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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1909
Page
7
A brief notice from the Farmer Publishing Co located at 27 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport Connecticut appears in the public listing. The entry confirms the location and business presence in the city.
In this 1909 note from The Farmer, children in Dayton are highlighted by gifts and hobbies. It mentions reforming behavior through books, a crippled boy enjoying pyrography tools, and an unruly girl kept in check by a sewing basket. Last year six Dayton children visited Santa. this year returns are not yet in.
In a Washington dispatch the piece notes Roosevelt’s expected return to Africa and leadership aims amid Cannonism attacks. It highlights broader political struggle, tax and state expenditure context, and debates over governance, parties, and tariff era divisions.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York with assets of 72,000,000 shifts control from Thomas F. Ryan to J Pierpont Morgan. Voting rights are currently held in trust until June 15, after which the trust may lapse. The move aims to control 472,000,000 in assets, raising questions about benefits to policyholders and potential use in large railway deals. Absolute separation of life insurers from high finance is urged. Also noted is a medical ad for Pazo Ointment promising piles cure in 6 to 14 days.
A 1908 feature chronicles Miss Sallie Stutsman of Dayton Ohio and her year round gift drive to clothe, repair and dress dolls for needy children. Beginning in 1891 with 50 recipients the effort grew as teachers nurses and volunteers joined, delivering toys and necessities on Christmas Eve. Workshops ran like a factory with volunteers dressing dolls, repairing toys, and gathering supplies from merchants, box factories and paper firms to sustain the program into 1909 and beyond.
New Haven dec 4 Highway Commissioner James H Macdonald has a severe cold and remains at his Norton Street home unable to attend to business though his condition slightly improves and he hopes to be at his office Monday. A long column of household tips and a testimonial on Dr Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism follow, noting home remedies and cleanliness advice with a brief patient account from Lebanon Ind.
A survey of science items notes hurricane football on a miniature tabletop field uses air hoses. metal under for North Dakota patent. ammunition cars moved by compressed air on Iona Island. sawdust fuel claim. durable washboard design. pie bakery lines for mass production. gas light outshines electric in fog. rail resurfacing machine. cement additives deter rust and remove oxide. radium production exceeds half a million dollars. circular saws for nails and bolts enable uniform lumber sizing.
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