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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1910
Page
8
Billie Burke stars in W. Somerset Maugham comedy Mrs Dot at Jackson's theatre tonight. Burke plays a young widow with a large fortune who asks a man to marry her and is refused, then marries him in the end. Seat sales are unusually heavy with many desirable seats still available for early buyers.
Residents discuss location of a new federal building after Bulkeley bill authorization. Collector J Rice Winchell supports keeping the post office at the present site while others push for a new on Bulkeley Avenue. A youth, John Zieldeldt aged 17, paid $2 after riding a bicycle on Bassick Avenue as Bicycle Policeman Hayes made the arrest.
Nearly three hundred members and guests of John F. Rogers Council K of C gathered at the Stratfield to mark the third anniversary. Major William Flynn led the toasts praising the council’s early founding and promising prosperity while attorney John J. Phelan reviewed the Knights of Columbus history.
Four Connecticut congressmen backed the postal savings bank bill in the House fight Henry Hill Higgins and Sperry voted yes Tilson abstained Hill argued the Senate bill’s socialist features were removed and backing the House bill Connecticut did not need a postal savings bank Henry said he opposed the bill but obeyed the Republican platform and Taft’s wishes hoping time proves it prudent
A United Press special from Badajoz Spain reports the Portuguese army is in near mutiny. Despatches claim King Manuel will abdicate and the Duke of Oporto will ascend the throne. Rumors say the royal family may seek refuge in Spain as Lisbon faces a potential coup.
St Petersburg reports police in Borissov investigate arson that burned a large part of the city. Several suspects were arrested and allegedly confessed that a group called Jem palters planned the blaze as anti Jewish attack.
Robert Grant of 288 Nichols Street faced the city court for refusing to support his wife. He delivered an impassioned plea but received 60 days in jail or a $200 bond to guarantee $5 weekly support, choosing the weekly payment. A later note announces Ad Wolgast defending his world title tonight against Jack Redmond in Milwaukee.
Fall River, Mass. June 10. More than 5,000 employees of seven cotton mills face loss of a $35,000 payroll as works shut down indefinitely on alternate weeks next week. Mills owned by M. C. D. Borden of New York blame dull cloth markets. Tomorrow, Saturday, will be the last day of a Great Anniversary Sale at E. H. Dillon & Co. 1105 Main St with bargains on hats, flowers, ribbons, wools, and apparel.
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