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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1911
Page
7
Editorial attacks Mayor Wilson for promising to resign as coroner if elected mayor of Bridgeport but failing to do so after taking office. The piece argues the pledge was a legal and moral bargain with voters and that his delay deprives Electors of a single-office government.
Tax Commissioner William H. Corbin reports Connecticut monopolies pay 1.7958 million dollars in 1911 taxes. He notes these firms base charges on stock and bond values, while taxes use properties’ assessed worth, creating a disparity for telephone telegraph express trolley and railroad corporations.
The Hartford Courant notes Bridgeport's population at 105,280 versus Hartford's 105,137, a narrow margin of 143. It argues cities should conduct their own censuses and critiques federal methods. A Waldorf guest misplaced 7000 worth of jewels in a wooden box, later found by a hotel valet.
The Middletown Press argues turnout for New Haven and Bridgeport bonding was weak, urging mass meetings to mobilize voters. It condemns bond spending, warns of debt and taxes, and favors home rule with prudent budgeting and pay as you go.
A Bridgeport Market notice correcting a typographical error in the Farmer paper changes Fancy shoulders lic th. to Fresh shoulders lic lh. The correction clarifies the advertised meat item for readers.
H. H. Blake, head of the executive committee, retained Judge William F. Henney of Hartford as counsel for the suit challenging the pension act. Associate counsel will be Judge A B Beers of Bridgeport.
Hartford Mayor Edward J. Smith, soon to be a judge, advocates simple, plain dinners over lengthy course banquets. He argues typical American banquet culture, shaped by French fashion, wastes time and digestion. A plain menu with beef, vegetables, bread, beer and coffee could shorten dinners and ease caterers’ load while preserving a banquet feel.
President Taft plans to submit the Hadley Railway Securities Commission report to Congress on Saturday December 9 if the body is in session. The commission is chaired by Arthur T. Hadley of Yale.
From top to basement the Gift Room displays furniture, china, silver, jewelry and novelties. Sheraton reproductions and a wide array of fine leather goods, fans, writing sets and decoratives fill cases on the second floor in the Reading Room.
The Interstate Commerce Commission report on railway stock and bond issuances was prepared after hearings in Washington New York and Chicago and is awaited by Congress and financial circles. Frederick N Judson and Frederick Strauss are listed as members with Griswold as secretary.
Arthur B. Morill principal of the State Normal school reports the State Board of Education requires pupils from Litchfield Fairfield and parts of New Haven including Waterbury to attend the county Normal school at Danbury after January due to overcrowding at the New Haven institution. Greenwich Stamford and Norwalk students who previously attended here will be affected.
The State Commission on Fisheries and Game voted to stop artificial quail hatching effective Friday after an experiment since last February costing 3000 to 4000 dollars. Forty birds were moved to Windsor Locks hatchery as part of the program, with the natural method preferred.
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