Fairfield library corner crash injures motorcyclist and driver
Special to The Farmer reports a hit collision at Fairfield library corner timed around 7.00. Motorcyclist Charles Huenerberg breaks his right leg with possible internal injuries and is taken to Bridgeport Gaeten hospital by car. Automobilist George Adams, Weston president, drives into Bridgeport via Spring Street after the crash. Adams assists Huenerberg to Dr Donaldson's house for observation.
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Fairfield
Library Corner
Stewart L. Woodford
Charles Huberbers
Donaldson
Gaeten Hospital
Bridgeport
Bueverbers
Greens Farms
Howard Avenue
George Adams
Weston
Library
Huenerberg
Adams
Spring Street
Huererberg
WE Dorsidson
Don
Sridgeport
Huenérberg
Record heat grips Bridgeport and New Haven area
Bridgeport and New Haven endure a brutal heat wave as temperatures reach ninety with high humidity. Reports note heat prostrations at Emergency Hospital and several medical incidents, including a man found unconscious on the street and a woman fainting in Seaside Park. Local scenes show 11:00 AM readings near 35 degrees—likely a OCR misread—while observers claim temperatures rose to the high nineties by early afternoon.
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Bridgeport
F. Lyman
Main Street
State Street
Seaside Park
East Haven
Court hears dispute over Clancy estate claims
In the North End, Judge Wilder presided over a case by John F. Clancy against James Clancy as administrator of the JZmke Clancy estate. Clancy alleged a claim from 1911 for a tavern he kept at 194 Fur a Avenue was improperly disallowed, prompting an appeal. A separate incident noted the death of Mary Jack, 52, who fell on stairs at home and died after treatment at Bridge-Pape Hospital.
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John F. Clancy
North End
James Clancy
Jzmke
Jack
Gridge- Pape
Davis
Otis Develore
Sweltering Veterans Evacuate Gettysburg
Gettysburg Pa July 2 The invasion threat faded as heat and camp life wore on. Over 6,000 veterans, perhaps 1,000 more by midnight, left after visiting the battlefield. Military leaders noted the crowded camp and scarce food as temperatures neared the 90s. A reunion highlight featured a blue fife and drum corps greeting Confederate tents. Hospital records showed 310 veterans remained overnight with common ailments from age and camp life.
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Gettysburg
Hunter Liggitt
Us&sa
Rebs
Col
Andrew Gowan
Louisville
John BR. Brooke
Pennsylvania
John C. Scarborough
North Carolina
Barry Bulkleye
Washington, D. C
Lincoln
Col. Gowan
New York Battery
Tress
Col. Bradley
Army
Connecticut Vets Struggle With Missing Tents At Gettysburg
A Hartford Times dispatch notes Connecticut veterans arrived at Gettysburg at midnight to find their tents taken by Michigan soldiers. They lacked blankets and cots while promised better accommodations were reportedly arranged. Food supplies were ample though. Connecticut officials and Hartford leaders are hosted by Pennsylvania officials during the visit.
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Hartford Times
Connecticut
Gettysburg
Michigan
Fifth
United States’ Infantry
Connecticut Commission
Baldwin
Cole
Pinney
Hartford
Tener
Pennsylvania
Oldest Gettysburg veterans steal the reunion show
A Virginia veteran with a pipe and a Michigan man with a long beard captivate visitors at Gettysburg's grand army reunion. Both are well over 80 or 90, recalling Pickett's Charge and decades of reenactments as the two formed unlikely, enduring friendships amid the landmark gathering.
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Virginia
Pickett
Michigan
Gettysburg
Grand Army of the Reunion
Marquis of Northampton Pays $250000 to Settle Suit
London July 2 The Marquis of Northampton later known as Earl Compton agreed to pay 250000 dollars plus all costs to settle a breach of promise suit brought by Miss Daisy Markham actress also known as Miss Violet Moss. Settlement announced in High Court after late morning proceedings with prominent counsel.
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Daisy Markham
London
Marquis of Northampton
Earl Compton
America
British Isles
High Court of Justice
Edward Carson
Edward G. Hemmerde
Liverpool
Markham
Violet Moss
Miss Markham
Marquis of
Northampton
Finnery
How Bridgeporters Got News From Gettysburg Field Fifty Years Ago
Bridgeport readers recall how Civil War news reached them fifty years ago by telegraph and newspaper dispatches. The Farmer reprints field reports from July 1 and 2, detailing casualties in the 17th Connecticut and Captain Hubbell of Bridgeport, the actions at Little Round Top, Peach Orchard, Wheat Field, and the lift of Union lines at Cemetery and Sugar Loaf Hills. Readers are reminded to find the July 2 account on Page 9 and join Bridgeport men at local gathering spots like Lewis W. Booth’s drug store and the Atlantic hotel to discuss the battlefield reports.
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Gettysburg
Reynolds
Barrow's Knoll
17Th Conn
William N. Hubbell
Barlow
Hubbell
Bridgeport
Round Top
Little Round Top
Wheat
Cemetery
Sugar Loaf Hills
Seminary Ridge
Pickett
Lewis W. Booth
Wall Street
Atlantic
The
Farmer
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Republican Farmer
Rival judges clash as Middletown holds no court
Middletown Conn July 2 two judges attended police court with no business to hear. Daniel J Donahue asserted his governor appointed commission, while Judge Pearne contested it. Donahue entered, seized desk records, then adjourned. conflict expected if a case arises.
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Middletown
Conn
Daniel J. Donahue
Ingles
Donahue
Judge Pearne
2 Seas
Lull in Activity of Congressmen Across House and Senate
Washington notes a two week pause as the House backs a gentlemen’s agreement for unanimous consent, delaying the currency bill to July 14 while Gettysburg celebration plans proceed. Senate moves fast on tariff, with Progressive Republicans pressing for brevity to favor early passage. Maryland Virginia milk producers hire Matthew E. O'Brien to challenge pasteurization barriers in DC trade, risking farmer options. Brookside club member Arthur T. Moyer rescues a man and two children at Hollister mill, adding to prior heroics.
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Washington
House
Underwood
Committee On Banking and Currency
Gettysburg
Senate
LaFollette
Cummins
Matthew E. O’brien
Bridgeport
Arthur T. Moyer
Fourth Street
Brookside Athletic Club
Hollister
Moyer
Lamar startsles senate committee with lobby story
Washington July 1 David Lamar Wall Street figure and former impersonator of congressmen told the Senate Finance or similar committee that Edward Lauterbach could aid financiers in Washington. He claimed connections to Union Pacific, forged entries, and a plan to press the railroad to pay bonds, detailing deals with Keene, Sage, and Harriman era figures amid a bear campaign to depress stock. He recounted alleged $82 million forgery on Union Pacific books and named several financial houses as bound by the ensuing panic.
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Washington
David Lamar
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Pal
Robert S. Lovett
UN- UK
Edward Lauterbach
New York
Lamar
Paul D. Cravath
Union Pacific
Wall Street
Russell Sage
Amar
Foraker
Keene
Tinton Pacific
Ein
Harriman
Howard Lautarbach
Kubo, Loeb & Co
Jacob Schiff
Union “Pacific
Lauterbach
Harriman and Kuhn, Lowh & Co
Oregon Railway & Navigation
New Haven Woman Held in Niece Death Over Insurance
New Haven, July 2. Mrs Annie F Monahan of 43 Bassett Street is held on a coroner s warrant on suspicion of poisoning Jennie McNamee aged 17 the insured beneficiary in a $2000 policy. Police say viscera analysis shows poison likely arsenic. Monahan denies involvement and earlier marriages trace to multiple spouses.
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New Haven
Annie F. Monahan
Bassett Street
Jennie McNamee
Monahan
Monohan
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Galen Hospital
Clancy Pressps Clatm
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Marquis
Gettysburg Field
Governor’s Commission
M. E. O'Brien
Mix
Ward
John P. Monohan
Monchan
Knowles
Naturel Cauer
Mui~ohan
Ife
Joseph Pallman
Inteph Monohan Wiha
John P. Monohen
William Higging
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