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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
9
A fragmented Q and A-style survey covers canal length, presidential flags, Alexander Graham Bell, and U.S. citizenship rules for presidents. It notes the canal’s forty-mile estimate, Bell’s birth in Edinburgh and move to Canada, noon and a.m. usage, and historical U.S. Senate figures including Blanche K. Bruce.
Mayor Clifford B. Wilson announced Hartford reports that Governor Holcomb has pressed direct nominations to President Wilson for five local exemption boards in Bridgeport. Each board will include one physician member to hear exemption claims from military service.
The city purchased two Steuben street properties to add to Waltersville school which has faced overcrowding. The parcels, owned by James London and by Charles B. and Fred C. Roselle and Louis Knockemhauer, cost $12,500 in total with $7,500 for the London site and $5,000 for the RoselleKnockemhauer parcel. Both plots lie on the north side of Steuben street and adjoin each other.
Fairfield County Agricultural Department and the Fairfield County Association for Mobilization of Resources announce 288 thousand glass jars and 300 thousand heavy rubber lids ready for housewives at actual cost. The central warehouse in Middle Street stores the supplies, with complete canning outfits also distributed at cost. The association highlights seed distribution, fertilizer purchases of 800 tons, bank credit with minimal red tape, and farm implement sales at cost. Bulletin No. 5 outlines official purchases. No. 6 details plans for Industrial Transportation Military Welfare departments as the program expands with meetings in each town to explain work and labor needs for harvest time.
Loretta McElroy daughter of John McElroy of 1357 Park avenue married J Sydney Powell of Buckingham place Tuesday morning at St Augustine's R C church. Rev Robert J Bowen officiated and sang the nuptial mass. The couple will reside at 44 Maplewood avenue after a southern honeymoon. Powell works at Remington Arms U M C Co and the bride formerly worked as a stereographer. They received many gifts during the celebration.
Prof G W Savory of Los Angeles California will give a free chalk talk at the M C A Friday evening on Brain Building and Character Reading The lecture aims to help young men with unsettled life work questions and will include a Q A session Savory recently spoke in Washington D C to 40 clubs schools and churches and is described as witty rapid and original with a large attendance expected.
King George sends message to Field Marshal Haig praising General Plumer and the Second Army for driving the enemy from entrenched positions on Mes sines ridge. A high French officer calls the attack a model of a modern assault, and Plumer is noted for a long service record in the Sudan and South Africa.
Government plans to pool all print paper for wartime needs under a federal agency. The proposal envisions operating mills with current management and distributing through existing channels, ensuring public good with fair production costs and profits, similar to British wartime measures.
Rev William H. Jepson of Bridgeport, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, was appointed assistant secretary to the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut. The appointment was confirmed at the annual convention in Stamford yesterday which also approved plans for a Hartford cathedral project.
Judge Reed of the superior court awarded John F. Healy and wife 110 dollars plus costs for damage to property on Stratford avenue near the Bronx hotel. They claimed encroachment removal of soil and undermined sidewalk. Damages of 750 dollars were asked. In a Milford versus Norwalk case W L Raffel won 3066.47 dollars on a note.
A June 13 morning paper notes Sinn Fein threats to oppose the wartime bye election truce in Ireland, especially in south Dublin and the east, despite the truce largely being observed in the main parts of the country.
German language instruction at the Café school of applied science is abandoned for the war period. French will replace it because German technical papers are unavailable and many Case students are entering the army and will need French. Dr. Charles S. Howe, president, announced the decision.
New Haven June 13 Orders from Gov Holcomb direct that local registration boards stop registering applicants and instead report each name to the U S district attorney. Boards may employ sheriffs deputies or other officers to enforce the orders. Police will assist in probing reports of men failing to register.
A compact excerpt explains heat as molecular vibration and describes absolute zero, molecular motion, and collision rates. It then recounts tarantula habits, the tarantula hawk wasp attack, and the warmth of tarantula bodies during egg incubation. Lighter jests and historical notes follow, including a quip about languages and Continental currency.
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