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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1909

Page

2

Fairfield Tea Benefit and Local News Roundup

At a tea hosted by Miss Kippen for the Fortnightly Sewing Society many neighbors attended despite threatening weather. Reports cover a silver wedding anniversary for County Commissioner Simeon Pease, a near-accident on Broad and Elliot streets, Murray Place occupation changes, school depot safety, and library May statistics plus new book acquisitions.

Kippen Sewing Society Frank S. Child A. B. Huntington Benjamin S. Bulkley Annie O. Morehouse W. O. Burr F. A. Burr Whaley Buckingham Mill Plain Bessie Betts Emma F. Wakeman H. E. Rowland Harriet Charlotte Glover Louise Burr Mabel Osgood Wright Poppea Post Office Library Board Winthrop Perry Southport Simeon Pease Pease Cora Banks Greenfield Hill Congregational Church The Grange Greenfield Country Club Eckart Mandolin Sidney E. Hawley E. B. Morehouse Taiwan Joseph I. Flint Whitman F. Mead Greenwich Elmore S. Banks WH. Donaldson John W. Banks E. W. S. Pickett Litus H. King E. L. Banks Commissioner Brophy Ridgefield W. R B. Bennett Norwalk John T. King Moses E. Banks W. H. Pease O. C. Jennings Thomas Forsythe George T. McCarthy David Osborne John Boyle Albert J. Merritt Bridgeport Greenstein J. W Ee Pease Mr. Kowalski Col. Miller Huntington Kowalski Broad Street Elliot Street Sheriff Burr Murray Place Murray New York Eleanor Morehouse Center School Samuel Bulkley H. Hutchinson 14Th Co. Coast Artillery Corps Maud Prentice Northfield Louis Olds Fairfield Pickett Mabel Boyle Bridgeport Land & Title Company Grasmere Boston Realty Company O. G. Jennings Anna B. Jennings

Canada Proposes To Build Navy In Imperial Spirit

Montreal June 5 The Dominion of Canada proposes to build a navy to aid Great Britain with eight first class cruisers ten torpedo boat destroyers and ten torpedo boats The government will pay one fifth of the cost for immediate laying down and guarantee the remaining four fifths over five years Contracts will be placed with British firms including Hawthorn Leslie Coote of Newcastle upon Tyne for torpedo boats and destroyers.

Montreal Dominion of Canada Great Britain Hawthorn, Leslie & Coote Newcastle-on-Tyne

Inventor Punderford patents auto dimmer for lights

New Haven June 6 John K Punder ford general manager of the Connecticut company received Washington patent rights for a mechanical auto light dimmer. It enables instant change from bright to normal and enhances safety by reducing glare for oncoming traffic and horses. Patents likely in Canada and Europe. Also a brief note on Detchon's Rheumatism cure sold by Curtis Pharmacy.

New Haven John K. Punderford Connecticut Company Washington New York State Punderford Canada Europe

St Rose Drum Corps Draws Mixed Credit in Town Hall Event

The St Rose's Drum Corps were miscredited for a St Marys hall dance. the Sandy Hook Baseball Association led the Monday event. Edward S. Pitzschler manages an upcoming Town hall affair with new uniforms, repaired fifes and drums, and a broadened repertoire.

St. Rose’s St. Mary's Hall Sandy Hook Ethel Peck Syracuse University Robert Gannon W. A. Leonard Newtown Inn Esther McQuade New York City Henry Rupf New York Harry Rupf Redding Catherine Honan Danbury Training School For Nurses B. Frances Honan M. J. Murphy Bridgeport A. Mackilly New Haven Belle C. Davis Hartford F. F. Brick L. F. Hotch- Kiss Fred Strong Samuel A. Mogle Fred Livermore John Crane J. King G. M. White Morristown N. J R L. Buell Middletown Samuel A. Davis Danbury Frank W. Hurd James Carmody A. E. Brinton Loretta F. Hayes Mt. Ida Newton Mass Edda Potter Detroit Charles Warner Officar Martin Lillis Irene Botsford Shelton Mabel L. Gilbert Lulu Roberts

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