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Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1909

Page

16

Frisbie Pie Promotion Promises Satisfaction

Pie Plant Pies now being made. Try one. They're OK. Be sure and order that Frisbie Pie from your grocer today. It will enhance the dinner and everybody will be satisfied.

Generous Mr Dunne Gives Big Bell to Church of Assumption

Westport notes a summer resident from Green's Farms, James Peter Dunne of Brooklyn, donates a $1,000 bell for the Church of the Assumption in Westport. The Meneely Bell Co. will craft the bell. a Carrara marble statue of the Blessed Virgin will soon be placed. Father Duggan and parishioners express gratitude.

Dunne Church OF Assumption Westport J. J. Diegan Church of the Assumption James Peter Dunne Brooklyn N. Y Green's Superior Meneely Bell Co Troy Dunhe Father Duggan Carrara Italy West- Port Hartford

Jeffries May Meet Ketchell In Possible Title Bout

Montreal June 11 Jim Jeffries former heavyweight champion says if Ketchell defeats Johnson in October he will face Ketchell instead of Johnson and would consider it a title match pending Ketchell's challenge The veteran boxer asserts Ketchell or he can pierce Johnsons defense and predicts a knockout and a successful championship bid for Ketchell if the outcome favors him

Montreal Jim Jeffries Jack Johnson Stanley Ketchell Johnson Ketchell Michigan Lion Jeffries Giant Stanley Tallor Cutter

K O C Plans Memorial Service and Field Day

The Knights of Columbus Chapter in Bridgeport plans a memorial service for deceased members on Columbus Day October 12. With the day now a legal holiday, observers expect statewide participation. The local chapter also organizes a field day with five councils, aiming for the largest event of its kind in Bridgeport.

Knights of Columbus Commonwealth Great Order Order Bridgeport

Flag Day Exercises at Lincoln School

Closing and Flag Day exercises were held at Lincoln School this afternoon. The graduating class of Room 18 led performances including The American Flag, Salute, Star Spangled Banner, President's Address by Frank Smith, and various musical numbers by rooms 17 and 18. Personal mention notes George G. Carr will attend Hudson Valley Firemen festivities in Hudson, New York.

Lincoln School Frank Smith Alys Maddell Kaloola Helen Mattoon Genevieve Quin- Tan Ocean Dreams Arthur Keating Ti Trovatore America George G. Carr Hudson, N. Y Hudson Valley Firemen

Obituary notices from June deaths in Connecticut towns

Died notices list Frederick H Ayres aged 1, Joseph Taylor aged 82, William H Finch aged 59, Samuel Burr Belden aged 82, Gussie H Scofield wife of William H Scofield, Amanda S Wright aged 76, Harriet Balcom aged 50, Emma J Wilson aged 66, William H Sherwood of Cranbury, Aaron G Sherwood aged 71, all with respective June dates across Stamford Glenbrook Noroton Norwalk Torrington Winsted Bridgeport Cranbury and related towns.

Ayres Stamford Frederick H. Ayres Taylor Glenbrook Joseph Taylor Finch Noroton William H. Finch Belden Norwalk Hospital Samuel Burr Belden Scofield Gussie H William H. Scofield Wright Torrington Amanda S. Wright Balcom Harriet Balcom Wilson Winsted Emma J Oliver E. Wilson Norwalk Sherwood Bridgeport William H. Sherwood Cranbury Aaron G. Sherwood

Awful Fate of Inartistic Cutters and Bee Keeping

The page surveys crafts and social quirks with brief anecdotes. It discusses dull tailoring harming reputations, a method to deter bee swarming by clipping a queen’s wing, portraits of Paul Jones, a farmer teaching a cow to trespass for survival, Stonewall Jackson’s looks, the old saying the world owes a living, a comic exchange about an automobile and finances, and notes on rhetoric, laws against elaborate meals, blank verse, hair growth, and household humor.

Dallas Lore Sharp Society For the Prevention of Cruelty Charles IX France

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