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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
6
Inventory week special with low prices on holiday goods and assorted small lots. Quick clearance emphasized across all departments to move stock during the inventory period. Visit the Kline Store to take advantage of the targeted discounts and end-of-season bargains.
Tariffville resident George Mitchelson discusses local game, noting a single three-year-old elk seen in North Bloomfield and sighting details. He critiques state Hungarian partridge releases, quail and Mongolian pheasants, fox impacts on game, and deer farming. He also cites deer history, park board elk ideas, and local hunting issues amid shifting wildlife populations.
A festive note promotes Huyler’s Delicious Candy as a top choice for Christmas presents. It suggests including it among gifts, highlights early morning delivery, and describes each box as tied with ribbon and holly.
A local pharmacy operates at the intersection of Liefeld Avenue and Courtland Street, serving residents with medicinal supplies and basic health goods. The shop advertises standard prescriptions and over the counter items with convenient hours.
An advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills claims to regulate and strengthen kidney and bladder issues during middle age. The notice cites L. F. Curtis of Boston as endorsing the product in the city known for patriotism. The snippet also reports on Boston Opera House director Russell hiring Louise Tetrazzini and a fatal fall from a window at age 50 in Boston.
Mary Crushak of 568 Crescent Avenue testified in city court that a church bell struck her eye during a Slavish Christmas procession. She had Michael Pulchik arrested for assault after the bell scene, with an interpreter detailing the custom and accident. Judge Wiled fined the bell ringer ten dollars.
Nationalist leaders in the Russian Duma have introduced a bill to exclude all American Jews from Russia. The move follows the United States notifying that the 1832 treaty will terminate in January 1913, according to a United Press dispatch from St. Petersburg dated December 27.
New York reports Miss Violet Edmands, Brookline heiress and fiancée of Rev. C. V. T. Richeson, held for murder in Boston, has arrived and intends to work among the poor. Friends say she will conceal her identity while seeking to aid settlement efforts in the city.
John Parks of Norwalk testified before State Secretary Matthew H. Rogers and admitted taking his brother Wallace Parks’s automobile without permission to respond to a fire. the hearing ended early after the admission. Rogers reserved decision.
An ad claims Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets instantly relieve fullness after overeating by supplying digestive juices and relaxing the stomach. It asserts the product digests food rapidly, sweetens the mucous lining, improves breath, and may improve disposition. Sold 50 cents with a free trial package upon request to F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
George C. Tilyou has waived his purchase privilege. W L Gallagher, a Bridgeport real estate and amusement figure, has taken an option and is studying Steeplechase Island ownership by Mrs Fannie McMahon and heirs of John H McMahon. He favors an exclusive east-side villa district of 200 poured concrete, fireproof homes, a hotel, restaurant and botanic grounds, while keeping park lands separate. Gallagher stresses plans are preliminary and seeks public input before moving ahead.
The funeral for Former Senator Thomas Arnold Jr who died at St Vincent's Hospital will be held from his home at 178 Coleman Street at 9 30 and at St Augustine's Church at 10 Friday morning with a solemn high mass of requiem. Arnold a Bridgeport native was an architect and longtime public figure. He served on the Common Council then the State Senate, chaired finance and constitutional amendments committees, and was active in fraternal and civic groups. He married Mary Josephine in 1901 and had four children. His death follows two kidney operations after an injury from a wrestling incident. He was born November 2 1878 in New York City.
Miss Gertrude Gardner, 20, speeds from Lymm Massachusetts toward Berkeley to wed Leo M. Smith, a newspaper man. Smith is claimed under age by his father, who seeks to halt the marriage. Gardner’s parents consented to the eloping plan prompted by a diamond ring gift and a railroad ticket West.
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