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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1909

Page

2

Meriden Cops Meet Park City Street Pounders

The first game in the State Police man’s league will be played tomorrow at Newfield Park with the Meriden Cops facing the Park City street pounders. Meriden claims its men are the real article and pennant winners for 1909, while Bridgeport is cast as a strong outfit. Tom Malone Ike Williams will pitch for Bridgeport, supported by Tom Ivers as catcher and a strong batting order. Funds from games at Newfield Park go to the Sick Benet Association of the local police force. admission is 25 cents with free grounds for the fair sex.

Newfield Park Meriden Cops Park City Street Pounders Meriden Billy Wielders Meridens Bridgeport Meriden Crew Tom Malone Ike Williams Tom Ivers Jack Macs McGovern McGirr Harvard Joyce O'Leary Bill Dalwig Phil Blan

Fire bells speed up as electric boxes tested citywide

Electric box tests at Gelden Hill and Middle streets show faster ringing after upgrades in engine company responses. Details note the old pause between strokes, now reduced to a brief interval, cutting overall alarm time from 58 seconds to 22, with apparatus ready five seconds after.

No. 4 Madison Avenue Gelden Hill Middle Streets Main Street Golden Hill

Hunger strike alarms Holloway jail suffragettes

London July 20 officials at Holloway Jail confront a serious situation after the release of Florence Cooke and Gladys Roberts to prevent them starving themselves. About a dozen prisoners persist in refusal to eat, their condition is alarming. the released women are treated as martyrs and recovery for Roberts may take months. The two had protested being treated as political prisoners and vandalized cells before their confinement.

United Press London Holloway Florence Cooke Gladys Roberts Miss Roberts Misses Roberts Cooke

Clyde Liner Carib Disabled in Choppy Sea

Sandy Hook New Jersey July 20 disabled in a choppy sea the Clyde line steamer Carib en route from North Carolina to New York was sighted at three oclock yesterday afternoon by the navy tug Standish which towed her to Sandy Hook and anchored her awaiting a tug to bring her to New York Lieutenant Wainewright altered course to assist and then continued to Annapolis and New London.

United Press Sandy Hook N. J Clyde Line North Carolina New York Standish NewLondon Annapolis Barnegate Wainewright

Prosecution of Cardinal Andrieu Sparks Catholic Outcry

Paris July 20 The French government moves against Cardinal Andrieu Archbishop of Bordeaux for utterances criticizing anti church laws and urging disobedience. He refuses trial and faces default judgment. Other church leaders including Archbishop d A uch and Bayonne officials were fined as religious tensions rise in France since 1896.

United Press Paris Cardinal Andrieu Bordeaux Andrieu Bayonnne d’Auch France Jeu

Bridgeport Man Heads of Colored Knights of Pythias

Hartford July 20 The annual session of the District Grand Lodge of New England Knights of Pythias E and W H was held with 100 delegates from Rhode Island Massachusetts and Connecticut The grand master exchequer reported a healthy balance growth and the grand keeper of records noted a 26 percent membership rise to over 800 The officers for the coming year were elected including J B R Monroe Bridgeport Grand Chancellor and George E Gordon Chelsea Grand Master of Exchequer Visiting delegates were entertained at dinner and this morning the installation and immemorial service followed a parade of the uniform rank and sub lodges with a reception planned at Foot Guard Hall

Hartford District Grand Lodge of New England Knights of Pythias, E. & W. H Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut J. BR. Monroe Bridgeport E. J. Puello Cambridge Mass J. R. Offley New Bedford W. E. Lee Providence R. I George E. Gordon Chelsea J. H. Wilson Robi. Stewart Boston W. H. Moss M. R. Gordon Springfield Grand Inner Guard T. A. Muncey Lynn Grand Outer Guard George C. Lathrop Charles F. Easton, Jr E. C. Day Lodge Foot Guard Hall

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