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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1909

Page

6

District nurse to combat tuberculosis praised by reform group

A public endorsement highlights the Fairfield County Anti Tuberculosis Association plan to employ a district nurse. Supporters call the nurse the most effective educator for disease prevention, arguing home visits demonstrate proper cleanliness, bed making, and germ avoidance, with officials urging community funding and backing.

Orne Assurance Fair-field County Aot Uip Ming Peor Lanh Veiler Charity Figation Society of New York Paterson N. J Comtee

Missing Man Searched In Colebrook After Norfolk Walk

A search party from Norfolk failed to find William Pitcher who ran away from relatives in Winsted on July 4. Investigators traced woods in Colebrook where he was last seen, but no trace was found. The item also notes a memorial to Henry Gay in Winsted and a feature in the Second Congregational church. The piece appears in Litchfield County News with local notices and ads.

Norfolk William Pitcher Relates Winsted Woods Colebrook Henry Gay Charlotte E. Gayin Christ

Big Doings for Jerseymen Near Final Arrangements

Final arrangements for the Thos. J. Jones Association entertainment in Newark are completed as Pacific Engine Company hosts visitors arriving Aug 4 on the Commodore. A reception, chowder, lamb roast, Rathskeller service, and a main hall concert featuring the Criterion Quartet, Olga, Keenan, and Wheeler & Wilson band follow a welcome at Germania Hall and Windsor Hotel accommodations for 100.

Thos. J. Jones Association Newark Pacific Engine Company Pacific Company Commodore Wheeler & Wilson Germania Hall Criterion Quartet Loren Mdel Pridee Messrs Miller and Harvey Buck Charles Ivers Peter Farrell Madame Olga Late

Weather Indications For New Haven Inland Regions

July 29 forecast shows partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday. A disturbance centered over Michigan stalls on the southern edge, bringing cloudy weather with heavy local showers in the Lake region. Detroit reports 4.58 inches of rainfall in the last 24 hours. The local area expects warm, muggy conditions with a chance of local showers tonight and Friday.

New Haven Mon- Michigan Detroit Mich

Fairfield County News Over Site For Park

Fairfield County debate over a proposed gift of a small triangular land parcel by Mrs H O Havemeyer to Greenwich borough as a park splits the city. Burgesses plan to submit the issue to voters. Her prior offer of land near the southern borough for a post office came with a condition that adjacent land be accepted as a park. The park and post office site lie away from the main business area.

H. O. Havemeyer Greenwich Havemeyer

Wholesale Prices for Butter Eggs Fruits and More

A dense price list details wholesale rates for butter creamery and state dairy products, various eggs and henery whites, fresh fruits including apples cherries currants blackberries raspberries and huckleberries, hay and straw types with unit prices, poultry dressed including broilers fowls and turkeys, and a wide range of vegetables and produce with per unit or per bundle costs. The figures cover Long Island potatoes Jersey potatoes beets carrots cabbage corn cucumbers celery beans radishes rhubarb onions and more with varied container sizes and quality descriptors.

Hennery Long Island Jersey

Thaw Case Headline Duel Ends Day One on Sanity Test

William Travers Jerome opens cross examination in White Plains as Harry K. Thaw defends his sanity amid a packed courtroom. Thaw vows to endure a week of questioning on his life and trials for the Stanford White killing.

William Travers Jerome The United Press Harry K. Thaw Stanford White Jerome Justice Mills Court House White Plains Iman Harry Thaw Thaw Morschauser Clifford W. Hartridge Hartridge

Notable Summer Goods Sale on Shirts and Clocks

No 1 necktie shirts offered in good summer styles regularly two dollars for 98 cents each and 59 cents for a brass nickel copper or oxidized small Round Clock.

Y M C A Night School Plans for 1910

The Educational Department of the Y M C A plans a big year for the night school and seeks capable teachers. Last year saw major policy changes with smaller groups, separation of men from boys, better equipment, practical instruction, and full supervision by a trained specialist. Enrollment rose to 135 and many students returned for advanced work, signaling bright prospects for new pupils.

Mioe Resul

Pleasant surprise party for 16th birthdays at Jerome Carey home

A social note recalls a Monday evening gathering at 195 Madison Avenue in honor of Miss May Tibbon and Miss Lizzie Friebott. Wall's orchestra played as dancing and supper followed. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. McGahey, Mr. and Mrs. Chittenden, the Friebotts, Foster family, Tidboalds, Friebott siblings, and guests from Boston and local circles.

Jerome Carey Madison Avenue May Tibbon Lizzie Friebott Wall McGahey Chittenden C. R. Wall Friebott Foster Katheryn Foster Loretta Foster Miss Tisen Lillian Tidboald Sadie Winfield May Bethis Carrie Nelson May Tidboald Thomas Cheshire Boston Steward Tidboald Geo. Tidboald William Friebott George Friebott John Malone H. S. Baldwin James Campbell Mr. Bethin Robert Valcour

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