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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1916
Page
13
A commentary argues that consolidated street railways have failed Bridgeport, calling for municipal rights to acquire lines at fair value with periodic reviews. It advocates three cent fares at peak times and links housing with urban transit, asserting factories benefit from better living conditions and labor competition.
Prince Joachim, youngest of Emperor William’s six sons, will be 26 on Sunday and has been named a possible King of Poland. A captain in the Fourteenth Hussars, he serves on the German front and has a passion for music, composing marches that the Kaiser insists be played at court concerts. His 18 year old bride, Princess Marie Augustine, wed last March, and the couple’s Cassel household is planned.
The article notes the 80 year birthday of Rev Dr James Monroe Buckley a prominent Methodist writer and editor. It traces his career from New Jersey seminary studies to pastoring in New Hampshire Michigan Connecticut and New York and his long tenure at the Methodist Advocate in New York. It also mentions his publications and a notable marriage involving his daughter to an Italian mason Ernest Pignone in New York.
The article surveys reactions to rising food prices, noting repeated futile proposals and threats of jail. It highlights a new coordinated effort among investigators proposing wartime style measures to conserve supply, improve storage, and manage distribution in peacetime America.
E Evans testified on milk supply in New York City noting five stations and five dealers in a small area cause redundant deliveries. He claimed government operation could cut costs by about ten million dollars annually and reduce wasteful labor and wagon use. He argued unified service could deliver milk for six cents a quart.
A commentary argues the electoral college is a dead power after a century of nonuse. It notes West Virginia gained an elector post election due to resignations and substitutions, potentially altering the will of the people in a close race. The piece urges replacing the college with direct popular voting.
Judge Wilder warns that a drunken driver is as dangerous as a person with a pistol, noting statistics favor cars over firearms in cemetery deaths. The article cites upcoming hearings on national military training starting Monday before a state subcommittee. Twelve hunters died in Maine during the season that began November 1.
The Prohibition party's early leaders included James Black of Pennsylvania, nominated at Columbus in 1872, with 8608 votes. Subsequent nominees Neal Dow, John P. St John, Clinton Fisk, and John Bidwell show the party's rising then fading vote shares as it broadened reform aims beyond liquor.
Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, renowned American naval officer, retires from active service under the age limit. As Naval War College president and general board member, he testified to the House Naval Affairs committee citing Navy shortages and urging a large program. He praised Secretary Daniels for elevating the War College’s efficiency.
St Luke's Episcopal mission Stratford avenue holds final financial campaign reports at 9 pm with Suffragan Bishop Acheson present. Earlier Thursday workers said contributions totaled 13 570 dollars and a sale of the site at about 26 000 dollars would fund the church parish house and rectory at Wilmot avenues.
Special report from Fairfield notes the Democratic club meeting was postponed due to a new storm. The rescheduled date has not yet been announced.
The First Presbyterian Church young people and school members organized a Christmas outreach reaching nearly 100 homes last year. Tomorrow during school hours a Manger service will collect contributions from all classes including toys roads clothing and money. A Benevolent Society committee will distribute gifts during the week and Saturday with help from volunteers and cars. Those absent on Sunday may send gifts before Friday and perishable foods by Friday afternoon.
A retrospective on Wilhelm Grimm’s death 57 years ago and the enduring bond with Jakob. Their lives shared in study and home, they authored Deutsche Grammatik and shaped language history, with Wilhelm’s marriage tale ending in humor and unity.
Wilkes-Barre Pa Dec 16 The Wilkes-Barre Traction men and conductors strike ending after fourteen months ends with a company settlement. One hundred thirty strikers return to work, sixty on extra time, the remaining three hundred seek further employment. A fire wipes out a block of buildings in Oskaloosa town causing two hundred fifty thousand dollars in losses.
General Robert George Nivelle, after leading Verdun sector and recaptures, is appointed commander in chief of the French armies in the north and northeast. He succeeds Joffre, who joins the Paris war council. Nivelle, 60, from Tulle, has English maternal lineage and a long artillery and general staff service record including command of the Sixth Army and Third Army Corps.
Evansville reports the Central States Conference on Rail and Water Transportation discussed the Adamson Act and arbitration risks. Speakers included W. G. Lee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Clifford Thorne of Iowa railways, with a trans continental telephone demo and Zionist talks scheduled.
An aviator rising into endless space calms a frightened assistant who pleads for a glimpse of earth. The pilot asks what is wanted, and the assistant timidly requests to see the ground as they ascend.
The article traces Napoleon II, Duke de Reichstadt, born 1811, raised in Austria under Metternich, and kept from France. It describes his quiet life in Schonbrunn, his military leanings, and a life shadowed by exile, censorship, and unresolved questions about his true potential.
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