wife and several children. Miss Emma Crane of Broad Street is spending a two weeks vacation at Philadelphia.

Watertown Frank Sides Waterbury Emma Crane Broad Eet Philadelphia

O rulers New Twirler Receives Rank Support O Rourke

Newfield hosts a doubleheader with Bridgeport winning the opener 10-3 and Holyoke taking the finale 12-6. Artie Romer starts the first game for Bridgeport, while O Connor debuts for Holyoke in game two as errors and defensive lapses top the action. Frank Hill leads at the plate with multiple hits for Holyoke and Ladd adds consistently in both games as Bosk and Gibbs hold the mound duties for Bridgeport.

Holyoke Bridgeport Newfield Bridgepot McCormick Artie Romer Arthur Files Bosk Capt. McCormick Freddie Gibbs Freddie Jim O’connor New York State Papermakers Frank Hill Ladd Bannon Steinhauser Tibe Hill Frank Hiram Miller Bunyan Sweeney Kocher Gibbs Steiny Stin Scanlon Hilt Fanning Stell—hauser Jana Scanlon Texas Beaumont Baker Burke Dugram Duggan Hearn Gibbs and Romer Papermaker Akers D Kocher Connor

CleanEasy Tam Lets Hand Guarantagd 20 Percent Goes

A fragmented OCR item mentions CleanEasy and Tam, with garbled phrases about guarantees, grease, ink, and paper. The readable bits suggest a consumer notice or product claim regarding a 20 percent figure, but details are unclear. No clear entities beyond brands appear.

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Hartford, Conn Alsoo Dare Devil Dash Flying Cordens Hartford Trust Building Main Street Central Row Walter J. Snyder Greggs HUB Clothing Public Market&Branch Public Market Building State and Bank Sts East Main ‘St Rewana Cafe Crawford Laundey Fied Avenue Harry Porter BIG State Fair O’rourke Niagara Falls Lehigh Valley R. R Wnee N. N. No Cyrus Avenue Cannon St Tam
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