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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
15
Exclusive Telegraph Service of United Presse Postoffice Bridgeport Connecticut marks this publication as second class. The notice appears as a routine postal designation for the Bridgeport area with references to local addresses and standard paper handling.
A careful review of city trees notes most street trees suffer from poor species choice distribution and neglect. The expert urges systematic planting, fertilization, pest control, and better spacing to improve urban beauty and health overall.
The piece rebukes Hill for touting himself as a tariff authority while noting the Payne Aldrich bill overestimated cotton duties by about a hundred percent. It argues he helped create high tariffs and now disavows them, claiming only the tariff board offers real insight, though its panels are called bungling.
A fragment from a political column hints at debate over tariffs and legislative timing in Congress. It references policy tensions and potential shifts in party positions without detailing specific actions or names.
The English Board of Trade inquiry questions Bruce Ismay on the Titanic disaster. Critics label him a coward for fleeing in a lifeboat while passengers perished. Ismay defends actions as justified by lookout limitations and faces sharp cross examination.
Census figures show 347692 males over twenty one in Connecticut with fewer than three quarters eligible to vote. About 92,454 are not sworn to foreign allegiance, and foreign born or children of foreign born residents comprise almost two thirds of the voting population, with eight cities housing nearly half. Bridgeport has many natives and large foreign origin groups, while in most cities immigrants outnumber natives.
The article notes Mr Roosevelt may fail to seat newly elected national committeemen favorable to him. Traditionally the convention’s sanction is needed to complete a member’s commission. With the committee under Taft’s control, custom blocks Roosevelt’s seating plan.
E T Bedford vice president of Standard Oil testified in Chicago on June 7 that glucose is simple corn syrup. The remark came during a case by D B Scully Syrup against Corn Products Refining over rebates tied to glucose supply and alleged monopoly. Scully argued no alternative glucose sources existed in 1908.
A poem celebrates the new woman who insists on full partnership in love. She stands firm on her feet, seeking a true man rather than a tainted father, and rejects obedience as she makes her own moral choices.
A crowd of angry housewives visited butchers around De Kalb and Sumner avenues Brooklyn demanding lower meat prices or to discard meat. At J Diamond's shop 924 De Kalb avenue a steel bucket shattered a window as the price protest led to temporary shop closures and warnings to reduce prices.
The New Jersey Supreme Court sustained a $10000 verdict awarded to Miss Lucy C. Hulbert a Washington Valley schoolteacher against Willis C. Arnold in a slander lawsuit. The opinion described the defamed statements as highly vile and injurious to a virtuous woman, warranting the upheld judgment.
Fred Gilman, a versatile vaudevillian and tobacconist, offered Poli's Theatre manager Kirby a stock of Oxford cigarettes and a full advertising display to outfit the drug store scene in The Fortune Hunter for next week. Wilson Hummel will supervise the stage setup with Gilman's wares in place.
The Western Federation of Miners adopts a resolution denouncing the Boy Scout Movement as a tool of militarism and capitalist control. It asserts the movement trains youth for obedience and potential militia service, urging labor unions to oppose Scout participation and spread anti Scout propaganda. Dr. Edwin F. Bowers signs the resolution.
The B M Read Company showcases Miss Phoebe Snow trunks in white fibre by Lieberman Bart lett. Skirt Trunk 42 in 39.50 Dress Trunk 36 in 32.00 Steamer Trunk 36 in 25.00 Hot Trunk 26 in 25.00 Also olive slate orange and chocolate colors with Italian satin fabrics and accessories. Tea Room offerings and small goods listed.
A well-kept bathroom adds daily joy with heavy plate glass shelves in three sizes. Nickel-plated brackets hold brushes, powder, razors, medicine, and tumblers. Featured in the Basement Toilet Section with low priced perfumes soaps powders dentifrices and sundries.
New York June 7 Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes announced plans to organize hotel house staff into a union. If successful the International Hotel Workers Union may order a sympathy strike by waiters. Strike leaders threaten hotel mechanics, but only limited walkouts occurred. Hotels report rapid replacement of staff and confidence in resuming normal service.
In Albany on June 7 Miss Elisabeth Geer of Watervliet, 92, married Edward Bowerman, 92, of Port Schuyler at her home. Bowerman, wealthy, began courting a decade ago when boarding at Geer’s home. Rev. Henry F. Hamlin led the ceremony with a small witness group.
Albany June 7 the Greene will shows Hannah Dwight Greene left most of her estate to three bellboys Edwin J Greenewood of Littleton New Hampshire George Hadenburg of Providence and Francee of Beaton only personal effects and jewelry go to relatives the aunt of Lucky Sheeren the mia speculator and wealth.
In Waterbury on June 7 the Robert Probst Hotel near Bantam Lake shut down with staff gone. Guests awoke to empty premises as the proprietor and wife departed with belongings, leaving guests to settle bills elsewhere.
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