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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
9
Harriet Ellen Tinkham, wife of William H Tinkham, of Milford Connecticut, died suddenly on Thursday June 22 in her 68th year. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 30 pm from her residence with interment in Milford cemetery.
George Murphy died Friday June 23 1911 in this city. He was husband of Mary A Murphy nee Reilly. Funeral from 1341 Stratford Ave Sunday June 25 at 3 pm and 3:30 pm from Saint Marys Church. Interment St Michaels Cemetery. Mass of requiem at St Marys Church Monday June 26 at 7 30 am. Kindly omit flowers.
In public schools large halls display a million spots using 100 sheets of four by four and a half feet, with black circles on alternate squares and wide gaps every hundred. A million spots would fill a 30 by 30 by 35 foot space, while the Bible’s 3.5 million letters would, at a dollar per letter, roughly fund half a battleship.
The note recalls the Finis Belli during Antwerp’s 1585 siege, a Dutch ironclad ship captured by Parma. It also mentions a King’s Hall trip with a humorous legal fare joke, and short quips about a lawyer, a flute, sparring matches, and coffee as a late night aid, all told in a collage style of aphorisms.
Senator Bryan Mahan of New London urges passage of the Banks bill, defending its constitutionality and noting its teeth with commissioner orders and enforcement. He contrasts it with the minority measure, cites governor support, railroads and churches as lobbying forces, and mentions a call for arbitration and a business group’s stance against the amendment.
Final arguments in the Downs malpractice case were presented before Judge Booth in Danbury. Prosecutor W A Redden argued probable cause against Dr F B Downs in the death of Mrs Clayton Wrisley of Derby. The room held many physicians and business leaders as the state reviewed testimony, while Barnum avenue paving proceeds and easterly clearance nears completion.
Meyer Freed, 60, of Waterbury, despondent over illness, used a large caliber revolver to shoot himself in the mouth today, dying instantly. The tragedy occurred in Waterbury on June 23 as reported by United Press.
Rev Patrick Duggan long time rector of St Francis Torrington is to become pastor of St Thomas Fairfield Bishop Nilan officially promoted the appointment Duggan will leave a prosperous parish and seeks a less pretentious field Rev Father O Dell in charge at St Thomas may stay as assistant Bishop Nilan will visit St Patrick’s tomorrow for confirmation prep with a large class led by Father Nihill and Father Picker Rev Father Francis Lally to succeed Duggan at Torrington Stratford born Lally is a longtime local figure and will bring broad local ties to his new post
Governor Baldwin appointed Dr. H. A. Thornbury of Bridgeport to the State Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination for a two year term. Thornbury, a 1901 graduate of Kirkville Missouri American School of Osteopathy, has practiced in Bridgeport five years and is convalescing at Rector Hospital after appendicitis surgery. Also named are Dr. L. C. Kingsbury of Hartford and Dr. Margaret S. Loughlin of Norwich.
Yale Bulldogs, eager to avenge a Tuesday defeat, meet Harvard at Soldiers Field Cambridge Mass as crowds flood in. The atmosphere is festive with class banners and a centennial delegation as Freeman leads Yale and McLaughlin is sent into the box for Harvard while Freeman starts on the mound.
A sale offers cotton house dresses at $1.25 each from the second floor. Made in new styles for morning wear, the durable dresses come in light and dark patterns with attractive patterns. Some dresses rejected in factory quality checks were bought at a lower price but none is worth less than $1.50.
Readable shops advertise cool seasonable gloves including Shetland styles in high demand with limited supply. White chamois suede gloves at 69c, Natural options 50c, new 25c to 85c yards, embroidered silk gloves 1.50, made veils white and black 75c to 2.50, with aisle locations noted.
A list of serialized tales and bookshop offerings appears under the Howland family banner with several titles including The Inner Shrine The Seventh Noon and opening entries Chestnut Burr Roe Sweet Clover Fair Mississippian Intrusion of Jimmy Wodehouse Gay Lord Waring Joan of Garioch People of the Whirlpool and others by various authors such as Rives Paine Johnston Vance Bonner Dickson Clarke Dey and Wright providing readers with a broad selection of entertainments at a modest price.
The piece argues dogs need licenses to live, with fines for muzzling or leash rules. It promotes Jennie Hamilton's Pharmacy selling collars and muzzles, citing a $1 license and 25 cent muzzle, urging humane control over heated streets.
Edwin A. Hall and Frank G. Hall, former Sheffield Scientific School students, patent a Hydrex silencer for motor boats. The device cools exhaust by mixing with water and using a whirling flow, reducing noise and heat. It has navy testing approval and may be produced in New Haven if casting can be arranged.
Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson spoke on American Citizenship to Crosby High School graduates in Waterbury. His talk lasted one hour and 55 minutes and drew strong reactions from local papers, labeled excessively long.
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