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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1911
Page
5
A brief notice endorses plumes named Willow and French Curl as safe satisfactory economical selections with absolute sincere guarantee of satisfaction. The fragment suggests a sale or advertisement praising these products without detailing context or source.
Several hundred Holy Name Society members at St Marys Hall heard Rev Father Smith of the Paulist Fathers recount California missions with life like views. He noted the San Francisco Paulist church destroyed by quake fire and teased Alaska lectures to follow. Musical numbers by St Augustine's quartet and solos by Joseph Clabby and John Hughes complemented the evening.
The audience sang Nearer My God to Thee and closed with Holy God We Praise Thy Name. Congregational singing is strongly encouraged by the Paulist Fathers during the service.
Thomas Kinnane 22 of 251 Capitol Avenue was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to 60 days in jail for theft of 20 50 from a suit at John F Keane Co clothing store. He admitted finding the money on the floor and dropping it near clothes after the complaint. The half dollar was later found in his hat lining during police search. His aunt Mrs Mary Grace was arrested as an accessory but discharged. Kinnane posted $200 bail on appeal to Common Pleas claiming no idea of theft. A. F Moore suffered a broken left arm after tripping on a fence at West End ball park. ambulances took him home after Dr Bennett reduced the fracture.
Stratford June 5 Deputy Sheriff John Williams faced a curious evening, receiving a revolver and handcuffs as gifts from the Dinghat club. The night also brought a reported riot, a dog attack on incubating chickens, church notices, and reports from the Shagticoke Rattlesnake club hunt. Local residents, clergy, and Redmen groups feature in a string of community items, from relic presentations to parish services and vendors securing a bakery contract.
A dock post ignited early Saturday exposing a near disaster beside a huge wood pile and a gasoline tank. Captain George Clark, spotting the blaze, saved the scene with quick action and water pours. The incident sparked questions about origin and risk to nearby wooden structures.
A vintage advertisement promotes Cyrus Wart Remover claiming it removes an unsightly wart on the face or hands painlessly within a few days. The product is sold exclusively at The Cyrus Pharmacy locations on Fairfield Avenue and Cannor Street.
An advertisement for CleanEasy hand soap claims it won’t injure skin and quickly removes stove polish rust grease ink paint and dirt from hands and clothing. Produced by Wm. R. Winn located at 244 Stratford Ave in a large ten cent can.
Fairfield residents praised the town road surface after oil treatment under First Selectman Charles Fox. a New York motorist called it the finest road between New York and Boston. The issue also covered a June 5 wedding at St Thomas Church, local ball results, hotel registrations, Havana tales about the Maine, school expansion bids, and community notices.
Easton residents and families shared a weekend of visits and calls with Bridgeport friends. Mrs. J Fields hosted the Ladies Aid society gathering, while decorating duties for the Baptist Sunday school Children’s Day concert were assigned to Stanley Ribbins, Edwin Var goshe, and William Andrews.
Newtown residents host and visit Bridgeport and Danbury friends this weekend. Miss Kate Reynolds from New York returns home for summer with Postmaster Reynolds. Bridgeport guests include Dr and Mrs W J Mc Laughlin and Mr and Mrs P H McCarthy. Ember Days and church activities fill Trinity and St Rose notes with services, meetings, and confessions planned.
Hugh Sterling at 10 Union Square invites shoppers to view 500 retail mattresses. The shop offers mattresses built to order and customization to taste, with remodeling available to suit customer preferences. Contact via telephone.
Advertises a White Sale with unbleached and bleached muslin yardage at low sale prices. Includes 7c to 10c regulars, with discounts down to 49c for sheets and 11c for cases. Mentions Fruit of the Loom Lonsdale and Hills muslin, 72x90 sheets, and Anchor brand sheets, plus various pillow cases and seamless options.
Curtains and curtain Swisses offered in a White Sale with 36 inch wide fabrics in stripes dots figures and checks. Items include Curtain Swiss at low sale prices per yard and door panels Irish Point and braid designs with 36 by 45 dimensions and net curtains in white or Arabian with edging and insertion. Regular prices are reduced to about a few cents to under a dollar per unit.
Satin striped Swisses crossbars and dotted Swisses normally 19c yard now on sale. Fine Swiss dots and figures regular 25c sale price 15c yard. Madras and lawn waistings in stripes checks and fancy designs regular 12 1/2c sale price 22 1/2c. Imported Madras waistings 27 inches wide in silk figures regular 35c sale price 22c.
The Socialist state committee in New Haven discussed funding two scholarships to the Rand School of Social Science in New York to educate future workers for the party. Algernon Lee proposed the idea. a seven month course will train students in socialism theory, economics, English, and organizer skills, with all expenses paid by the party. The program follows plans modeled after Berlin and Germany’s Ruskin Labor College.
The ad lists bed spreads towels and damask items with sale prices for hemmed crochet spreads satin bed spreads Turkish towels bleached or unbleached Huck towels and damask tablecloths. Prices range from about 6 to 3 dollars and feature regular to sale price quotes for multiple linen products.
Advertises sale prices on long cloth and lawn fabrics in various widths. Long cloth 36 inches wide with chamois finish at 12 yards piece for $1.29. Royal English long cloth 26 inches wide for 12 yards at $1.29. Victoria lawn 20 inches wide for wash dresses at 6 1/2 cents per yard, sale price. Persian lawn 32 inches wide and 40 inch wide lawn offered at reduced sale prices. Mercerized batiste 45 inches wide regular 30 cents, sale price 20 cents.
President George M. Hames welcomed a reported offer from German singing societies to render vocal music at Sunday band concerts to be featured in park parks this summer. The matter will go to the marble committee at the next Park board meeting. The board also considers hiring one-out-of-town crack bands for occasional concerts. The vocal bands are practicing in anticipation of the concerts.
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