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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1913
Page
4
For forty seven years we have conducted business at the same location on Main Street in Bridgeport. Since inception we have received and paid out millions for individuals and firms, offering bank accounts for one day to one year with interest. We present careful personal attention as the state’s oldest private banking firm.
A letter to the editor argues for the State Park Commission to safeguard wild lands and historic sites in Connecticut. It notes private ownership has reduced public use and urges gifts or bequests to fund preservation, citing Mt. Tom estate transfer as an example and listing commission members. A humorous Boston Transcript quip closes the piece.
In a rambly reminiscence, Benny recalls yesterdays stair banisters being wet but painted, Persey’s white spot turning darker as he slid down three flights, while friends cheered and joked about the sticky banisters and Persey’s goofy look, ending with careful hopes of punishment when their father sees the marks.
New York December 23 Duke of Manchester aboard the George Washington reports that if the Home Rule bill passes in Britain all Ulster will be an armed camp. He says 100,000 Orangemen enrolled and 80,000 armed and trained, with Sir William Carson’s army to defend Protestant rights in the North. He predicts war but anticipates possible compromise.
Scott Hurtt Paradise of Milford Connecticut, senior at Yale, selected as a Rhodes scholar to Oxford. Selection committee included Yale President Hadley, Wesleyan President Shanklin, Trinity President Luther. Paradise, son of a Yale graduate, studied at Medford High and Phillips Academy Andover, excelled in football, edited the Yale Literary Magazine, and belonged to Wolf’s Head and Psi Upsilon. The note mentions a Congress measure to create a national reserve fund for exchange operations and banknote epay.
A promotional appeal invites customers to inspect diamonds watches rings and a wide range of jewelry and related items promising reasonable prices and easy viewing with no trouble to show goods.
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