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Bridgeport Evening Farmer in Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1911
Page
7
Local Architects Urged to Design New High School
The Board of Education should hold an open competition limited to Bridgeport architects to design the new high school. If no worthy plan emerges, allow outside entrants. Emphasis on fireproof steel frame construction, ample lighting, fresh air, and practical ornamentation over mere style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Mew
Bridgeport
Editorial urges diplomacy from U S engineers over Bridgeport harbor plans
Bridgeport editorial criticizes Capt Waldron for undiplomatic language about Pequonnock River improvements. It argues federal state and city roles require cooperative action, notes no bond for a new East Washington avenue bridge but potential pier funding, and defends Bridgeport’s stance while urging proper channels and equitable cost sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Bridge
East
Washington Avenue
Medticut
General Assembly
Cullinan
Common Council
Eugene
Elks Memorial Service Reflects Enduring Legacy
The annual Elm City Lodge of Elks Memorial service drew a large crowd on Sunday. The piece reflects on how human effort outlives stone, noting that memorials may be built in minds and deeds rather than monuments, as Elks members seek to preserve memories of the departed.
Republican endorse Harbor Master blocked in meeting
In a heated gathering the Harbor Master Iles H. Morris endorsement was blocked by rival factions. Morris is identified as a key Republican figure amid ongoing party disputes over leadership and policy direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elec
Republican
Wilson
Republi
Iles H. Morris
Morris
Mayor Wilson and the direct nomination conflict
The text argues that Mayor Wilson faced opposition not for public duty failures but for supporting direct nominations and aligning with Republican aims. It notes a Democratic Common Council backing Senator Paddock for harbor master and condemns hatred as a political distortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Senator Paddock
Attitude of Mrs Dodge Opposes Women Suffrage Speaker
Mrs Arthur M Dodge national president of the Society Opposed to Woman Suffrage told Fairfield ladies giving women votes would double the vote and that poorer classes including immigrants would gain excessive voting power. She is daughter of the late Governor Jewell once minister to Russia and a noted politician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Dodge
Fairfield
Women Vote Debate and the Dodge Stance
The article notes Mrs. Dodge advocates training women of her class not to vote while six states have admitted women to the ballot and more will follow. It compares her position to Sisera, arguing that merely increasing the vote is meaningless if voting proportions stay the same and that the Society Opposed to Woman Suffrage should also train its share to stay home.
G A R Men Raise Fund To Fight Pension Test
Connecticut Grand Army men form funds to challenge 1911 pension laws after Attorney General deemed unconstitutional. Judges Henney and Beers retained as counsel. New Haven meeting set strategy and fundraising, with executive committee directing litigation funding. Foley Kidney Pills advert follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Light
General Assembly
Connecticut G. A. R
Connecticut
William F. Henney
Hartford
Alfred B."beers
Bridgeport
Grand Army
New Haven
Cutbill
H. H. Blake
D. W. Sharpe
Selah G. Blakeman
Shelton
Henry
J. Seeley
R. J. Cutbill
South Norwalk
Albert
May
Meriden
Winsted
New London
Norwalk
New Milford
Waterbury
Stamford
Derby
New Canaan
Ansonia
East Hartford
Southington
Executive Committee
Supreme Court
Cedar Hill Avenue
Conn
Mead Campaign D 1852 at Twenty Two Fifty
Fragmentary OCR notes show a reference to Mead Campaign in 1852 with a price of 22.50 dollars. No clear event or person context available.
Gift Room Guides Shoppers in Furniture for Dolls Store
The Gift Room on the fourth floor offers suggestions for undecided buyers at Furniture for Dolls. Second floor displays complement the shopping area with gift ideas and curated selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furniture Store
Textile mills boost hours as woolen boom spreads region
Dec 4 reports show American Woolen Company in Almyville employing 300 with a three hour overtime start. Glens Falls mill also moves to full time. Danielson Cotton Manufacturing opens part and plans full staffing. Brageys Worsted, Fletcher Worsted, and Plainfield Woolen start overtime. Assawaga Woolen attracts orders, weaving runs day and night. skilled help scarce amid regional boom. Loravine loom workers apply for spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almyville
American Woolen Company
Glens Falls
Central Village
Bragey
Fletcher Worsted Mills
Plainfield Woolen Mills Company
Dayville
Assawaga Woolen Company
Christmas Bargain Sale by Universalist Womans Club
The Universalist Womans Club hosts a Christmas Bargain Sale with useful and fancy articles at unusual prices. A turkey supper is served each evening from 6 to 8 o clock for a nominal sum. Music by the Kimball orchestra enhances the event with details in the advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist Womans’ Club
Kimball Orchestra
Universalist Parish
Yale Men Urged To Work For Peace
New Haven December 4 a large gathering of Yale men and New Haven citizens heard calls for international peace and support for arbitration treaties with Britain and France Speakers included Governor Simeon Baldwin Lyman Abbott David Starr Jordan and Henry Wade Rogers Baldwin presided and urged attendees to sign a petition backing arbitration treaties for presentation to the U S Senate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale
United States
Great Britain
France
Simeon E. Baldwin
Lyman Abbott
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford (Jr.) University
Henry Wade Rogers
Yale Law School
Baldwin
United States Senate
International Peace Advocates Rally for Ratification of Treaties
Yale professors and legal figures in a public appeal urge Senate ratification of arbitration treaties as a path to lasting peace. They argue public opinion supports ratification, but senators must consider constitutional and legal precedents, citing Taft Lodge roots and notable statesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Taft
Lodge
Dean Rogers
Root
Baldwin
Joseph H. Choate
Knox
Dr. Abbott
Caesar
Alexander
Jordan
Yale
Lumber Dealers Form Southern New England Association
About forty lumbermen from this state Rhode Island and Massachusetts met at Willimantic last week and organized the Lumber Manufacturers' Association of Southern New England to advance prices and promote their buying and selling interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Willimantic
Lumber Manufacturers’ Association of
Southern New England
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