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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1915
Page
5
Due to radical alterations in our store we must reduce stock by year’s start. Time is short so prices drop to dispose of remaining stock. Over the next two weeks we offer sound values and perfect merchandise. Visit daily for listings and savings.
Advertisement lists Kwiklite flashlights and related items with prices across ranges. West pocket lights five cents to a dollar fifty, fountain pen lights one dollar, tubular flashlights one to three dollars, electric candles one to three fifty, house lanterns up to five, watchmen's lanterns four fifty.
New York December 18 detectives arrested Frederick Schleindl a National City Bank clerk on suspicion of grand larceny for stealing documents cables and messages and delivering them to German representatives. Evidence includes a telegram about a two million dollar shipment to the Allies and links to Koenig with suspected German covert activity. Schleindl faced $25 000 bail and was held for further examination as part of a wider case involving plans to destroy the Welland canal and obstruct Allied supply routes.
A group stranded by a blizzard walk to a farmer’s home near Botsford station for shelter. Miss Smith she keeps spirits up and arranges help from Crowe Keane factory manager and his wife, enabling two travelers to reach Newtown by work train after a long, snowy ordeal.
In a dramatic night scene a stalled car above Newtown station prompted the town Clerk and a young woman to stay with friends at the Crowes for the night. They rode the first train home through drifts on Wednesday. The driver’s fate remains unrecorded.
The Locomobile Relief Society holds its annual meeting at the factory on Wednesday December 22 1915 at 430 PM to elect a society doctor and conduct proper business. Officers will be elected at the Locomobile factory on Monday and Tuesday December 20 and 21 1913 at noon. George B Houston recording secretary.
The Austro Hungarian government rejects American assertions about sole responsibility for the Ancona sinking. It demands precise U S testimony, naming and fate of Americans aboard, and asserts it reserves its own legal views. The note expresses regret for victims and asks Washington to communicate the reply to the American government.
Herbert Beers of Westport testified before county commissioners that the Elm Country club attracts Bridgeport scum and flashy cabaret women. Other remonstrants included Harry Brown Fred Jennings and Rev Lawrence Barber. Jennings defended the club saying it has nearly 600 members with $1 initiation and $1 yearly dues, and denied kissing or gambling on premises. The board reserved decision.
Funeral services for Catherine Daley were held from her mother's home at 504 Shelton Street and from St. Charles church where Rev. Patrick J. McGivney offered the mass of requiem. John Galvin sang at the conclusion with floral tributes displayed. bearers included John Wrinn, Michael Wrinn, Patrick Shanelly, James Gralton and Ambrose Degnan.
Colder tonight with Sunday fair and colder conditions expected. Phone all departments to report any weather-related updates.
A Victrola makes Christmas joy complete for all ages with voices and music from Sousa to Caruso. The ad touts affordable payments from five to ten dollars down and weekly installments, offering various models and records delivered in time for Christmas in Bridgeport.
Interments planned for St Michaels and Mountain Grove cemeteries follow private services. Harry Turney Ford Jr. and Ida M Zissell are noted among Meriden and East End residents with survivors listed. John Tichy and Robert Mortimer Fairchild are among those memorialized with multiple family, fraternal, and church attendance noted.
Detective James Doolay recognizes Louis Benolupes age 32 of 651 Pembroke, arrested on Pembroke street after one hold up and two revolvers found. police link him to Robberies in Willard Street and recent Broad Street murder. suspect held without bonds. Margaret Barry of Bridgeport dies at sister’s home 711 Iranistan Avenue after long illness. she was devoted to Sacred Heart Church and left an Argentina loan of 000,000 subscriptions to a French one.
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