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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
8
Cleveland in Boston. St Louis in Philadelphia. Detroit in Washington. The brief item notes landmark MLB and sports records across cities, highlighting team journeys and venues as the season progresses.
New Britain defeats Holyoke at Newfield park as Carson stars for the visitors and Hodges shuts down the Orators. Errors fuel the home team’s loss in a game marked by six early New Britain runs and a decisive early lead.
Yesterday's results show Springfield 7 over Northampton 3. Holyoke 10 over New Haven 5. Hartford 3 over Waterbury. Bridgeport-New Britain 4, Bridgeport 0. Tonight Holyoke plays two games here. today Holyoke hosts Bridgeport with New Haven at Hertford and Waterbury at Northampton.
The Hartford Times outlines next week's home and away games with teams like Ford on Thursday and New Haven Monasy Holyoke Friday Northampton Saturday. It notes players such as McKenna and Marty Phelan for Orators and mentions Downey, Hodge, and Irwin among others. Downey shines in Red's win over New York.
Tomorrow’s city league schedule lists Newtfields vs White Plains at West End Park 3 15, Ends vs Fort Slocums 2 30, Orioles vs Northmada 3 15, Westerns vs Lincolns 3 00, and several junior matches at Avon Park East End Yards Brookla wn. A separate dispatch from Walled Press reports public hangings in Columbia S C after confessed killings, and a bribery case involving Patrick Calhoun and United Railroads in San Francisco.
A chaotic Industrial League night ends with the PeWikenort Brass Co team losing two games after a special meeting uncovers an ineligible player. The committee ruled both results forfeited, leaving the Brassies at the cellar as management faces sanctions.
Manager Kent discovered he erred by playing a man believed to be a factory employee. League rules state a team cannot use a non bona fide employee, and any such games are forfeited to the opponents. Despite the setback, the Brassies remain in strong contention, having lost two games by slim margins.
Edward Payson Weston reports progress on his 100 day cross country walk from New York to San Francisco. He notes two consecutive days of walking and explains food shortages along the route as he seeks farming towns for fresh milk and eggs.
United Press reports indicate the Katherine Clemmons Gould divorce suit against Howard Gould will extend at least two weeks with potential continuation into a third. Mrs Gould remains on the stand as cross examination continues and her testimony may implicate Cody and Farnum while revolved around large expenditures and alleged spying.
The New York Central will start a twenty two hour Chicago to Boston run on June 12, improving time by two and a half hours. The Boston train will be named the Overland Mail leaving Chicago at 25 A.M. and arriving in Boston next morning. A New York to Chicago train will take twenty four hours and forty minutes, leaving at 5 20 P.M. and arriving next day.
Report from Paris states Corey and Mrs Corey were involved in a Thursday collision near their chateau Villebon. Initial damage underestimated with a Santana Wesnaee mentioned in relation to the Chateau.
John Gunshannon of the State Commission on Tuberculosis will be invited to visit Bridgeport to lecture on stamping out consumption. The Bridgeport Relief Association ruled to secure his presence at a city hall meeting held last night. Transport bearing five hundred Turkish troops stranded off Dishda. many passengers drowned amid rumors Arabs caused the disaster.
A collage of brief items on natural history and social scenes including a note on the oriole's hunting of bees for honey, an illustration of a man’s life from childhood editor to elder status, a 1771 chignon anecdote, and light dialogue about a faux heirloom ring.
A Farmer advert promotes golf with a quip about beginners and enthusiasts. The remark links poor play to greater exercise, reflecting a lighthearted take on the game and its appeal to readers.
A poem-like ad urges readers to seek ANATOMEE Science-made shoes as a cure for lame-knee, flat-foot, broken ankle, and other leg ailments blamed on footwear and modern life. It contrasts slow movement and disease with a promised solution and fresh air.
An advertisement states a prescription for nervous debility and weak manhood cures. It offers to mail a copy of the remedy instructions, from Dr. A. E. Robinson in Detroit, free in a plain sealed envelope to any man requesting it.
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