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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1909
Page
7
The fragment references 25 York Office at 225 Fifth Avenue Building, room 404 A. Menet named as Representative. It hints at an office address and a named contact for representation.
The Board of Aldermen faces protracted legal battles over harbor line resolutions adopted June 7. Conflicting lines with the War Department and Locomobile grant create potential voids, with damages and compensation costing up to a treasury share. The Lee administration’s harbor policy faces scrutiny as the case moves to the courts.
The feast day of St Augustine will be observed with RB Ade certs for women as part of the celebrations.
The Baltimore Public Bath Commission devised portable shower baths to bring baths to youngsters. A tent or corner-lot setup served hundreds daily, with plans for inexpensive, weatherproof versions for year round use and playgrounds, plus a note offering to share building plans.
The act imposes close seasons for lake trout from July 1 to March 31 and for alewives from June 1 to March 1, bans certain striped bass sizes, extends wood duck seasons, and sets otter, shad, and other wildlife rules. It raises hunting license fees, allows real estate owners to place traps, permits Bantam Lake baitfish, and outlines shellfish and lobster provisions, with enforcement and town hunting measures.
Steeplechase Island offers a redesigned fireworks show tonight led by Captain Bottom with novelties in aerial pyrotechnics and set pieces. The Great Calvert aerial act finishes its run with tonight and tomorrow performances. Tomorrow features an exhibition baseball game between the Orators and South Ends, a top local amateur team, while season end looms for the island bathing facilities.
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