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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
11
The piece notes Tt’s victory requiring staying power and stamina, praising clothing line Suits Supremacy for its $15 suits that lead and satisfy. It emphasizes the suit’s full equipment for comfort and performance, framing the win as the best equipped option.
Funeral invitations list residents and times for services in various churches, with interment at local cemeteries. Entries note names, addresses, service times, and burial locations reflecting obituary notices from June 1 to June 5 1914 in the city.
Bridgeport Amusements Tonight presents Priscilla the merry comic opera in two performances at the Park theatre under the Bridgeport Operatic Society for the Day Nursery. Sixty Bridgeport singers and dancers rehearsed four weeks under R W Averill with Harry Chase and Joseph L Smith of Boston. Ada Tuck Whittaker returns from New York to portray Priscilla with Miss Tuck praised for charm. Advance seats are selling fast. those without tickets should buy now.
June program at Poli's features amateur acts headlined by Dan Maley and a condensed musical comedy A Boss for a Day. Other acts include Carden and Perry on the bounding rope, Anthony Santillio, Harvey Halmeck, Baby Frank, Harold Frank Liggins, Laurette, Katy, Lewis, Castelletti, Porcelio brothers, Albert Smith ventriloquist, and more. Friday is Country Store night with Goodness Gracious reel and When Villians Meet comedy plus The Fires of Ambition and The Stolen Radium drama. Thursday presents Francisca Reading company with Honora the headline farce.
The Lyric Theatre screens Edigon genuine talking pictures with perfect sound image synchronization. A diverse program features John J. McGraw in a baseball monologue and a standout minstrel band act with ragtime music, promising one of the best vaudeville weeks seen.
The Telegraph Four, a quartet of merry song birds in messenger costumes, perform in a snappy singing and dancing skit. Harry Morse comically leads The Hoodoo, delivering twenty minutes of audience laughter with Vera Bettina, C. C. Falls, and a Keystone reel lineup including Our Mutual Girl and The Deputy Sheriff’s Star.
Miller Bros and Arlington's 101 Ranch Wild West show visit Bridgeport on Friday June 12 with a growing, internationally linked tour. The act features Iron Tail Sioux chief, Oklahoma and Montana ranch riders, auto polo and Cossacks, plus a 10 o clock Mid West Day parade.
A condensed list of patent rights issued to Connecticut inventors includes Bridgeport's Edward Garrison for hollow set-screws and Hawthorne for lamp components, Hartford’s cigar tip cutter and printing press, and Waterbury’s heated tumbling barrel and design patents. Other names span New Haven to Norwich with items from hygrometers to portable savings banks, plus trade marks for Royal Equipment and J B Williams. Edward K. Graham elected president of the University of North Carolina trustees, succeeding Dr. Venable.
The weather summary notes scattered showers along the south Atlantic coast and from Texas to Minnesota with a high rainfall reading of 1.54 inches in St. Paul Minnesota. A Montana centered disturbance moved east to North Dakota as a high pressure center shifted to Virginia. New Brunswick reports freezing temperatures with snow. New Haven forecast calls for fair tonight and increasing clouds with possible local showers Thursday. Statewide partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions except far south, light to moderate south winds. Automobile drivers should light lamps at 7 51 tonight.
Niagara Falls June 3 mediators push for Carranza to join talks on Mexico’s pacification. Zubarán in Washington awaits note outlining mediator stance. Huerta’s departure and a provisional government emerge as end goals, with elections planned for late 1916 under a new arrangement.
Boston June 3 Justice William Renwick Riddell of the Ontario Supreme Court urged college men to engage in public service at Boston University. He warned against leaving leadership to partisans and emphasized university training producing leaders who address real needs and international questions without war. He cited Garfield Taft Wilson as examples and urged peaceful methods in disputes between nations.
James Brown a 27 year old colored man attempted gas asphyxiation at 90 Lexington avenue. The gas jet was found on full, his bed was dressed except shoes. Neighbors noticed odor, Brown refused explanations, carbolic acid solution present but unused. he showed despondency and was left under observation. Others in the house were advised to monitor him.
Mrs I P Richards of Ashford Conn describes her husband’s eczema from overheating in a hay field. The affected legs reddened heavily with itching and burning, disrupting sleep for two weeks. After failing with two remedies, Cuticura Soap and Ointment provided relief in two weeks.
Friends of William R Starr of 62 Randall avenue are relieved to learn that the William Starr reported arrested in Springfield Massachusetts is not the Bridgeport man. The Bridgeporter is an automobile and carriage body builder employed in Springfield and is not guilty.
Chicago June 3 report that N. B. Emmanuel assistant director of the Chicago Grand Opera Company and a musical authority of international reputation died here yesterday. He was 66 years old. TRY LYFORD BROTHERS Go CUSTOM SUITS East Side and West-End T
London reports militant suffragists attacked Dr Francis Edward Forward deputy governor and medical officer at Holloway Jail as he left the prison. Two women armed with horsewhips were restrained by police after the assault. They cited protest against coercive coercing blamed on him. Previously, Forward was targeted on October 1 1913. An arson squad damaged a cricket pavilion at Barlesfield, near London, during the same period. A Belfast dispatch noted a failed suffragette attempt to burn a residence nearby.
Mrs Elizabeth Lutiska of 37 High Street sought emergency hospital treatment for a scalp wound after a dispute at breakfast. She alleges her husband picked up a stone in the yard and hurled it at her with notable force.
President Wilson instructs White House chauffeurs to observe speed restrictions nationwide. A Maryland stop recently charged a chauffeur with speeding while transporting the President's daughters Mrs. Sayre and Miss Margaret Wilson, highlighting enforcement of the rules.
Fairfield motorcyclists Cop Fred Volderauer and his brother Ernest face delays in pursuing speeders until a new motorcycle is secured or the stolen bike is found. The two machines were taken from Grassmere Fairfield between 1 and 5 am. Bridgeport authorities have been asked for help and Motorcycle Policeman Gorgas is assigned to locate the bikes.
Members of the J. C. Tuthill camp Woodmen of the World plan to attend the June 7 memorial service in Brooklyn honoring Joseph Cullen Root founder and sovereign commander. The local lodge, first east of the Mississippi, is among the largest. delegates include W. A. Fraser William Ino Major John P. Moses James Murray James F. Reilley and Charles J. Jackson.
Winford G Scofield of 22 Franklin street Danbury seeks help locating a stolen roll of 130 dollars from his trousers in a room at the Mechanics hotel State street last night. He awoke to find Proprietor Harter gave him his watch chain and 20 dollars. He admits attending the circus and slept briefly with a companion in a wagon. Hotel employee says the watch chain and 20 dollars were taken to avoid blame on hotel management.
Yesterday's results show New York 5 Boston 3 Philadelphia 4 Boston 2 St Louis 3 Cleveland 0 Detroit 6 Chicago 2. Today Washington at New York Philadelphia at Boston St Louis at Detroit Cleveland at Chicago.
Baltimore defeated Jersey City 8 to 5 in Jersey City while Providence beat Buffalo 5 to The schedule lists Toronto and Baltimore games with Newark in Providence and Toronto in Buffalo. Montreal appears in uncertain form.
Brooklyn edged Baltimore 11 to 5 while Pittsburgh led Buffalo 10 to 2. Indianapolis beat St Louis 3 to 2 and Chicago won 7 to 3 against Minneapolis. Baltimore played in Brooklyn. Indianapolis hosted St Louis. Buffalo visited Pittsburgh.
In New Haven and surrounding cities, batteries dealers and accessory items are named. Several brands and distributors including Baldwin and Pratt are referenced along with stores in New London and Bridgeport. Advertising blurbs tout removal products for nails and skin and a range of home goods from soap to vase offerings.
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