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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
2
The Meadowbrook Club on Long Island shows a unit of wealthy polo players drilling as part of pre military training for Uncle Sam. The "millionaire cavalry company" undergoes hard drills in anticipation of service, highlighting wealth and patriotic mobilization during wartime.
The Interstate Commerce Commission closed hearings on a proposed 15 percent rail freight rate rise set for July. Western carriers argue higher rates are needed due to wages, taxes, fuel, and supplies, citing potential profits loss from current conditions.
Positive evidence of liquor sales to soldiers in uniform has been obtained against Hoboken saloon keepers. Authorities announce they will enforce the law with penalties up to a $1,000 fine and one year in jail.
Albany June 13 Clifford R Pettis superintendent of state forests appointed recruiting officer for a regiment of woodsmen and rails workers to join the engineer reserve corps for early service in France. The unit forms part of the reserve and will be deployed abroad soon.
Big Fire and Water Sale Thursday at 9 30 a m by Keller Bros 1116 Main street offers 10000 pairs of wool blankets 18000 crochet bed spreads 3000 wool automobile rugs and other goods from fire water stock at bargain prices. Dillon & Co promotes summer hats and clothing plus store bargains for Bridgeport shoppers. Bethlehem Steel employee enhecrared 4406000 to the Liberty seen in five days.
Local interest rises for the wedding of Dr. Daniel H. Lawler of 1700 North Avenue and Miss Eva Wright of Baltimore. The ceremony at the Catholic Cathedral will be followed by a reception at the Hotel Alta. Hundreds from Bridgeport plan to attend.
Carmine Casella aged 18 of 306 North Avenue Bridgeport would have joined the U S Army at Fort Slocum today if his mother had not refused consent. He passed all requirements except age and the mother’s plea to keep him at home for family support. Enlistments were brisk with four new Army and Navy members and three water forces added yesterday.
New Haven area forecast cloudy and warmer tonight with Thursday showers possible. High pressure over Colorado brings unusually low temperatures in the Rockies. Frosts reported in several places. Modena Utah records the lowest temperature for the date. Conditions favor generally cloudy skies and slightly higher temperatures locally.
Probate Judge Miller ruled last afternoon that a $10,000 trust created by the will of Ann Hunt, who died in 1888, is invalid under Connecticut law. The trust would have benefited religious charities and a Burrall heir, but the court held bequests to heirs violate perpetuity rules. An appeal to the superior court may be filed by Mrs Burrall’s heirs, as the stake nears $12,000.
Bridgeport building commissioners approved 14 new permits totaling 31 900 dollars for various projects. Notable items include a brick one story building on Bostwick avenue and Osborne street for Jacob Levy, two frame sheds for Remington Arms U M Co, a cottage on Exeter street for Marco Marcus, and multiple garages and two family houses on streets such as West Liberty Warren Garfield Alpine and Bartram.
Stratford’s town court disposed of nine cases in a single day led by Deputy Judge Frank E. Blakeman. Defendants included Isadore Savin charged with reckless driving. Clinton Brown and William Williamson fined for reckless driving. Louis Pischer fined for driving without a license. Andrew Handes Joseph Johnson and Nicola Bolando fined for shooting craps. Stanley Keller ordered to pay $10 weekly support or six months in jail. Walter Murray tied to theft of a cigar case from Charles Miller.
Royal Seaside council R A meets tonight to outline plans for a social year, including the Fairfield anniversary union dinner and a Stamford trip. An entertainment will follow the business meeting with refreshments. Notre Dame awarded Rear Admiral Benson the Laetare medal. Treasury reports Mexican oil tax up to 11 pesos per ton for cruise oil.
Edward Lonergan bankrupt in Bridgeport. Stratfield hotel building involved. Auction to raise funds. 1227-1229 Main Street selling entire stock at retail with deep discounts. Notable offers include $7.85 suits, $6.98 overcoats, and 95 cent collars, with refunds if customers are not satisfied within four days. Store open evenings. Lonergan’s name listed for the sale.
Brigadier General W A White and his son Second Lieutenant C J White appear in a photograph. C J White, the general's son, enlisted at seventeen with his father's consent and served nine months in French trenches before joining his father’s recruiting staff in the United States. He is eighteen and will return to France at nineteen to fight. General White heads the British recruiting commission in America.
Samuel J. Braham a haberdasher at 95 Fairfield avenue testified in common pleas court that he did not knowingly purchase stolen items from Samuel Monaskhin who serves time for robbing Simon Klein on East Main street. Klein seeks 1600 dollars. Braham says goods were drummer's samples. Court reserved decision.
A World Outlook excerpt contrasts West Coast South American peon labor under harsh conditions with Ireland’s ancient round towers. It notes Indian servitude on plantations and mines, while detailing tower construction, priests and Danes, ladders reaching upper doors, and possible ninth to thirteenth century origins.
The article describes the Island of Fire in Java as a home of hot devils. It sits in a large lake of boiling mud with bubbles five to six feet across that rise and explode. It also notes the largest snow lake sighted from Hispar Pass in the Karakoram range covering over 300 square miles and a Swiss sea of ice altered by solar heat creating fissures. It ends with a passage on work by Dean Herman Schneider stating people are most efficient when their work satisfies them and rewards include liberty and happiness. Animals lack rhythm though they can be taught to dance.
A collection of brief observations and anecdotes including Dr Craiz of the University of Maine on musical syncopation, Keeler's burial at Allegheny with Brashear sealing the ashes, a basic note on earthquakes, a quip about a dumb man in court, breakfast habit jokes, and etymology of Africa tracing to Phoenician and Sanskrit roots.
Taste buds are flask shaped pockets on the tongue surface and upper throat. Each bulb connects to nerves. dissolved or gaseous substances must reach them to be tasted. Taste intensity varies with nerve transmission and is affected by temperature. taste is strongest around 50 to 60 degrees.
The Oxford India paper, a thin tough opaque type, was first produced in England at the Clarendon Press paper mills in 1875 for printing a Bible edition. Its production methods remain undisclosed in trade secrets.
The London Tatler notes the earliest steeplechase as a 1752 match between Edmund Blake and Mr O Callaghan over four and a half miles of rough country between Buttevant church and St Leger church spire.
Describes drawn glass as strong and fire resistant. Notes it withstands sudden temperature changes and is suitable for many purposes. Mentions its durability and potential applications in various industries.
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