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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
9
Fairfield June 7 tax report shows $600 collected from a $1,500 special levy by Collector E W S Pickett, leaving $900 due as payment time expired. The piece also notes exemptions, local literary mentions, social updates, school appointments, and community activities across Fairfield and nearby towns.
An Evening Farmer report from Stratford details a town meeting petition to rename South Avenue to Burritt Street, arguing Burritt ties to local history while old residents resist. The fire department votes to cut active membership to 50 and retire 46, shifting to a businesslike structure as new apparatus prompt modernization.
Miss Achsah Canfee spent Sunday afternoon with friends in Weaton. Mrs. George Parrock returned home after visiting her daughter Mrs. Arthur Hall of Stratfield. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer of Sport Hill entertained Rev. Mr. Price and daughter. Miss Lillian Andrews is ill and unable to attend school. Mrs. Clarence Andrews returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Sanford of Redding were guests of Miss Emily Lewis. Mrs. Elbert Nichols led the organ tea at the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gillett recently entertained Rev. Judson Conklin of Trenton. Mrs. James Tyler and daughter Mery were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Manson of Lee avenue, Bridgeport.
Monroe community updates include Carrie M. French returning home after a visit with Mrs. Edwin C. Shelton and others traveling to New York while local schools close midweek. G. A. R. and W. R. C. members visit East Village graves, and there are farm weather tips on scattering wood ashes to protect plant roots.
More than two thousand delegates from the United States Canada Mexico and Cuba gather in Boston for the 38th annual National Conference of Charities and Correction. Noted speakers include Dr Charles W Eliot John Mitchell Jacob A Riis and Louis D Brandeis as educators sociologists and charity workers deliver talks during a full week of sessions.
United Press report to Church Mission of Help states a majority of U S wayward girls are feeble minded and should be cared for in scientifically managed institutions Of 113 cases examined 58 were normal mentally and should have been in institutions The report cites crowded state facilities with 2100 girls on waiting lists and warns subnormal girls seek affection and misjudge truth.
Bristol June 7 In police court today Hypolite Pinczykowski of this city was fined 32.95 for running a lottery. He was arrested yesterday after some countrymen complained he took their money for raffle chances without any drawing planned. Hypolite pleaded guilty.
Southport June 7 Howard Taylor a delivery clerk for W H Jennings went to Bridgeport Saturday night with a roll of bills to replenish his wardrobe. A man and a woman were detained after a theft allegation and a half dollar found under the thiefs hat band led to the recovery of the missing roll later found under a clothing store box. The man was jailed and the woman released. Rev Robert J Thompson will lead Trinity church services next Sunday and speak at Greens Farms 200th anniversary exercises. A separate note: Luin B Switzer reports a poultry order from Los Angeles and other local items appear in the town update.
Practical notes cover camphor for wood rings and paint smell, odor removal with water changes, oxalic acid for white willow hats, cleaning plumes with gasoline, washing aigrettes, and a vegetable brush. Recipes include leftover baked beans soup, fruit sauces, ice from fruit mincemeat, and a pastry filling. Tips on dyes, noseglasses, cloth care, darning, and disinfectants, plus cookies, gauze unions, and preventing tearing.
A chain of practical home hints covers lace reuse for jabots, baking potatoes with a shiny peel, stain removal for serge, coffee leftovers turned into jelly or cake base, whitening handkerchiefs with pipe clay, relaxing facial muscles while working, cleaning discolored marble with a bathbrick paste, using large collar supporters to keep ribbons neat, preserving cabbage, cucumber, and furniture repairs with beeswax, and preparing walls before wallpapering with old newspapers.
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