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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1910

Page

2

Notice of Private Bank Established at Main and John Streets

Forty four years of operation at the same corner in Bridgeport Connecticut. The Private Bank states it accepts deposits on demand with sight balance, offers three percent interest credited monthly, and invites individuals, business firms and corporations to open accounts for any term from one day to one year with careful personal attention as the oldest arm of private bankers in the state.

Ewe Main John Streets Bridgeport Coon

136th Consecutive Semi-Annual Dividend Declared

The Trustees of this Bank have declared a dividend for the six months ending Dec. 1st, 1910, at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, payable on and after Jan. 3rd, 1911. B. DeFOREET, President. ALEXANDER HAWLEY, Treasurer.

City Savings Bank Willard Plumb

Christmas Plans and Local Happenings in Fairme ld

Hargrove school students head home for holidays while Prof Pinckney Hargrove plans Texas visit to his mother. Mrs Hargrove to South Norwalk. Prof Charles Saunders hosts about 30 relatives from several cities. A tree warden cuts dead elms on the Town Hall green. No Christmas tree at St Paul’s. gifts, games, and music planned in Sunday school. Mrs Henry S Burr’s sewing party produced 16 dolls for poor children. Home Missionary Society to host a supper at Congregational church parlors between Christmas and New Year. Loretta Perry hosts sister Mrs Dr Kline. Mrs Stephen Tomlinson hosted Miss May Howes. Country Club to entertain Mrs Harry Edwards on the 22nd. Rev Olmstead of Greenfield Hill marries Edward P Morehouse to Luella Wade in a Laurel-arch ceremony with flower decorations. Many guests attend. couples and ladies named. After trip, Mr and Mrs Morehouse to reside on Congress Street. Railroad ties carted to Fairfield Beach for caudory road. ice harvest begins with inches thickness.

Hargrove Pinckney Hargrove Texas Town Hall St. Paul's Church Henry S. Burr Chilren Ladies of the Home, Missionary Society Congregational Church Loretta Perry Elliott Street Kline Stephen Tomlinson May Howes Bridgeport Harry Edwards Mr. Olmstead Greenfield Hill Edward P. Morehouse Luella Wade Frank Wade Fannie Wade Howard Wade Frederick Burr BE. H. Olmstead W. Burr Hill Ellis Nichols W. Merwin Hezekiah B. Ogden Warner Ogden John Morehouse Elmer F. Bulkley Albert Wade Ed Mette Robert Marsh Fredie Jennings Joseph Edwarda Minnie Sterwood Florence Marsh Edith Banks Ida Wales Grace Gould Edith Ethel Merwin May Jennie Vai

Coal Investment Ad from Naugatuck Valley Ice Co

An advertisement pitches coal as an investment and urges buying from The Naugatuck Valley Ice Co. The downtown office at 154 Fairfield Ave is listed as the contact for purchases and queries.

Naugatuck Valley Ice Co Hanty Fairfield Avec

Points of Interest and Christmas Gift Ideas at Local Shops

The season’s poinsettias and flowers are showcased by Horan and Son at Main and Bank streets, along with begonias and primroses. Miles cream ale from M J Maloney at 86 Jones Avenue offers home delivery. Woman’s Drug Store 129 State Street provides Christmas suggestions, chamois vests, hot water bottles, baskets, perfumes, brush sets, cigars, and standard wines. A clerk is on duty, with telephone orders via 288-4.

Horan & Son Tay Lorraine Primroges Japan M. J. Maloney Jones Avenue Woman's Drug Store State Street Main Street

Vesper Institute Program At South Church

Tomorrow evening at the Vesper Institute in the South church a program titled The Childlike Simplicity of the Christ Spirit will discuss whether Jesus lacked stern elements, whether meek shall inherit the earth, if a Christlike man can succeed in business, and how one becomes as a child to enter the Kingdom. Miss Marcia Phillips will sing two solos with violin by Louis Sammis, and a children's chorus will sing The Temple of Peace and the response to the prayer.

Vesper Institute South Church Jesus Kingdom of Heaven Marcia Phillips Louis 3Ammis

Stratford News Roundup From Dredging To Holiday Happenings

Stratford residents celebrate dredging completion at the Stratford avenue drawbridge easing Bridgeport delays. Rev Bullock shifts sermon to The Crowded Inn. Miss Haven returns from Wellsley for holidays. Christmas greens in German styling praised for durability. Wells run low raising water concerns for stranded farmers. Miss Falken heals from knee injuries after a bad fall. Local ladies prepare Eastern Star events with a named committee. Azalia whist prizes listed. Honor rolls grow in town schools. Prof Phelps lectures set for Jan 19. Yale visitor John H Hillis arriving in town. Beta Sigma chaperones named for the upcoming dance.

Stratford Stratford Avenue Bridgeport Bridgeort Mr. Bullock Miss Haven Wellsley College Polley Germany Vivian Falken Adelaide Morehouse Celeste Bennett John O’brien John Williams William Mallory A. Me Myron Hayden Irene O'Brien Phelps John H. Hillis Yale Margaret de Lacour Frances Russell Eae Wheeler Myrtis Fair

Anniversary Mass and Reception for Rev. Egan at Rumson Church

Rev. B. J. Egan of Holy Cross church Rumson marked the 25th anniversary of his ordination with a high mass at the church. A dinner and reception followed at Rumson Country Club on Rumson Road, then an evening social at Holy Cross hall. Attendees included prominent priests from Ocean and Monmouth counties and visitors from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut. Gifts were abundant, reflecting wide friendship. Egan was born in Newtown Conn on December 18 1860.

Asbury Ocean Monmouth Counties William Mears Rumson Hindemann’s Cornery Aub House New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Connecticut Father Egan Newtown Conn Lucy Cavanaugh Marguerite Bridgeport Florence Beecher Mount Ida Gertrude Bradley Long Hill Ausin Hurd A. E. Brinton Charles G. Meeker York New York City Henry Rupf Park City Pootatuck Grange Allison P. Smith W. B. Glover John J. Northrop W. N. Mitchell Frank A. Blackman Frank H. Mitchell Hattie M. Northrop Ceres John Gilbert Pomona Elsie Gilbert Flora J. B. Nichols F. Schermerhorn Ethel Peck

Anderson Brown Nuptials Reported in New York

In New York on December 12 Louis Anderson of Norwalk wed Miss Grace Brown of Scotland. An additional notice from Weterbury December 8 records Henry Terrill of Woodbury marrying Elizabeth M. Hunt.

Anderson — Brown New York Louis Anderson Norwalk Grace Brown Scotland Errill—Hunt Weterbury Henry Terrill Woodbury Elizabeth M. Hunt

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