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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
4
A collage of pasted humorous lines and medical tidbits from various papers. It includes quips about vanity and marriage, a note on gout definitions, a riddle about camels, and an advertisement for Taley’s Honey and Tar for cough relief. Names, places, and dates are inconsistently varied across sources.
NL club owners will meet in New York on December 14 to choose a league president. Front runners include John A Heydler, who followed Pulliam, and John Montgomery Ward, the lawyer and former New York Giants member. Ward seeks votes from New York Brooklyn Chicago Philadelphia and St Louis, with Joseph OBrien named as a possible candidate. Ward headed the Brotherhood league during its existence.
The Seaside club annual banquet drew fewer young members than hoped but showed strong interest and enthusiasm. Dr George L Porter presided as toastmaster, with Judge Carl Foster urging deeper civic engagement. Police Commissioner George B Hill planned remarks but was outpaced by Foster, Attorney Hill shared travel anecdotes, and a new billiard room was opened that night.
Nearly nine hundred U S banks were warned by the Comptroller of the Currency that they violated the ten percent cap on loans to capital stock, risking charter forfeiture and director liability. The 1906 to 1907 figures show gradual improvement, with only 15.2 percent guilty in September this year. the report details deposits and numbers of depositors across banks. Gaelic football meeting urged at Bagie's Hall Sunday at 2 30 to form a United Gaelic Football Club.
Saturday bargains at E H Dillon and Co and Davis and Savard's highlight seasonable reductions on gifts for all. Davis Savard's Main Street Fairfield Avenue offers Stein-Bloch clothing and shoes with a two week countdown to Christmas. The ad urges open charge accounts and weekly payments post holiday, touting broad holiday furnishings and clothing for every family member.
The East End Club Bridgeport announces its winter smokers will be held at their rooms on Thursday December 16 marking their third year. Also Sunday evening at Second Baptist Church J G Hallimand Bowery Mission superintendent New York will speak on mission work. All interested, especially workers for a Bridgeport City Mission, are invited to attend at 7:30 PM.
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