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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
6
The D. M. Read Co invites customers to a fine display of foulards now arriving in small, distinct patterns. New Directoire inspired shades include wistaria, plum, heliotrope, and old rose with black detail. Greens range from sea to emerald, with gray tones and fruit shades like mulberry and apricot. White and black foulards also appear. Silk Section open daily.
President elect Taft and Mrs Taft visited painter George Burroughs Torrey in New York where an oil portrait of Taft is nearly finished. The work was ordered by Timothy I Woodruff. Taft praised the picture and asked Mrs Taft to view it. Torrey noted finishing touches and Taft suggested more changes after the inauguration. The three quarter length portrait echoes a Roosevelt image painted for Paul Morton.
Dr J H D Budau who is convalescing in Elizabeth New Jersey is restored to health and will return to this city next week.
The Bridgeport Junk Dealers Association complained to the Board of Police Commissioners that the Salvation Army in Bridgeport operates three stores licensed for junk dealing and persistently disobeys the law. The matter was referred to the city attorney for an opinion while other board actions included appointing special policemen and approving Dennis W. Delaney for regular force on file.
A special committee meets with Mayor and Connecticut Co officials to review Horace Scofield’s double track plan for a car barn beneath the railroad depot. The firm opposes the single track proposal due to derailment risks and sharp curves. McElroy Bros oppose tracks past their building. mayor backs railroad purchase of the McElroy site.
The piece contrasts Johnson and Boswell in biography, noting Johnson’s straightforward narration versus Boswell’s dramatic, personality-centered method. It then pivots to a collection of brief, humorous glosses on topics such as Wise Girl, Slashing of Salads, Famous Boys, and Monkeys Have No Fleas, ending with a stray farmer Want Column fragment.
Joe Stoehr a market man at 1218 Main street lost parts of two fingers on his left hand in an electric meat chopper at his market this morning. His fingers were crushed and severed. Dr. Krause at Emergency Hospital treated the wounds.
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