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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
6
A garbled historical notice describes a state department inspection related to equipment, including a heater, lights, whistle, and launch, with references to enforcement of regulations and a chartered wit. It mentions New Haven figures and collector Rice Winchell, and suggests routine licensing and safety checks amid uncertain details.
Dietrevite Penn July 15 Mrs L Miller wife of Dr W L Miller says she will assist her husband who murdered J B Sayler in Crescent City. She reveals her long denial of the other woman’s influence and declares readiness to return if needed. Mrs Miller, married thirteen years, with one child.
Kansas City article notes Dutton, once Yale's oldest living graduate, wrote his 1894 will on his Yale diploma. He told his Concordia lawyer that he wished his family to value the piece of diploma he signed as testament. The will bears signatures of Yale president Jere Dey and secretary E. Good.
New York reports an announcement of a double wedding set for Monday involving Miss Jennie Seldran of Ora N J and John Fair Jr of Ora Bansecopel. Seldran traveled to the city ostensibly to shop while Fair attended to church matters. The couple reportedly wed in Jersey City and the bride’s father learned of the marriage in the evening, prompting speculation about a church ceremony.
William Knight, a 27 year Navy veteran in the battleship Connecticut, was denied naturalization by Judge Chatfield in Brooklyn because his mother had Mongolian blood. Knight, born on a British vessel off China, served in Manila Bay on Admiral Dewey's Olympia and earned a medal for bravery. The judge ruled Mongolian race bars naturalization despite long service and strong character.
At a Public Service Commission hearing the New York Central disclosed plans to build a 671 foot tunnel cut off at Spuyten Duyvil to ease a sharp curve from the Spuyten Duyvil line to the Hudson Division. It also plans a new 149th Street Park Avenue passenger station at a cost near 1 million. The railroad seeks 2.5 million in bonds under a 20 million mortgage. The Spuyten Duyvil Road connects Harlem and Hudson divisions. its legal existence was questioned but vouched for as longstanding.
New York July 145 Magistrate Naumer in Manhattan Avenue Court Williamsburg permits thirteen year old Josephine Reil to live with Catholic grandmother Ellen Dumphrey at 29 South Fifth Street rather than with her father and step mother The girl left three weeks ago after step mother urged conversion to Presbyterian The magistrate ruled she may stay with her grandmother until she decides her religious future and told the father to seek possession only at the Supreme Court
Just received a boat load of blue fish in our nets and sold at low prices. Also a full line of Kennebec River salmon, swori fish, weak fish, yellowcane cod fish, sea bi gorgies, Long Island five tobeters, soft crabs, and all fresh fish in season at low pay at Wt Ww. D: Fornay Pap guaranteed.
Baltimore July 15 Cardinal Gibbons in an interview responds to ex Supreme Court Justice Henry B Brown remarks on divorce made at a Maryland Bar Association gathering at Old Point Comfort He defends the Christian view of marriage and argues that Christ's teachings underpin Christian law and oppose easy divorce He criticizes ministers aiding ill assorted marriages and urges stricter civil law to curb divorces, citing South Carolina and Canada as examples of tougher standards
United Press reports Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and party settling near Saijosai by Lake Naivasha in British East Africa. Kermit Roosevelt kills a cow hippopotamus. Roosevelt enjoys hunting, health strong, and recounts a waterless desert experience with amusement.
Winsted Conn July 15 a launch at full speed crashed into a canoe on Highland Lake endangering occupants Chas Selover a Yale student from Brooklyn and Miss Helen Howe of Winsted. The canoe was cut in two and Miss Howe leaped into the water and escaped unharmed as the motor boat girls steered away.
Stamford, Conn July 15 The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad will run Harlem River branch trains through to Stamford adding nine daily services to New York. Trains depart 129th Street and Third Avenue with exact trains to be announced after official orders. The move aims to boost revenue by avoiding tariff payments on Harlem River passengers and reflects substantial recent electrification spending on the branch. The plan follows years of railroad planning and substantial investment.
The six tracked line with new stations may position the Harlem branch as the sole New York entrance for the New Haven Road. Some believe the latest train schedule signals preparation for this potential change, reflecting a shift in strategic rail access.
Thomas J. OBrien of New Haven has been appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff Philip Hugo to succeed the late Col. John G. Healy. The appointment, filling New Haven countys 24th deputy, is welcomed by many friends in the city who supported the popular Elk over many candidates.
The American Graphophone Drum Corps gathered at Bridgeport A C on State Street for a send off before their parade to Poughkeepsie New York to compete in drumming and fifing contests. They left on the steamer Naugatuck for New York and headlined as the state’s leading drum corps entering contests with a record of success.
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