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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1911

Page

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Yale Freshmen Outrace Crimson Crew on Thames

Yale freshmen win the Thames race by two lengths while Harvard takes the four-oared and varsity races. Yale led the freshman eight to a close finish as Harvard surged in the late stretch of the two mile course. Harvard varsity four and eight contend for top honors with Yale crews, spectators including Chinese minister Liang Tun Yen.

YALE Outrow Crimson Thames United Press New London Harvard Tale Offic Adamtede Wee Mot Cromble Raferes Meckicham Soen Deine Varsity Navy Yard Dock Navy Yard Liang Tun Yen Eee Affairs Has Family Liang Eli John Kennedy

Cruel to Jail Woman for Debt Prompts Sheriff Protest

Sheriff William Vollmer protested a $100 slander suit against Olga Komarowski saying jail for a mother and her two children is cruel. He offered a cash bond, but attorney Israel Cohn demanded a real estate bond. If jailed, the family would stay in Vollmer apartments within the jail building. The ill defendant, resident of the East Side, faced seizure of her body after Josie Wosiekowski sued for the claim. An effort is underway to secure a real estate bond to release her tonight.

Wiliam Vollmer Israel Cohn Vollmer Olga Komarowski East Side Josie Wosiekowski John W. Vollmer

Diocesan Clergy Transfers List Shifts Bridgeport Ties

Bishop Nilan announces a broad set of parish staff moves affecting several communities. Notable items include Rev. James A. O'Meara moved from St. Augustine's Bridgeport to St. Mary New London as assistant and Rev. Otto Baumeister shifted from St. Joseph's Willimantic to St. Francis Xavier's New Milford as assistant. The note also lists multiple pastor and assistant transfers across towns such as Taftville Norwichtown Chester Derby Hartford New Milford and Willimantic, with the O'Meara successor unnamed.

Nilan Bridgeportlers James A. O'Meara St. Augustine's Transfeeres St. Mary's New London Otto Baumeister Iiven Bridgeport St. Joseph's Willimantic St. Francis Xavier’s New Milford Arthur O'Keefe Sacred Heart Taftville St. Francis Torrington John J. Fitzgerald Chester Po‘quonnock Timothy E. Sullivan St. Thomas Waterbury John H. Stapleton St. Louis New Haven

Clifford Posts Reward For Return Of Prize Boston Bull Puppy

Daniel J. Clifford of American Specialty Co. offers a liberal reward for the return of a prize brindle Boston bull puppy missing from his office on June 16. The four month old dog wore a link chain collar and had a white breast spot. Police and dog warden assistance used with no success.

Daniel J. Clifford American Specialty Co Cannon Street Boston Mr. Clifford

Thousands See Ringling Circus Parade in Bridgeport

Thousands line Bridgeport streets for Ringling Brothers visit with a vast canvas city of tents and horses. Report notes the moving hotel costs over two thousand dollars daily and stacks 4 500 griddle cakes for breakfast as 1,280 staff and animal hands prepare the show.

Bridgeport Ringling Brothers Five Brothers’ Circus Ringlingville Spencer Delevan

Dangling 40 Foot Spile Fells Henderson

Charles Henderson an iron worker with a demolition gang at the Naugatuck dock was struck by a 40 foot pile hanging from a pile driver on the New Haven road at 9 this morning. He was pinned to the deck, hauled free by fellow workers, and rushed to Bridgeport hospital with possible spinal injury and internal trauma. Henderson, 31, married, of 42 Lee Avenue.

Charles Henderson Naugatuck New Haven Road Henderson Krause Bridgeport Lee Avenue

Mason's Dead Body Found In Room

The dead body of Frank Hulze a 60 year old mason was found in his room at a New Haven rooming house He had been dead since Sunday Coroner Mix ruled death from natural causes Separately executors of Samuel S Sanford estate were awarded damages of 1814 82 and costs against James R Burroughs for an unpaid note dated April 19M

United Press New Haven Frank Hulze Mix Henry T. Shelton George Sheffield New London Henry Sanford Samuel C. Shaw Redding Samuel S. Sanford James R. Burroughs Reed Superior Court Burroughs Sanford

Inventor Murphy Buys Curtiss Bi-plane For Trial Flight

John M. Murphy, inventor of a Bridgeport aeroplane designed for a cross continental flight, has purchased a Curtiss bi-plane en route to Bridgeport. He will learn aerial navigation from Aviator J A D McCurdy before attempting his own flight. Backed by Congressman James McDermott, the project has attracted War Department interest and promises to test the Murphy design.

John M. Murphy Bridgeport Aeronautic Company J. A. D. McCurdy Murphy Curtis Milford James McDermott Chicago National House McDermott War Department Tying & Kerr Union Square

Record Peach Crop Expected To Reach High Totals In Connecticut

Industry centers forecast a banner peach crop across Connecticut with Hale orchards in Glastonbury yielding 75 000 to 100 000 baskets and about 150 carloads. Middlefield, Durham, Wallingford firms sum to 300 carloads, total 500 carloads or 350 000 baskets statewide, aided by favorable conditions and pest control.

Glastonbury Lyman Barnes Middlefield Durham Wallingford Connecticut Hale Mr. Hale

Looks Like Grafter Cuneo Calls State Barber Commissioner

In South Norwalk on June 30 City Clerk John Cuneo speaking for barbers James Mola and Luigi De Santos labeled State Barber Commissioner Harry G Gipstein as a grafter in city court after Mola testified Gipstein offered to settle for five dollars and then two on charges of practicing without licenses. The men face charges of employing barbers without licenses and practicing without a license. the case adjourned late.

United Press South Norwalk John Cuneo James Mola Luigi de Santos Harry G. Gipstein Hartford Mola Gipstein Cuneo Leo B. Santangelo Middletown State Barber Commission Santos

Quartet of Joy Riding Boys Loot Two Garages

Four youths aged 16 to 19 were held on burglary charges after a dawn joy ride in a Stearns car ended near Yellow Mill bridge. They looted Bassick and Hart garages in Stratford and Connecticut Avenue, with a .38 pistol in the car. bail set at 300 each as police investigate further.

Boston Yellow Mill Bridge Stearns Bassick Garage Stratford St. Michael's Cemetery Hart Garage Connecticut Avenue Luckley St.Michael's Cemetery O'Connell Callan Bassick George Wickes Thomas Doolan William Johnson James Timilty Johnson Timilty Wickes Redden Foster

Fishermen Rescued After Cape Cod Collision

Wireless from the Savannah liner Noccochee saved 33 fishermen late last night after their schooner Catherine and Ellen was rammed by a steamer off Cape Cod in dense fog. The crew abandoned ship in dories as the Noccochee broadcast distress calls and reached port while the schooner’s fate remained undetermined. The incident followed a sharp collision noted in a Boston dispatch.

United Press Boston Noccochee Catherine Ellen Iner Cape Cod Samrarad

Prominent Mason Held Up By Two Masked Men

J T MacAlpine, a Bridgeport mason, was held up at gunpoint on Grasmere road near the Bridgeport Fresh Air Home. The two masked youths demanded cash but returned a gold gift watch when MacAlpine explained its value. They fled after a brief search of his belongings, leaving him uninjured aside from the scare.

J. T. MacAlpine Pistol's Point Oime Fairfield Bridgeport Mr. MacAlpine Grasmere Bridgeport Fresh Air People of Hope

Kid in Indian Suit Leads Parade Scene on Main Street

A child in an Indian costume with ice cream and a red balloon weaves through the Main Street crowd as circus outriders approach. Spectators cheer as elephants, camels, and a milk white steed parade past, while girls in hosiery admire the display and rush home to dress for the big steer event.

Main Street Fairfield Avenue Pethias Calliope Casey Jones

Help Wanted and Rentals in Park City Ad Column

Classified notices list a barber needed for Saturday and a steady position, a colored woman cook with good references, and a rental: six room flat with attic room at 571 Fairfield Ave. Also a driving horse with harness and buggy for sale at 510 Union Ave. Dining special offered at Park City Restaurant, 166 Ave. Lis'th Loeiss.

Fairfield Ave Uffeur Darraca Chalmers Chester Rogers Nash St Boureaus Stratford Ave Union Ave Brooklawn Rink Park City Ave

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