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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1911
Page
7
Directors announce a four percent per annum dividend on all accounts without discrimination for the six months ending December 31 1911. Dividend payable after January 2 1912. Treasurer Edward W. Marsh notes deposits made on or before January 5 1912 will draw interest from January 1 1912.
Arthur W. French recalls Bridgeport classmates who gained fame and fortune. The piece tracks Emory Strong, Oscar G. Murray, Samuel C. Fairchild, Richard Willis, James Humphreys, and David A. Tarbell from Bridgeport public school days to prominent careers in railways, pharmacy, manufacturing, and business, noting their later achievements and current roles.
District Attorney Whitman said he would not reveal immediately if Max Blanck and Isaac Harris would face another trial on one of five remaining indictments connected to the Asch building shirtwaist factory fire that killed 146 last March. If retried, testimony would be largely the same as earlier presentations, which failed to prove criminal negligence. A second item notes Norwich resident Louis Frazier praising Foley Kidney Pills after kidney and bladder relief.
Minnie Elizabeth Pray of Naugatuck sues Neil Will Pray of Naugatuck for divorce on grounds of intolerable cruelty. They wed in Bridgeport on September 3, 1883. Pray is a chemist at Diamond Laboratory Co., Naugatuck. Also note Monte Carlo Prince Jamie of Bourbon, a pretender to the Spanish throne, departed with over $100,000 won at gaming tables in under two nights.
Nondescript grocery discount listing shows Plum Pudding tins at 25 cents, Jellices in glass at 15 18 and 25 cents, Curtice Bros jams assorted at 18 cents, Strained Honey sale at 10 15 and 26 cents, Mince Meat bulk options with a price noted as lfc per 3 packages and None Such Mince Meat at zac.
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