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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
3
Stratford residents debate funding for 100 to 150 street lamps and a town hall addition while noting the old Catholic rectory sale and sunlit plans for a new church cornerstone. Other items include local engagements, Red Men meetings, a hospital operation, and annexation talk.
Superintendent Graham travels widely to fill the Sherman 8th grade post left by Miss Banks, who will travel south for health. Miss Florence Proctor of Fitchburg Mass is named, a seven year teaching veteran and normal school graduate. Also, a social at Dr M V Bannham's residence featured the "Bendites" group with Huntington, Hull, Curtis, Gamsby, Sammis, and Carroll attending. The Congregational church Christmas tree event drew about 204 in attendance, with gifts and postal cards for Labrador children and a Turkish rug donation to the library for the librarian’s office. Mrs J O Wright reported ill with grip.
Pasquale Pappa who slashed Mrs. Louis Catene with a razor Sunday at Torrington indicting serious injuries and then escaped was captured in Hartford on Wednesday by Policeman Nicholas Calabrese. Calabrese surprised him and captured him without trouble. The return home of 16 year old Louis Morroway who had been missing since last summer surprised the family by coming back to share Christmas cheer. He spent most of his absence working on farms in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Steventon Northrop of New Milford died last week of an overdose of laudanum taken to induce sleep, leaving a wife and one daughter. The Litchfield County Choral Union annual meeting and banquet was held at Delmonico’s in New York by invitation of Carl Stoeckel of Norfolk. Guests included presidents and secretaries of the union’s groups. The report urged adopting Horatio Parker’s Hora Novissima as a core work and studying Gluck Orfeo for the June Norfolk concert. A sixteen member committee was approved to plan congregational singing in churches. A California railroad ordered 60,000 railroad ties from Australia, made of iron bark wood.
Washington reports a surge of schemes tied to a New York customs hold and a Spanish swindle. Letters from Madrid claim vast sums and promise riches, urging cable responses. A London clipping describes a banker, Demidoff, linked to a five million ruble loss, detained in Spain and slated for trial and possible extradition.
Rochester resident M. Mayer reports a sharp back pain and irregular kidney action followed by fatigue. After using Foley Kidney Pills, he says each dose restored life and strength and he is now completely cured. Curtis Pharmacy endorses the product.
Fairfield County report notes the final apportionment meeting voting to levy eight mills on the grand list for 1910. Water woes ease as thaw and rain fill reservoirs, promising ample supply through spring. A fire destroys a barn on Mrs Curtin R Marvin’s Huntington Ridge farm in Stamford. cause unknown, with hay and tools lost.
New Haven December 29 President Frederick L Perry head of the board of aldermen and chair of the joint committees on legislation railroads and bridges said he would push a joint committee meeting to study Walter Leighs petition challenging trolley rate discrimination between New Haven and Waterbury He urged requesting the Legislature to insert a nondiscrimination clause in the utilities bill and instructed the corporation counsel to oppose any bill omitting such a clause The issue centers on whether Con necticut Co should maintain lower Waterbury fares or apply uniform rates across cities, a matter Perry says affects public welfare and fairness.
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