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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1911
Page
16
Christmas will be a day of joy at the county jail as Sheriff Vollmer arranges a fine dinner for the inmates. Judge Foster is expected to attend invitations. the menu features spare ribs baked potatoes celery turnips apple pie crackers bread and butter coffee.
Paaquale Pigni ulo, an agent of the United States Department of Justice, testified again in Hartford court as the blackmail case involving Patsy Fusco returned to the witness stand. Under examination by his attorney Joseph L. Barbour, he reiterated his denials amid a tense courtroom scene.
A head on collision between Texas & Pacific passenger trains near Killdare, Texas, injures about 40 passengers. No deaths reported. Investigators blame a switchman who allegedly mismanaged the signals causing the crash on December 22.
Mr and Mrs Austin Jennings celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Christmas at their son E A Jennings Brooklawn Avenue residence. They will receive relatives from 4 to 6 PM and the family circle of warm friends promises a brilliant function.
John Zepko, a Bridgeport Gaslight Co. employee, was overcome by gas during excavation at Main and Golden Hill streets around 2 30 pm. Fellow workers removed him from the site as a crowd gathered. he was moved to The Stratfield driveway where he revived and decided to return to work.
Inmates of Lakeview Home will have a Christmas dinner Monday noon prepared by the home management. The provisions were raised on the farm by the inmates themselves. Supt. Merle C. Cowles and assistants prepared the menu: Mince Pie, Cheese, Bread, Butter, Coffee. They will also be provided with pills and draughts after the meal.
Edward G. Lewis mayor of University City was indicted for the third time in six months for using the mails to defraud. Former Congressman Harris T. Cowdrey and Harry B. Gardner were also re indicted on a similar charge in St Louis on December 22.
Washington, a colored defendant, pleaded guilty to burglary today in New Haven and was bound over to the Superior Court under bonds of 1000 dollars.
Auditor Keating receives Cooney requisition totaling 6895 for next year mainly to cover salaries, with a total of 8295 for all items. The aggregate exceeds last year’s approved amount by 200 dollars, per the report.
Special from United Press reports 16 year old Emma Evans of Old Forge was struck and killed by a Lackawanna passenger train while returning from Puryea where she worked in a silky mill.
In a tense scene a Confederate sergeant refuses orders to release Lieutenant King. Donald asserts parole authority over King, warns Dunn and Connors, and demands Dunn meet him in the library in ten minutes to resolve the standoff. King is claimed as Donalds prisoner on special parole.
In the aftermath of a deadly discovery, Colonel Donald learns of a concealed truth about Jean Denslow and Dunn. King and Dunn confront a murder scene, then Jean reveals a past soaked in feud and mistaken love, culminating in her admission that she loves her husband and intends honesty over deception.
A patchwork of quotes and anecdotes from writers and newspapers with witty exchanges and misheard phrases. It includes remarks attributed to Hastings Stevenson Henley and others about fame fortune and manners, plus observational jots from various periodicals.
A jurist remarks on a distant meal with crude humor about a grandfather in the country. A witness replies that five was the count, but water to wash the face and hands from a pump was plain. cooked fare is preferred, though they remain at home.
Fragmentary quotation shows a speaker returning from a trip and accusing a partner of flirting with another man. The miscommunication centers on promised time apart and inappropriately repeated contact. The fragment suggests a domestic dispute tone without full context or names.
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