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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1910
Page
3
Dr George Laidlaw in Metropolitan Magazine details phreno magnetism as a hypnotic method. An operator touching head regions while subject sleeps triggers actions or speech tied to specific phrenological organs such as combativeness veneration color tune caution and more. Examples include shouting Look out and a leap when touching caution.
An account by Carl Hagenbeck recalls his son Heinrich nearly attacked by four pythons in a cage. The reptiles lunged, coiled, and bit as guards helped, ending only after the animals were captured in sacks.
In this city Bridget Shea widow of Patrick Shea died June 4 1910 funeral from James A Bruce 481 Grand Street Monday June 6 at 5 30 am to St Patrick's church at 9 am Interment at St Michael's Cemetery An anniversary mass for the late Timothy McMahon at St Mary's Church Monday June 6 at 7 30 am In this city Joan H Stowe aged 56 years funeral at No 816 Madison Avenue Sunday June 6 at 9 am with concluding service at Zoar Bridge Methodist Church at 1 pm
Joseph Yonchie also known as Joseph Jucus denied marriage to a woman posing as his wife after a former wife prompted his arrest for bigamy. Bail set at 500 for trial in Superior Court on charges of abandoning his wife and living with another woman Pauline Jucus of 56 Lafayette street identified his first wife. He was living with Mary Badewstcia at 49 Railroad avenue last week after fleeing with a boarder a year earlier and had been in Pittsburgh during the interval. Maximum penalty for the offense cited as three years. he remained jailed awaiting trial next September.
A thousand workers at Warner Bros corset plant expected Miss Mary May Colgan to wed John Kiernan on June 28 in this city. The ceremony occurred Tuesday in Jersey City. The groom, 21, is a bricklayer and corset cutter. The couple will live in Jersey City.
Michael Fucci and Michael Garrett were arrested after stealing tires from W. E. D. Stokes’s 310,000 Ansoma at Broadway and 74th Street. A crowd watched as the youths rolled the tires up Broadway, the officers reporting the nerviest thieves ever jailed at police headquarters.
The Park Street Congregational Church reopens its rebuilt organ, installed at a cost of several hundred dollars with an auction console on the main floor and electric lights in the choir gallery. Harry H. Whittaker directs an organ recital Sunday evening with Miss Ada M. Tuck, Miss Norma L. Weber, Louis D. Ginand, and L. Eugene Hebbard as soloists, followed by sacred songs by the quartet and chorus. A silver offering will be taken to offset improvements.
At the St Augustine chapel last evening the Queen’s Daughters unanimously re-elected Mrs Lyman E Hill as head in tribute to her tireless charity work. Officers elected include Mrs Bernard Cogan first vice president Mrs Ellen Kennelly second vice president Rev Father Kennedy treasurer Miss Georgianna Feeley financial secretary Mrs John R Moore recording secretary Mrs Thomas McMullen custodian Mrs John McElroy Miss Fanny Arnold Miss Mary OToole auditors.
Oakwood new plat by Bridgeport Land & Title Co opens Sunday with several hundred lots along State street extension and King’s Highway. Grover & Layman sell without interest or taxes, promising easy terms and swift access from downtown via State street or Fairfield avenue cars.
Fire commission fined several department members for failing to respond to alarms. Aaron Hughes Thomas Weller John Kelly William McGrath Joseph Monahan Ambrose Mackarowski each fined $2 for missing box 34 on May 28 at Bridgeport Patent Leather Co. Can non street. Driver Chatfield fined $5 for misreading box. Callman Richard Moore missed ten alarms. Blacksmith Wallace Hall given Mondays off. hydrant inspector Noonan to share off days. Pension requests for Thorme and Buckminister discussed. Arthur Chambers paid for eight days absent while searching for his missing son. 25 new hydrants and valves ordered. fire alarm box to be installed in Henkel lace factory.
Mary M Parker of this city through Cullinan and Cullinan has filed suit in the Superior court against her husband Charles H Parker of Springfield Massachusetts seeking a divorce on grounds of intolerable cruelty and desertion. The desertion is alleged March 2 1907. Before marriage to Parker on Christmas Day 1900 she was Miss Mary McNamara.
The market opened with pronounced strength and very high volume led by advances in industrials. Within 15 minutes a flood of long stock appeared, overwhelming early support and pushing many prices to new low records for this movement. Government bonds held steady while other bonds fell.
Monroe, Michigan June 4. President Taft and Michigan leaders attended the unveiling of a life sized bronze equestrian statue of General Custer. The ceremony featured a review, a veterans parade led by Custer Brigade members, and speeches by Senator William Alden Smith and Governor Warner. The statue rests on a New Hampshire marble pedestal bearing the word Custer.
In New York on June 4 Jerome S. Hess was named referee in the voluntary dissolution of the Standard Cordage Company the cordage trust. The dissolution application was filed by ten directors of the company.
Doctors report laborer John Tretsick remains in critical condition after a Memorial Day wedding feast attack. Prosecutor seeks $1,000 bail for Alex Henetz Michael Harrelick and Michael Sibulluck all charged with assault with intent to kill. Mrs Henetz released on recognizance to care for infant. Dominic Sasnasesky discharged after breach of peace charge nolle prosequi.
Laborer Charles Lukas fell onto a spinning derrick handle in the Whiting Manufacturing Co yards in the East End. The derrick end cut his right eyelid to the crown, leaving him unconscious. He was rushed to the emergency hospital where Dr Krause sutured the scalp with fifteen stitches and he was later sent home in weak condition.
Bridgeport Connecticut weather forecast notes fair tonight and warmer tomorrow for the city, with entrances on Main Street Fairfield Avenue and Cannon Street noted for Saturday, June 4, 1910.
Colonial designs mark draperies in appealing fabrics for summer homes. Green red tan and Arabian shades reveal two-toned cloths with varied borders priced from 18 to 25 cents a yard. Colonial linen taffeta and taffeta cloth offer rich colors and wide patterns from 19 to 50 cents per yard, displayed on the third floor.
A vintage ad touts Alaska and Montauk refrigerators for low ice use and stable cooling. It notes charcoal-filled walls, zinc or enamel linings, removable waste-pipe, and patent air-trap, with prices from 6 to 39 dollars. Fourth floor.
Singac New Jersey June 4 James Purdy and another saloonkeeper in a cell muttered threats after Mrs. Arthur Yates pleaded for no more liquor for her husband. Purdy was fined 3600 for back license and selling without a license and ordered held until paid.
An advertisement touts oil and gas stoves that heat only desired utensils with immediate readiness and simple heat control. It lists prices for 2 to 3 burner oil stoves, ovens, Florence blue flame models, automatic wickless stoves, gas cookers, and 2 to 3 burner cookers, last noting a fourth-floor location via elevator.
Homer F. Perrin aged 35 an engineer on the Buffalo and Fort Erie railroad died ten minutes after being taken to Riverside hospital following an accident in Fort Erie Ontario He was crushed between his engine and a building and had recently moved from Fort Erie where his parents live
Chicago June 4 Lee O Neill Browne Democratic leader of the General Assembly was indicted for bribery in the Lorimer election scandal and surrendered through his bondsman Alderman Bowers. Browne Powers and others walked into the sheriff's office. Judge Scanlon issued a writ of habeas corpus returnable Monday and Browne was to stand trial Monday.
New Orleans June 4 An American soldier under Estrada faces a drum head court martial and possible execution in Nicaragua. Colonel William Pittman of Boston, who laid mines at Bluefields, was captured by Madriz forces and shot while planting near the customs house. He is reported badly wounded and ordered to be tried at once.
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