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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
18
Saturday Bargain Day features wide selection of untrimmed and Panama hats in white black and colored options. Other items include lace straw hats Leghorn hats petticoats silk garments veils and furs with prices ranging from fractions to several dollars. The piece also shares brief adages and anecdotes in a mixed historical and promotional tone.
In Bridgeport the police force adds 70 new members including Alderman Albert W. Grossarth of the Seventh District, the city’s first council member to join the force. John F. Moran, once a police reporter, also enters as the first newspaper man on the force. Several fraternal officers and labor leaders are to be special appointed to fills vacated posts.
Unsettled conditions with chances of showers late tonight or Saturday, warmer interior east of the mountains. The western disturbance moves from Kansas to Lake Michigan, with a low 29.34 inches at Green Bay. Frosts reported in Salt Lake City and Northfield. temperatures rise slowly in eastern districts. British authorities remove the U S mail from the steamers Westerdyk and Rijn dam.
Bridgeport Art League plans an Anne Hathaway cottage at Beardsley Park with furnishings designed by classes. Lecturers on Shakespearean era to join the winter program. Luncheon speakers praise project as a monument to inward ideals. A July picnic near golf links will introduce the site. card parties and socials to fund cottage appear on the summer calendar.
The June social meeting of the Woman's Staff of the Children's Ward of Bridgeport Hospital met at Mrs. Frank T. Staples home on Brook Lawn Avenue with tea served. Mrs. Lucien T. Warner, with Miss Bessie Harlow, sang as soloist. Vice president Mrs. William E. Disbrow presided in the president's absence. Reports on work since last November were read. Miss Elizabeth Fitch was named chair of the house committee. Invitations issued for Harriet Windsor’s dance at Sea Side club. about 60 guests expected. Byron Eddy hosts a large June 28 reception for their golden wedding anniversary. Daniel P. Quilty plans to attend the Dancing Teachers of America convention at Hotel Martinique, then summer studies at Chalif Normal School of Dancing. Eastern Star grand officers will visit Orient Chapter No. 1 Monday with an estimated 250 guests for a banquet. Mrs. Frank S. Leonard chairs the arrangements. Austro-Hungarian artillery moves reported at Verdun front. United States Steamship Co. directors declare a 1 percent initial dividend.
Coroner John J. Phelan will hold an inquest into a fatal lumber pile collapse on Carroll avenue that killed Dorothy Morgan six. Two other children, Herbert Brotz nine in critical condition with skull fracture and Ferdinand Jacobi nine with non serious injuries, were also hurt while digging beneath stacked lumber. The accident occurred as planks toppled on the sand bed where the children played near Stratford avenue.
Waukegan Illinois June 2 The Orpet murder trial progress stalls as jurors remain unselected after 16 days of examination with 800 men screened. A fresh panel of 50 was summoned after yesterday's attempt produced no accepted juror.
Cornelius Kolar 18 of Soundview Avenue Stratford rests at Bridgeport Hospital after his bicycle was crushed beneath a truck rear wheel. The accident occurred on Stratford Avenue when he lost his grip on a post of the truck operated by Joseph Holtz. Surgeons report the leg is crushed but will likely be saved.
Advertises white and blue corduroy skirts with velvet trim, praising good quality and solid construction. Notes well made items likely suitable for fashionable wardrobe additions.
Cardinal Gasparri told an Associated Press representative in Paris that the Pope seeks peace to prevent what he calls the death by own action of Europe. He emphasized the Holy Father has no hidden stake, countering press claims opposed to the papacy.
New York reports a world record single day ticket sale for a bazaar to aid the entente allies war ration fund. Over half a million tickets sold by 8,500 women across the city at 25 cents each. Organizers aim to sell 1,000,000 before opening night.
James O'Brien a one armed factory worker was formally charged with the murder of Beatrice Walter 19 his friend He pleaded not guilty and was held without bail for a June 15 hearing The body was found in a vacant lot near her home and police say the suspect claims the girl shot herself accidentally.
Obituary notices report funeral services for Ezra Bruce Randall Hicks Griffin Joseph Hoffman and Margaret Britt with service details and burial sites. John Hakalski, age 46, collapsed during mass at St Francis Church and was pronounced dead from heart disease.
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