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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
8
A garbled OCR fragment lists cut glass gifts and price ranges from 37.00 to 39.00 and other figures such as 2.50 to 22.00 and 4.50 to 10.00. It mentions vases and cut glass gifts but provides no clear context, dates, or names.
Kaumany agrees to meet Jimmy Barry in a six round boxing match on Christmas day in Montgomery, A C. The Californi has consented to the bout. Kaufmann is guaranteed $1,200 as his share of the receipts.
Dave Campbell is mentioned as Harvard’s coach prospect with Charley Daly and the 1901 captain also named as potential successors. Campbell has earned favor with students and athletic bodies for strong work in developing capable players and a well drilled team.
President Johnson, opposing John M Ward for National League President, warns that Ward’s election would bring trouble. He asserts John A Geydler will remain NL President and expresses strong support for Geydler against Ward.
Phil McGovern and Young Ziringer fought six brisk rounds at the National Sporting Club in Pittsburg. For four rounds Ziringer pressed the brother of Terry McGovern, then responded in the fifth with sharp exchanges that forced McGovern to retreat at times. The sixth round remained even as both boxers exchanged solid blows, with several shots catching McGovern high and only the ropes preventing a knockdown.
New Haven December 18 Yale and Harvard are deadlocked on the Thames boat race date for next summer. Yale wants the race on the Saturday after commencement, while Harvard favors the day after commencement eight days after Yale. The proposed schedule sets June 21 in New Haven, June 23 in Cambridge, and June 27 if needed in New York or Boston with a possible tie decision.
In New York Yale's nine will skip an Easter trip next spring. The recess is a week, and Yale plans several games with Connecticut league teams including New Haven and Hartford. Yale declines Ithaca and limits Cornell to one game, with Yale Field hosting the June 18 match before a Harvard series and after Princeton.
Annapolis Md Dec 18 The Naval Academy football team elected Henry C. Mck Clay of Ardmore Penn captain for 1910 Clay has played half back for the Academy team in most games of the last three seasons He is a clever and heavy player
The article explains a change in how voters for the Captain contest are determined after the West Point game was canceled. Previously only players who had faced West Point could vote. With the game canceled, a new method to determine eligibility had to be devised.
The Manufacturers Association hosts monthly dinners featuring prominent industrial leaders who share practical business ideas. A local market scene reflects Christmas savings with soup meat in high demand, while residents push for city purchase of the M A C lot as an athletic field and park. Legal questions about the power of the common council versus the tax board are settled by the Superior Court. The Taxpayers League questions unused funds for building code work, and calls for a better city fire code prepared by expert engineers. Thomas Gordon resigns as yard clerk in the South End freight yards for a job in Boston.
Irving R. Wilmot was unanimously chosen as ensign of the naval militia in the Second Section of the Third Division stationed at South Norwalk during the Armory election last evening. A large social followed with entertainment by the Mucklage Twins and other performers. Boatswain Oscar Anderson of the Maine recounted his Havana harbor disaster experiences, drawing applause. Prominent naval reservists attended, with Lieut. A. J. Merritt leading the affairs.
Newtown social event at Hillside Club rooms drew twenty tables with two hours of play. Top prizes included a suitcase, a hand bag, a camera, and a humidor among others. Also notes illness of George Hayes after appendectomy, local student travels home for holidays, and a successful church supper by the Men’s Federation.
Fairfield County Board receives a license transfer application No. 245 to sell Spirituous intoxicating liquors Ale Beer Rhine Wine and Cider by E H Eagan to P Aurilio at 1162 Crescent Ave Bridgeport. The site is not within 200 feet of church school post office library or public building. Endorsers certify ownership and electorship in Bridgeport on Dec 17 1909.
Died notices list young victims Mary Russell of Stamford age unknown and Wil Ham Dustan of Winsted age 13 with dates in December. The brief entries note David Disbrow aged 6 and Frank O’Kee referenced in Bethel area notices from December 13 to 15.
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