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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1913

Page

4

Taft Announces Major Reorganization of Customs Service

President Taft proposes a sweeping restructuring of the customs service set to take effect July 1. The plan cuts 165 districts to 43, abolishes 116 collectors, closes ports and sub-ports, and shifts to salaried officials to save about $700,000 a year. Connecticut ports listed include Bridgeport Hartford New Haven New London Stonington Middletown South Manchester Stamford Greenwich Norwalk.

Washington Congress Customs Service Taft Treasury Canadian District of Connecticut Bridgeport Hartford New Haven New London Stonington Middletown South Manchester Stamford Greenwich Norwalk

Six Months for Brown in Mail Obscenity Case

Six months in the county jail was the sentence for M. Brown of West Haven a railroad clerk who pleaded guilty in New Haven to sending obscene matter through the mails. Anthony Comstock testified Brown offered obscene pictures for sale by the hundred. Also sentenced were Leroy J. Gile East Hartford six months for stealing from a letter Michael Gerdis New Britain for mail fraud and John Donovan two separate fines for scurrilous matter through the mail. Special diamond sale announced by M. J. Buechler Reliable Jeweler.

Eo M. Brown West Haven United States District Court New Haven Brown Anthony Comstock New York Leroy J. Gile East Hartford Hartford County Michael Gerdis New Britain John Donovan Donovan Norwich

Special Sale in Diamonds Exchange for Larger Stone

A buyer advertises a diamond special sale and offers to exchange the purchased stone for a larger diamond after payment. The notice emphasizes a trade up option and the transaction terms.

Progress on widening roadbed for Berk shire double tracking

Extensive work continues on widening the roadbed for the Berk shire division with excavating completed to Oviatt's crossing. Northward rocks slow progress. a spur track for the mammoth steam shovel aids viaduct work over Great Brook.

Berkshire Oviatt Great Brook William Moore Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company St. Vincent Bridgeport Courtney Gideon H. Welch Common Pleas Court Winsted Arthur Rydell Poplar Street August Milley B. W. F. Company F. L. Bennett Thomas Barr Electric Steel Philadelphia S. S. Richmond Julia M. Peacocke Litchfield Gertrude Riddiford Marion Beach Lassel Seminary C. M. Beach Wilbur Fuller Still River Chicago Fuller Beaver Brook C. G. Bristol Jackson Sidney Clark Ray Pomeroy Uncle Sam J. F. Addis Hartford Paul Redington New York Mr. Redington Marcus G. Merwin the Sayings Bank Charles M. Beach Electric Steel Company New Milford Cold Rolled Steel Company Wheeling W. Va LeRoy McPherson Boston Ina Allen Waterbury S. F. Bristol

Eleven year sentence upheld for five cent theft boy

The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed an eleven year term for Ollie Taylor thirteen for stealing a five cent bottle of soda, ending a three year effort by his father O F Taylor to overturn the decision. The boy had pleaded guilty and was sent to the Fulton Industrial Farm until age twenty one.

Atlanta Georgia Supreme Court Ollie Taylor O. F. Taylor Fulton

Also Mentioned on This Page

First Bridgeport National Bank G. Sanford F. N. Benham O. H B. Brothwell H.C. Sycanares Asst PF. N. Benham, Jr Ness Main John Conn Stor’s T. L. Watson & CO People's Savings Bank Main Street Samuel W. Baldwin Henry Atwater State Street Bridgeport, Conn West Indies Panama Canal Leewith & Co Telephone Bank St East Side North End West End Burr & Knapp M. J. Maloney W .A. Miles Jones Avenue the Bank OF the People The Bridgeport Trust CO State ST Westport Hayes Fish CO Water Street People’s Dairy Geo. A. Robertson Crawford Laundry Co Fairfield Avenue W. E. Halligan Broad Street John F.fay SUPE Jos. P. Coughlin Co Main St Connecticut M. J., Buechler Middle Street Gustav Broch & Son California Port House OF Lords Moerlein Cincinnati Beer SMITH Broch’s Automobile Row Geo. B. Clark & Co M. J. Buechler Bryant Electric CO Tte Fepple Aelekgy Ath St. and Broadway, New NEW Milford News Bacon East St Bath Foley F. B. Brill Stratford Ave Sixth Street Supreme Court of Georgia Sunshine Takhoma Bridgepors State Alec Minke Bridgeport Distributing Company Glenwood Ranges Whittall R. M. Leonard’s Ee Tenett Martner Abettis Cpanettbad Saigne
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