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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
6
Fashion notes highlight Coat Suit of Linen Indian Head and Galatea Cloth with White and Summer Colors in tan, blue, pink, and gray. Mirror Linen offered as a striking choice. Second floor Coat and Suit Rooms feature light mixtures and checks. widths 46 to 50 inches at 39 cents, and a second lot at 25 cents. Also Summer Union Suits and a 9 by 12 rug for 15 dollars. Tea Room serves lunch and cold drinks on hot days.
Invitations issued for Mise Rosalind Madrigal to Seymour De Benneville at noon June 16. Henrietta Hugo wed Griswold of New London at her parents' Calhoun avenue home. Rev John Devon officiated. Margaret Kohler married Edward. ceremony at 8 Madison Avenue with Rev John H. Brown. Stella Perry of Milford bested by groom Fred Kohler. After three years in the 8. N. E. T. Co. service, the groom is a skilled machinist at Curtis. Newlyweds to reside at 1902 Main Street. Visitors included Miss Mae McManus of Brooklyn and Harry Buchanan of Chicago. Mr and Mrs Buchanan visiting Bridgeport people. Rev Matthew J. Gleeson and Lieut?
Louis McBride and a naval colleague will discuss the world cruise of the battleship Connecticut at the University Club beefsteak dinner this evening. Rings and badges were awarded at a Park City lodge meeting. Also notes on weddings, oaths, and a sleeve from a comedian recovering from a broken shoulder.
A ten year old Fairfield County boy was badly burned while dousing a kitchen fire with kerosene. Secret Service agents arrested six Italians tied to a counterfeit operation at Joseph Fegelle’s Wilton farm, with bonds set high and plates and a press seized. Other notes report a Bethel pulpit resignation, Mrs. Amelia Vigouroux’s will, and a Shelton baby who ingested strychnine tablets, with medical teams racing to save the child.
A blaze at the Indian Ridge Colliery stables in Shennandoah, Mahoney City area, is believed incendiary. The Reading Company owns the yard and twenty seven mules were cremated in the fire reported early today.
The Board of Education will vote this afternoon on rejecting Major Thomas Boudren’s prize offer of 350 for the best pupil statement on the horrors of vaccination. Officials deem it expedient to avoid involving pupils in a topic with strong local disagreement. The A. B. C. club will close its rooms for the summer and store furniture until next winter.
Newtown residents are noted visiting friends and family across Easton, New Haven, Bridgeport, and New York City. Local entertainment includes Billy's Chorus Girl at Grover's Hall for Sandy Hook Library funds. The May honor roll from Newtown High School lists students across arithmetic, algebra, languages, civics, history, and science with several named students earning top marks.
The listing notes paints including enamel varnish and jap a Lac. The cans are shop worn with slight dents and some exterior paint. Primarily marketing the department store at 1072 Main St and 89 Fairfield Ave with claim to scarce articles.
London reports a sudden announcement that Emperor William and Chancellor Von Buelow will visit the Czar around mid June, either at Reval or off the Finnish coast. The move unsettles English diplomats who fear a Russo German rapprochement harming the Russo English treaty and resists plans for the Czar to visit London.
Constantinople June 3 dispatches from missionaries in Adana report six Armenian civilians were hanged alongside nine Mohammedans to lend credence to Turkish massacre charges. The Armenians had no role in starting the clashes, and missionaries lament the act as whitewashing. Diplomacy may be sought to halt further executions.
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