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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
3
Baltimore June 22 Judge Alton B Parker named temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention will refuse to step aside to placate Bryan Norman E Mack chairman of the national committee via secretary says Parker swears to the fight to stay and will not withdraw
Bridgeport lodge of Elks will visit Derby next Tuesday afternoon to play Derby lodge representatives at baseball. They will bring a band and the players along with ropters on two special trolley cars. Cars depart the post office at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Manager McCann will pitch for Bridgeport and Jim O'Rourke will be catcher.
In Fairfield, nine divorce decrees were granted by five judges and Reed in superior court. Desertion was the ground in most cases, with no custody details given for minors. Couples include Herbert EB Sharps and Helen Turney, married 1904, and Susan L. Smith from Charles E. Smith, with various aliases and unknown residences noted.
Several public death notices recount the passing of Anson Tomlinson of La Follette Florida. also Brannigan and Hickey families announce funerals in Wisconsin and Connecticut with burial plans and church services. Dates indicate June 1913 events and interments at local cemeteries with mass offerings.
Coroner Phelan conducted a practical inquest into the collapse of a traveling coal car at the East End yards of the A T and S Company. Domenico Valentino was struck by roughly three tons of coal when rusted supports and a cable failed. He will have metal work examined for possible criminal negligence by company officials.
Patrick Doolan of 611 Grand Street, employed by United Aluminating Co., crushed his little finger in truck running gear used to haul electric light poles. Dr Curley at the emergency hospital sewed the injured digits as Doolan kept spirits up by whistling Silver Threads Among the Gold.
George W. Clark of New Jersey, a varnish salesman known here, was arrested for reckless driving by Motorcycle Policeman Clif ford N. Gorgas this afternoon. He posted $100 for appearance in City Court on Monday. A. Sayers, also arrested for riding a motorcycle with the muffler open, furnished $50 for release.
Richard H Halsey of this city will sail from New York on the Cunard steamer Campania next Tuesday for his annual business trip. He will visit London Glasgow Belfast and Paris, then take a pleasure tour with friends to the North Cape and through Norway. He plans to return August 4.
A second anniversary celebration of the Bridgeport Christian Union Mission featured a loving cup presentation to Assistant Superintendent John M. Larkin and a reading of Fanny Crosby's poem Anniversary Night by Rev. Simpson. Speakers included Rev. William Swanson Dr. George M. Brown and Harry B. Olcott. resolutions thanked Miss Crosby and Edwin B. Knowles.
Martin E. Glynn of West Haven Yale 1913 receives the Anthony E. Stanley scholarship of 200 dollars with the Lucius F. Robinson prize of 50 dollars for Latin excellence. He is the nephew of Mrs. Robert Thorne formerly of this city now in Port Chester.
Atlantic City N J June 22 J B Skatski of 2432 North Calvert Street Baltimore shot himself with a revolver in Fralingers Pavilion today crowd of women and children present a panic was narrowly averted His wife ee Baltimore police were non MISSION Tonight After an outdoor Salvation Army service Envoy W BS Rendle of Boston the converted bridge builder and contractor will speak He drank gambled and squandered 100000 since his conversion four years ago he built a business repaid over 10000 in bad debts and will tell others how to find God at Union 24 Bank Street Sunday afternoon at o oclock
Chicago June 22 Colonel Roosevelt smiled broadly as he emerged from the Congress Hotel to a packed conference room. A large crowd sought a glimpse of the ex president and shouted Stick to em Teddy. Roosevelt planned to stay in Chicago for a few days after the Republican national convention adjourns to hold talks with advisers and National Progressive Party supporters. A Roosevelt delegates meeting was held to explain their cases and a mass meeting would select temporary officers for the party. Governor Hadley of Missouri urged Roosevelt to stay in the convention and consider his options. Senator Bacon, from the Roosevelt conference room, said We are going to make them nominate Taft, but reporters received no further comment.
Baltimore tightens up for next week’s Democratic convention as hundreds of properties paint repair and spruce. Illinois committeeman Roger Sullivan dispenses advice on reading character and keeping a word. Mrs Thomas Taggart from Indiana speaks of home and politics while reporters and photographers capture the bustle amid fireproofing and long distance wires to Trenton and Washington.
Consumers receive small relief as beef price remains fixed at 14 dollars per hundred, a figure set last Monday. Market observers see little near term relief and warn that prices may stay high for now. Want ads rate is one cent a word.
Senator Archibald McNeil Jr a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore sails on Gen Bishop s yacht Akela with Gen Henry A Bishop as alternate. Other delegates depart New Haven this evening by sleeper trains and dine with Louis Stoddard at the Hotel Tatt before leaving.
Property owners complain that streets and sidewalks delays hurt rents and valuations as Streets and Sidewalks committee grapples with ten foot centers for trolley tracks. Aldermen accuse city attorneys, rail company, and grant delays, while owners demand track repairs and street protection from motor freight rivals.
A committee reports on delays in paving Fairfield Avenue from Main to Park, tracing issues to prior council orders, sewer construction needs, and disagreements between the Paving Commission and the Common Council. It urges the Business Men’s Association to ask the council to drop court actions and start paving promptly, noting potential impacts on merchants and the public.
Delegates at the Republican convention face pressure for a vice presidential pick as Taft forces consider Cummins Kenyon and Fairbanks. Crane and Murray Crane reportedly discussed Hadley accepting a possible nomination, but Hadley refused. Indiana delegates push Fairbanks, while New England debates linger over Western balance. Women and guests mingle in galleries as credentials work continues.
In a Saturday session of the superior court Judges Reed and Burpee granted six divorces. Cases included Cadette Cadette infidelity, Nelson Nelson desertion, Sladky Sladky desertion, Wycinowski Wycinowski desertion, Parsons Parsons infidelity, and Bell Bell cruelty. Details cover marriage dates and accusations of infidelity and desertion among the parties.
The item records several marriages and social events: Florence Parsons tied to Winfield Ketcham. Miss Hulda Lunden wed William Wiskee with Rev. F. A. Dillingham officiating, attended by many Bridgeport residents. Also mentions the Howland Dry Goods Co. and a February marriage to Miss Ayres.
Miss Grace Driscoll to wed Thomas Kirby soon after linen shower at Helen Driscoll home 112 Arch Street with out of town guests. Mr and Mrs D Homer Jennings to attend 60th Civil War battle anniversary in Gaines Mira with Fifth New York Duryea volunteers hosted by Confederate Veterans of Richi. Rev Howard Lafield stationed in Wisconsin to officiate at Church of the Nativity in North Bridgeport Sundays at 8. Misses Avina and Marcella Rickard to sail from New York for Europe motor trip tied to Olympic games. Brooklawn residents await trolley extension from Brooklawn club to Stratfield Baptist church slated to run August 16 on single track to road center.
Report from Teddy's notes concessions by the committee to the President and the prospect of no floor fight to adopt the minority report. Hadley cites Roosevelt’s disappointment over a committee defeat, while La Follette followers push for a progressive platform in a minority report.
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