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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1912
Page
2
P L Holzer urges a meat boycott as Pittsburgh restaurateurs express sympathy with women’s price agitation. A mass meeting at Homewood Carnegie Hall calls on butchers and packers to lower beef prices, backed by Mrs Flannery and local officials.
City Clerk Boucher reports replies from several cities invited to a New Haven conference on securing six fares for a quarter for trolley service. Willimantic declines, citing no council action. New Haven says Alderman Leon ard will attend. New London and New London’s Alder man Meehan listed as probable attendees, with Meehan chairing the railroad committee.
Registrars of voters finished canvasses in the Third and Fifth districts and are now busy in the Sixth district. William Louns bury praised the rapid growth near St. Vincent's hospital, noting a near doubling of dwellings and buildings over the past year.
A plumber identified as Jack McCourt was found murdered on the Main line tracks of the New Haven road near the Main street bridge. The body was discovered yesterday by an early train engineer. Letters in his pockets from his mother in Millbrook New York aided identification. McCourt had recently worked as a plumber in South Norwalk and was believed en route to New Canaan. Stamford, June 8. The body lay beside the tracks early morning.
An advertisement urges June brides to visit The Woman's Drug Store for feminine health items travel kits and skin care products. It promotes face and hand bleach and comforts for summer, with staff on site at 870 Main St near State St and telephone 1990. It also touts Crawford Laundry Co. for cost efficient washing services and modern equipment, inviting trials to attract steady customers.
Pittsburgh reports A B Langley, 50, who claims to own Hotel Putnam in Brooklyn Connecticut, is jailed at Central Station after a hotel help ad triggered a decoy sting. Langley, who lists Victoria Hotel New York as his residence, offered a decoy $3 after she refused $10 for rail fare, detectives say. Langley allegedly is not a hotel owner.
Danbury June 8 Harry Cobb 19 of Knoxville Tennessee and William Grosse 22 of Danbury were arrested on charges of attempted highway robbery. They beat John Lewis a teamster who refused to share his cigarette knocking him unconscious before a crowd gathered. police seek a third assailant.
Morton L. Hill of Lebanon Indiana reports his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint, swollen and bedridden for six weeks with eight doctors. After trying Dr Detchons Relief for Rheumatism she gained immediate relief and walked in three days. Sold by Curtis Pharmacy at 1149 Main St Cor Elm.
Emma Brewer of Stamford secured a divorce from William H. Brewer in Superior Court yesterday. Judge Reed ruled after testimony that Brewer met a blonde at Tom Sharkey's New York establishment. The pair had wed April 2, 1911, and the Sharkey incident occurred May 23, 1911.
Edith Clifton of this city sought a divorce from Henry R. Clifton claiming desertion for army enlistment. Judge Reed granted the decree. eloped in July 1903, married in Port Chester. Deserts noted September 29, 1904. maiden name Edith Brower. Meta G. Allen was granted a divorce from Charles Allen on cruelty grounds, after cross complaint. marriage July 29, 1903. Elizabeth Scofield obtained separation from Edward Scofield. desertion noted June 25, 1904. marriage September 3, 1902.
A report that rival campaign managers planted di-graphs in opponents quarters drew amused sighs from delegates. Machines and furniture were moved as proof. Penrose of Pennsylvania admits steamroller politics are problematic. Cummins of Iowa and Kenyon will head canal headquarters with a Cummins bid amid Alabama roll-call maneuvering.
A crowded listings page details Sunday worship with Holy Communion at Trinity Church and first readings at Church of the Nativity and St. Luke's. Multiple congregations including First Congregational, King's Highway, South Congregational, Park Street, West End, The People's Church, First Presbyterian, First Methodist, and Washington Park Methodist share service times, sermon topics, baptisms and Sunday School plans. Also listed are special events by Rev Maurice Ruben, Christian Jew, and an impending series on the Lord's Prayer.
An ad promises a free surgical grade recipe to cure nervous debility and weakened manhood. It claims a physician created the remedy, offers to mail a sealed copy without charge, and urges men to stop self medicating with tonics. The letter asks readers to request the recipe from Dr A B See at Beers and Co.
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