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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
14
A local shop markets ready to wear suits at fifteen dollars promising style and fit rivaling higher priced lines. The ad touts tailored construction by the same makers as higher tiers and a wide range of colors and sizes including stout and tall customers. It also advertises underwear and a broad lineup from ten to thirty dollars and emphasizes substantial values.
The June White Sale nears its end with high attendance and strong enthusiasm. The shop promises extra value on the final day with irresistibly low prices, featuring generous piles of delicate undergarments and a wide array of white wear for women and misses.
The Chicago clash between Taft and Roosevelt shocks local circles, breaking old alliances. Cecil Lyon of Texas supports Roosevelt while D W Mulvane of Kansas backs Taft, yet both maintain formal relations amid shifting loyalties.
Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg will decide today if he will arbitrate the Boston elevated strikers dispute now in its eighth day. Union leaders plan the largest labor rally in state history on Boston Common this Sunday with permission granted. An estimated crowd between 50,000 and 100,000 is expected near the bandstand as union members from across the city and state converge.
London celebrates the 27th birthday of King George V with the troop ing of the colors as the day’s main spectacle though the actual date passed with mourning in the royal court. The formal observance occurs while the king’s true birthday remains low key due to court mourning.
Forecast calls for rain late tonight and Saturday with slightly warmer temps and increasing easterly winds. Disturbances from the south and west bring rain across the wheat, corn, and cotton belts with heavy rain in Alabama and Georgia. High wind warnings extend from Jacksonville to New York. frost observed in northern New York and Vermont. Conditions: fair tonight with increasing clouds and rising temperatures, rain on Saturday.
An old Cyrus Pharmacy ad warns that bed bug infestations deter renting. It touts a 25 cent cleaning product Cyrus Presto Killer claiming to safely disinfect homes with no burning effect, urging owners to advertise cleaned houses.
77 members of Bishop Camp United Spanish War Veterans plan a 7:30 PM march from City Hall to the Elks Home. Members are urged to assemble at the State street entrance in uniform if possible, else civilian clothes with white gloves and badges.
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