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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1912
Page
10
Governor Osborn of Michigan declares he will walk in future travels and has given away his two automobiles and Kentucky riding horses to intimate friends. He plans to see more of the world on foot and continues to enjoy nature during long walks through the countryside and woods.
Veronia Meehan plans to resume studies at B H B. Wise Jennie Casey expects to return after illness. The stage committee, reaffirmed by the president, will meet next Friday morning in Warner. Rehearsals for the senior play are set for Monday evening in Werner Hall.
Hayler's Candies offers Christmas morning delivery with ribbon and holly. Call to place orders and they provide custom cards with each delivery.
Indianapolis dispatch reports defense attorneys Howell Langdale Fiebach and Harding presented 15 hours of argument in the conspiracy trial. Senator John W. Kern is due to close defense tomorrow before Charles Miller delivers a five hour closing for the prosecution. Kansas City lawyers defended Brown and McCain while Fiebach argued for Anderson and Smith, Cleveland iron workers.
Meriden December 23 William Dumark aged 15 charged with manslaughter for shooting and killing William King aged 12 while playing wild west in woods near his home. He waived examination in police court and was bound over to the superior court under a $1,000 bond.
Mystic December 2 Officials of the Norwich Westerly Traction Co report two attempts to wreck the car from Mystic to Old Mystic. Superintendent Ritley says saboteurs placed obstructions on the tracks hoping to smash the car and clear the way for a larger one.
New Haven December 22 By the will of Peter Colgan president of the New Haven Button Company practically his whole estate valued at 20000 is left to Miss Theresa M Curwen of Sylvan avenue to whom he was to have been married next month Five sisters and two brothers of the deceased are left out of the will It is said they will contest the instru-
Classified ad lists numerous fur items including Black Fox Muffs from 15 to 23 dollars, Red Fox Sets, Natural Raccoons, Moline and Moleskin Sets, Eastern Mink, Pointed Fox Sets, Brown Opossum Muffs, Black China Wolf Muff, Mink Muffs for children, and coats and accessories with promises of one third less elsewhere. Also features Belgian Lynx Muffs, Black Coney Muffs, Marabout Capes, and Rain Coats with many price points.
The Housewives' League led by Mrs Egbert Chamberlain aims to curb rising costs by lowering egg prices. The effort, joined by figures like Mrs Julian Heath, targets inflation in daily essentials across major cities including Philadelphia and Chicago.
The text blends a Boston Globe quote on action and beauty with a meditation on beauty’s persistence and moral impulse. It cites Maurice Maeterlinck urging high good, notes the fate of Herculaneum and Pompeii with excavation reasons, and ends with a Parrot and Trees observation linking tree type to parrot form and flight.
Local architect and Stratford committee acknowledge the Huntington road school plan will exceed the $15,000 appropriation by about $15,000. Competing firms offered cheaper four room brick designs, while new specs imply costly fittings and a $4,000 heating plant. The committee plans to bid again Friday to curb costs, with work not starting until March.
A fragmented read presents light theatre mishap when an actor playing Othello forgot blackface and wore white gloves until a quick fix with flesh colored gloves resolved the stage giggles. It recalls the Orkney Shetland pledge by Norway to Scotland for Queen Margaret’s dowry, not redeemed to this date.
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