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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
7
A major soccer clash headlines the Meadows Sunday as Bridgeport City faces Ageoria. The State League duel features the season’s top two teams with star players Barrows Butterworth Pyifies and Robinson likely to shine.
Slippers in felt and leather for men and women in romen and Everett styles, in all sizes. Ideal holiday gifts, with two stamp offer Friday.
The New York New Haven rail line from Stamford to New Haven is on track for completion by July 1, weather and material delays permitting. About 200 workers are advancing 75 percent of excavation and concrete pedestals, with 30 percent of bridges steel erected and overhead catenary installation soon to begin. The Johnson Gifford Co. handles foundations and steel, while the line’s electrical system gains a simpler compound catenary design enhancing safety and efficiency as power extends to New Haven.
Attorney Charles H. Shapiro spoke at a full Christ Church Men’s Club on The Jew in America, praising Jewish contributions to U S business and life and civic ideals. Joseph Collins sang baritone solos and W Harrison gave dramatic readings at the event followed by luncheon.
Stratford reports eight teams entered for the bowline tournament led by the Free Men Odd Fellows Outing Club Payers Improvement Club Nut Club Ramblers Dingbats and Firemen. Porter buys silver cup trophy two feet tall for high score. rules to be set Sunday as ladies form a new league. next Monday night first games.
Edwin A. Newton of Newton & Burnet, 14 Asylum Street, was struck while stepping into the street to hail a trolley and was left with a fractured skull. Doctor says condition very critical though rugged build may aid survival. Harry Aber arrested on reckless driving and held under $500 bond.
In the lead up to the January 1 start of the parcels post the local post office authorities hesitate to reveal funding for the city. Officials note express companies dominate extended routes and warn of a possible government expansion, including more wagons and ground in Cannon Street. Contractors describe mail carriage as a cut throat business with past bidders losing bonds and funds, while bids remain unsettled and wages and rates unclear.
The excerpt notes the importance of proper care for horses and discounts bids that fail to provide adequate funds. It warns that contract bidding is a blind process where even experienced bidders fear hidden extra work after agreeing to supply rigs for a set amount per year over four years.
The Park City Skating Rink on State Street will host the first week of March an ambitious auto show hailed as Connecticut's finest for 1913. Show details include extensive space, elaborate decorations, and a focus on esthetic car bodies alongside mechanical excellence. Benjamin B. Steiber will oversee the event with plans for bands, exhibitions, and extensive dealer participation, with 90 percent of floor space already booked.
A bag snatcher visited Putnam late yesterday afternoon and stole the handbags of Mrs. Clinton Manning and Miss Eliza Reed. He slashed the bags as the women walked and fled. Miss Reed, a money order clerk at the post office, was thought to have been the target for the day's receipts. The town was thoroughly searched, but no trace of the man was found.
HowLAND promotes a simple Christmas gift idea priced from four to ten dollars in a brief page two advertisement. The notice urges readers to simply read the offer, framing it as a straightforward gift option.
Brookline police and Dr. Charles Reilly search for a group of five youths after a 14-year-old girl from a wealthy Brookline family was ambushed in a wooded lot near Bellevue Street and Longwood Avenue. The girl’s name is withheld by authorities awaiting family notification.
In a crime report from a nearby city, five youths reportedly beat a teen on a sidewalk near Urbs Street. The victim, identified only as a teenage girl, was found bleeding but able to call for help. Police say Orta Te and others fled the scene after the assault.
A damaged OCR fragment notes that the prettiest face and the hands are disfigured by a warty growth. It claims the wart can be removed in a few days without pain.
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