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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1913
Page
8
Mrs Lil Lees Devereaux Blake a pioneer in the suffrage movement in this county lies in a sanitarium in Englewood New Jersey and is not expected to live through the day.
In Gaer Le Duc France on December 29 the Bishop of Verdun issued a pastoral letter prohibiting tango dancing within his diocese. He described tango as intensely dangerous and a major threat to morality, urging Christian families to exclude it from homes and asking clergy to inform their congregations.
Hans Schmidt, accused killer of Anna Aumuller, likely to hear verdict late today as self defense and insanity are debated. Prosecutors expect first degree murder. defense seeks acquittal on insanity grounds. Schmidt was reported near collapse in his Tombs cell this morning.
There was no definite link found between Arthur Saunders and the theft of $40 and jewelry from William H. Batchellor’s home at 968 Fairlawn Avenue. Saunders, Batchellor’s chauffeur, was released from police custody on Saturday. The stamp collection of the late Earl of Crawford was sold to Edward Healy & Co. of London for $30,000.
A Dorchester, Massachusetts testimonial describes severe dandruff with itching sores and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, itching subsides and dandruff diminishes. The user reports two months of nightly washing and ointment application as an economical scalp treatment. Free samples and a 32 page Skin Book offered.
Work has begun on a Morris & Co factory on Water street. Rossling and Schultz plan two two family houses on Capitol avenue. A two family house is under construction at Anson and Fairview for Mrs. Mattie Hayes. Dorothy R. Staples has a one family house under construction on Hawley avenue. Dowling & Bottomley Co will start a factory building at Bruce avenue and Seymour street for South Norwalk Engineering Co. George W. Hills tears down his Broad and Elm building to erect a block of stores. Im Rue and Charbonneau will begin a frame house on Bishop avenue. A concrete block garage for Anna M. Godfrey is under construction on Atwaters street. Permits issued: Joseph Mastrianni Suburban avenue makesh op. W T Mullins Anson street four frame houses. Morris & Co Water street brick factory. Gordon and Son Housatonic avenue addition. J H Farnam tool shed. Spargo and Winter Bronx avenue two frame houses.
The North End Improvement association will present petitions at the next common council meeting. Proposals include sighting North Main street arc lights from Jewett avenue to the town line, gas lighting for side streets, repairing and lighting Woodside avenue and Thorme street, extending Jewett avenue to Madison avenue, and grading and widening Beechmont avenue. President Tesing and Messrs. Reichel, Wilcox and Lutz named to lobby council committees. ten new members admitted. a pinochle party planned at Bethany chapel.
Patrick Mulligan trolley employee of 1176 East Main Street was riding along Bart Main Street Saturday night when he collided head on with a granite wall at East Washington Avenue. He was hospitalized at Bridgeport with a mild concussion a crushed nose and lacerations to lips and chin.
Baltimore dispatch reports Bishop Collins Denny of the Methodist Episcopal Church South fully recovered from a poison dose taken by mistake last Tuesday at his Richmond home. He remained in Baltimore with wife and daughter since Saturday. his brother James W. Denny said he did not seek Baltimore medical treatment.
General Edwin Louis Hayes, the oldest living U.S. general, marks his 94th birthday at his Bloomfield home today. He remains in fine physical condition and continues to be honored locally for his lengthy service.
Washington reports that the common skunk, housing deep varieties, plays a major role in controlling destructive insects. Its diet includes white grubs, grasshoppers, crickets, cutworms, hornets, and wasps, reducing pest populations and aiding crop protection. Studies note skunks eat Hemileuca pupae, with up to 95 percent of pupae destroyed in some areas, and recommend protecting skunks to curb outbreaks.
Nina Barbour, the New York sensation found in an East Side sweatshop by actress Mary Nash, is booked for Poli's Theatre in Bridgeport the last three days of this week. Barbour, once penniless in a dingy sewing room, now headlines as a low contralto with a striking repertoire.
An advertisement urges regular use of Foley Kidney Pills to relieve backache kidney pain and dizziness. It claims the kidneys and bladder become clean strong and healthy, with Hindle's Drug Store carrying the product.
Norwich Conn December 29 Traffic was delayed for hours on the Central Vermont Railway after a White River merchandise freight train derailed near Yangte. The engine, tender and a freight car jumped the rails tearing up 200 feet of track and toppled beside the line. Engine crew escaped injury. engineer John Stanley and conductor Harry Rennert of New London were named.
St. Louis reports the telegraph operators and station agents on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad plan a noon strike after demanding a 15 percent wage increase and better conditions. The railroad, preparing, installed telephone equipment across 2000 miles of main line and trains will be operated by telephone while crews are trained. August Glynn, 52, died instantly after stubbing a toe at Cornell Wisconsin, causing a fatal fall and neck fracture.
A Chat Noir club dance in the Stratford Auditorium drew many local youths and visitors from Milford Bridgeport and New Haven. Organizers Louis Bristol Vincent Sexton Charles Andrews Emmet Beardsley and Frederick Garry earned praise for a successful event. The hall sparkled with streamers and trees while Walsh's Bridgeport orchestra led by Olaf Unbehagen played. luncheon followed and attendees enjoyed a lively evening featuring numerous young ladies by name and a list of young men in attendance. The piece also notes Methodist church Christmas exercises and upcoming watch night service, plus local social visits and the Rambler basketball schedule including a Jan 8 town game in the Auditorium.
Dorothy Marsh under care in Bridgeport is improving. The Burr Hull wedding occurred at the bride parents home on Greenfield Hill with Grace Burr as bridesmaid and Samuel Ogden as best man. Christmas cantata drew a large local and out of town attendance. Christmas greetings noted with visits from Edwards and Sherwood families. A Grange meeting was announced to confer third and fourth degrees, and a small town ad section listed Farm Want Ads.
Westport residents share Christmas greetings and visits with relatives in Greens Farms and nearby towns. Burial services were held for Patrick O Conor with a high mass by Rev. Duggan. Letters await collection at the post office and a town dance is planned at National Hall.
Prosecuting Attorney A. L. De Laney will issue numerous warrants for personal tax delinquents. The delinquents cover taxes from 1910 1911 and 1912. The revised list follows the last furnished list dated September 10.
A group of boys on Ogden Street tested a gift air rifle. A lead pellet struck 12-year old Harry Keene above the right eye, penetrating the skull. He was rushed to Bridgeport Hospital where surgeons removed the pellet, narrowly missing eye damage.
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