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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
8
The city endures extreme heat with fourteen deaths reported as a heat wave stretches overnight. Police patrol beaches, windows left open, and sleeping residents crowd sidewalks while ice sellers raise prices from 35 to 40 cents per hundred. The Tenants' Union led by Cornelius Donovan plans protests citing a short ice crop.
Spencer Trask, the New York banker, left a Boston hospital today after a serious automobile collision following the Maude Adams production of Joan. Medical officials said he shows signs of recovery and there were no immediate reports of critical injuries.
A Trask automobile was severely damaged after a high power machine struck it on Quincy Street near Harvard Stadium last night. The occupant was hurled from the car and taken to Boston Hospital with head bruises and an arm cut. He recovered enough to depart for New York today.
Myron H. Phelps, New York attorney and president of the Society For The Advancement of India, is forced from London hotels after expulsions amid police threats. He is reportedly in talks with Indian missionary leaders while officials say he will be ignored unless he stirs trouble in India, which is his stated goal.
The board of health reported nearly 8 000 door yards inspected last night with 12 percent needing cleaning. Sanitary Inspector Lynch was instructed to visit unclean yards and issue five days' notice to owners. Uncooperative owners face board action. He must visit 283 yards before July 13 and may hire a team for the work.
Madrid reports a deadly fire at a Belaguer moving picture hall on June 18 caused a fear panic. Fire trapped men women and children as crowding led to trampling. Nine bodies recovered. more feared in wreckage. Twenty four people seriously injured in the rush for exits.
A Mikado engine hauled ninety coal cars, each fifty tons, for 243 miles from Roanoke to Norfolk along the Virginian Railway. Claimed as the heaviest long distance coal train ever operated. The previous Virginian record was eighty cars.
Supt Birmingham received a circular from Los Angeles asking to locate George McClure an astrologer wanted for grand larceny. Photo shows he is Galena Tully who jumped a $700 bond here while awaiting extradition from Terra Haute Ind A Rochester woman sought to garnishee the city for 3700 claiming she loaned Tully the bond money.
The summer sale offers nightgowns, petticoats, drawers, corset covers, and combination garments in sheer rainsook and lawn fabrics. Corsets priced at 50 cents each, with sizes 25 to 30. Also listed are summer neckwear, lace trims, hand embroidered collars, and linen pieces for the toilet table. Florida Water, ideal tissue builder, and a white steel enameled kitchen outfit are described. Basement Furnishing Store advertises sleeveboards and boards with prices.
Stockings offered at coupon price draw strong customer response as shoppers compare value. Store emphasizes best deals yet and parades known coupon bargains to boost sales. Strong names or dates are not provided in the text.
A collection of brief quotes and humorous anecdotes from old newspapers. Topics include Willie’s posture and a Fatherly compliment, a DIB joke about jam, college languages and sports chatter, a Disraeli anecdote ending in marriage, plus a note on the shift from sharp to rounded table knives inspired by Cardinal Richelieu. The fragment ends with an advertisement cue.
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