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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
6
A vintage Dillon’s promotional card offers hats priced from 98 cents to 4 dollars 50 cents and 75 cents to 2 dollars with assortment valued from 3 to 15 dollars. It emphasizes the benefit of trading for stylish trimmed hats.
Stratford reports Dominic Ambrosse of South Avenue faced Judge Howard M Curtis on charges of stealing lumber worth 50 from contractor Falcone of Bridgeport. Lumber found on Ambrosse property. he cited a ill wife needing operation and pleaded for leniency. Sentence: 30 days jail suspended. Other notes cover Odd Fellows degree work, Stratford Veterans gathering, engagement of Charlotte Emily Johnson to Irving Webb, Get-Em-Out club, and local church services. Community events list attendees and local interests.
The forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight with cloudy morning on Sunday then fair weather. Connecticut期待 probable fair to night and Sunday with fresh south winds. Roosevelt letter to Harvard students argues compulsory service as essential for national endurance. Albany hosts the 1917 convention of the New Jersey Sunday School Association during its annual meeting.
Advertises Cyrus Roach Powder as an effective pest remedy to sprinkle where roaches gather. Claims to be harmless, clean to use, and that it won t drive roaches to neighbors. Priced at 20c and 35c for container sizes.
Miss Helen L Abberton daughter of Mr and Mrs James G Abberton and Dr Edwin B Weldon of the emergency hospital staff married today at 4 pm in Sacred Heart church rectory. Rev Matthew Judge performed the ceremony attended only by immediate families. The couple plan a wedding trip visiting Atlantic City Delaware Water Gap Greenwood Lake Boston before returning to 327 Broad Street Bridgeport.
Four persons drowned during floods along the Canisteo river near Hornell New York after heavy rains. Mrs John M Saxton and her son escaped as the car was swept down a hill. Frank ONeil from the state highway department survived. Peter Head Levi Mathewson died in the house driven into Purdy Creek. Mrs Stephens of South Canisteo later found on Erie tracks.
Social and personal note reports the Wednesday closing reception of C J Collins dancing class at Fairfield Beach pavilion, praising the event despite poor weather. Dancers listed include Dr and Mrs J Murray Johnson Dr and Mrs J J MacDonald Dr and Mrs C M Burnham and many others.
Connecticut veterinarians receive a circular outlining uniform tuberculin testing procedures for cattle to satisfy interstate requirements. The notice specifies pre and post temperatures, ear tagging, dose adjustments by size, and adherence to states like New York and Maine, with strict compliance demanded.
Representative Frank E Doremus of Michigan leads the Democratic congressional campaign committee as the fight to win a majority in the House of Representatives dominates national attention this fall. He is among the most active figures in the campaign. The election will also include thirty three United States senators. The president’s race remains prominent in voters minds.
New York on June 17 virtually lost skirt manufacturing as 60 000 workers strike over women s garments. Charles Heineman of the Manufacturers Protective association said 31 skirt only manufacturers remain and the last plant left the city yesterday.
Charles W. Brucker appointed administrator of the George M. Karle estate, with a half home interest at 160 Pacific Street and about $2,500 cash. Heirs include Frank M. Karle, Mary K. Pitt, Bertha A. Brucker, and John D. Earle. Appraisers Fred Pitt and James Dolan named. Fedla Paoletti named administrator of Lorenzo Paoletti estate, equity in 173 Steuben Street. Five children survive the widow. Earthquake felt in Forli Rimini. no injuries reported. Articles of incorporation filed in Dover by American Petroleum Corporation with $10,000,000 capital.
Connecticut Coast Artillery officers announce new enlistment papers for the National Guard under federal control. Recruits must serve three years in active duty and three years in the reserve, with reserves not called except in war or great disasters. The process includes oath, citizenship, and recruiting officer certification.
Vienna reports that after two years of conflict the belligerent state has shifted public psychology toward a war Normalcy, with stoic indifference and a drive to win. The piece notes desires for peace yet resolve to resist the Central Powers, alongside wartime leisure and oddities in Vienna Budapest life. It mentions a French opera revival and a gold parrot gift, plus drift toward fatalism on the firing line. Also references a Packard stock dividend, an aviation accident in Sapporo, and a Detroit AMA convention parade.
London June 17 The London Chamber of Commerce proposed postwar trade plans aiming for reciprocal trading within the British Empire and with Allied neutrals, with tariffs to prevent a prewar return and to support home industry and native employment. A tentative five year ad valorem tariff ranges from 30% to 10% for wholly manufactured goods and 5% on raw foodstuffs, raw materials exempt, with extra duties on enemy country imports. notes on partners’ fiscal relations and negotiations with Home and Dominion governments.
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