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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
11
Wholesale and retail millinery ad announcing tomorrow's June Bargain Day with values on white summer hats straw hats skirts veils furs and wraps. Lists prices for untrimmed and trimmed hats children's hats and coats plus ostrich boas veils raincoats and fur scarfs. Come and do your bit.
A light cheeky note suggesting a Liberty Bond as a wedding gift option to bring happiness. The piece playfully frames government bonds as a way to bless the bride with security and cheer.
Growth of home garden clubs in St Charles and Sacred Heart parishes reflects broader community significance. Leigh E. Cobb notes America’s food role remains vital as gardens rise in Bridgeport with 300 more plots and about 3000 residents now engaged in garden work, essential for winter supplies.
A squad of soldiers accompanied by a guard brought two alleged deserters from the Connecticut militia to pole headquarters this morning. A note from Captain J Alden Enachman of the Tenth Company F A N G asks they be kept under lock and key until arrangements for imprisonment are made. The men gave names as Nicolas Catino and Vincent DeRosa.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and Saturday. A storm moving from Wisconsin toward Ontario weakens as it shifts east, bringing unsettled weather to the central states and local showers from Texas to Illinois. Temperatures remain steady east of the Rockies with mild, slightly warmer conditions locally.
Miss Maylah Hallock daughter of Andrew J Hallock and Mr L Phillips Morris son of Levi Morris of Newtown married at 2 pm yesterday at the bride’s aunt Mrs W B Prindle’s Newtown home. Rev William Prindle officiated witnessed by relatives and close friends.
More than two months after the city’s year 1916 17 ended, numerous departments such as police, charities and parks have not presented their annual reports. Reports were due around May 1, a month after year end.
Francis La Bault of New York is held without bonds by Judge Frederic Bartlett for a hearing next Tuesday on charges from two youths who say he brought them here by boat and lodged them in a Water street room at the Owl lodging house. He was arrested after the boys reported to police.
Police seek a young well dressed man who canvassed homes near Catherine and Genter Streets claiming to sell subscriptions for The Catholic Truth and to raise funds for St Patrick's parochial school. He swindled several housewives out of small sums.
A 17 year old arrested as a bellboy at The Stratfield was turned over to Worcester authorities who say he is Frank Healey though he claims the name Pierson and that he was not wanted there. He allegedly stole 45 dollars. The Post Office asks customers to use single two cent stamps and a ten cent stamp to cut paper supply use. CORTEZ 0 ROCKWELL plumbing and Heating 38051 Main and Hillside avenue. "Phone 826-3."
Three men and a woman linked to a drunken joy ride in a taxicab led to a midnight brawl on Main Street Clinton Avenue as chop suey bowls and a tea set were wielded as weapons. Special Policeman Melaney was struck. Knapp and two others were jailed overnight, with bond set at $100 each, pending further hearings.
Howard Hillcott, former New Haven president and railroad war board member, outlined a wartime plan to move essential freight first and suspend nonessential passenger service. The goal is to conserve power and motive力 to deliver fuel, iron ore, and coal, boosting industrial activity and supplies for next winter.
The first hearings under Senator Robbins B. Stoeckel the new motor vehicle commissioner were held at the county courthouse. Drivers faced suspensions for 30 days including Paul Brenier Edward Hoonarium and E Schine for reckless driving. Some cases of fatal accident participants were exonerated. Also a local ad notes a sale of summer millinery at HB Dillon & Co.
Advertising copy notes best quality cut steel beads sold cheap after water exposure. Some rusted pieces polished easily. Full bunches offered at 25 cents. Sale in art supplies venue.
Reports from the American agricultural army indicate improved prospects for the U S wheat crop in June. May weather favored growth of winter wheat in chief producing regions with harvests under way in the gulf states and northward to Indiana and Illinois. Spring wheat acreage is rising due to high prices while oats acreage is expected to exceed last year and the five year average.
Paris June 8 Gen Henri Berthe lot chief of the French military mission to Romania has been raised to the Grand Officer rank in the Legion of Honor. This honor recognizes his services in reorganizing the Romanian army. The Romanian premier in Petrograd says the army has been completely reorganized and ready to resume the fight.
American crew members of the Russian bark Margareta report the ship sank May 17 off the Irish coast after being shelled and bombed by a German submarine. The bark sailed from Beaumont Texas March 27 bound for Liverpool and was four masted of 1873 tons gross. The men arrived in Atlantic Port aboard an American steamer.
Members of the Fourth Company Conn Civilian Artillery Corps were presented a garrison flag by Uncas Lodge O U A M at a dinner in G A R hall. Capt. Arthur Bennett accepted the banner. British airmen raided the air drome at Niewmunster near the coast between Zesbruggs and Ostend but all machines returned safely.
Listings show engagements in New Milford Stamford Norwalk Danbury Westport and Noroton with dates June 2 to June 7 1917. Included are marriages Johnson Hunt Hickey Iskeyan Taylor Weiss Olmstead and many others plus a wartime note about aviator Schusfer and a call to beat the draft. Obituaries and funeral notices follow for Warwick Connell Gerte Kirk Hart Uhrlaub Gibson Reynolds Powers Sanderson Irvine Martin Gall Ripley Blydenburg Fuller Phelps and Callahan. Kathleen Burke returns from the Pacific Coast with funds for the Scottish Women’s Hospital.
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