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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1910
Page
7
The piece discusses pressures on Congress led by Speaker to report measures resisting trusts and price controls. It notes a push by financiers and state boards, mentions Connecticut banks and anti trust sentiment, and forecasts possible federal response within days to weeks.
John W Eve represents Prentice W Chase in a libel action brought by Mr Coe of Sphen parers alleging libelous statements. The suit names Chase of New Sacling with attorney fees and damages as part of the counter claim and involves various firms and attorneys.
Divorce decree grants ianee W. HL A. Pike to Henry Spies Fork. Mrs Francis Kip fe of Julius McCarty seeks custody while planning remarriage. The scene shifts to a clerk’s chamber as Frances, age 25, appears with her friend ALG.
After a long struggle against adverse conditions Mayor Buckingham announced the members of his official family as allowed by the charter. He faced Republican resistance and a boycott scare but says the selections are excellent and broadly approved. The Taxpayers League offered no supervision, and the Mayor has performed well without its aid.
Greenwich January 1 J Lincoln Steffens writer drove five miles at midnight in zero weather to reach his Riverside home and save it from fire fire broke out after he arrived two hours later beams burned between floors he fought with an axe while family handled the hose Fire units faced snow delays but residents and Steffens saved the house with about 2000 in damage Steffens supplied the firemen with dry clothes hot coffee and cigars
Mrs. Russell Sage donates 650000 to Yale to clear the Hillhouse property debt and secure an unclouded title to Sachem s Wood on Prospect Street in New Haven. The gift, second largest to Yale, follows prior major gifts and funds a new campus site with plans for a physics lab and biology lab.
Greenwich January 1 Henry F Reidel a gardener formerly employed by Commodore E C Benedict and other wealthy families was killed by a trolley car at Arch street yesterday afternoon He was sixty five years old and deaf for years failing to hear the car or the motorman s warning bell INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM CURED IN 3 DAYS Morton G Hill Lebanon Ind states his wife s inflammatory rheumatism improved rapidly after using Dr Detchon s Relief for Rheumatism sold by Curtis Pharmacy Dugger 1149 Main St Gereit
Newburg New York January 1 A friend of the late B H Harriman says Mrs Mary W Harriman widow of the financier has offered to the State of New York for park purposes 10000 of the 0 000 acres in the Harriman Arden estate Orange County The plan mirrors Harriman's wish to create a public park for all state residents free of charge and Mrs Harriman now intends to fulfill it
A man believed to be Martin Staten of 161 Sussex Street Jersey City committed suicide by hanging from a fencepost in the rear yard of the Palace Hotel in Altoona as a railroad policeman pursued him after he dashed from a train. He had left Jersey City Thursday and attracted attention by his odd behavior.
Boston reports Charles Francie Weight died December 27 leaving a will bequeathing 370000 for care of horses and dogs and over 25 to servants. The Suffolk County Probate Court records the will’s probate failed. The bulk of the estate valued at millions is to be divided after a relative’s death between the New England Peabody Home for Crippled Children in Boston and the Frew Hospital for Women in Brookline.
Paris January 1 The French Senate may hear D Estournelles de Constant urge a national plan to require all French cities to provide aeroplane and dirigible sheds workshops for repairs and inflating dirigibles The idea gains support from several senators and deputies. Ice harvest begins in New Haven with multiple firms starting work to stock supply for next summer The Spring Lake Woodbridge Hygienic and Elm City companies commence operations this week.
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