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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
10
FEOPLES SAVINGS BANK at 924 926 Main Street declares a six month dividend for the period ending December at four percent per year on balances up to 4000 and three percent on excess. Treasurer Willas H Lyon notes deposits made by January 6 will earn interest from January 11.
Chicago December 18 Miss Marjorie Ward aged 46 is expected to receive the major portion of the late A Montgomery Ward estate valued at about 15 million dollars. The widow and daughter are the only other relatives.
The season brings blouses with rich supple materials and touches of fur. 1830s collars of lace edge necklines, open V and draped tulle. The chlamyde, a large square veil with fringe, frames the head with a pearl or jet girdle. A jab at wives who search husbands pockets hints at hidden finds.
Joseph Mazienski of 40 Green Street may face murder charges after a lamp was hurled at his wife causing severe burns. Three young children possibly to be placed in care as investigations proceed. Mazienski jailed on assault charge with bail set at 3500 ahead of arraignment next Wednesday.
Patrolman Boland and Patrolman Green reported five gunshots at 2 30 am at Warren street and Railroad avenue. They chased a strange man who stood in the moon light at the corner fired at the man in the moon then vaulted a backyard fence and vanished into the shadows.
Pittsburgh police report a daring early morning robbery at W. W. Wattles & Sons on Wood Street. A thief cut a section from the show window and pulled away the window’s fabric cover with valuables, totaling about 31000.
Cleveland detectives arrested two men in the yards of the Big Hour Railroad in connection with the wreck of the New England express at Wycklift last Friday, a incident in which President W. H. Smith of the New York Central lines was a passenger.
Mayor elect John Purroy Mitchell says he cannot juggle after dinner duties with city business, declaring he must forgo the after dinner mayor duties to focus on governing New York. He notes the host of invitations makes it impossible to respond to all while running the city.
Newtown residents host guests and attend church social events at Cold Spring Farm and local parlors. Hiram lodge No 18 F and A M reports a 116 year history with ninety members and annual officers elected. Europe delegates witness a London dustless road cleaning device demonstration. In Cleveland union workers at three hotels join a sympathy strike.
E H Dillon Co offers a wide range of lingerie, silk shirt waists, fur boas, coats, hats, petticoats and holiday gift sets. The Noah's Ark is presented as a children's Mecca with extensive price ranges and numerous department features including leather goods, perfume boxes, and celluloid gift sets for Christmas 1914.
The sixth annual Consolidated Poultry association show at the Rosedale dock drew a larger than expected attendance as the exhibition neared closing. Judges continued tallying 120 classes including game birds with a record collection this year. The crowd remained thick, promising access difficulties as final results and best in show honors were announced, featuring many named breeders and farms from Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.
New York reports strong holiday sales amid optimistic mood for season. Cotton market shifts after government crop estimates. larger than expected crop may ease demand. Railroads post earnings gains and debt activity. Lehigh Valley sells $10 million in mortgage bonds to retire other securities.
The forecast notes unsettled conditions with cloudy skies and light rain in central districts, a trough from Arizona to Montana bringing snow to Utah Idaho and Wyoming, and a slight drop in temperatures in the upper Mississippi valley and lake region. New Haven forecast predicts fair and cooler nights with northwest winds, lamps to be lit at 4 55, sun times listed.
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