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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
4
The Ringling Brothers circus brings a breathtaking act to Bridgeport on Friday June 25 a young French woman drives a car down a ramp somersaulting twice before landing fifty feet away. The show also features strongmen horses and other wonders.
John L Webster of Omaha and ex Senator W V Allen lead Nebraska banking interests in a Federal suit seeking a restraining order against the State Banking Board and Secretary Samuel Patterson. Fifty-two banks join in alleging the deposit guaranty act is confiscatory and unconstitutional, with indefinite assessment powers and impractical immediate depositor payoff.
Massachu setts will be attacked and defended in August by 15 000 troops from Massatts Connecticut New York New Jersey and the District of Columbia. Regulars and state militia will each contribute forces including infantry cavalry and artillery. Mobilization begins August 14 with Major Gen Wood as chief umpire. The mass effort will bring more soldiers to Massachusetts than since the Revolution.
Gustavus Betts returns from the West to visit his mother Mrs. Mary Betts. Miss Augusta M Campbell visits friends in Bridgeport and New Haven. Ernest Sanford John Beers Louis Edwards and Bert Beers attend Danbury exercises. Taxpayers vote at town meeting to accept Northrop proposal for Houlihan dog checks and $160.24. Newtown Bee office gets new paint. Mrs. L C Morris returns from New Bedford with daughter Mrs. S Howell Wright. Miss Julia B Duncombe of Bridgeport vacations with her mother Mrs George F Duncombe. John R Peck and family drive to Bridgeport. Mr and Mrs H N Greenman host Mr and Mrs Frank Mallet and daughter Frances of Tashua. Miss Mary Farrell of Hawleyville visits Bethel. Miss Loretta M Hayes hosts Edna Morgan of Bridgeport. Entrance examinations for High School set next Saturday at 9 am. Newtown High School announces new staff including Principal Curtis E Cooke and teachers Lulu Roberts and Mary Les.
New Haven June 23 President Hadley of Yale dismissed the claim that Harvard Princeton and Yale undermine faith and teach immorality. He said he does not believe Bishop McFaul ever made the statement regardless of press reports. Secretary Anson Phelps Stokes Jr. declined to discuss the speech.
Philadelphia June 23 Through the infusion of a quart of the blood of Dr. William Henry Furness into the arteries of his sister Mrs Horace Jayne her life will probably be saved. Their father is the Shakespearean scholar Dr Horace Howard Furness. Mrs Jayne has been ill with typhoid fever at Wallingford for almost a month and recently after a severe hemorrhage of the mouth it was decided to resort to blood infusion.
The touring car of Joan E. Knapp, president of the Maryland Coal Company, carrying him and his wife to Greenwich, was hit by a passenger train on the New York and New Jersey Railroad near Spring Valley, New York. Knapp has scalp wounds, several broken ribs, and two broken arms and lies in Hackensack Hospital in critical condition. his wife is also hospitalized in a less serious state.
Warren Palmer of Nyack sued the New York Central for 50000 damages after a carryall collision with a train in White Plains. Seven youths were killed and two were injured in the wreck. A sealed verdict reportedly cut damages to about 20500, the sixth verdict in cases stemming from the crash. Palmer’s permanent injury to his spine was the principal claim.
In New York on June 23 thousands respond to Merrill company's offer at 1161 Broadway promising $2.50 in checks for no work and no return. Send a mail addressed request and receive $2.50, warning that the offer may not reappear.
Empire Steel and Iron Company posts notices across Allentown plants announcing a 10 percent wage hike restoring pre reduction levels. The raise covers furnaces at Atasauqua Topton and Macungie and mines at Oxford Mount Hope in New Jersey. The Duchess of Manchester, major stockholder, opposed the spring cut.
The M C A Tennis Club launches a three tournament series with first closing July 15, second August 15, and final September 16. The trophy is a cup with winners' names inscribed and possession passes after a third victory. Club courts at Main Street are being enlarged with back courts, a new locker and shower facility nearly complete.
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