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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
4
Eleven shopping days remain until Christmas with suggestions. Bath robes coats sweaters dress shirts flannel shirts and suspenders are priced from 44c to 89c with occasional $1.98 to $3.69 items. Sets of suspenders supporters and armbands are offered for 39c and 69c.
A four story warehouse of Miner Read Tulloch in New Haven burned before dawn leaving about 150000 dollars in loss. Firemen under Chief Fancher battled the blaze after 420 am with gas main rupture causing a partial asphyxiation of two firemen. Cause remains a mystery with theories including rats and matches or a locomotive spark.
Senator LaFollette introduces three amendments to the Works Alaska Bill urging rapid coal field development under conservation. Proposals include 10 year coal claims like placer mining for adults, government rail line construction from Muntanuska or Bering Sea costing 3 million, and a survey for a second interior to coast railroad using Panama era equipment. Pinchot backs conservation oriented approach.
President Taft asks Congress for full publicity on railroad stock and bond issues in a special message. The railroad securities commission urges all railroads to report to the Interstate Commerce Commission on securities, liabilities, and assets with penalties for noncompliance and support for possible physical valuations of property.
Forecast calls for rain tonight or Tuesday with colder temperatures Tuesday. South and southwest winds will be moderate to brisk as a disturbance over Lake Michigan shifts toward the Gulf coast. Light rain is expected tonight and Tuesday, followed by clearing and colder conditions later Tuesday.
Readers urged to view Nothnagle’s house furnishings ad on the last page for how to secure a Christmas souvenir. The shop showcases rugs floor coverings lace curtains draperies baby carriages go-carts Glenwood ranges parlor heaters and more. Visitors welcome at 1069 Mein Street or 135 Fairfield Avenue.
A fur sale touts unmatched selection and Paris imported designs with a promise to save buyers at least 25 percent. Prices cover Black Fox, Lynx, Raccoon, Opossum, and Fox Scarfs and Sets ranging from under five to several dozen dollars, underscoring quality and style.
The Survey profiles Catriona Malatesta, a fourteen year old North Italian worker in a department store. She saves three dollars and a half weekly for a sick sister and a doll for a loved one, facing harsh conditions, a vanished purse, and a humane intervention that briefly alters department mood. The piece highlights fatigue, stringency of hours, and acts of charity amid holiday commerce.
John Werner a German immigrant worked in an Ohio match factory from 1907 to 1908 and developed phossy jaw. Despite two surgeries his condition is hopeless and he seeks aid to return to Germany. The piece urges Congress to pass the Esch bill to end phosphorus use.
In Greenwich on December 5 Miss Evelyn K Dean daughter of the late John F Dean of Chicago married Charles F Kehoe of New Rochelle in a formal wedding.
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