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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1909
Page
6
The D. M. Read Co established 1857 offers jars jelly glasses preserving kettles spoons rubbers paraffin and all necessary articles. Mason jars in pint quart half gallon and lids. jelly glasses two sizes. Cookies rugs and children coats in various colors and sizes. Earthen ware baking bowls custard cups and ponies dishes priced from 5 to 10 cents.
French jewelry samples feature enamel pieces with jade lapis lazuli garnet coral and colored cabochons. Items include brooches for Dutch collars bar pins for veils and sashes sold at 95 cents or 1.50. Square chiffon veils come in all colors at 75 cents with dust proof auto veils priced 1.75 and 2.25.
New Haven officials report a freight boom ahead as the ban on employing 200 workers is lifted. The move allows these men to be at work in August 1906 across city yards and related sites, following unrest tied to previous layoffs and tariff debates. The formal inquiry notes July business strength, tied to broader industrial revival rather than tariff changes.
The Common Council convenes to elect a registrar with Republicans aiding, while the sewer and paving commissions prepare for continued work. Probate officials will announce trustees for estates and discuss local road and sewer projects.
The Wontack Club held an outing and clambake at the Montauk Club in Forest Grove attended by guests including Captain Lawler of the New York fire department. Gill and Morree were the Montaukgans’ battery with Manyon pitching. Alderman John O’Connell umpired the game and Col. J Murphy was elected president. Post prandial remarks were delivered by Aldermen O’Connell O’Neil Cavanaugh Stoehr Mara.
The article notes this is the final week of the year to take a half day Sound excursion to Port Jefferson aboard the Park City. The trip is about one and a half hours each way and offers children a pleasant sail with Sound breezes.
Athens reports an imminent resignation of Crown Prince Constantinos as commander in chief after a conference with premier Mavromichalis and generals. Soldiers threaten larger mutinies if he is removed, signaling royal unrest and potential revolution. Full amnesty granted to mutinous troops.
Saturday’s Fairfield docket featured witnesses recounting a disturbance near the General Dee Works. Indicted John Boger admitted pulling a stone as a mob with a keg and a chicken drank and sang near the woods, while officers arrived amid the scene.
In St Louis Aug 30, Rev D. Phelan editor and priest advocates family suffrage to boost births and political influence. His proposal ties citizen rights to family size, suggesting one extra vote per child and a wife and daughters' votes while excluding childless couples. He frames it as a costed societal benefit for Missouri.
A reader recalls severe skin disease that covered the body including the head and throat impairing vision. After three doctors and many remedies failed, the patient found relief using Cuticura remedies and credits Mrs. Cordelia C. Pitts of Newborn Georgia with the testimony from November 24 and December 21, 1908.
Prevent dry and thinning hair with regular use of Cuticura Soap and occasional Guticura dressings. The guidance notes these methods as usually effective when other treatments fail, with emphasis on cleansing and scalp care to promote growth and beauty.
A collection of short anecdotes and curiosities notes the Civil War era drummer boy General Scott allowed to return home on furlough, a London lungs exhibit showing coal dust effects, and a series of brief vignettes about drums, dogs, skippers, finance, and a tale of Prince Talleyrand and a mouse.
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