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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1916

Page

3

Remonstrance Signed Against Big Sewer Assessments

About 4200 East Side taxpayers in the common council chamber last night signed a remonstrance opposing sewer assessments for the Knowlton Street trunk line. Frederick C. Mullins urged guarantees the figures won’t rise and questioned paying for both trunk and lateral sewers. The hearing firmed the board’s role as determining shares, not abatements, and the crowd debated benefits without a response from those who felt unbenefited.

Frederick C. Mullins East Side Knowlton Stieet Mr. Mullins Abe S. Geldulg Board of Appraisal of A. H. Ter I James A. Turner Kingston

Connecticut Suffrage News details county conventions dates

The report lists changes in suffrage convention dates across Connecticut counties. Events include New Haven at the Lawn Club with Mrs. Carlos F. Stoddard and speakers Mrs. T. W. Hepburn and Emily Pierson. Hartford with Miss Mary Bulkley. Windham in Putnam chaired by Rosamond Danielson on June 17. Fair-Geld and Tolland conventions in Rockville and other sites. New London July 19 led by Katharine Ludington. Middlesex and Litchfield postponements. state board reports from Chicago. clocks advancing in France June 14 and England May 20.

Howard Porritt Hartford New Haven Lawn Club Carlos F. Stoddard T. W. Hepburn State Association Emily Pierson Hartford County Mary Bulkley Wns Windham County Rosamond Danielson Putnam Putnnam Tolland Rockville F. T. Maxwell Chicago Maxwell Pertisttand New London County Katharine Ludington W. A. Norton Willis Austin Norwich Frederick Sykes New London Middlesex County Litchfield County A. B. 8. Taylor

Bridgeport Man Promises Memory Training Demonstration

Henry J. Sutton, advocate of the Berol memory method, aims to help Bridgeport residents memorize data. He will lecture at the War Merhall M C A on Monday night, recalling his rate book and demonstrating memory techniques to interested locals aged over 16.

Bureau of Statistics Henry J. Sutton Berol Bridgeport M. William Berol Sutton

Record crowd expected at Stage Employes concert

Stage Employes stage a second annual grand concert at the Plaza next Sunday night to benefit the local sick fund. Aimed at a high banquet of entertainment, the program includes many novelties and a five part Bluebird feature Naked Hearts. Tickets are on sale at the Plaza box office today and tonight.

Plaza Bridgeport New York

Alumni Drama Club Stages Don in Poor Weather

The B H S Alumni Drama Club presented Besier's comedy Don at the high school auditorium amid bad weather and a malfunctioning curtain. Cast members Frederic Harrison Julia Farnam Elwood Weise Edward ONeil Vaughn Garner Ruth Macdonald Marguerite Linehan Helen Rosenthal drew praise for strong performances while the show supported the Margaret Faith Somerset Memorial fund for aspiring students.

B. H. S. Alumi Drama Club Don Frederic Harrison Albert Thompsett Julia Farnam Mrs. Bonnington Elwood Weise Canon Bongington Edward O'Neil Vaughn Garner General Sinclair Ruth Macdonald Bertram

City auditor to be elected under commission form

The council committee voted to create an independent city auditor office, elected by voters with a 4000 dollar salary, removable by four of five commissioners. a deputy at 2500 dollars and prepayment of bills for discounts suggested. The same meeting covered a wartime note of the English people and political rhetoric, a wedding notice, and legislative vote on women's suffrage in Louisiana.

Lucien T. Warner Clarence R. Hall Louisiana House

Thrifty Actors and Oddities From City Columns

A collage of readable items notes versatile actors with day jobs like barber and tailor in a Boston stock company. Humorous scraps from London Telegraph and Detroit Journal section about tramps, fires, ducks, Browning’s eyes, seriousness, a spitting snake, and a health hint on ringing ears.

Boston E. A Sothern Scribner’s Magazine

Quotations and Quips From Silent Pages

A collage of witty exchanges and paired proverbs from newspapers like the New York Post Washington Star and Detroit Free Press. Short humor strips touch on marriage secrecy public manners and sly social foibles with dated cadence and social satire.

Two Myrtle Beach Cottages For Auction June 10

Saturday June 10 at 2 30 P M Pole 108 Myrtle Beach Milford Conn two shore cottages one a bungalow and one a cottage all furnished and ready to live in at once Open for inspection before the auctionBest bathing section boating ideal for summer or winter home owner seeks buyers to consider the bargain and time against mine to sell these cottages

Pole Myrtle Beach Milford Conn

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