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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1910
Page
6
The German Comic Opera Co from New York's Irving Place Theatre presents Das Musikanten maedel The Musician's Girl at Jackson's Theatre tonight with a 70 member company and 16 piece augmented orchestra. Seats selling heavily and a large audience expected.
Polf's bill this week is the most entertaining offer the management has made to the public this season. Keller Mack and Frank Orth perform in The Wrong Hero a musical comedy blend that drew holiday crowds. Orth sang O'Hara. The Primrose Four provided strong singing while Rita Redfield impressed with character songs including The Black Sheep of the Family. Ernest Carr Mae Lansing and Jack Arnold staged a satire The Grafter on municipal politics. Jesse Lasky’s Pianophiends return as the Phianophiend Minstrels with a rose garden setting. Ben Linn drew laughs singing Nobody Loves a Fat Man. Freemont Casson Ot The Garden of My Heart and Dixie Crane Jack C Claire performed. Watson's Farmyard Circus showcased trained animals especially the trick dogs. Coventry trio opened with Zylo phone, Miss Rosie Coventry dancing in kilts.
Elizabeth Gilder Kellogg widow of Edward S Hayden, former secretary treasurer of Holmes Booth Hayden, was found dead in bed at her Waterbury home. A Brooklyn native, she was a highly esteemed state figure and long wealth holder, with Bright's disease listed as the cause. Hayden's husband built a modest brass and copper industry fortune and held copper electrolysis patents.
Al Burdick buys the barber shop in the Poll building from Joseph Billings after several years of operation. Billings departs for Los Angeles on Friday to pursue a similar venture in a new city.
Henry Miller 78 native of Beddenhauser Germany died yesterday at 320 Union Avenue after 30 years in the city survived by widow two daughters and sister Eliza Kennedy longtime Irish resident died yesterday at 884 Wood Avenue after pneumonia native of County Kildare survived by sister Anna L Campbell died yesterday at 41 Orchard Street age 22 survived by mother brother and sisters May A Vaill funeral today from 218 Lewis Street interment Park Cemetery Mary J Beck funeral yesterday at 82nd Street interment Mountain Grove cemetery Fred A Olmstead buried at Mountain Grove Cemetery with Hartford Elks delegation Grace L Beach funeral at 1785 North Avenue interment Evergreen Cemetery Plum pudding and fruit cake tip kept moist in granite kettle with thick strawberry syrup and brown paper tops
President Taft approves the engineers board report allocating a $20 million reclamation fund to western projects. Total city, state, and project names span Salt River Arizona Yuma California Grand Valley Colorado Truckee Carson Nevada and more with five year use and loan interest charged against the projects. The board lauds structures like Pathfader Shoeshone Roosevelt and Gymsen Tunnel as monuments of design and build quality.
December tragedy on the Charles river basin leaves Miss Lella S Call and Earl W Peterson dead after slipping through thin ice hand in hand. Peterson, assistant secretary of religious work at the Boston Y M C A, and Call, a student at the Deaconness Training School, were among those who vanished into the hole. Nine others were rescued.
Greensburg Pa December 27 Troopers scour West Moreland County for two men reported seriously wounded or killed in riots over the past 24 hours The coroner prepares for Tony Carcino a striker shot from ambush Officials cite extensive liquor imports for Christmas as a contributing cause and fear a broader outbreak across the coal fields where the strike has dragged on for months
Augneta Dec 27 The 75th Maine Legislature convenes Jan 4 with goals including electing a U.S. Senator to replace Eugene Hale, direct primaries, a Corrupt Practices Act, liquor amendment re submission, a new ballot form, consolidation of state departments and sharp expenditure curtailment. Governor-elect Plaisted leads a largely Democrat legislature, signaling a political shift.
The Inter-State Commerce Commission heard a lengthy case on freight rates amid a rate war. It acknowledged competition as a major factor in lowering charges and dismissed the Breeze-Trenton Mining Company complaint about coal shipments from East St. Louis to Omaha.
Two men died within 48 hours in a baffling vendetta linking Italian feuds. Angelo Appitto fell in an early morning stilletto duel with John Ambrosia in New York, Ambrosia claiming self defense. Francesco Gristando died Sunday after being shot by his father-in-law Francesco Mannarino, who fled to Baltimore and was arrested. Police pursue a long standing feud theory.
Police question George Ellis, 20, in a Copley Square hotel holdup that netted 45 dollars from night clerk Jerome Carey at 2:30 am. Ellis, Egyptian former hotel worker, was arrested after handwriting tests linked to the sign in Dr R B Wiliston Portland Me. Evidence remains scarce as investigation continues.
Miss Ethel W N. Kenyon, daughter of Rev. Earl H. Kenyon, marries Harold B. Bradstreet at St. Paul’s Church in a ceremony held yesterday. Organist Samuel Lister played on the new church organ. The Bradstreets depart for a Florida honeymoon and plan to return after January 15.
New York December 27 State Superintendent Gay announced that the State Bank Department took possession of the Northern Bank of New York which operated ten branches in the city. The bank with capital stock of 700000 had a book surplus of 185965 and deposits totaling 6912582 on November 10 1916. The department closed the bank after days of investigation into conditions and alleged irregular transactions uncovered during examination.
Los Angeles officials announce the Llewellyn Iron Works explosion damage will not exceed 5000 dollars. Merchants and Manufacturers Association holds a special meeting to plan investigations. Police report several suspects under surveillance with no arrests yet.
A circulating rumor claims next Monday will see seventeen weddings in Fairfield. town officials may issue many licenses and local bakeries expect wedding cake orders, though some couples may skip the ceremony. The item is likely a joke or an unprecedented town event.
In Newtown, Kathryn Troy of Brooklyn visits her parents Mr and Mrs Jeremiah Troy in Berkshire. Several Bradley siblings and relatives from Bridgeport Danbury Waterbury and New Milford share Xmas gatherings with family in town. St Rose Trinity notes cover Christmas masses sermons choirs and upcoming church events. Mrs Driscoll hosts a Xmas dinner with Egan and Gordon families from Seabright and New York.
Special from United Press. Chicago Dec 27 settlement of wage demands by 75 000 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors on 61 western roads is expected by year end along lines of last week's agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Conferences between railroad managers and men resumed today with hope of a speedy agreement.
Many cases of piles have been cured by a Pyramid Pile Cure trial package. It promises relief without surgery or doctors bills. Order by mail with a free coupon, costing 60c a box at the druggist.
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