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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1909
Page
9
The piece argues CT tax on automobile outputs distorts blame for road damage and warns against unfair fiscal policy. It cites New York City building code changes for concrete quality and notes concerns over potential collapses in poorly constituted concrete. It closes with a health ad for Foley's Kidney Remedy from F. B. Brill, 135.
The piece argues subsidies do not aid shipbuilders and questions American registry of vessels. It blames high wages, better crew quarters, and costs of shipbuilding for decline in the U S merchant marine. It contends tariffs favor larger interests, noting iron and lumber imports may remain duty free, challenging the tariff’s alignment with trade criticism.
The House and Senate consider a per engine tax on auto manufacturers, sparking concerns it would burden industry and drive production to other states. Critics warn the levy could provoke severe penalties and resemble prohibition in effect, while supporters cite highway use fees as a fair charge.
Judge Howard J. Curtis sails for Europe with plans to visit Oxford Stratford on Avon London Edinburgh and more. Meanwhile Mrs Packard closes the parsonage for a Maine camping trip and a Cogswell mansion lawn fete wows guests including many Stratford notables. Miss Marguerite Cogswell is named Latin teacher at Shelton High as local clinics warn about kidney trouble and Foley's Kidney Remedy is promoted.
Fair field hosts a lawn fete under trees at the Sherman parsonage to raise funds for the Fresh Air Home. A large crowd enjoyed cake, ice cream, and contests with a monkey ride for children, while notable attendees included Rev Beeman and Yale graduate Carrington Beeman.
Hawthorn cottage at the beach hosts Mr and Mrs Rendell and family of Jersey City Mr and Mrs George Bright and family Mrs Deress and family of Jersey City the Misses Scherff of Brooklyn Miss Deleman of Northampton Mass and Miss Cahill of New York. Malcom built a 28 foot diving platform for guests and added two boats and a canoe. A Greens Farms church lawn fair is planned on the 20th 21st and 22nd with music a supper from 3 to 8 and sales of fancy articles cakes and candies. Mrs Samuel Wheeler and Misses Wheeler left for Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Mr A Brewer of the Lindens Main Street rented his house for the season and left town for New Hampshire with Mrs Brewer. Foley's Urine Laxative is recommended for stomach and liver trouble and constipation. F B Brill is the local agent.
A list from the office of A M Wooster Bridgeport names patentees across Connecticut on July 6 1909. Recipients include H A House Bridgeport spring controller L M Morris Bridgeport file cabinet IL H Moulthrop Bridgeport spring hinge for electrical devices W R Palmer Bridgeport water cooled furnace valve Hepburn New Haven firearm OG Newton New Haven mixing device J H Shaw New Haven permanent mold FD Reynolds and F Sachs Hartford Thermal cut out KF H Richards Hartford two patents fastening device B R Seward Hartford metal working machine H Vanderbeek Hartford universal joint F L Nichols Stamford hydrocarbon engine GB Pickup New Britain door knob A Arens New Britain two patents lock case construction screwless knob E O Goss Waterbury machine for coiling metal Stohr Meriden spoon fork design IE Palmer Middletown couch hammock design A F Rockwell Bristol sizing and shaping Trade Marks Kilborn Bishop Co New Haven saw sets Ensign Bickford Co Simsbury fuse for igniting gunpowder and other explosives.
New York July 15 market report shows common to prime steers at 5 to 6.85 per 100 pounds, oxen and stags 3.25 to 6.25, calves 9 to 11 cents, dressed beef 8 4 to 10 1 2 cents for natives, prime veals 6.50 to 9.25 per 100 pounds, butter milks 5 to 5.25, dressed buttermilks 9 to 10 cents, common to choice sheep 3 to 5.50 per 100 pounds, lambs 6.50 to 8.75, mutton 8 to 10 cents, wethers up to 10 1 20, dressed lambs 12 to 15 1 2 cents. State and Pennsylvania hogs 8.20 to 8.40 per 100 pounds. A long aside notes fashion trends about harmony of wardrobe.
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