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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1916
Page
6
We secured an entire stock of Genuine Panama Hats at about half price and will offer them Monday. Prices start at 75 cents up to $4.98 for larger caps with many values noted. Also advertised are Natural Leghorn, White Hemp Braid, White Satin, and White and Colored Felt Hats at Dillon's.
Cecil Spooner and her company start the Bridgeport season next Monday night with a new character comedy Cinderella Sally by Zelda Lars. The production stars Spooner and features a large company, promising a strong opening attraction with numerous notable attendees from New York. Matinees will be held every day and Saturday, drawing interest ahead of the Fourth with a city parade and performances by city acts.
Newsboys of the city will be guests at the popular stock engagement Monday evening in Sally. The Lone Scouts and the Lincoln school corps will escort the newsies, forming on Cannon street pad and marching from Main street to the theatre.
A lively western realist stage production features Bert Lamont Cowboys and a cast including vampire Woman of the silent era reimagined in new photographed sections. Violinist ovato and a song and dance act by Stevens Falk fill the program, with Cross and Boney Daisy offering humor and social oddities. The show plays to a large audience on Main Street tonight.
The Sierras features Mas Marek and Bobby in a thrilling dramatic play with adventure and romance. Harron leads the Triangle attraction at the Plaza, with Yates, Wheeler, Edmunds, Leedom, Navin, Navin, Baby Richter, and others in a varied program of singing dancing and exhibitions. Bathtub Peril Keystone comedy and Frank Keenan in The Phantom detective play are also listed.
Pauline Frederick stars in a five part Famous Players Paramount presentation at the Empire theatre. The gripping adaptation of a celebrated novel by E Phillips Oppenheim plays with Bice and other select photoplays. Don’t miss Sunday night show. our programs are the best in the city.
Local town note shows Cyrus Pharmacy at Fairfield Avenue and Courtland Street with unclear directional text. Residents caution about potential signage or naming confusion affecting location guidance and access. Further verification needed for exact street detailing and hours.
The essay praises Griffiths Birth of a Nation as a landmark in film art and realist portrayal of war, noting its dramatic power, lack of factional propaganda, and lasting impact. The engagement opens at the Lyric theatre Monday July 3 for a week at popular prices.
Cooks waiters and countermen in the city will form a union. A preliminary meeting was held last evening in the Bartenders union hall on Wall street. Thomas J. Durpin of Holyoke chaired the session. Another meeting is set for Monday evening July 10.
New Haven reports unofficial June death records show twelve drownings across the state, fourteen auto fatalities, eight railroad deaths, three from electricity, five via trolleys, three by poison, and seven from burns. Miscellaneous causes total 71 accidental deaths, with seven homicides and eighteen personal crisis cases added.
Holiday hours set by the Post Office show general delivery, parcel, post, stamp, and registry windows open 8 to 12 a.m. Money order and postal savings bank closed all day. Carriers will make one delivery in the morning.
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday with moderate northwest to north winds. A secondary disturbance in Kentucky causes local thunder showers in central districts while the eastern regions remain dry. temperatures stay above normal across the area.
A pest powder advertises roach control with claims of safe use and no neighbor disturbance. The text promises effective results and guarantees satisfaction at a price of 20c and 3ic. The excerpt names Cyrus Roach as related to the product promotion.
Oyster beds near Pleasure Beach tied up channel dredging forcing a postponement of the opening. A settlement with Connecticut Oyster Farm Co. required dredging to be finished on an outgoing tide before the July 4 opening. The Winona steamer, carrying up to 1,500, arrived and backed the delay.
Under Miss Margaret Kiely direction St Rita's guild of the Sacred Heart church entertained several hundred last evening with a Shakespearean and strawberry festival. Guild members portrayed scenes from Hamlet King Lear and Romeo and Juliet among others. The open air show at St Rita's grounds featured Lucy Glaney as Ophelia and Julia Day as Katherine and Petruchio. Ice cream strawberries and music followed the performances.
Examinations for several U S government positions will be held in Bridgeport on August 1, 9 and 10 in the common council chamber. Posts include topographer for the Boundary Commission at 2100 dollars, miller for Indian service at Pima agency Arizona at 900 dollars, sawyer and marine gasoline engineer for Indian service at Leech agency Minnesota at 900 dollars, accounting clerk for the Interstate Commerce Commission at 1200 dollars, and field matron in the Indian service with 600 to 840 dollars plus free quarters and expenses. Applicants must be robust as work is arduous and often involves long horseback drives visiting Indian families. Information available at the post office.
Police commissioners approved traffic rules aimed at reducing downtown congestion. New trolley stops on Main Street and designated auto parking zones will move stops to near side crossings and eliminate several former stops, with public back stands to be leased to taxi and hack operators. Parking restrictions near theatres and entrances to amusements will remain to ensure quick exits during emergencies.
The Remington band makes its first appearance tomorrow at 3 30 p m in Beardsley park. The program features marches overtures waltzes cornet solos and patriotic selections including America Old Comrades American Patrol Star Spangled Banner and Gloria.
Jimmy Chadwick rode a motorcycle from Fort Wright to Hartford to deliver a dispatch for the Connecticut Coast Artillery corps. His urgent trip secured necessary payrolls and muster for the unit, enabling state and government pay for the camp.
The American Graphophone Co proceeds with a $45,000 factory addition begun yesterday. Located on a Howard avenue Railroad avenue lot, the three story reinforced concrete building will measure 60 by 240 feet with two brick and concrete ells, filling most of the block bounded by Howard Railroad Hancock and Cherry in the West End.
The Connecticut Shoe Retailers association will hold its annual outing at New Haven and Moruaguin on Thursday July 27 with a business meeting at New Haven at noon outdoor sports at Moruaguin at 1 30 and a shore dinner at 6 o clock A number of speakers will address the gathering after the dinner.
Open air services by First Baptist and First Presbyterian were postponed by rain last Sunday. A large crowd gathered indoors at the First Presbyterian church auditorium. If rain returns, worshippers will meet again next Sunday at the same location.
Chicago amateur Chick Evans won the national open at Minikahda with 286 strokes, the lowest in the event. Jack Hutchinson was two back and Jim Barnes third at 290. The victory marks a historic amateur triumph in a field long dominated by pros. Intercollegiate baseball began July 1 1859 at Pittsfield, Mass, Amherst beating Williams 66–32.
National League games feature Philadelphia in New York Brooklyn in Boston Chicago in St Louis with two games Pittsburgh in Cincinnati. Matches highlight a busy day of intercity baseball across major venues with several key matchups.
Bridgeport at Portland, Springfield at New Haven, Lynn at Lawrence, New London at Worcester, Hartford at Lowell. Dr Harlan P Cole designed and patented anatomik shoes that conform to foot anatomy for men women and children. Shoes fitted at W K Mollan 1028 Main Street offering relief from flat foot and related troubles.
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