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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
4
A local retailer highlights a large display of White lingerie hats and White Panama hats in new shapes with prices from 2.25 to 8.95. Also featured are Auto and Street Coats in Linette, Linen, Pongette and Pongee priced from 41.98 to 12.
The E H Dillon and Co trade school announces a July start with machinery nearly installed and staff ready, offering day and night courses in machine and carpentry trades for students 14 and older. Tuition is free with state funding, and admission begins after a preliminary qualification and trial period.
Miss Melinda Scott, on the executive board of the Women's United League, addressed the Central Labor Union urging the mobilization of women workers in New York. The union voted to hold a mass meeting at Central Labor Union hall to recruit women across factories, an estimated 12,900 workers in the city with about 6,000 in the corset industry.
Members of Zion Lutheran church Ladies Society surprised Mr and Mrs Charles Berger of 353 Far Street last night. Pastor Rev W X Steup spoke on the text Surely the Lord hath helped and presented a handsome memorial leaf and a silver water pitcher as gifts.
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with rising cloudiness and more wind. An area of low pressure over maritime provinces brings local showers to northern and eastern New England, with little temperature change anticipated. Amid this, Hayes' Market promotes summer fare including soft shell crabs little neck clams lobsters and various fish and seafood at 629 Water Street and Bridgeport Market listings.
The New York based United Dry Goods syndicate, led by John Claftin of H B Claflin & Co, acquires Lord & Taylor and secures control of the Associated Merchants' company. Backed by J P Morgan, the trust now consolidates key stores including James McCreery & Co, C G Gunther, O Neill Adams, Stewart Co, and J N Adams. Additional purchases span Hahne Co of Newark Powers Mercantile in Minneapolis William Henegener Buffalo and Stewart Dry Goods in Louisville.
The Monroe school board will discontinue the lower Stepney school next term due to very low enrollment averaging six pupils. Elm Street and Walker’s Farms schools also show few students, with transport arranged for closed-school pupils as needed.
A brief note advises refreshing faded hat trimmings using watercolors and a brush. It suggests cutting a small notch in the cork for dropper use and pouring carefully, with a CENT A WORD want ad context.
Redding selects Frank T. Soules of New Milford as the accounting expert to examine town records. He will meet with Selectmen next week to plan a thorough review, starting with a comparison of former tax collectors’ books to the treasurer’s ledgers and inspecting tax liens. Discrepancies noted include $1,400 outstanding over three years and several lien errors.
Special from United Press describes Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on June 23 announcing a personal shift from horses to automobiles. After ten years of leadership with horses, he now favors car travel, planning to drive himself between Sagamore Hill and his offices, reducing train schedule concerns.
Rejoicing in Gasoline Row as Roosevelt mixes car travel with public appearances. The piece describes his shift from horse drawn carriage to auto mobiles, praising speed and convenience, while noting stables worry about lost jobs as the Colonel embraces mechanized transit and Barnum and Bailey circus features.
The Bar num and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth announces the circus season opening tomorrow with two exhibitions. Highlights include Jupiter the Balloon Horse, a milk white Arabian stallion carried aloft on a balloon into the tent, and a fireworks display. Featuring Davenport equestrians, Kongots bareback riders, the 10 Viennese, Flying Neapolitans, Silbons, and Carroll high wire specialists.
C J Budlong of Washington notes kidney trouble runs in the family and warns others after using four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy. He claims a thorough cure and urges prompt treatment before it is too late, as advertised by Curtis Pharmacy.
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