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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1912
Page
8
A damaged OCR notice from T. L. Watson & Co outlines banking terms including deposits and interest, with references to checks, accounts, and commissions. The fragmentary text mentions private bankers and promotional language, but many names and details are unclear.
In season offerings at D. Cook and Son 23 Water Street feature oysters and scallops. Trade note lists contact at phone 3980 for orders.
The Athletic association met in the assembly hall. John Hurley was elected assistant football manager. A motion to drop B H S from the football league passed after debate. The senior play will feature an elaborate Breezy Point sketch with 1914 Dramatic club performances. Tickets are twenty two cents. George Day and John Barrows left school. A A speeches by Lynch, Mourley, and Denny.
Christmas MUBTC 7 Oniver Congregational Church lists a Dec 22 10 30 a m service with preludes anthems and solos and an evening 7 30 p m program at Trinity ME Brotherhood to serve a 6 30 chowder supper with ambulances on site and male servers in white suits inviting all friends to attend.
Hartford reports 290 children and a few adults traveled by special train from Norfolk and nearby villages for the annual Santa Claus excursion organized by Miss Mary Eldridge of Norfolk. The group enjoyed a hotel Yuletide dinner theatre and shopping before departing for Litchfield, each child returning with gifts and memories. In New Haven Edward Healey, son of state agriculture official Leonard H. Healey, won top rating in a corn competition, earning most of a $50 prize with peers John Ear, Andrew Schwab, and Albert Toth also placing.
Esther Sleight, a 20 year old Kingston worker, inherits 7 million dollars from Mrs. Vandewater of Vancouver. Once a maid at an Atlantic City hotel, Sleight befriended the widow, whose fortune she now receives. The story links to immigrant New York beer history and 19th century drinking culture through anecdotes about Peter Doelger and Fanny Kemble.
A fragmented 19th century note extols a beer called the new wonder from Bohemia and Pfatt's as its remembered purveyor. It touts New York as a premier beer center, cites projections of 14,000,000 barrels a year, and describes a vast brewery complex with guilding store, game room, ovens, and machinery for milling, boiling, and packaging. The piece mentions sanitation concerns and references The Frankie Pie Co delivering to buildings, with a Bridgeport address in Connecticut.
The article recalls the Frisbie Pie Co founded by William R Frisbie about forty years ago. It traces from a single room and oven to a thriving operation delivering thousands of pies for Thanksgiving dinners. Emphasis on cleanliness, quality, and efficient production.
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