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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1910
Page
2
New York report says Joseph Pulitzer owner of the World and Globe-Democrat is returning to New York aboard his private yacht in serious condition after recent trips to Berlin and Vienna for eye treatment. Friends fear a renewed illness may prove fatal.
Stratford residents gathered at the town hall for a large whist social to aid St James build ing fund with many Bridgeport visitors. Prizes included furniture and china from local donors, a $5 gold piece, roast beef, cigars, and wooden flags noted amid modest patriotism. A later church event offered a strawberry supper at Columbus Farms to support Park street Congregational church.
Miss Schwartz and Miss Whalen spearhead a Sherman school fundraiser to send Miss Smedley to the mountains for health and teaching readiness. John Boyle attended the Morris Cove Druggists Convention in his new car, drawing rural interest. Bishop Nilan expected to confirm a large St Thomas class. Sherman pupils showcase work at mothers and visitors day. The postmaster salary reduced from 2000 to 1900. Loretta Perry joined Bridgeport DAR, Mrs. Bennett of Fairfield suffers paralysis with feared fatal outcome. she is Oscar Perry’s sister and oldest of six. Ernest Deyo and wife return to Worcester after a town visit.
A report on Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth featuring elephants that play real tunes on brass instruments. The act includes elephants performing a harmony of familiar songs with a drummer using his tail and girls singing atop the elephants.
A Kansas City Star humor item treats the talkative barber as a historic relic. A barber recalls reading Plutarch to joke that Archelaus would trim in silence, while noting an amused manicure girl nearby in the same playful reflection.
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