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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1909

Page

5

Surveyors Plan To Plot Air Parcels For Private Owners

Special to the Farmer. New Haven July 27 At the American Society of County Surveyors annual meeting at Yale University plans were launched to describe aerial property rights. The group discussed deeds for record bearing distances of space above land for aerial navigation, base points like the north star, and the need to train surveyors in astronomical bearings. They warned of legal, tax, and regulatory battles as air space becomes a tradable asset, with questions on rain water, sleet, and wireless waves amid calls for legislative action.

New Haven American Society of County Surveyors Yale University Earth Heaven Warda Society North Star House Senate Utility Commission Wall Street Eartha Atlantic Pacific Aeroplane Transportation Company Celestial Court Interstate Commission Giese Funds Harriman Morgan Sasbaz To & Heavenly Trust

Man Charged In Girl Death By Own Action

Inquest heard Sadie Fehr drank carbolic acid to avoid social stigma but survived. Dr Joseph Barry testified the girl was not in the condition she believed. Howard Baxter was named in a letter accusing him of luring her to crime. he denied knowledge of the girl. Baxter was summoned by Detective Cronan to testify.

Sadie Fehr Joseph Barry St. Vincent's Hospital Sgadle Fehr Howard Baxter John Street West Avenue Tarrytown Baxter Cronan Heaxter Altho 1T

Miss Mabel Howard Becomes Nun After Stage Life

New York July 27 Miss Mabel Howard once a Belasco road star has joined the convent of Out of Charity of the Good Shepherd Angels at Ninetieth Street and East River leaving the stage for good. She entered in September and will complete a seven year novitiate before taking final vows. A close friend says she did not retire from the stage for rest alone but sought higher things and a nun’s life. Born a Protestant she gradually grew to Catholicism while visiting cathedrals abroad and consulted Mother Zavier before entering.

New York Mabel Howard Belasco Road Out of Charity of the Good Shepherd Angels Ninetieth Street East River Howard Miss Howard Mother Zavier

Former Actress Joins Convent Novitiate At House Of Good Shepherd

The article notes a former actress entering novitiate at a convent linked to the House of the Good Shepherd. She may depart freely until vows are taken, after which leaving the four walls is nearly impossible. Miss Howard reports she is busy daily while relatives are kept informed.

Miss Howard House of the Good Shepherd

Graft in Cuba on land deal sparks government scandal

Havana reports a major graft scandal over a land purchase for Camp Columbia as President Gomez cancels the decree after officials allegedly inflated the sale from 146000 to 400000 in a scheme involving a selling agent, a Conservative leader's attorney, and army officers. The affair risks prepayments and deeper political turmoil.

Havana Hanana Gomez Sopcony Lanuza Neno Torger

Cleaning product ad for hands and clothing care

An old line advertisement promotes CleanEasy for removing rust grease ink palat and dirt from hands and clothing. The large can sells for 19 cents and is produced by Wm. Wisn at 2 Avenue.

Wm. & Wisn

Man Falls to Death From Roof in New York

Edward Desmon, 35, of 834 First Avenue, was found dead after falling sixty feet from the roof of a five story building at 331 24th Street. He had gone to his sister-in-law’s house seeking money, was refused, and went to the roof to sleep where he died instantly.

United Press New York Edward Desmon First Avenue 24Th Street Desmon

Boy Runs Away From New Haven With Sweetheart

New York dispatch reports Staley Simon gen a runaway boy from New Haven who stole his father's overcoat to pawn, hoping to work and buy a new coat. He aims to marry Olive, a 17 year old girl from New Haven. After 3 weeks without work he was arrested in Brooklyn and held in $500 bail at Adams Street court pending his father’s arrival.

New York Staley Simongen New Haven Raymond Street Brooklyn Olive Sheffield Severance Simonsen Methodist Church Eady Yate Walt Atlantic Avenue Neggersmith Adams Street Tighe Raymond

Dragging Pond To Find Body Of Beautiful Girl

Special from United Press Burlington N J July 27 Scores of men drag Rose Pond in Pine Swamp ten miles from Burlington to recover the body of a beautiful woman who vanished from the Metropolitan Inn last Thursday A struggle appears to have occurred and items of clothing a bottle of whisky and signs of a struggle are found near the pond A man and a woman’s footprints are seen in the mud letters to Miss A M Wilson and a Brooklyn New York address are noted authorities withhold names as investigators probe if foul play was involved

United Press Burlington N. J Rose Pond Pine Swamp Metropolitan Watkins Brooklyn Bill Rose's Pond A. M. Wilson Manhhattan Hotel New York

Relic of St Anne Draws Dense City Crowds

New York on July 27 reports the Novena of St Anne ending with a feast at the Church of St John Baptiste at 159 East 76th Street. The relic drew cripples and many pilgrims, with crowds along Third to Lexington avenues as carriages paused and workers joined in the long line to pray at the saint's altar.

New York St. Anne St. Jean Baptiste East Seventy-sixth Street Third Lexington Avenues Fifth Madison

Relic pilgrimage draws crowded church in fervent scenes

Crowds gathered at the church as police lined them for admission. Father Lettellier showed the relic as pilgrims, many maimed or ill, knelt in reverent appeal. The scene filled with rosaries, prayers, and hopeful appeals from dawn to night.

Father Lettellier St. Anne

Jackson's Theatre to Present Primrose Minstrels Monday

Jackson's Theatre announces the George Primrose Minstrels second part with famed acts such as Happy Jack Gurner Thavey Henderson and Lewis Mosher Bayes Mosher the Ward Brothers and George H. Primrose featuring Dancers Past and Present a grand plantation life finale. Also notes a marriage license issued to Frank Sullivan and Annie Peterson after the show.

Jackson George Primrose Jackson's Smith's Aus Happy Jack Guraner Thavey Henderson and Lewis Mosher Ibita Primrose Darkeyes William ‘R. Stans Frank Sullivan Weston Annie Peterson Sherman Sullivan Mullins

Martial law urged as Spain braces for wider strike

Madrid reports pinching martial law to curb revolutionary mood as radicals press for nation-wide industrial strikes linked to Morocco conflict. Authorities fear strikes could topple the government. garrisons seek reinforcements while royal favor remains split over war support.

United Press Madrid Spain Morocco Temecelona Ministry of Ease Warteam Den Manders Buresiana MMI Altona Melilla

Deaths and Funerals of Bernard G and Elizabeth S

Bernard G and Elizabeth S Reilly are mourned by a large circle of friends. Both were former Brookfield residents. Reilly, formerly foreman at H O Cans Field Rubber Co., recently moved to the city. Funeral arrangements include a morning train and Michael's cemetery as noted in the notice.

Bernard G Bernard Hilesbeth Se Ce City Michael's Cemetery Mra Reilly Aa Reilly H. O Cansfield Rubber Co Reg Moval Brook

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