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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
2
The Live Store in Bridgeport opens at 8 30 tomorrow with the city’s greatest money saving sale. Over 1100 ladies suits coats dresses waists and furs from top American makers will be offered at extreme price reductions.
The store reports a strong season with high sales and steady pricing. It emphasizes fixed policy to clear all stock this season, offering extreme bona-fide reductions on standard merchandise to attract value driven shoppers.
An 18th century note records Gov Belcher declining to have Princeton’s new edifice named after him. The trustees instead titled Nassau Hall to honor the House of Nassau and King William III. Other items remark on breakfast table talk in history and a Parisian anecdote about Courbet.
A scattered travel reflection recounts a desert death near El Guertera and a separate note on Colombian alligator hunting along the Magdalena river from December to April and July to August. Indigenous hunters spear, stun, and behead the reptiles while firearms are banned, leaving many alligators trapped in mud.
A collage of short jokes, anecdotes, and quotations about society life and common sense. Pieces include quips on swamp land fears, servant roles, judges, growlers, a cemetery inscription, golfer scores, caddie humor, aristocrats, and a farmer want ad tease, reflecting early 20th century humor cadence and social observations.
The Ladies of Charity of St Vincent de Paul secured the armory for four nights of entertainment starting Tuesday January 28 to raise funds for a new maternity and children’s ward at St. Vincent’s hospital. Each night will present a distinct program with decorations in progress and public support already strong.
Den nis Kelly the sealer of weights and measures caused the arrest of Peck in Waterbury. Peck fled officers through backyards after abandoning a horse and wagon near Park and Washington avenues. A horn and wagon were later traced to Curtis & Root of Waterbury who claimed the property. Peck faces at least three charges of selling product under weight to be prosecuted in city court tomorrow. He hid at his mother in law's Waterbury home to avoid trial, and was later identified in Waterbury police custody.
A wealthy resident hired a 'experienced chauffeur' via an ad in Gregory Street. The con man Peter Anderson lured the victim to New Haven where he fleeced him of ten dollars. Norwich jury found Alfred Baker of Mystic guilty of indecent assault on a 13 year old girl and related charges.
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