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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1916

Page

4

New York Stock Exchange Quotations Report

Reported over private wires of L Watson & Co Bridgeport Conn members of NYSE June 12 1 30 p m Allis Chalmers Copper Saint Louis list and several major equities with bid quotes shown including General Electric Interborough Metropolitan and U S Steel. Price listings include fractional and percentage quotes from multiple issues across metals coal and utilities.

R L. Watson & Co Corner Main John Sta Bridgeport Conn New York Stock Exchange Alls Chalmers Allis Chalmers Car & Fay Great W Great W. Pra Onto Chesapeake ‘Consolidated Gas Fuel & Tron Jorado Southern Bible Steel Veen Rilo G Distinteries Securities Erie General Electric Northern Ptd Northern Ore Illinois Central Inspiration Copper Interborough Met Int Met Marine Int Marine Pr Kansas City Lack Steel Louis & Nashville Lehigh Valley Maxwell Motor Max Miami Copper Missouri Pacific Montana Power Met Pet National Lead Co A & Western Kern Pacific Boston T. L. Watson & Co Arizona Allouez Cal Cal & Hecla Centennial Daly West Hancock Isle Royale la Salle Mayflower Michigan Mohawk New Arcadian North Butte North Lake Old Dominion Osceola Quincy Saint Mary's Shannon U.S

Stock Market Opens With Broad Gains As News Backs Rises

New York stocks rose at the opening with U S Steel leading advances of a point amid 1400 to 2000 shares traded. Rail and marine issues gained, munitions stocks up 1 to 2 points, Airbrake up five. Noon profits pressure trimmed some gains yet broad demand for rails and New York Central persisted. Central Federated Union aided by opposition to the Silver Compulsory Military Service law. Frank S Usabick of Chicago killed his wife and four children then committed suicide.

New York U. S. Steel Reading St. Paul Baldwin Locomotive Mexican Petroleum New York Central Canadian Pacific New Haven Frank S. Usabick Chicago

Roosevelt's Refusal Helps Stock Market Surge

New York June 12 trading opened with substantial advances as Roosevelt declined the nomination of Justice Hughes. U S Steel and leading railways rose 1 to 2 points, New York Airbrake up five, with active commission house buying and short covering. Louise Colet, born Aix 1810, faced danger during a Naples Ischia stint as fever struck the island, prompting her rescue by a friend.

New York Waill Street Justice Hughes Col. Roosevelt U.S Steel Louise Colet Aix Isle of Ischia Gulf of Naples

Unexplainable thoughts on virtue and vice in city life

Excerpts from Detroit Free Press and London Standard pondering moral contrasts. A Chicago-like remark on husbands and wages contrasts with a tale of Arab guides aiding British sailors, crossing 115 miles of featureless Libyan desert described as black magic by the London Standard.

Arras Tara Libyan London Standard

Matchless Dick Grace Romance Misreads Proposals

A fragmented OCR note hints at a story about Dick Grace and a girl whose suitors dwindled, prompting her father to be convinced. The line breaks and odd spellings obscure clear details but imply a historical romance or matchmaking mishap tied to the two names and an old suitor count.

Dick—Grace Harry Cocklyn Eagle

Be Ready to Face Each Day and Resolve Its Affairs

Philosophical admonition about daily readiness and the link between preparedness and facing death. A reflective reflection urging practical action and mental discipline to live without delay. Emphasizes seizing the present and organizing one’s business before crisis.

Bargain Cottage and Two-Family Home in North End

A neat five room cottage and two family house with all improvements sits in the best North End location within five minutes of the trolley. Reasonable terms offered. Address Bargain care of Farmer Diza.

North End

Bridge of Boils and Jackstones Across Ages

A collage of notes on a Peru railway bridge named Puente de las Verrugas or Bridge of Boils after a bubonic plague outbreak during construction. Includes a cultural aside on the ancient game of knucklebones known as astragal and its varied historical materials and names.

Boils Sir John Aird Peru Lima Oroya Puente de Las Verrugas Scotland London Globe

Civilization rises like the tide says B O Flower

A concise quotation on civilization by B O Flower compares progress to an advancing tide. It notes that humanity moves to higher altitudes with each advance, though progress ebbs and flows. The remark emphasizes enduring improvement over time.

B. O. Flower

Public Hearings Set on Connecticut Company Track Relocations

The State Highway Commissioner announces hearings under Section 4 of Chapter 217 on petitions by the Connecticut Company for relocating tracks in Milford Stratford and Farmington. Details cover Milford Cherry Street River Street to Gulf Street and River Street relocation. Stratford double tracking East Broadway Main Street to Blakeman Place and a crossover on Main Street. Farmington Spur track on Farmington Road near West Avon with associated curves and wires. Hearings at State Capitol Hartford on June 15, 1916.

Connecticut Company Milford Stratford Farmineton Cherry Street River Street Gulf Street Bridgeport Lines New Haven Conn W.R. Dunham, Jr M. of Way Connecticut W. R. Dunham, Jr East Broadway Main Street Blakeman Place Farmington Road West Avon Farmington Hartford Lines Hartford Martinee Aaneeeper Pene Charles J. Bennett

CERTILAX Laxative Promises Gentle Cleanse

BAD BREATH is caused by a disordered stomach and CERTILAX, "The Certified Laxative," claims to address the root and purify the system. It acts gently on bowels and liver, surpassing Calomel without bad after effects, made from a New York specialist’s formula and popular with over five hundred physicians. Available at drug stores or direct from Curts Chemical Co, 117 K 4th St, New York.

New York City New York Curts Chemical Co 4Th St

Recupertabs Nerve and Blood Tonic Promoted

Recupertabs claimed to be derived from Dr Albert Robin formula. They are advertised as effective for nervous exhaustion mental low mood and general debility with glycerophosphates supplying necessary elements. Sold at stores for 50c or 1.00 per package and by mail from Bisa Curts Chemical Co New York. Distributed in Bridgeport and vicinity through J D Had, Fairfield Avenue.

Albert Robin Phynetsian Paris Bisa Curts Chemical Co Wee 23Rd St New York Bridgeport

Rheumatic Remedy Praised By Satisfied Patients

Mr A Goldman of Victoria Texas says the medicine pleases him and he highly recommends it. F W Geraty of New York reports long rheumatism relief after using the product within forty eight hours. Hill s Rheumatic Remedy is sold at one dollar per bottle and claimed to cure. agents wanted nationwide with earnings potential.

Hill E. M. Ehlers Sed’y. Grand Lodge Masons of New York City Hill Medicine Co East 34Th St New York

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