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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
8
Arthur C. Alston presents At the Old Cross Roads on its tenth annual tour at Jackson's Theatre natchez region setting with new scenic effects and a stellar cast. Meanwhile Mme Bernhardt's Camille at Jackson's draws strong advance sales but some seats remain.
Obituaries detail Jennie E Kiernan and Sarah Huntington Beardsley deaths yesterday in Monroe, and Curtiss in his 81st year in Monroe, with surviving relatives listed. Michael Flahaven funeral at St Marys Church in New York and interment at St Michael's Cemetery noted. Also a domestic care note on linoleum kitchen maintenance suggests annual plain hard varnish finish applied thinly and wiped with milk and water.
United Press reports Tammany Hall boss Charles F Murphy will select the Democratic successor to Chauncey M Depew from a series of Albany conferences starting tomorrow in the Ten Eyck Hotel. Murphy plans to hear all state Democratic chieftains before uniting the delegation behind a single nominee.
Representative-Elect Joshua Meltzer, a leading Hebrew figure, received a gold watch from 35 Abraham lodge, B'nai Brith members at his Park Avenue home. The surprise event, with toastmaster Henry Greepos tion and speaker B. Klein, noted the inscription Present to Joshua Meltzer by Abraham lodge B B Dec 29 1910.
A mix of New Year sales and promotions across Bridgeport and Rochester. Radford B Smiths advertises a broad sale with holiday and non holiday goods. E H Dillon Co up for year end clearance in millinery furs coats and more. James Van Dyk Co offers free calendars with an Oriental themed New Year celebration. Local markets trumpet weekly family meals with meat, poultry, vegetables, dairy and bakery items at special low prices. One cent a word farmer ads close the page.
Fragmentary reports from Elis on Greece's southwest coast say villages were wrecked by yesterday's earthquake and hundreds rendered homeless with feared deaths. Details are lacking due to disrupted communications. In local events, Mrs H A Davenport hosted Bethlehem recitals for Sunday school children at Christmas tree celebrations. A mammoth Olivet Congregational church tree event drew 350 children given remembrances. Supt E F Richards coordinated.
New stock arrives regularly to keep pace with fashion from fastidious manufacturers. We continually replace older pieces with newer arrivals. Bargains are found as good stock departs. Savings are greater on the departing guest, but even the newest items are priced lower than at other places.
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