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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1917
Page
6
The market shows cautious recovery with limited funds and near term disbursements around 300 million influencing liquidity. Rail traffic remains unsettled amid policy debates while rail stocks like Southern Pacific show earnings gains and industry shifts toward government influenced credit and transportation issues.
James Dominick Carlucci files a $1500 claim in Common Pleas court alleging Nolan caused injury to reputation by statements said to have occurred October 22 in the presence of others. Carlucci says Nolan claimed trespass and damage in a garage and barn, with police involvement and theft charges later asserted.
Quotations relay multiple company stocks and percentages from private wires of T. L. Watson & Co at Bridgeport and Boston. Listings show diverse firms including Am. Car & Fay, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Union Pacific, International Nickel, U S Steel, Texas Pacific, and many others with varying percentages and prices.
Early trading on the New York stock exchange showed shipping as the weak feature with Marine preferred down 3 percent after the 10 percent deferred dividend declared yesterday. Railroads also fell with Pennsylvania and St. Paul preferred hitting new lows at 44 1/2 and 72, while United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel touched lower points.
Emerson Hawley known as Pink and his twin brother Blue Hawley formed an early influential battery in baseball. Born in Beaver Dam Wisconsin they wore pink and blue caps to tell them apart and played in majors incl. St Louis Pirates and Cincinnati Giants before moving to minor leagues. The note mentions Hawley’s batting and pitching prowess and a later line about the Quebec bridge opening to traffic with a freight train crossing.
November 27 1917 Estate of Catherine Connor late of Bridgeport deceased The Bridgeport District Court of Probate limits six months from this date for creditors to file claims for settlement Those who fail to present their accounts within time will be debarred Those indebted to the estate are asked to remit payment Immediately to Near South Ave rear
The H. J. Lewis Oyster Co sues Lucy T. West and others for 30000 in damages over an alleged 1887 agreement to give Lewis first chance to buy dock property at Pembroke street foot. Judge Howard J. Curtis hears the resumed case as both sides claim ownership interests and denial of sale of the property.
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