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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
6
The Remington Typewriter plant will close from July 1 until further notice. The factory employs about 2,100 workers, mostly men, with a weekly payroll near $30,000. A dispute over machine-assisted letter alignment led to a strike and subsequent shutdown after failed talks. The company plans to reopen only on its own terms.
Reports from the War Department detail target practice by three gun batteries at Fort Monroe Virginia. Scores were uniformly excellent with seventeen hits from eighteen shots. One battery fired at a 30 by 60 foot target and another at a moving target, achieving high efficiency and rapid firing rates.
Two sharp shocks near Belizan Algeria on June 20 diverted the river course and caused local disruption.
A bolt of lightning struck the country home of Oscar B Williams near New Fairfield Danbury killing a pet dog while Miss Sadie Williams, Williams daughter, was fondling it. The girl was unharmed and no marks appeared on the animal.
June 30 Chicago Mary Elizabeth Logan Tucker daughter of Gen John A Logan is granted a divorce from Col William F Tucker after a brief exam by Judge A C Barnes. Col Tucker did not appear and alimony was settled privately. The decree cites desertion as the ground and the original charges were withdrawn.
Caleb J. Camp, former Connecticut Western Railroad president, left 25 000 to trustees for poor Winsted widows and unmarried women who once had better circumstances. The income will be available once the fund reaches 50 000. The twenty page document, drawn in 1898, names trustees to distribute aid. Camp died June 19 at age ninety five.
The $1.5 million estate of Harry S. Henry, late manufacturer and art collector, is probated with the will directing the residue to five Philadelphia hospitals to establish beds for white children. Upon widow and two sisters deaths the estate plans to sell all paintings in New York as soon as feasible. Henry once bought Miller’s $50,000 painting Going to Work Dawn of Morning.
Mortgages and warranty deeds involve Henry M. Sherwood and Esther Sherwood with parcels ranging from about four to ten acres near Norwalk. transactions include Farquharson to Fairfield County Savings Bank for one and a quarter acres with buildings and several lot sales on Woodside Avenue. Multiple transfers reference parcels bounded by the highway, the Connecticut Turnpike Road, and adjacent landowners such as Raynor, Warren W. Foster, McCormick, Bulkley, and Coley.
A historic notice records multiple property transfers: Emmon A Wilcoxson to Daniel C Wood a bounded mortgage on land with two houses. Maria Bailards to Albert C Hull two Hamilton Street tracts on Homecrest map. Clark Baldwin to Robert D Sammis three acres at Short Beach. Burr & Knapp to Washington Cheatl Cedarhurst lots 79 and 80. Thomas F Martin to Joseph Molissina Cedarhurst lots 85 and 386. Benjamin C White and Anna White to Alfred Kakelee and William Bedell four acres with buildings bounded by Broad Street Edson Hall and Ferry Bridge Creek.
Ed gar G Wilson transfers a one fourth acre parcel with buildings in Stratford district bounded by the highway and neighbor lands. Bridgeport Land and Title Company convey Ridgeley avenue lots 66 and 67 to Annie Poloski. The same company to Nicolina C Garamello single lot 372 Marlborough Terrace Lenox Heights. Benjamin Betts sells to John and Pauline Hass lot 16 50 by 156 feet on B Betts land.
Judge Ralph Wheeler in a short calendar session awarded Constable L C Rhoades of Canaan $100 for the capture of Harry Bromley a horse thief now in State prison. Torrington Man Bankrupt liabilities $1036.35 assets $700.
An enormous assortment of patterns in reliable material with cuffs attached or detached in several styles. Samples of French Jewelry including large brooches for Dutch collars bar pins for veils and sashes priced at 95 cents and 1 50. The Tea Room offers iced tea coffee salads sandwiches and homemade cakes.
The Laborde Co announces low prices on linen dresses and matching parasols for summer and vacation wear. Also featured is a Great Sale of Holbrook & McNamara stock at Thing & Co with a large shoe assortment and fresh stock at 1153 Main Street.
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