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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
13
In Bridgeport a columnist argues the city manager proposal lacks public support and rests on political motives. The piece contrasts voters' overwhelming approval of the commission charter with the minority backing for the mayor, urging residents to demand Hartford ratification of the charter they chose.
An editorial argues specialized sport is aristocratic and wasteful. It cites Joseph H. Sanford’s death after school basketball and warns that college athletes suffer lasting damage. The piece urges broader body training for all and contrasts Roman games with modern overemphasis on elite sport.
Pittsburgh attorney defending 75 brewing firms under the federal Corrupt Practices Act argues the law is unconstitutional because it curtails corporate speech. He contends free speech is bypassed by corporate funding in elections and notes corporations derive power from the people.
Richard Vaux of Philadelphia, famed penology authority, born a century ago. Judge Roberts Vaux aided charity, education, and reform, helping start America’s first savings bank and Pennsylvania’s public schools. Vaux authored the Recorder's Decisions and led the Eastern Penitentiary reports for decades. He served as Philadelphia mayor in 1855 and died in 1895.
A recount of the 1606 voyage from the Downs with 105 settlers on the Susan Constant Goodspeed and Discovery. They reached Jamestown in 1607 after initial hardships including Powhatan and Pocahontas help and the starving time of 1609 1610.
The Rothschild family members serve as officers and lieutenants across several nations. Leopold de Rothschild’s three sons are Royal Bucks Fusiliers. Baron Edouard Rothschild leads at the front after relinquishing finance. Baron Alphonse Rothschild is promoted to major. Austrians support war loans for the Central Powers. Frankfort house aids Germany’s war effort.
Russians mark St Nicholas of Bari day for Nicholas II as calendar differences spread the fete to western Europe. The festival honors the patron saint with deep reverence, linking pilgrimages to Bari and historic ties to Russian tradition.
The article notes Bari’s St. Nicholas relics are revered by the poor as healing aids and that Russia offered three million rubles to obtain them. Bari residents refused, insisting the genuine skeletons remain in Bari and Venice, with authenticity recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church and most Roman authorities except Venice.
Henry Clay Frick born in West Overton Pa sixty seven years ago began as a clerk then bookkeeper in his grandfather’s distillery. He joined Morgan and Company and built a coke business with his grandfather and partner Tintsman, forming Frick and Company in 1871 and expanding to 51 ovens.
The author argues that unless specific statutory power authorizes funds to influence elections, a corporation’s ability to spend on campaigns is limited. A brewing business cannot have broader rights than its corporate existence or its right to brew, since both are granted by the legislature and can be curtailed by that same power.
Latterly an associate of Emma Goldman, Mr. Frick has spent a fortune since his release building one of America's finest art collections.
The Arab Patrol Pyramid Shrine A A O N M 8 and the Patrol band discussed uniting at a banquet last night. If plans succeed, band members would join the Patrol and form a single efficient organization.
A Harmony grange meeting on Thursday discussed a Christmas event set for December 28 with plans for a tree and entertainment. Other notes include visitors Frank Perkins from Waterbury and Mrs. George Edwards visiting Bridgeport friends, and local updates on illnesses and schooling.
Relief comes instantly with a dose every two hours up to three doses to end grippe misery and break up a severe cold. It opens clogged passages, stops discharge, relieves headache, feverishness, sore throat, sneezing, and stiffness. Priced at 25 cents, it acts without assistance and tastes nice.
Premier Hughes attacked anti conscriptionists amid wartime strain noting the referendum rejected compulsion for overseas reinforcements. He urged continued loyalty to the empire, denounced German praise of opponents, and warned strikes and anarchist rhetoric threaten to upend society.
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