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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
2
The annual commencement exercises at Courtland School took place in the Stratfield ballroom at 11:30 this forenoon. An audience gathered as an orchestra provided a program and Professor Frederick Sykes of Columbia University delivered the address on “The Spirit of Youth.”
Mr Plant urged Connecticut cities to fund a college building bearing their name as part of the state endowment plan. He suggested Bridgeport as an ideal site for a hall of applied science or art. In Strat field this morning diplomas were awarded to Frances S Williams Helen Forsyth and Anne Elizabeth Jennings.
Charleston West Virginia June 18 a US Senate subcommittee moved to split its coal strike probe into two parts with one group led by Senator Borah focusing on constitutional voting rights convictions while the other examined general conditions amid normality after Gov Hatfield ended martial law and withdrew troops. Major Davis testified as the committee weighed Governor Hatfield’s refusal to provide last trial records.
Mildred Provost Whipple of Wilton aged 20 and James B Whipple aged 18 wed on June 27 1911 in Westport after a trolley ride proposal. She seeks annulment in Superior Court before Judge Case claiming lack of understanding of marriage's seriousness and that she consented only to prevent others from pursuing her. She attended a South Norwalk business college. mother learned of the marriage from a newspaper report. Judge Case reserved decision.
Hartford June 13 Judge Holcomb in Superior Court authorized Receiver Thomas J SpeNacy to pay a dividend of 25 percent to creditors of the New England Retail Wine and Liquor Dealers association. One of the prettiest new cotton shirtwaists is a plain white voile design with flowered voile trimmings.
Flag Day ceremonies at Barnum school featured the class gift presentation by Sherwood Wilmot to John J. Cullinan of the Board of Education. The program included songs, recitations, a play The First Flag, a Flower Dance, and diplomas and certificates for top spelling, with Miss Carrie B. Seelye praised for guiding the event.
In the Marsh Bros. versus William D. Blake case, the court heard that two jurors were observed talking with another man before court opened last Wednesday. Edward Marsh testified he saw the jurors near the map exhibit and believed a bystander joined the discussion. Edward G. Gillette of Easton was involved.
The third man admitted near the map but said he did not speak to the two jurors. The State's Attorney Judson withdrew the arrest of judgment. Judge Case took the papers on a motion to set aside the verdict. The action filed against Blake sought damages to Marsh Bros. auto from a collision. Blake counterclaimed. The jury ruled against Marsh Bros. on the original complaint and against Blake on the counter claim.
Henry C Fairchild, president of Fairchild & Shelton Co., retires after 40 years in the local soap industry. The company at 305 to 307 Housatonic Avenue is credited with its substantial growth. Fairchild, still active, says the rest is deserved and notes his role since partnering in 1872 with John C Shelton to form the firm.
The firm grew from bone sorting to soft soap and hard seep, expanding after a 1878 fire. It moved to a larger plant on Housatonic Avenue, faced supply challenges, and thrived after 1902 under family leadership. A new stock company forms with Ralph Fairchild as key officer, expanding nationwide and exporting across the ocean.
An advertisement for scalp treatment services by Harriet E. Sherwood located at 412 Security Building 1115 Main Street with a contact phone number. The offer emphasizes mantaucine related scalp care and lists the practitioner name and address for appointments.
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