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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1910
Page
6
Tomorrow shoppers can expect extraordinary discounts on hats and dresses. Untrimmed sailor hats priced at $1.00 and $1.50, trimmed children's hats from $2.00, plus numerous lace veils, parasols, ribbons, and auto coats discounted across multiple styles and sizes.
E. H. Dillon & Co notes rising meat costs with a Commerce and Labor Department bulletin. Fresh beef export price averaged 10.8 cents in May 1910 versus 10.1 in January and 10.2 in May 1909. Canned beef at 12.1 cents in May 1910, bacon at 15.3 cents in May, up from prior months and a year ago.
Fire Commissioners Crawford Cogill and Wheeler toured a Webb automobile fire engine in Meriden during Mayors Day events. Bridgeport plans to buy a large auto engine, station it on Middle Street, and cut horse drawn steamers, hoping to reduce wear and tear while boosting response with 1000 feet of hose and self contained pumping.
A record Seaside Park crowd attended the Wheeler and Wilson band open air concert marking the season opener. An estimated twelve thousand attended and the performance met or exceeded expectations. New cornet soloist L. V. Vernon debuted with his own selection. William H. Redmond again drew big applause with his singing.
A concert crowd surged for encores on a hot day, with over 20 cars queued on the South Park avenue line and similar crowding on South Main Street. Inspector Cavanaugh managed the rush efficiently. Mrs Mollie McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi reports Foley’s Kidney Remedy cured her kidney and bladder trouble and saved her life. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy advertise the remedy.
A linen shower honored Mrs. Max Moeller formerly Miss Jennie Helbig at 61 Winter Street. Maude and Louise Evans hosted from 7 to 10 pm with gifts, violin and vocal performances by Cecelia Jubb Maude Evans and Louise Evans, and accompanists Loretta Miller Vera Nicholson.
J W Hallahan a 3rd, son of P T Hallahan of Philadelphia, died in a Cape May Hotel elevator shortly after a speech before the Pennsylvania State Bar Association. He was crushed between the car and shaft wall as he ascended to his room. His widow and children are in New London, Connecticut.
In Nahant Massachusetts on July 1 Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge departed for Brookline as Roosevelt vociferously denied a report that he urged Governor Hughes to leave the Supreme Court and seek another term. He called the story entirely untrue and preposterous, stating he never said such a thing.
Newtown’s Independents under Jimmy Lynch travel to Walnut Park to face Walnut Tree Hill Sunday July 3. The Echo team forfeited earlier. Hill’s manager contacted Lynch who agreed to the match. Game planned for 2 30 p m. DROWNED IN BROOK. Danbury July 1 Henry Gleason 30 a farmer drowned in Mirey Brook after going for a swim unable to swim. his clothes were found on the bank and the body located in ten feet of water.
A fragmentary item traces an American traveler in Livéagg GPutch who seeks a chain and questions local customs. The text hints at an unusual alias, a mistaken identity, and a conversational joke about baseball and diamonds.
A fragmented note describes Swedish bread as dense and yeast free with water removal raising cost per pound. It shifts to a book agent and a political ploy, citing Reader demand for issues and the need to buy a paper to influence politics in St. Louis.
New York July 1 The sultan of Sulu traveling to the United States with a 19 man guard and 250000 dollars worth of pearls. He left Manila two weeks ago and will visit England before a planned tour of the country. He claims descent from a sixteenth century Borneo chief and receives income from the British North Borneo company.
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