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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1913
Page
6
19 room house with all improvements on a fine lot on Laurel Ave. Owner says city bar bine and will sell cheap. Also for lease or rent furnished or unfurnished a 7 room house. Apply to yew. ARREN, 29 Sanford Building, P23s.
In the Bridgeport district an administrator plans an order for mortgaging real estate of Catherine Graham, deceased. The hearing is set for July 1913 at 12 o'clock noon at the office in Bridgeport. Notice is to be published in a circulating newspaper on or before July 29, 1913, to all interested parties. Edward F. Hallen, attorney for the applicant.
The Middle district voters adjourned after a heated session over school site plans. The Queen Street site was upheld as a potential future option with conditions on drainage and sidewalks. A motion to reconsider failed. the panel then tabled the Smith-Scudder site purchase. Repair work on old schoolhouses is approved at up to 1000 dollars, funded by a two mill tax. George W. Graham of Sandy Hook died suddenly in Stratford while with his wife seeking health at the seaside. he was active in church and civic groups and leaves a son, Samuel, in Naugatuck. The funeral is set for Wednesday in Stratford.
In Chicago on July 29 L W Bowen aged 64 a Harvard graduate appeared before Municipal Judge Newcomer seeking 60 days in the House of Correction to begin anew after a month in jail for habitual drunkenness He carried a thumb marked copy of the Epistle of St John and said a woman gave it to him as a booze cure The judge parole:d Bowen to Rev F J Lloyd a state legislator who was present in court to supervise his release for redemption and reform
German societies across the United States have protested to Congress and to President Wilson against a proposed fifteen percent duty on foreign books now on the free list. They describe the levy as a tax on scientific and literary progress, a view echoed by Wilson who opposes duties on books in foreign languages, especially those used for education and science.
At Storrs Conn July 29 poultry growers of the Connecticut Poultry Association met at the Connecticut Agricultural College for the second day of the annual gathering. Professors Lamson and Kirkpatrick spoke on incubation egg production and the aims of the third international egg laying contest set to begin November 1.
Buenos Aires July 29 government introduces into Congress a bill modeled on the Sherman law declaring unlawful trusts and combinations restraining trade and production.
Albany July 29 Attorney General Thomas Carmody and Agnes B Finn a former financial clerk in his office were married today at St Josephs church by Bishop James OConnor They left after the ceremony for the Adirondacks The story notes daily matinee excursions by the Bridgeport and Port Jefferson Steam Boat Company aboard the Park City to Port Jefferson with 1300 pm departure and 430 pm return plus special excursion rates and half fare for children under twelve
Middletown Connecticut July 29 Louis Tacikos and John Zapherson were held for trial in the superior court on arson charges after a city court hearing. In default of 2500 bonds each they were jailed. Tacikos 17 and Zapherson 20 are accused of setting fire to Ludwig Krenz saloon on Main Street late Sunday night.
In Pana Illinois Dr W T Lynn aged 108 and the oldest man in Illinois died at his home suddenly last night after celebrating his 108th birthday on May 28. Born in Ohio he practiced medicine for over 75 years and is survived by sixty two grandchildren and fifty three great grandchildren.
A man who called himself Alexander L. Frost, a former British Army lieutenant and Royal Artillery School graduate, is detained as a suspected snatch thief at Columbia University. He allegedly stole a pocketbook in Avery Hall, and police found the item on him along with parlor car checks showing trips to New Haven and Cambridge. His description matches a suspect linked to Harvard and Yale incidents, and records indicate a six month workhouse sentence last August for stealing at the Young Men's Christian Association.
General Abraham Perdomo, a renowned Central American military figure, was shot dead today in the principal square of San Salvador by journalist Arturo Gomez. Perdomo played a prominent role in last year’s Nicaraguan revolution.
Ellen V. Fitzgibbons infant daughter of William J. and Catherine Fitzgibbons died this morning at 246 Pequonnock street after a brief illness. Funeral will be held tomorrow. The bereaved parents receive many friends sympathy. Text about Wilson girls and state dinners follows, noting distraction from sewing duties due to hot kitchens.
Sheriden Circle Ladies of the G A entertained at Mrs Mary J Ward 243 Hanover Street Wednesday afternoon with tea at 5 pm Whist in the evening. Dr Thomas F Cummings a Hartford dentist hosting friends from Hartford at offices in Meigs building.
For New Haven and vicinity generally fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Connecticut expects similar conditions with light to moderate northwest winds. Cloudy foggy morning along the north Atlantic coast, no defined storm east of the Mississippi. Showers occurred in the upper Mississippi valley lake region New England and parts of the south. Moderate high temperatures prevail in northern districts.
Washington July 29 further conferences are planned between Secretary of State Bryan Richard L Metcalfe new governor general of Panama canal zone and Minister Valdes of Panama over the opening of the Panama canal and the proposed Nicaragua canal project.
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