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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
3
Henry Clay Pierce, head of Waters-Pierce Oil, faces false swearing charges in Texas. The case centers on his inclusion of his company in Texas after it had been ousted and his eventual return to Lone Star State court jurisdiction.
Special United Press report from London says at least one hundred persons may have drowned as a hurricane sweeps the British coast. The storm intensified last night leaving telegraph wires down and widespread damage. The Congress steamship reportedly collided off Stivehead with an unknown vessel. one crew member survived. Birmingham reports a woman killed by a falling chimney and many injuries across towns.
A sealed verdict for the defendant was returned in a $5 suit for libel and slander brought by William Shoe Workers’ Union of America. The case cited a Toronto address in 1907 in which the editor of the Searchlight was called an undesirable citizen from a union labor perspective.
Meriden January 3. Thomas L. Reilly the present mayor was nominated again as the Democratic mayoralty candidate. His opponent will be chosen at the Republican convention about ten days hence. Charles F. Rockwell treasurer and general manager of Miller Brothers Fire Company and a leading alderman.
In Hartford on December 3, W B Middleheart a Baltimore hat dealer testified in the Lowe and Company suit against Hatters union. He said he bought all soft hats from Lowe prior to the suit and after a union label request his orders dropped as hats without the label failed to sell. About one third of Lowe’s 1902 orders were filled due to the strike.
Frank McCarty formerly of Canaan wed Miss Bila O Hara longtime Wheeler Co. bookkeeper in Lakeville on Saturday by Father Bannon. Best man James McCarty of New Haven. bridesmaid Miss Mar O Hara. Wedding breakfast at Miss Mary O Hara’s home. Hosts note 26 guests. Couple to reside in Sheffield with Massachusetts Lime Company.
Generally cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Saturday. Northern districts from the Rockies to the coast stay cloudy as a disturbance moves eastward from Utah. Temperature trends show rising in the south and east, with falling in the northwest as conditions evolve.
A collage of light humor and oddities drawn from early magazines. It includes quips about a quiet neighbor Steve Long, mispronunciations in a family, New Zealand cooking with natural hot springs, Wendell Phillipe the child preacher, a barroom tale about Four Fingered Pete, and a Vienna critique of English hospitality.
A humorous excerpt contrasts a student and professor debating language choices using animals as analogies. It features interjections from Baltimore American and Our Neighbor style snippets, and ends with a German proverb about small axes cutting great trees.
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