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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
10
A retailers advertises a one day Saturday sale featuring a wide assortment of festive items. Trimmed dress hats, fur accessories, coats, shawls, muffs, and cloaks are offered at steep discounts, with many items reduced from higher original prices. Also listed are white linen waists and various silk and satin garments along with faux fur and plume accessories.
E H Dillon and Co announce a genuine removal sale at the White House Clothing Company's store near Fairfield Avenue. Large stock marked down across overcoats clothing hats caps shoes and more plus a full grocery and bakery section with festive holiday items. Store hours extended Friday Saturday and all day Monday at Bridgeport Public Market and Branch State Bank East Main Street.
Nelson C Shaw and Omray L Massinger sue Connecticut Co for $10,000 each over Mary E Shaw death near Oronoque Post Office Stratford on Nov 13. Auto with Shaw and relatives stalled on trolley track as trolley car rounded curve, causing fatal injuries. suit alleges unsafe car and negligent motorman without proper air brakes or stopping facilities. Coroner found no criminal negligence.
Special from United Press reports New York stock market opening quiet with fractional fluctuations. Trading later in the morning grows slightly active amid mild bearishness in many active issues. Government bonds steady, other bonds firm. Noon trade sluggish in final forenoon with narrow, unimportant price moves.
In South Norwalk city clerk raceJudge William H. Williams presided over a recount. Result shows Cuneo Republican 589 to Huntington Democrat 573 after adjustments for miscounted or unclear ballots. Court allowed ballots marked in squares opposite names.
Frederick Albert Cook returns to New York from his latest expedition to Brooklyn. He plans a Monday statement, says he will stay under the American flag but not lecture under its protection, and will devote himself to scientific work after 20 years of exploration. The tale recounts his earnings and a remaining deposit of 75,000 at Carnegie Trust.
Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson accuses former Senator James Smith Jr. of bad faith and conspiring with Hudson County boss Bob Davis to overthrow the people’s verdict. Wilson says Smith’s candidacy would hand control back to the bosses and selfish interests, opposing party unity. In Russia, American mining promoter John Hay Hammond outlines a plan to develop Russian resources, with Stone Stolypin and the Czar’s approval, featuring grain elevators, irrigation projects, and potential railways, aided by Ambassador Rockhill.
St. Petersburg December 23 Russia seeks American capital to back an investment program for the czarist government. Officials report negotiations are under way to secure funds for development projects and modernization efforts.
Salem Mass December 23 James Edward Munson 22 and Charlee Dewey 24, who assaulted Alfred Bee Hayward of Highwood Conn last Sunday, were nearly captured by police. Munson caught at Seawall Street relatives home about 6 pm Dewey taken from Essex Street lodging house this morning. Munson sister Carrie E Brown also taken. she sentenced to six months in House of Correction. Munson confessed to the police. Both to be returned to Connecticut. Remarks on oven doors and baking hazards follow.
New Haven December 23. Mary Sullivan is charged with the murder of Catherine Hayes after a beating incident involving her son Timothy Kehely a local saloon keeper. The state plans to call Kehely as primary witness in a case centering on alleged assaults by Sullivan on Hayes and her death after being found unconscious.
Central Trust rewards President Wallace with a 50000 bonus while bankers host 300 guests for Christmas at John D. Crimmins home. Taft nominates his son to head White House Christmas, and miners plan near million-dollar Christmas pay packages. Mariners receive comfort bags, and local towns pledge dinners, pardons, and gifts for the needy as boosters celebrate the holiday season. Supplemental notes include a 23-year search ending in homecoming and a lost ten-dollar bill affecting a mother.
Dr. Ward VanNess of this city wed Miss Florence Muir of Buffalo New York on December 19 at the home of Mrs. G L Wallace 649 Clinton Avenue The couple are on their wedding trip and will reside in Bridgeport at 109 Lenox Avenue after returning.
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