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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1909
Page
11
Orders placed with the Post Office News Store in the Arcade for News and Periodicals will be served at your home or mailed if you are away during the summer. Prompt careful attention guaranteed by Post Office News Store, 11 Arcade.
The article reports two measures advancing from the Judiciary Committee. One uses a $4,006 chemicality clause for dummans, while the other would let an employer use a special commission appointed by Governor Wooedruff to recalibrate limits.
Hinll, named to the Supreme Court after next term, attends the Club of this city’s event at The Maples Goce HM. Club chef Nelson BH Freabour prepares the dish as guests include Wile BH Burhan Merry DL Miller and others. probate court appoints James Weesey and H Miller as reperaisers for the estate of Thomas Samus Lowe.
Died in Newtown Ct age 33 after illness. Funeral at Trinity Church Newtown on Thursday at 2 o clock. Attendees advised to visit Park Cemetery Newtown for burial. Various names and addresses appear in the notice with typical old newspaper phrasing.
Local report notes a burial site paragraph near North Bridgeport with references to a carriage entrance and reservoir on sandy terrain, suggesting a stalled or unclear scene around the cemetery perimeter.
George W. Lane sought a divorce from Cora Matti Lane in Yaphank. Judge Lucien B. Burpee dismissed the case for lack of evidence after Mrs Elizabeth Lane, the plaintiff’s mother, attested to prior cohabitation and the wife’s stated weariness of Yap Hank. Lane reportedly returned to Greenhaven, where she remains.
The first election under the charter amendment gives the board power to name its own members. At last night’s meeting the directors re elected officers for the year: President General Henry A Bishop Vice president Jerome Orcutt secretary treasurer William T Haviland Librarian and superintendent Calhoun Latham. Committees named include Administration Jury A Fe Beers Robert N Blakeur Beers Jamon HM McHuiroy and Jacob B Kiplin. Finance Jerome Orcutt William E Bartham and Chas MM Armstrong. Books and Binding William T Haviland Calhoun Latham AB UWeere and James J McHiiroy. Art Exhibits and Lectures HN Blakes Jerome Orcutt William B Burnm and Calhoun Latham. Directors Orcutt Heers and Blakeslie were re nominated under the new city charter which says members shall be elected by the directors themselves. They were elected for a term of three years.
The body of a woman found in a swamp near West Haven last week remains unidentified. Coroner and medical examiner say decomposition prevents determination of cause, but authorities believe the remains are of a poor, abused person who died from exposure. An autopsy was performed but inconclusive, and the body was interred. Local investigators continue the inquiry.
July wheat jumped to its highest price yet during the first hour of trading in Chicago on July 14, reaching a peak unseen this crop year. The market showed a sharp spike as buyers pushed prices upward amid uncertain supply signals and strong demand.
Samuel Harris a prominent New York clothing dealer, aged about 41, died suddenly in Tatteravilly New York while staying to regain health. Native of NYC, he ran a Bridgeport store, had family ties, Lodge memberships, and supported sports fans before succumbing to kidney illness after months of illness. Funeral planned in New York City with relatives in Bridgeport.
Reports from July detail Greek anger and troop mobilizations on the Turkish frontier. Third Army Corps reinforced, clashes occur as Greeks flee frontier towns. Diplomatic circles foresee a Greek declaration of war. Crete tensions and Turkish preparations add to the risk of widespread conflict. Germany warns war now inevitable amid Crete governance disputes.
New Haven jury brings in indictment charging two women with murder in the second degree in the case of Annaleh. It is alleged Mrs Fannie Kap ainow performed an operation that the state regards as the act leading to the death.
Paris July 14 General Picquart minister of war fell from his horse while reviewing troops at the national holiday parade at Champs Elysees He was uninjured and remounted to continue the review. A separate report states Alexander Glinere was arrested for breaking into the factory of Hunter and Hivens with burglary charges emerging from the incident.
The Associated Hat Manufacturers seek damages in Superior Court from former members for breaching an agreement by hiring union workers and negotiating with United Hatters of North America. Ennis R. Conant of Conant Hat Mfg Co says 18,000 dozen hats orders were canceled, costing about 31,000 in profit plus 18 percent net margin. Fred Berg of Berg & Co reports similar losses with 75,000 to 100,000 dollars in net profits erased and a 16 percent margin. A St Louis order for seven dozen bars was also canceled, wiping out about 1,600 in profits.
Soldiers from the Coast Artillery units of Connecticut National Guard head to Fort Wright Fisher's Island Fort Michie and Fort Terry for a ten day encampment. They will drill practice with sub calibre shelling and man 40 and 42 inch guns. Units include the 4th and 14th companies with officers and staff from Stamford Norwalk Greenwich Danbury and Bridgeport.
Two well dressed men are loitering in South Norwalk suspected of running a long cons work known as a fim-flam. They allegedly victimized tailor Nathan Evlison, taking 3555 after posing as buyers for a Hartford New Haven store. A stranger offered to cover the balance for a large pawned stash of jewelry found in Canada, then vanished. Authorities warn residents as police and local officials seek the suspects.
Hartford July 14 The House today passed a bill allowing Handy & Hagmon Mfg Co of Bridgeport to build an industrial railway from its East End plant to the railroad yards crossing Lordship Park Road and Stratford Avenue at Connecticut Avenue Junction. Stratford officials reported minimal obj ections and noted islanded sections within Stratford. The act of incorporation mentions P F W Read and H H Deloss as parties, while another measure grants Connecticut Company extra time to extend the Barnum Avenue trolley line from Bridgeport to Stratford.
Special from United Press Hertford July 14 The Senate reversed House action by rejecting a measure to ban import of tuberculin tested cattle and by voting 13 to 12 against the bill after pro and anti tuberculin arguments. Also noted were actions on women voting Nomea, ferret aided hare hunting, the Barber’s Commission, and Defenders’ Monument Association resolution.
Capt M J Grima of the police from Bayonne N J arrived to take back Ruaten Schroeder from Lakeview home after Schroeder’s father died in Bayonne leaving an insurance of 5000 dollars to him and an additional 1000 to Austen. The two will share with a brother in the remainder of property valued at about 200.
Health Officer McLellan reports quarterly mortality 344 from all causes with 113 deaths among children under five. Diseases include diphtheria and croup 27 cases 2 deaths, scarlet fever 25 cases 5 deaths, typhoid fever 1 case 1 death, pneumonia 24 deaths. Noted rise in child deaths under five during June.
A Bridgeport Bridgeport Connecticut letter exchange shows The United Illuminating Company clashing with Howland Dry Goods and local figures over electric power, claiming state section 3916 bans manufacturing electricity for sale while pressing rights to serve Sanford Building tenants. The dispute is framed as a state issue, not a private quarrel, with attorneys' replies and counterclaims cited.
In New York on July 14 a son and two daughters of Caroline Schilling of Brooklyn seek exhumation after suspecting deeds to property were buried with their mother. A serving maid Elizabeth Donegan was arrested for vagrancy with seven thousand three hundred dollars in cash, diamonds, bank books, and papers tied to the Schilling estate. Witnesses claim Mrs Donegan concealed documents proving the will or estate details and the disinherited heirs push for proof.
Elias J. Glowakin of 9 Chapel Street New Haven reports a fake diamond ring scam akin to one run by James Densmeir. Glowakin says a young woman and a pawnbroker’s warning preceded a $10 loss. Densmeir’s town trial was postponed again under $500 bonds. Also noted is the Seattle death of Pluck H. Ellsworth, a former Park Street salesman.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw aims to testify to keep her husband in the sane asylum while his defense resumes Monday. Justice Mills rules on who may question Thaw as Deputy A.G. Clarke presses for broad access. Witnesses in the Po ughkeepsie case describe Thaw as rational during periods of confinement and in court with doctors and jail officials commenting on his behavior.
On a Monday evening at Sea Girt New Jersey soldiers during annual manoeuvres observed two Bridgeport men Benjazeim Bender and William Le Arepton engaging in dice games using loaded dice. They were confronted by J C Taylor and a lieutenant, then removed for medical treatment ahead of civil authorities.
The Wheeler and Wilson band planned a Seaside Park concert tomorrow evening starting at o'clock. The program includes March Fairest of the Fall, Overture Jain 7 Sous, The Fall of Jezichs, songs by W. G. Redmond, Grand Selection Echoes, Metropolitan Opera Howes, To d Waltee, Fruhling wie Bist dis, Medley The Time The Place and the Girl, Two Stew, Down in Jungle Sows Morse.
An amateur note from New York reports Curtiss of Hammondsport practicing near Mineola on Hempstead Plains. He completed four successive four mile circles, keeping the biplane under perfect control and returning gracefully to the start point with wave and precision.
Funeral services for Elizabeth Quinn were held at 7:45 this morning from 113 Wooxt Avenue and at St Augustine's church with a high requiem mass. Pallbearers included Coddity Kennedy Rowan Tierney Killeay and others. Interment followed at St cemetery Derby. Also funeral services for Mike, daughter of Nicholas and McKeon, were held at their home 1055 Stratford Avenue then at St church with Rev Thomas Cahy. Pallbearers named Melvin Gregory and Joseph.
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