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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1913
Page
4
For forty seven years the firm operates from the corner of Main and John streets offering deposits for money checks or drafts with interest for any chosen term. It promotes safety for bonds stocks deeds mortgages and other valuables and offers Safe Deposit Boxes in a fire and burglar proof vault at low cost.
James Staples & Co of Bridgeport Connecticut with W D Cook & Son of Water Street provide contact details and telephone number for inquiries.
The Board of Trustees declares a semi annual dividend for the six months ending December at four percent per annum on accounts up to four thousand dollars and three percent per annum on the excess. Dividend payable after January 24 2014. Treasurer Willis H Lyon notes interest accrual from January 1 for payments on or before January 6.
Mrs. Alice J. Geer widow of landscape artist E Howard Geer was found dead in her Hartford apartment as illuminating gas escaped. The medical examiner ruled accidental asphyxiation in the incident dated December 30.
Comp. Dec. 30 The American Consul at Genoa John Edward Jones visited Porter Charlton the young American awaiting trial on murder charges Charlton outlined his defense and said he hoped the Italian jury would see him as unfortunate not criminal He expressed satisfaction with his prison treatment and appeared in excellent health.
In Cleveland, Dr John H Ralston was dismissed after attempting to seal the mouth of infant Samuel Kochman with plaster. Hospital superintendents protested and warned of license actions, while Ralston refused to resign following a heated dispute with colleagues. The event sparked internal turmoil at City Hospital and drew attention to medical authority and patient care.
In a humorous letter the writer describes an over the top, fictional booby trap system inspired by Dr Fu Manchu to deter burglars. The elaborate devices include cobra venom needles sandpaper barriers chlorine gas centipedes and a trip wired to a howitzer triggering fireworks. The piece ends noting the home remained inviolate and confers no real protection.
A Maine couple plans a New Year Eve Quaker wedding in Saco with no officiating clergyman. Clyde Durgin, formerly of Saco and now in Philadelphia, has joined the Quaker Friends Meeting. Bride elect Miss Belén Crossman, raised Quaker, is daughter of George and Mrs Crossman of Saco.
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