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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
8
A sprawling, humorous sports column sketches quarrels between Zim and Evers with Cubs feuds and management jabs, notes on Marquard’s streaks and Tinker Chance Coombs lines, plus a shaggy tale of Shafer’s deaf dog and a stray World Series dog story.
Ex star Arlie Latham loses umpire post in New York State League and plans to breed bulldogs to make a living. Report notes his own dog Shaffer’s deafness and hints at his attempts as a dog fancier in a cautionary anecdote from Sporting News.
Eddie McGoorty champion of Oshkosh and president of the Ost Geb local of the International Union of Middleweight Champions will celebrate his twenty fourth birthday tomorrow. Born July 31, 1839 in Oshkosh on the Winnebago he is an Irish American fighter with long career including bouts in Dublin Liverpool London New Orleans and Boston. The piece notes his defeats and draws, a skipped championship, and a local sale ad ends with aviator reference to back to the land movement.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis states the Monroe Doctrine must be modified or renounced as U S policy shifts toward defence of the Panama Canal and expansion in Latin America. He predicts an American Doctrine replacing the old policy with greater European influence and possible protectorates in Central America.
In this Glove and Ribbon Department we carry a good line of Gloves from the strong Canvas Working Gloves to the fine Kid Gloves. Wide Hair Ribbon for Children, 10c yard.
Midnight blaze endangered the tug Robert McAllister tied at the Wall Street dock. William Cunningham, passing on Stratford Avenue bridge, spotted the fire and raised an alarm. Firefighters saved the crew as the hold and engine room suffered damage. second fire in a week may lead to an investigation into possible negligence or boiler-room protection lapses.
Bids for $22,000 of Stormford city improvement bonds were opened Monday. R L Day & Co of Boston won with $1,033.49 per $1,000 at 4.69 percent, interest from July 1, suggesting 4 percent bonds may not market well. Also reports of dogs killed by Bethel selectmen and theft allegations against Dr H Kruger Kaprielian. Artesian wells yield water in White Hills as Wakelee and Stone drill deep wells.
In East St Louis Illinois yesterday Mrs Blanche Thomas challenged the trial by jury of her sex the first women eligible jury empanelled since Illinois enfranchised women. The jurors five stenographers one married and four underage fixed a 5 dollar fine plus costs for disturbing the neighbor peace after a three hour trial and under ten minutes to reach verdict.
The Wheeler and Wilson band will render a concert tomorrow Thursday evening at Washington Park with selections from operas and dances. Conductor John A. Lynch directs. Also noted is a 1884 boxing match where Jack Dempsey defeated George Fuljam es for the lightweight title in New York, and an 1889 28 round draw between Australian Billy Murphy and Frank Murphy in San Francisco.
The advance guard of crusading suffragists converges on Hyattsville Maryland from across the country for an automobile parade to the capitol. Margaret Foley of Boston leads as the oratorical force while congressmen prepare to welcome the group at a nine oclock reception before a noon senate session.
Fairfield County reports include James Craig knocked down by a Greenwich car owned by Representative William Coshire with minor injuries. An overturned automobile carried three companions from East Norwalk, two women, with only serious injuries avoided. A Danbury Gas and Electric experiment finds white paper bits attract rats more than cheese, producing four dead rats in a trap. George Knickerbocker and John Creigh remain in precarious condition after a Glenbrook crash. The will of H G Gould leaves all to wife Susan E.
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