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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1913

Page

6

Local Notes and Social Roundup From Stepney News

STEPNEY Miss Nellie Osborne visits sister Mrs Anna Gilbert. Methodist church supper ends with candy and orange gifts. Rev F H Sawyer receives 26 dollars from parishioners. Edith Wales resigns. new Elm Street teacher after holidays. Morris French covers Route 14 mail duties. Victor Burr on two week vacation. Armstrong and Vera Hubell visit Bridgeport with Mrs Miles Eastwood. David Parmalee under care of Dr Gale. pneumonia feared. Henry S Nichols named Substitute mail carrier on Route Earle Wales of Chicago visits parents Solon and Mrs Wales. Four men kill a 300 pound man eater shark off Miami after two hours fighting. La Follette criticizes Cannonism and calls House a slave of caucus system.

Nellie Osborne Anna Gilbert Methodist Church Santa Claus George Reutter F. H. Sawyer Edith Wales Elm Street Morris French Victor Burr Armstrong Vera Hubbell Bridgeport Miles Eastwood David Parmalee Gale Newtown Henry S. Nichols Earle Wales Chicago Mrs Solon Wales

Jeff Davis Dies of Apoplexy in Little Rock

United States Senator Jeff Davis died at his home in Little Rock Arkansas early today after suffering apoplexy. Born in 1862 he served as district attorney attorney general governor and was elected to the senate in 1907. He married Lela Carter in October 1911 and is survived by three sons and four daughters from his first marriage.

Little Rock Ark United States Jeff Davis Lela Carter

Pope Sends Apostolic Benediction in Event of Emperor Death

Rome January 3 Pope Pius the tenth sent his apostolic benediction to Vienna via Cardinal Nagle Papal nuncio at the Austrian Hungarian court with Vatican instructions to withhold until death appears certain. The pope maintains close ties with the Austrian royal family and was informed their emperor Francis Joseph is gravely ill.

Rome Pius Vienna Francis Joseph Austria-Hungary Cardinal Nagle Vatican

Greenfield Hill Socials Open New Year With Club Ball

Mary Hall returns to Brooklyn for study after holidays with Mr and Mrs Samuel Wisner on Hayden Hill. Aurelia Berger visits Stratfield via Bridgeport. Greenfield Hill Country Club hosts New Year ball with hundreds of guests and ornate decorations.

Mary Hall Samuel Wisner Hayden’s Hill Brooklyn Aurelia Berger North Main Street Bridgeport Harry Edwards Jackman Avenue Stratfield Arthur Hull William Benedict Southport A. J. Hull Howard Gray W. O. Burr Burr Charles Gray Gray J. Frank Brothwell Brothwell J. Nelson Hutchinson Hutchinson Wilmer N. Pratt J. M. Wilson W. H. Wilson Ruth van Ness Olive Mildred All Florence Banks Fanny Esther Wade Edward Morehouse William Meeker John Forsythe George Shultie Robert Barmore Sylvia Wilmer Pratt Maude Wilson John Boyle Emerson Ayers Ida Vera Whales Clarence Brown Frank Linley Clarence Andrews Andrew Huntington Arthur Hall Sprague Brothwell Dudley Brothwell Lois Etta Brothwell Elliot Smith William West Harvey Taylor Anna Gray A. Berger Luella Burr Grace Burr Albert Bulkley Arthur Bulkey Elmer Bulkley Grace Bulkley Slayton Elwood Annie Bulkley Harold Hull Howard Wade Frank Edwards, Jr Burr_Ogden Samuel Ogden Wesley Burr Dorothy Mallett Catherine Treadwell Willard Gillette Dwight Fanton Frank Treadwell Bertha Morris Herbert Merwin Fred Jennings Harold Jennings Laura Dowd Josie Lobdell Ellis Nichols Nellis Sherwood John Cull Howard Wakeman Henry Bradley Frances Pease Georgie Mame Banks Caroline Griffith Marion Dunham Pierson Dunham Teddy Fallon Ethel Merwin Rockwell

Fairfield Gun Club hosts New Year shoot at Fairfield beach

About 50 people attended the New Year’s afternoon event as the Westport Gun Club joined the Fairfield Gun and Rifle Club. The home club won by a narrow margin and plans for another contest with several prizes are in the works.

Fairfield Beach Westport Cuba Library Committee Ethel Donaldson Bridgeport Dwight Banks Greenfeld Hill Arthur’ Hull Dorothy Mallette Long Hill Anna Gray Andrew Huntington David Huntington

Fairfield Social Highlights and Compliance Alert

A Yale visit with parents on Center street preceded a New Year luncheon at Mrs. Harold Hulls home with Edith Bentley Rutherford and other young ladies. Fairfield club plans a future dance as Harold Bryant New Canaan visited relatives, and a December 10 beer delivery without license drew attention.

Yale Center Street Harold Hull Mies Edith Bentley Rutherford N. J Mies Helen Forsyth Mies Louise Forsyth Elsie Jennings Amy Jennings Sarah ‘Deyo Iva King Mary Smith Dorothy Smith Eva Downs Mabel Ferris Francis Pease Mary West Grace West Long Hill William Burr Fairfield Girls’ Club Harold Bryant New Canaan Fairfield

Easton Social Notes and Local News Snippets

Christopher Strolin was fined ten dollars in a Sport Hill case heard by Justice Bacon Wakeman. The column lists guests, visits, and hometown happenings as families and neighbors frequent Sweet Basil and nearby homes, with several local names and weddings, illness, and social calls noted.

Christopher Strolin Sport Hill Cos Bacon Wakeman Friends of Frank Stapian Strolin Colin Bridgeport Shkespor Herry R. Sherinown Stapine Wood Eestreee Sein Strolin Pai Ruth Smith Annie Seni Seine Smith Lietsie Smith Fwene Smith Mre Bilza Smith Sport Bil Sylvanos Mallette

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