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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1909
Page
7
The Evening Farmer appears as a Bridgeport publication printed by the Farmer Publishing Company. It is distributed daily except Sundays and is registered at the Bridgeport post office as second class matter.
The York office at 225 Fifth Avenue Brunswick Building Room 404 lists subscription rates with A. Menet as the representative.
A fragmented 190% era discussion notes roads using oil for binding dust and improving surfaces, weighing costs, tire wear, and rubber prices. It cites Senatorial campaigns, court rulings on seating in passenger cars, and public health concerns about eugenics era policies including marriage restrictions and care for the mentally unfit.
Contention over the state board of education arises as Cheney and allies back a reform plan placing five members from different districts and excluding the secretary. Governor Lilley urged progress, while opposition and calls for an investigation target autocracy concerns. The bill advances amid cabinet support and evolving committee opinions, with pay raises noted for officials and various patent lists appended from Waterbury to Hartford.
The piece argues crop prospects drive market moves and calls for tariff settlement to reduce speculation. It notes the immediate outlook is clouded but country conditions favor buying on reactions. It mentions a medical miscue and references Foley's Kidney Remedy in a brief aside.
A sequence of testimonial letters praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving headaches, back pain, nervous disorders, and female ailments. Readers from Camden New Jersey and Gardiner Maine report improvement after use, urging others to try the remedy.
The Grand Jury returned ten indictments against Police Inspector Edward McCann in charge of the West Side district. McCann faces charges of accepting bribes and malfeasance in office as the probe into police protection rackets continues.
Pasquale Metaw, stabbed in the abdomen last night by Dominick Lombardi of Bridgeport, remains in critical condition. Lombardi brothers Dominick and Frank were arrested, hospitalized, and identified by the victim as the assailants.
United Press report from Chicago notes Grand Jury returns true bill against Detective Jeremiah Griffin and hints at broader evidence against officers taking protection money. State's Attorney Wayman says he is gathering all evidence, with witnesses alleging a citywide “machine” for protection payments. Local testimonies cite up to 9000 dollars monthly from West Side collectors.
The Greenfield fair returns to the Greenfield Hill Country Club grounds on September 14 15 16 with displays of fruit vegetables gardens horses dogs poultry and fine art. Space inquiries are rising as residents prep garden plots and the fair seeks entries for exhibits and attractions.
Judge Harris Dickson writes a thorough analysis tracing the negro's political, industrial, and social status from emancipation to modern times. He examines why white men in the District of Columbia gave up voting rights and why the negro is effectively edged out of voting in the South, offering a detailed four-decade record from carpet days to city life.
Hampton's magazine announces its August issue with features on women’s movement a piece by Rheta Childe Dory and articles by John L. Mathews Edwin Palmer William MacHarg Gouverneur Morris and Luther Trant among others. The edition promises provocative analysis fiction and culture reporting and is advertised at 15 cents.
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