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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1913
Page
8
Analyzes how doubling land values without matching income harms rural communities. Notes higher marriage ages, rising farm prices, declining school and church attendance, and shrinking social life. Claims land price rise without income reduces morals, community spirit, and stability, urging rural life repairs.
Washington reports Congress aims to probe Colonel Martin M. Mulhall of Baltimore and his lobbying for the National Association of Manufacturers. President Wilson signaled prior knowledge of the allegations, as Chairman Overton expects a decade spanning dragnet. Mulhall named several former and current lawmakers as recipients of cash for influence.
The text argues for enabling young men to obtain land early and for farmer incomes to rise with land prices. It contends that land prices, crop prices, or higher production must adjust to keep pace, driven by community morals.
Fairfield July 65. The charges against Patrick Henry and John McCarthy for alleged thefts were lighter than expected. McCarthy found guilty of theft but given five days. Henry discharged. McCarthy’s wife and Henry’s family were involved in diverting suspicion as police traced stories of selling goods. Other local items include a house fire on Fairfield Road, a booth fire near Spring Street, and upcoming trials and social notices from Yale student George Tripp to local visitors.
Stratford reports a grand opening of the Weatogue Country Club with a 200-member crowd plus 1 080 others at Knowlton park. Golf results include Roger Briggs low net 81 and H C Irving low gross. many tournaments, tennis, and a clubhouse reception with speeches by James Otis and others.
Easton hosts a public reception for twenty Baptist members, with Rev. F. S. Clark welcomed by a deacon as pastors and worshipers baptized last Sunday. Rev. A. B. Coats will speak at 11 AM, with an evening service at 7 30. Ministers’ session set for Monday at 10 AM, followed by a church dinner.
Washington July 5 Under orders from the office of the adjutant general changes in the regulations of the national guard are effective as follows The quartermaster's department becomes the quartermaster corps and the words subsistence department and pay department are erased These changes compel corrections in various paragraphs to conform with the new title in the three departments which come under that quartermaster corps The new table of pay for officers and enlisted men is issued For one day the pay is as follows Brigadier General 15.67 Colonel 11.11 Lieutenant Colonel 9.72 Major 8.33 Captain 6.67 First Lieutenant 25.56 Second Lieutenant 4.72 Department Corps and regimental non commissioned staff officers and each first sergeant and company quartermaster sergeant 3 bands men 4 sergeant stable sergeant and cook 2.50 other non commissions 2.25 privates 2 In the naval militia for sea duty the commander gets 10.69 lieutenant commander 3.17 lieutenant 7.33 lieutenant junior grade 6.11 ensign 65.19 warrant officer and pay Clerk 4.17
Lake Toxaway North Carolina July 5 The South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association adopted two principal measures compulsory education of children in public schools and the enactment of more advanced child labor laws. Criticism of mill operation methods was said to have inspired the action.
MR CHAS W GITTLEMAN says he used Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a medicinal tonic since 1306 after pneumonia. The commercial traveler, 38, outdoors much, credits the product as a worthy stimulant and cold preventive and recommends it for his family. Address 1684 Gates Ave Brooklyn NY.
An old advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a half century trusted medicine for pneumonia grip coughs colds throat and lung issues and stomach troubles. It notes government taxation as a medicine during the Spanish American War and offers sealed bottles for $1.00 with free doctor advice and recipe book. The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co Rochester N Y.
A series of obituaries and funeral notices are listed for Kate Gould, Katherine Dunn, Flora Seeley, Henry Rand, Ellen Catrine, John Bischoff, Robert Hellman, Aloe Crouse, and a child fatality. Details include home addresses, surviving relatives, service times, cemeteries, and officiating ministers. Several individuals are noted as having charitable deeds or long-time city ties, with interments in Mountain Grove, St. Michael's, or Lal View cemeteries.
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