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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
12
Town clerk reports $5,500 collected in dog licenses, $250 shy of last year, despite fear surrounding Dog Catcher Tom Kelly after a lethal dose incident affecting 700 dogs. Dog Agent Wagner says delinquents will be prosecuted as lists are prepared for the prosecuting attorney.
A three day heat wave in New York has killed over 50 people with ten more deaths reported. The fourth day opened hotter with humidity rising and a thermometer around 82 degrees. Shortages of physicians and exhausted ambulance horses worsen the crisis as East Side children bear the heaviest toll. No rain materialized as Friday began hotter than prior days.
The government considers a venture to manufacture ice for its departments. The Post Office already runs a plant and sells surplus to Treasury at cost. Treasury uses about one ton daily for water coolers costing private suppliers $7.65 per ton, saving roughly $2,300 yearly.
Summer suits are ready in two piece and three piece options at an easy price of 15 dollars. Featherweight worsteds provide cool comfort for the season.
The D. M. Read Co. offers women and children undergarments in multiple styles. Prices range from 13 to 50 cents for various vests including low neck, short sleeve, sleeveless and knee length options. Athletic vests for little boys priced at 25 cents.
A large stock of attractive parasols for little girls in many colors priced from 25 cents to 1.50. Also window screens with steel frames and heavy wire zinc plated to resist rust, adjustable to most windows, from 35 cents upward. Basement Furnishing Store.
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