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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
5
A period ad lists deep price cuts on fur neckpieces muffs and sets including White Iceland Fox Narobia Lynx Skunk and Raccoon items with varied prices and discount notes plus a brief obituary noting Prince Honenlohe Schillingfurst died aged 63, identified as a former German chancellor's son.
Miss Margaret Lake daughter of Simon Lake of Lake Torpedo Boat Co and Herbert Maynard Diamond son of Mr and Mrs F J Diamond of New Haven were married at 6 30 last evening at the Lake home on Broad street Milford. Rev F A Sumner performed the ceremony beneath a Christmas greens arch lit by candles. The bride wore Beete l white pussy willow taffeta and panne velvet with a train. They left for a wedding trip to New York and Washington D C and plan to reside in New Haven where the groom pursues a Yale postgraduate course and acts as assistant instructor in the department.
Miss Lake, a member of the Associates of the Sponsors of the Navy, christened her father's submarine and is described as a talented linguist and musician. She studied abroad for several years while her family resided there.
Postmaster Greene seeks railway mail service to route the city mail for local carriers to avoid two post office handlings. The New Haven road revised schedule delays the morning mail, now arriving at 5 40 instead of 4 20, threatening delivery timeliness unless approved.
The Men’s Assembly of the First Methodist church will hold a turkey supper tomorrow night to celebrate the end of a two month membership drive. Rev. Wallace H. Finch D.D. of Stamford will speak as enrollment reaches 58 new names in a flourishing campaign.
Ignatz Roszenieit keeper of a restaurant at 861 Pine Street arraigned in city court on a charge of keeping a gambling house pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars and costs. Eugene Gottlieb Andrew Kader and John Stefanick frequenters were each fined 5 dollars. All paid.
The CLASS 200 plan pays $2 weekly for 50 weeks. Two weeks before Christmas a $100 check will be mailed.
The executives and foremen of the H. O. Canfield Co. were guests of President A. H. Canfield at a dinner at the Algonquin club. Speeches on company welfare were given with Canfield as toastmaster and Carl Siemon as guest of honor.
The Overseas News Agency reports Holland residents donated hospital trains to the Central powers. Amsterdam dispatches note a Wolf Bureau correspondent interviewed President Lang who organized the drive. Lang says the plan excited Holland and funds were promptly subscribed, calling it strong anti German propaganda.
Mrs Edward T Buckingham wife of the compensation commissioner has been very ill at her North Main street home for six weeks and is reported improving today in a cautious health update from the family.
An odd lot of small brown fur neckpieces broken from sets offered at low floor price. Includes fox sets with melon shaped muffs finished with silk frill and animal scarf with head and tail. Black coney muffs praised for service. Large pillow style pieces lined with bright satin. Prices quoted in odd currency.
Elastic fitted top available in all sizes. Price listed as 1.45 dollars. Real product note appears in a historical storefront listing with emphasis on durability and sizing.
New York opening trades show selling resumes with many leading issues posting declines. United States Steel opens 87% while General Motors drops to 474 and Bethlehem Steel to 460, as Anglo-French fives stay around 94. Rails dull, auto stocks rally midday, bonds slide.
Tashua and Long Hill host a Tuesday gym game with a Bridgeport team. A Friday monthly entertainment features songs duets recitations and athletic acts plus tableaux and dancing. Final rehearsal is set for Wednesday. Senator Charles O Hennessy of New Jersey enters the Democratic governor race.
London Dec 29 the route from Norway to Russia is established with the Norwegian steamer Koenig lige carrying American English machinery for Russia. It has sailed from Tromsoe Norway to Alexandrovsk Russia under favorable conditions. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company reports the route will be open year round.
In a city court session this morning Joe Sayah paid a $35 fine plus costs for allowing poker games in the rear of his fruit store at 1000 Hancock Avenue. Benjamin Harmon John Foley and William Beattie were each fined amounts not fully listed after a raid at 1 o clock Christmas morning by Officers Howell and Lundberg.
Forecast notes rain tonight with Thursday clearing. Connecticut should see rain or sleet this afternoon and tonight with Thursday fair conditions. East winds. The storm formerly over the northeast, now central over Kentucky, is expected to move away toward the Pacific coast. Wheat prices at the Pacific coast are advancing steadily.
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