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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1912
Page
5
A Wednesday sale at the rear of 246 French Street on June 5 at 4 30 P M offers wagons including The Upsetter DH Press drills harrow and wagon parts Automo bile Top Wagon iron and miscellaneous tools oak and hickory timber no reserve quoted in the listing and inviting bidders.
A notice in Bridgeport calls all interested persons to appear at the Probate Office on June 10, 1912 at noon to show cause why an adopted agreement should not be accepted and approved by the court. The notice was published in a local newspaper circulating in the probate district.
Washington June 3 regular Senate leaders plan one final push to urge Senator William Lorimer to resign to avoid a roll call vote that could oust him over the blond boss case. A poll shows support slipping as nine current members favor vacating his seat while forty eight oppose. two more senators reportedly may vote to declare his seat vacant. Vice President Sherman previously sought his resignation but Lorimer’s counsel persuaded him to recall.
City Attorney Pullman sustains City Auditor Keating's ruling on reappropriating town farm revenues to the Charities department. The Common Council will hear his opinion tonight as to whether such revenues may be reallocated only after annual budget estimates are exceeded. Petitions for tax abatement and several street projects are on the agenda, including Maplewood extension, Quannock street sewer, and new grades.
An 81 year old Civil War veteran, Beebe Hall of Colebrook River, died at his son's home after collapsing at a railroad station following Memorial Day parades and events. He served in Co. A, Second Connecticut Volunteers and belonged to Seth Plumb Post, G A R, of Litchfield. Survived by two sons, including G E Hall of this city.
Coroner Phelan completes inquiry into the Beardsley park car death of conductor Chiltson Eilmot. He supports widening trolley tracks on Noble avenue to forty feet to improve safety. The coroner says no criminal fault is evident and has not filed a formal report.
Funeral services were held for Carl Christensen, a Bridgeport Branch driver for Jacob Ruppert, who died instantly when a barrel rolled on him while lowering it into a saloon cellar on Howard avenue. The 45 year old was found dead by the Medical Examiner as an accidental death. Christensen, survived by a widow and two children, had planned retirement to farming after recently buying a farm and staying at his post while a successor was sought. Manager Earle Christie mourned his loyalty and exactness as a driver.
The Courtland School invites pupils to enroll at 431 Washington Avenue. An open window for a new kindergarten program welcomes both girls and boys aged four to eight. Details on admission and visit days will follow.
Stratford reports record May rainfall of 5.8 inches, swelling creeks and swamp lands ripe for drainage to boost farming. town notes include new property purchases, upcoming weddings, local hunts, deer sightings, a 1334 pound blackfish tale, a big seven cylinder car in town, and a Sunday school parade with wreaths on the Soldiers' monument.
Tar oozes from a wood block pavement on State Street spilling into homes as residents spread sand to keep floors clean. Green tailor signs at 457 State Street offend tenants. efforts to remove them continue while wind brings extra dirt into front rooms. Local notices also report a 29th wedding anniversary at 604 Broad Street, a prize flag presentation to a Sunday school, a large bridge parade, and a Suburban avenue floodpan cycle easing.
May 31 marked a birthday anniversary for a mother as Miss Crosby observed the day with her sister Mrs Julia Atherton continuing a 50 year custom. A Ladies Hebrew Charitable Society meeting is set for Friday at 3 PM in the Park Avenue Temple vestry. George Davis of Gilliman Lane sustained a broken nose after a nose injury at high noon yesterday. he was treated at the emergency hospital.
Brussels June 2 complete returns show Catholics increased parliamentary seats from 6 to 16 while Socialists and minority groups failed to wrest control. Early reports mention a Catholic victory and a counter demonstration by opponents resulting in broken windows and several injuries.
Norfolk June 3. German three warships Moltke Bremen and Stettin arrived in Chesapeake Bay and steamed to meet American dreadnoughts. After salutes the German fleet prepared to visit Admiral Paschwitz aboard Florida and President Taft on Mayflower. Admiral and officers boarded launches for formal calls. Taft to Washington tonight with Meyer and the German ambassador to follow tomorrow.
In Boston on June 3 Lena Cusumano, once breaking down in Charlestown death chair, fully recovers and meets her lawyers Warden Bridges and Father Murphy. Alexander McGregor, absent governor's council member, who was away, returned and said the council faces a final vote Wednesday on commutation, wishing to await new evidence if available.
A collage of notes on diamond cutting by lapidaries notes diamonds from New South Wales vary in hardness and are shaped by cleaving and britting. A butcher’s counter tale warns how waste scraps are used to weigh orders. Essays on frontier energy and Madisonan precedent mix with old anecdotes and a London judge’s wry counsel.
An exchange reveals a strict new official at the museum gate insisting all visitors leave umbrellas outside, prompting a man’s joke about returning for an umbrella as a barrier to passage. A captioned aside questions why a man would steal a kiss, underscoring the light tone of the item.
The fragmentary text hints at old fashion critiques from Harper's Weekly and a playful misquote about meals in the sixteenth century. It mentions shod shoes, uppers in good condition, and a joke about smiling lips and a swifle, followed by archaic dining times from universities and London humor.
Readable text is limited to a jumbled fragment mentioning Indy and a person named Lostos with unclear context. No verifiable event, action, or outcome can be determined from the fragment.
Fragmentary lines show Wille urged to keep fighting, a mother asking for patience, and a tense exchange about plans and promises. The text includes distressed dialogue about finishing a task, threats, and unclear intentions, with damaged language obscuring full meaning.
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