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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1915
Page
16
Watch This column notes drastic store stock reductions due to radical alterations. Facing tight time, the shop announces big discounts on nearly all merchandise for the next two weeks, urging readers to call, visit, and inspect the exceptional values before offers end.
Citizens' Improvement Association of the Highth district denounced the North End trolley service as the worst in the state. Speakers including George Seltsam and George Dell urged faster cars and petitioning Connecticut Co. Manager Charles H. Chapman. The ex ec committee was tasked to draft petitions for action with Attorney John A. Cornell and William L. Reichel as members. The meeting adjourned to January 2, 1916.
Hartford dispatch reports that schools will close at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon for the Christmas vacation and reopen January 3. Some schools will hold exercises with Christmas carols and recitations. In other news Gov Henry Roberts, hospitalized with pleurisy at his Hartford home, is somewhat improved but still seriously ill after two difficult days.
The Stock Market column notes securities favored by investors include solid railroad and copper stocks with U. S. Steel leading the steel group. It stresses basic protections against tech readjustments and suggests year-end political influences loom, but long-term outlook remains hopeful due to underlying national prosperity.
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with fresh west winds. No well defined storm area east of the Rockies. Lake region sees cloudy weather with snow flurries and unsettled conditions with local rains on gulf and south Atlantic coasts. Pacific disturbance now over Montana. Northern districts report moderate temperatures. Exports from France in November rise by 23.6 million dollars while imports fall by 70 million.
Hiram lodge No. 18 F and A M elected officers for next year including Gustave Carlson as master and N. Tiemann Sr as senior warden. Also reported are appointments to the Democratic State committee, hospital nurse hire, street and sidewalk enforcement, church services, U P S C E officers, funeral notices, and local civic updates amid a blizzard week in Newtown, with numerous obituaries and community events.
Congregational ministers from South North and Olivet churches led an evening service at the Lyric theatre on Christmas night. An augmented choir and orchestra provided special music reflecting on the season's origin joys blessings and observance.
The Stove League chief Charles Phelps Taft of Cincinnati, famed Cubs backer and Cincinnati publisher, will celebrate his seventy second birthday tomorrow. Taft, long linked with league gossip, helped finance Charles Webb Murphy’s Cubs ownership bid.
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