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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1916
Page
9
A Bridgeport assistant prosecutor questions the city’s innocence about gambling houses that long operated despite raids. The piece argues officials tolerate vice to gain political support, noting Mayor Wilson’s vice commission and church applause while allowing hypocrisy and vice profits to persist.
The article notes rubber output has doubled in just over eight years and could quadruple in eight more due to mature plantations in Malaya and Ceylon. It contrasts plantation growth with wild harvesting and suggests rubber at 25 cents per pound may become possible.
The piece argues Mr. King has risen from political figure to national influence within the Republican party and may secure a large bond issue, unless a broad citizenship network organizes to oppose him. It stresses Bridgeport’s protection needs and urges organized, disinterested local residents to unite.
The piece argues that vast U S land leads to superficial farming while Germany thrives on deliberate policy. It contends European agriculture benefits from government backing, farm loans, and tool advances, urging U S government fostered cultivation to boost productivity.
The Hartford Times notes J Henry Roraback’s prior absence during the 1913 Democratic-dominated legislature and suggests he should be equally unobtrusive in 1917 when Republicans hold power. It questions the fate of the state if his moral support is withheld.
Prof Taft headlined a session of the American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Discords in Washington. The group discussed United States Supreme Court methods as a model for an international court, aligning with League to Enforce Peace ideas. Other speakers included A Bonaparte Baltimore Willer Renwick Riddell Ontario justice Wal Joek Penfield Washington and Prof William Hull Swarthmore.
Berlin dispatch says the Seebeck was sent to Washington over its sinking. German info claims the liner steamed without lights near a hostile port making it indistinguishable from an enemy warship. No details or records list the vessel and fire damaged the Igoe Boos nail works in Newark, New Jersey, at a loss of £26,000.
The National Automobile Show in Grand Central Palace January 6 13 will display nearly 500 cars from about a hundred makes. Attention centers on self starting systems now standard in all exhibits, tracing from early cranking to electric starters and single unit designs.
Paris reports the government will prohibit importing printing paper to improve the exchange rate and bolster the French paper industry, seen as capable of relying on local lumber resources and reducing foreign dependence.
London reports in a Petrograd despatch that Novoe Vremya condemns Entente negotiations as Greece under King Constantine fights the allies. The paper calls Athens government and court enemies and questions recognizing them as legitimate authorities amid German influence.
New York readers learn that a Paris cable announces President Poincare awarded a gold medal to Mrs Harry Duryea of the city though the honor was intended for Mrs Nina L Duryea sister in law known for relief work. The report also mentions Frames J R Riesco, Chilean president for the term ended in 1906, with unclear details.
Endicott Johnson & Co issues a statement voicing belief in a strong leather and shoe market but dismissing predictions of radical price surges. It cites historic shoe values and urges conservative stock behavior to avoid overbuying and maintain stable prices.
The article argues American humor drew from Canadian roots led by Judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton born in Windsor Nova Scotia. It traces Haliburton's Sam Slick as a precursor to Mark Twain and notes later Canadian humorists Stephen Leacock Walt Mason George Thomas Lanigan born St Charles Quebec seventy years ago this Sunday and died in Philadelphia in 1886.
The article traces Gladstone’s eight-decade leadership shifts in Britain from 1868 through 1915, detailing Liberal and Conservative rule, key premiers, and party splits over Home Rule and other crises. It notes the 244 dollar robbery at Point National Bank, Point, Texas, with cashier Clarence Glass wounded.
John D. Rockefeller at seventy seven stands in wintry wind at Archbold funeral in Tarrytown. He shakes hands with about 250 Standard Oil officials and employees before the committal at Sleepy Hollow cemetery. John D. Rockefeller Jr. and William Rockefeller attend, as does Chancellor James R. Day who eulogized Archbold.
In Peru and Bolivia the Ninth of December marks the Avacucho battle of 1824 where Cuero defeated the Spanish forces. Ayacucho stands as a decisive civil and regional turning point freeing most of South America from Spain. Sucre, Peru's Boulevad Ninth of December, and Bolivia's capital recall this hero and date.
The article recalls the 1786 plan by Dr Smeathman and Captain Thompson to found a settlement for liberated slaves in Sierra Leone with 400 Africans and 60 Europeans. It notes native hostility and colonist missteps, a 1791 reestablishment with 1200 Black settlers from Nova Scotia and the Bahamas, and later American colonization efforts leading to Liberia's 1847 independence.
An explosion at the Alexandria Explosives Plant near Turin has likely claimed over 50 lives. The cause remains undetermined as investigators assess the disaster. President Wilson plans a western trip next spring.
Hanoverians mark the birth centenary of General August von Goeben born December 10 1816 in Stade He served in the Prussian army and fought in the Danish and Franco Prussian wars with notable commands His career included staff roles under the crown prince and later Emperor William II He died in Coblenz in 1880 and a monument commemorates him Hawaii reports population at 237633 up 45714 since 1910.
The Rev. T. W. Butler aged 88, said to be the oldest Jesuit in the south, died at St. Stanislaus College. He had served in the Society of Jesus for 70 years.
A local advertisement lists sale prices for rubber coats and sporting goods including footballs boxing gloves striking bags and exercisers with items priced from 75 cents to $2.00. The offer promises one year guarantees on every bottle.
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