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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1910
Page
4
A petition signed by Alderman DeBussey Whitlesey Tower and Rem cites many stray cats as a nuisance. It states they kill birds and animals and cause noises. The matter was referred to ordinances committees amid laughter at a New Haven session.
Special from United Press. Paterson June 28. Firemen fought a stubborn blaze in a central business block as a back draft toppled a wall, burying four firefighters under the ruins. They were dug out by comrades and their injuries were not serious.
United Press report from New York notes 243 Irving High School graduates wore plain lawn and muslin gowns costing 72 cents to 171 each. The $1 gown idea, led by Miss Muriel Willard, spread as students sewed dresses from bargain fabrics. Some girls spent more, with Isabella Schwartz at 71 cents and Hilda Holland splurging 1.71.
Boston diary notes an unprecedented influx of national figures. President Roosevelt and Governor Hughes arrive and may join with Majors Crane and Lodge for a high stakes Republican conference at Nahant or Beverly then Swampscott. A decisive meeting could shape the party’s near future.
Florence Leona Campana and John Francis Reddy wed at St Marys Church with a morning ceremony and nuptial mass. Attendants included Harriet Campana as bridesmaid and John F Freeman as best man. Relatives from New York and Connecticut attended. reception followed at 1098 Stratford Avenue. The couple will reside in New York City after a tour to Washington and Atlantic City.
Two Boston line steamers Yale and Middletown collided sidewise in Hell Gate while racing downriver to the Sound. Passengers dined aboard both vessels as wrecking and grinding sounds followed their near miss near Mallet's Point. Both ships sustained damage above the waterline but continued their journeys after inspecting the wreckage.
A review of The Call of the North at Poli's highlights John Ince in the romantic adventurer role Ned Trent and Miss Lawrence as Julia Bagneau. The piece commends the acting, especially Lawrence and Griffin, and notes strong climactic structure and audience enthusiasm.
The eleventh Connecticut Chautauqua assemb ly begins July 25 at Plainville Camp meeting association one mile north of Forestville. The grove site offers cottages with electric lights and running water. Program committee includes Rev B F Gilman Hartford Rev George Jus Brown Bridgeport and Prof John W Wetzel New Haven with Truman J Spencer president and M Thornton McGee secretary.
Cairo June 23 Ibrahim Wardani a Nationalist student who killed Premier Boutros Pasha was executed in secret amid heavy troop presence. Authorities kept the yard closed to reporters as thousands watched from a distance. Wardani proclaimed himself a martyr and said he died for Egyptian liberty. Roosevelt’s earlier remarks at the University of Egypt and Guildhall speech in London are cited as fueling tensions and calls for a firmer English policy in Egypt.
Rev Mr Beard, pastor of Park Street Congregational church, elected president of the Bridgeport Pastors Association at a Park Street meeting. He outlines committees including Membership with Henry A Davenport and others from various churches, plus a note on a Great Clearance Sale for Summer millinery at E H Dilton & Co 1105 Main street offering goods at half price.
Michael Fiel of 153 Hallam street went to work for A. W. Burritt Lumber Co as a teamster and fell from a lumber wagon in the afternoon, injuring his left arm and being taken to Bridgeport Hospital by ambulance.
New Haven June 23 Every part of an estate valued at 7500 dollars has been awarded to Miss Julia Ann Curtiss daughter of the late Joseph Curtiss in probate court the action follows the will of the deceased Mr Curtiss executor named is W Perry Curtis the estate comprises personal property only
In a train carriage, youths judge a stranger by his face and debate his life work. They reject lawyer banker editor and finally are told the man runs a tavern and butcher shop with his wife handling meals while he does the killing.
The article notes there are far more Corots in existence than painted by the artist, with posthumous works still produced at Montmartre to satisfy demand. It highlights a thriving trade in genuine medieval metalwork in Cologne and frauds in Florence and Rome, arguing for the reverence posterity holds for great names and why forgeries persist. It ends with a comic exchange about a boy named Willie and an inference.
A fragment from a Smart Set line and a Detroit Free Press quip about marriage and suffrage. The speaker jokes about domination versus election and notes a playful clash over reading the sporting page before Brown’s wife.
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