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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
4
The article highlights a sale featuring suits in brown blue gray and other shades appealing to both extreme and conservative tastes. Originally priced at 16 18 and 22 dollars, the suits are offered at 12 98 in the What’s Left sale.
Bridgeport officials report the 1912 grand list at 107,006,198 dollars, up 8,511,081 from last year. The abstract shows increases in real estate, motor vehicles, and city factories, with real estate values near double the prior estimate.
President-elect Woodrow Wilson will stay in Chicago from tomorrow afternoon until Sunday noon. He will deliver one speech tomorrow night before the Commercial Club on The Future Business of the Country. Secret service and police guard him, with arrivals and movements centered around the Jones and Carr residences and the Commercial Club venue.
The Berlin based electric utility firm Ail Gemine Electricitaets Gell schaft stands as Europe’s largest electric company, dominating power generation and distribution across multiple markets.
In Newark a 28 year old special policeman Edward Burke shot his wife in their home while their six year old son and three year old daughter slept nearby then killed himself. Police found the bodies after officers forced entry. Jealousy was cited as the motive. The couple’s children cried as officers arrived.
Joseph G. Robin, a noted financier, was sentenced by Justice Seabury to serve one year in the penitentiary on Blackwell Island after pleading guilty to theft of $127,000 from the Washington Savings Bank. He received clemency for aiding in convictions of Cummins Reichman and Hyde, the former Carnegie Trust officials.
Representatives of every great nation gathered at St. John the Divine for Whitelaw Reid's funeral in New York. The service drew Taft Knox Bryce and other dignitaries, British naval officers, diplomats, and lawmakers in a solemn tribute to the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom.
District Attorney Whitman urged Justice Seabury to set aside the plea and proceed to trial. He stated Robin’s guilt and praised his cooperation in other prosecutions. Seabury declined to suspend sentence, noting 22 months in the Tombs and delivering the lightest sentence consistent with justice.
Mrs. Walter S. Powell of Boston was inoculated with Friedmann tuberculosis bacilli at the Berlin Institute. She becomes the first American treated there by Dr. Friedmann, discoverer of the supposed cure, as efforts toward new tubercular care continue.
Torrington, Jan 1 John Fox, a restaurant keeper, was fined with costs totaling 12.35 in the borough court today for violation of the pure food law. He pleaded guilty to using officers without display to the fleet Commissioner Potter. Arcadia Dream of Beauty Peli next week. WANT ADS CENT A WORD.
Constantinople Jan 10 Turkish troops at Chatalya lines threaten mutiny and demand government withdrawal from London conference and resume fighting. They warned they would force the Sultan to abdicate if war is not resumed. Marion Myers and Gladys Evar, reported missing, were found safe in Meriden near Main street. They had been visiting relatives. Arcadia Dream of Beauty comes next week.
Thomas A. Edison has been notified of the Rathenau medal from the American Museum of Safety for a storage battery device. The award recognizes an invention improving safety in mines tunnels submarine work and industrial settings with explosive materials and gases.
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