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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1910
Page
12
George L Fox writes to Prosecuting Attorney Edwin C Dickenson from England about arrests under the corrupt practices act involving Charles A Goodwin and Everett J Lake for Hartford elections. Dickenson says no basis exists for a criminal complaint.
The Arab Patrol of Pyramid Temple elected George S. Hill president for a second term at the annual meeting last night. A. J. Merritt was named secretary, Col. J. H. Wade treasurer, with W. E. Parker Edward Greening and C. B. Wilson on the executive committee. Frederic A. Bartlett was reappointed chief and H. Co. Stevenson lieutenant. The patrol reports strong membership with few vacancies and plans a July Rochester trip to join the Imperial council. Shrine band will travel and a Lake Champlain return trip is planned.
Philadelphia report recalls a Wilmington elopement and secret wedding as James Black 22 shot and killed his best man Norman Yates during an all night saloon celebration. Yates dying at St. Josephs hospital with a brain wound. Black jailed. Yates says the shooting was accidental and Black was not intentionally at fault.
New Jersey politics heat up as Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson seeks public support to win over veteran senator James Smith Jr and Hudson boss Bob Davis. Smith has declared candidacy for the Senate and hinted at leveraging Essex and Hudson delegates. The two factions, old guard and Wilson allies, remain bitterly divided as joint session approaches.
New York magistrate Handy in the Second District presided as an attorney for defendant Thorpe pleaded guilty and asked for trial despite dismissal. The case concerned Thorpe refusing vaccination for his children, prompting truancy prosecution. No evidence was heard, and Handy dismissed the proceedings amid objections. The scene included Anti-Vaccination Society figures and witnesses. Separately, funeral services were held for Mrs. William Ingersoll and for Nelson K. Beach with interment in Manchester, NH and Park Cemetery respectively.
An archival line of grocery prices shows 1 bottle Pure Syrup for a quarter, 3 bags Fine Table Salt for ten cents, 2 cans Fancy Maine Corn for a quarter, 2 cans Jersey Tomatoes, and 2 cans Early June Peas.
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