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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
12
The article describes high tide tomorrow at Steeplechase Island with salt water bathing from 2 to 4 pm and Sunday afternoon at 3 82, ideal for a full day of bathing. It notes the bathing pavilion stock up and a trolley route with solar attractions at the Pavilion of Fun.
Alfred Veness, 15, son of Board of Education Commissioner, hosted a compliment dinner at Brooklawn Country Club for Maplewood school teachers after being named Vincent prize winner for the year’s best improvement. Present were Miss Fanny Hurley, principal Mary A. Barry, Harriet A. Lambert, Frances E. Kelr, Bridget Noonan, Elin C. Hoagland, Rose C. Harrington, and others including Veness parents, brother Bertram, and aunt Mrs. R. Bertram Veness. Miss Margaret O'Toole missed due to illness.
South Norwalk June 20 George Montgomery an employee on the estate of James A Farrell the steel trust magnate was fined 17 and costs in police court on counts of cruelty to animals and drunkenness Witnesses testified Montgomery drove a horse around town yesterday and lashed it so hard pedestrians interfered At one point the horse ran away endangering the public Farrells chauffeur handed Montgomery to the police The next day a sale promotion appears at E H Dillon Co offering red ticket clearance bargains in millinery and garments.
New Haven June 30 Tyler City holds an old time shed raising to finish a horse shed and shelter for teams. Town residents and nearby farmers work from dawn to noon while parish women provide a noon meal. The event echoes New England custom as Tyler City reuses the former district school building now used by Christ Protestant Episcopal church for services.
POLI''S notes a modern approach in stock productions with many original cast members. The Virginian features seven returning actors including Harry Holliday as Uncle Howie. The Lottery Man, slated next week and now in rehearsal, includes Lucia Moore Freda Slemmons and May Donahue from the original company.
In New York on June 30 a group of trade press members rode the 1912 Locomobile models from the Bridgeport factory to Sleepy Hollow Country Club at Scarborough. The tests showcased speed power and smooth ride on steep Hudson hills. The matinee excursion aboard the Park City to Port Jefferson on Long Island Sound is noted with music by Woodhull’s orchestra and special round trip fares.
Shelton reports 26 typhoid cases by last night with a surge in recent days. Officials blame an infected milk dealer and have barred further sales while hospitals admit severe patients as the health board fights the outbreak.
In Pittsburg on June 30 a man unseen is believed to have distributed candy laced with strychnine to infants, leaving over a dozen ill and one dying. Detectives hunt the unidentified giver while Dr. Sabel notes common symptoms and poison in stomachs.
The Second Regiment Band of New Haven led by Frank Fichtl will perform at Beardsley Park tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock. The program includes Rossini overture Semiramide Kling selections from Nightingale and the Blackbird, Fantasia on Opera Themes Tobani Old Duck Herbert and more with solos and choruses. Remarks list Hegel Guilford Teanquette Pepa and Germs from Chimes of Normandy.
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