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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1909

Page

4

Mixed social notes from Madison Square Garden to Seattle

Social notices recount Earle Bartram and family returning from Massachusetts and Vermont, a June 24 1869 voyage, and connections to Horace Greeley. The Park Congregational church and Gen Silliman chapter figures attend a sangerfest at Madison Square Garden. Also on view are Pratt Institute graduates in Brooklyn, a 76 street wedding, and Miss Mary Louise piano program at Mazomic Temple Hall. Nic plans to sail from Seattle on July a in electric studies.

Gresley Nashus N. G Horace Greeley Park T Congregational Gen. Silliman Mary Louise Susan Hawley Devis Mazomic Temple Hall Eisa Clauder Henrietta Clauder John R. Woodhull Mary Chapter Franklin H. Ells‘worth Nic Seattle

Personal Musical Plans and Local Social Notes

Personal musical plans span a multi month Philippines and Japan trip with return to Detroit ahead. Ivy May Jones unable to attend a grad summons due to illness. Marion Grace Dawe celebrated at 497 Arctic Street with games and lunch. gifts received. Military notes: Sergeant Louis Brague to replace Lieut. Irwin, eight to nine years militia service. Span ish War veteran, attached to United Spanish War Veterans. Summer home Bonnivisw in Huntington noted. Read family summer at Greenfield Hill. None Such Whist club planned weekend at Miss Alice Bayliss in Trumbull with Bancroft Burns Sistrand Hurd Wilson and Mrs. Smallwood. Bachelor Girls club of D. M. Read employees held annual picnic at Beardsley Park with 20 maids, lunch, witty roll call, light shower, car ride home, conductor paid. Participants include McDowell Studley St John McHugh ONeil Spinning Noonan Ireland Delaney Ward McNerney and others.

Louis Brague Stratford Weutenant Coanttaneuiere Fred C. Irwin Brague N. W. Bishop Camp United Spanish War Veterans Alice Bayliss Trumbull Misses Bancroft Lena Burns Alice Sistrand Ethel Hurd Ella Wilson W. E. Smallwood Bachelor Girls Club D. M. Read Company Straiight Beardsley Park Main Street Fairfield Avenue Pequonnock Lulu Margaret Ireland I. Thornton Ae Agnes D. M. Read McDowell Studley St. John McHugh O'Neil Spinning Noonan Ireland Delaney

Roaches Run Rampant. Roach Powder Sold for 35 Cents

Roaches running wild around the house are tolerated by careless housewives. Some make a faint effort to get rid of them, but typical methods fail. Cyrus Roach Powder terminates roaches, is harmless, clean, and not poisonous, priced at 35 cents per pound.

Doctor Advice And Sailor Diet Quip In Warm Weather

A doctor tells a patient to vomit everything and take a sea voyage. A bystander jokes about the cart before the horse. The patient opts to stay home in warm weather and eat a light seafood diet from Ser Fish Market. The market advertises fresh blues and bluefish from the harbor.

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Distinguished Prelate Comes to St Charles for Graduation

The St Charles Parochial School holds graduation tomorrow at 7:30 PM on East Mains Street. Rt Rev T F Hickey will present diplomas to 25 pupils, award three gold medals, and address graduates alongside Monsignor Lynott and Rev Father Murray.

St. Charles Parochial School East Mains Street T. F. Hickey Rochester St. Charles School Bishop Hickey Irene Stanley Elizabeth Mic Padden Esther Judge Rosella Judge Mery O'Brien Alice Kelly Esther Burns Loretta Payton Bessie Lannon Anna McGee Kathryn A. Macdonald Lilan Fox Margaret Tierney Mary McGee Daniel Kenny Harold Fox Peter Wanbery Joseph Donnelly Charies McElroy Michael Simko Francis Rock Rt. Rev DD. Wi. D E Grammar Boys John Kane Charles McElroy John Corcoran Mary McIcillian Fox Irene Stenley Peter Hanbery Loretta Payden Judge Wilzabeth McPadden Ethel Burns Pauline Lannon Kat Jonala Marie O’brien Margaret Tieman Wither Aoe Fox Lucille Grandfield Alice Bessie

Red Haired Man and Woman Clash on Fairfield Street

A red haired man and a terra cotta haired woman created a disturbance on Fairfield Avenue near Water Street. She slapped him when he grabbed her arm and later struck his head with a valise after a heated exchange. The couple, headed to New York by trolley, argued over control of the grip as bystanders watched. The woman, incensed, spilled green soap shampoo on her skirt during the melee and later traded smiles with the man as they boarded a trolley for Norwalk.

Fairfield Avenue Water Street New York Atlantic Hotel St. John Find Norwalk

Formal Closing of Schools Observed in City

The public schools will close tomorrow morning with pupils and teachers assembling in their rooms for the distribution of reports and presentation of honor certificates. The session will be called at 9 o'clock.

Architect Cooper Sues Derby Over 700 Damage Claim

Frederick A. Cooper an architect of this city filed a 700 damage suit in Common Pleas court against the city of Derby. He seeks pay for work on the Irving school house with the city claiming a cost not exceeding 20000 and proportional compensation. The plaintiff contends an old agreement with the Board of Education was annulled by a contract with a special committee appointed by the General Assembly.

Frederick A. Cooper Derby Common Pleas Court Scott Cooper Irving Board of Education General Assembly

Nixon and Brooker Probe Ship Trust Loans Case

In Saratoga Springs on June 24, testimony in a New York Supreme Court case revealed Charles F. Brooker of Ansonia Conn a Republican National Committee member and Trust Company of the Republic director had no knowledge of shipbuilding loans or guarantees totaling millions. He said he would have protested loans exceeding 1 500 000 to Nixon and Dresser and the guaranteed 2 560 000 in Nixon and Dresser loans if aware.

Sartoga Springs Charles F. Brooker Ansonia Conn Republican National Committee Trust Company of the Republic United States Shipbuilding Company Charles H. Kavanaugh Trust Company Supreme Court van Kirk Shipbuilding Company Brooker Ing Stuyvesant Fish John W. Young Lewis Ixon Pro Fish Nixon and Dresser New York State Maki Nixon Dresser American Brass Company Torrington, Conn., Savings Bank Ansonia National Bank New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company Bermuda Waterbury Torrington New York White Mountains Hot Springs Perry_ Belmont Stuyvesant Fish Herbert L. Satterlee Sheldon Syndicate Europe

Young Bryan Bride Weds in Montana Lake Ceremony

In Lincoln today William J. Bryan Jr. married Miss Helen Berger at the bride’s father Alexander Berger’s summer home at Grana Lake Col. The 22-year-old son of the late presidential candidate plans to continue studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson with his wife to follow after the ceremony.

Lincoln, Neb William J. Bryan, Jr Helen Berger Alexander Berger Milwaukee lGrana Lake Col Nebraska University Berger Arizona Mies Berger Tuscon University of Arizona

The Cold Water Cure and a Smoke Law Case

The article discusses the cold water cure for colds urging frequent glasses of cold or hot water and notes its historical roots in a physician’s old prescription. It contrasts persistent thirst with liberal water intake and cites the Philadelphia Press. It also briefly mentions a case of execution for violating a smoke law and a talk by EB. H. Blake on home fire dangers.

Philadelphia Press Homse EB. H. Blake Surveyors’ Institution

Blacklisting Prevention Bill Passes in General Assembly

The General Assembly enacted a bill to prevent blacklisting of employees, mechanics, or laborers and to bar publication of their names with intent to block employment. The measure covers any person or corporate officer or agent who blacklists or aids in publishing such information to prevent work opportunities.

The General Assembly

Not the Kind He Wanted and Other Historic Vignettes

A muddled collage of antiquarian anecdotes and moral reflections. It recalls Richard Burchett’s odd will granting sexual liberty for Nell and a note on London coal’s early ban. It also recounts George Monro Grant’s dinner exchange with Sir John Macdonald, Hannibal Caesar and Napoleon’s ambition, plus a quip about a press agent.

George Monro Grant Sir John Macdonald Grant Queen’s College Williamson

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