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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1911
Page
3
Fairfield area note: Greenfield Hill Grangers host a lively Christmas gathering with a decorated tree, gifts from every member, and a Santa Claus handout. A crowd enjoyed a fine program of music, readings, and recitations as toys for children were distributed with much laughter.
Monroe residents learn the East Village Methodist Society will host an entertainment at the church Friday evening December 29. The Shelton High School senior class presents the drama Supper at Six with admissions at 26 cents including refreshments. Also notes on local happenings include Grange officers elected for the year and reflections on a New Haven parade, plus plans for The Peddler's Parade coming to Monroe in January.
Charles R Taggart the entertainer performed under the Men s Federation of the Congregational church to a crowd paying 35 cents. The Vermont native charmed with violin, vocal, ventriloquism and impersonations. Local notes mention visiting guests and town road work by Selectman Johnson with 900 tons of stone, plus social visits and Want Ads.
Stratford residents on Huntington road petitioned for a special town meeting to build a local school house, citing about 100 children in the area. The town school committee favors a new high school with rooms in the Centre school, while Huntington road residents organize an improvement club to influence town politics and secure their own facility.
Easton churches hold Christmas concerts with Sunday and Monday schedule. Masons install officers in Monroe with local attendees listed. Local residents face illnesses and travel, while school and Grange activities plan a Christmas tree event. Golden wedding celebrated quietly with flowers, gifts, and a cash contribution.
Nelson Taylor of Norwalk sues Annette Taylor for divorce claiming she deserted him to wed Constantine Erigion in Russia. He alleges the second marriage occurred after she was led to believe her first marriage was not binding under her nationality and religion. Papers were filed in superior court.
Fairfield County briefs report Norwalk and New Canaan get the street railway plan off the ground with incorporators and a Norwalk Board of Trade review. The effort includes a three-member soliciting committee to raise funds and engineer assessments on layouts. Local crime and fires are also noted, including a gas explosion, cave-dwelling suspect Brennan’s sentence, and fires at Knowles and Frankelfeldt factories.
A poem recounts Hartford’s famed one hoss shay built in the 1600s, its legendary endurance two centuries, and its dramatic end in a fire. William Luby and Governor Trumbull figures appear as the shay’s history unfolds with Oliver Wendell Holmes style humor and local lore.
The 1910 decennial census reports potato acreage rising to 3,699,000 acres in 1909 from 2,930,000 in 1899, with production up to 389,195,000 bushels and crop value climbing from $98,380,000 to $166,424,000. Maine and New England show strong gains, while Minnesota and North Central divisions lead acreage increases. New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania remain the top four producers.
A survey of natural history notes the daddy longlegs imperfect beauty and minor pests while detailing an Harper’s visit to the Dyaks of Borneo. It cites head hunting as an ancient rite tied to courtship and immortality, with stories of the head as a gift and symbolic war regalia.
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