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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1909
Page
5
New assortment of St Patrick Day cards available at Jacksons Book Shop located at 988 Main Street. Send a friend one from this selection and brighten their holiday.
Hearing before the committee on the utilities bill as residents and business leaders, including G Taylor for the Gooda Co, argued its aim to protect owners of small electric lighting plants and allow neighbor sharing of light. The aldermanic committee will also consider building inspector creation, higher superintendent salary, new patrolmen, hydrant inspector duties, and a Lincoln Memorial tablet funding. A separate notice reports obituaries and funeral announcements for Keeler, Shepard, Burritt, Wigglesworth, and Sherman with service details.
Washington reports insurgents plan early meeting to map war plans around Cannon’s re election and the rules battle. Some radicals seek to split support, aiming for 24 Republicans to back a rival for Speaker, risking a deadlock that could bring in a compromise candidate.
United States Steamship Inspectors Wright and Dennis investigate the Starin Transportation Company's ship John H. Starin. wreck occurred on the Bridgeport breakwater last Saturday February 20. Witnesses have been summoned.
Workers at the Congress street bridge project faced stone throws as strikers and sympathizers tried to pull men from the trench. About a dozen men resumed 15 cents an hour for 9 hours after pay, while a gang of 60 forced others to quit work under police protection. The Snare Triest Co. will deploy a new crew tomorrow at the same wage.
Funeral services for Charles H. Wolfe real estate man were held from 887 Park Avenue with Rev Henry Hallam Tweedy officiating. Delegations from Arcanum Ridge I O O F and local insurers attended. Wolfe buried with parents in their plot. Also honored were Thomas Callan whose funeral from 1165 Pem broke street and St Charles church featured a high mass of requiem. Pallbearers included William McGrath John McGrath Thomas Malone George Murphy William Russell James Stokes. interment followed at St Michael's Cemetery.
Yale professor William Lyon Phelps entertained a large audience at the high school hall with a talk on Shakespeare and the Baconian theory. He praised Heming and Condell, discussed Johnson's praise, and noted Shakespeare's unparalleled mastery of language and human life. He called King Lear the greatest tragedy and admired the final scene.
William Loeb Jr. took the oath as collector of the port of New York today in a ceremony at the new five million dollar customs house. He filed his bond and began familiarizing himself with duties as Special Deputy H C Stuart, with twenty years in the service, assisted at his right.
International Go As You Please race at Madison Square Garden enters day two with sixteen of twenty seven teams still in. Leaders Dineen Prouty and Cibot Orphee push pace as quitters withdraw. new pairs form after illnesses injuries and disputes. End of 38th hour shows Cibot Orphee 236 miles, Dineen Prouty 220 miles, other teams close behind.
Opposition to Rev George F Pentecost’s revival in Hartford arose at the Parish House of Ashlum Hill Congregational Church. Unity Church pastor Rev A T Sunderland questioned inviting a minister who seeks to revive old doctrines and blunt modern progress. Pentecost defended his evangelistic aims and challenged the guests’ criticisms.
Hartford reports Senator Searles introduced a Senate resolution urging Connecticut to support a state inheritance tax and to urge Congress to declare it Federal policy not to tax inheritances. The article notes Senate actions on hospital trustee appointments, sculpture commission nominees, and judiciary referrals.
A burglary in Hartford Saturday night raises the local total to four by the same gang. Mrs. R. A. Beers reports entry to 259 Laurel Avenue with a key while the family was away, a watch and valuables stolen. Hartford police note a similar major burglary case resembling the same gang’s method.
Baltimore March 9 Joseph J Mueller engaged to Miss Jane Reed confessed in a written statement that he fired the shot that killed her on a Mount Washington road claiming he aimed at a highwayman during a hold up and that the death was an accident. He is held for police and coroner inquiries as detectives continue questioning him and the coroner's jury reviews the case.
Hartford March 9 The House passed a resolution amending the Bridgeport Gas Light Co charter and authorizing capital stock growth from 1.3 million to 2 million. The plan allows exchange of new stock for outstanding old stock under restrictions as the company plans plant improvements, extended mains, and better service. Judge Parker outlined the measure noting most common stockholders favor the exchange.
Judge Shumway announced the Loewe and Company versus Martin Lawler boycott case will likely be tried in May in Danbury Superior Court before a jury. No definite date was set.
The New Haven Journal and Courier argues against wooden block pavement citing cost, wear, and maintenance plus slipperiness in cold weather. It notes crevices trap dirt and the surface becomes unsafe for horses and carriages in snow or ice while praising noiselessness and noting drivers prefer alternative pavements. It also doubts Bridgeport merchants push for it.
Washington March 9 The tariff bill will be sent to the Public Printer about Thursday. Rough drafts show tree hides free coffee wood pulp and paper materials wool unchanged with slight woolen goods reduction heavy cuts on shoes and manufactured leather lumber from $2 to $1 or $1.50 the figure still in dispute steel cut 10 to 25 percent below present rates and another cut one third to one half. Plate glass moderately reduced with heavier tariff on window glass. The committee debated duties on coffee first at five cents then three then two cents per pound and finally none.
By order of Director Biltz the public dumps at the riverfoot of Grand Stella and Wakeley streets were closed this morning due to complaints by Major Harry Taylor. A new public dump has been established at Herbert to replace them.
The Weather Bureau forecast rain and warmer temperatures tonight and Wednesday for Howland's Edgeport. The brief notice notes a warm-up following unsettled conditions with rain likely extending into the next day.
A lively notice touts charming thin silks from Japan at prices from 19c to 89c a yard, valued up to 1.15. It highlights the appealing sellers, inviting every woman to visit and meet the Japanese vendors, located opposite the elevator.
A list highlights muslin sheets measuring 81 by 90 inches offered at 65¢, touted as unmatched in price. Also featured are Turkish towels at 19¢, knitted wash-cloths at 3¢, Turkish wash-cloths at 5¢, polishing cloths at 15–20¢, hemmed glass towels at 19–25¢, dish-cloths 6–12 1/2¢, and heavy floor scrubs 8–10¢, labeled asMain floor.
The ad touts cretonne burlap and fabric-like wallpapers that elevate rooms with rich borders and panels. It invites readers to view ready designs made by in-house experts, promising planning tips, no extra charge for guidance, fair prices, and skilled hanging service on the third floor beside Carpet Hall.
The ad outlines a retailer’s method to profit at $3 by selecting top shoes from a major maker, enhancing features, paying extra for refinements, and selling at the same price. It promises welted, refined styles in patent leather, Vici, and velour calfskin, with lace and button versions, at the Fairfield Avenue door.
A store advertises woolens priced from 89 cents per yard up to a dollar fifty, describing new, varied fabrics including rich plain colors, quiet stripes, satiny stripes, and spring shades like wisteria sage green and brown. Fabrics range up to 54 inches wide, all clear of yarn, fast dyes, and well finished. Right aisle rear.
An advertisement describes new season underwear in white or ecru cotton and silk wool blends. It lists medium and light weight options with high neck vests, long or short sleeves, ankle pants, and cotton or lisle union suits priced from 50 cents to a dollar. Located on Cannon Street aisle rear.
The County Commissioners ruled on James McNiff of 8 Main Street Danbury, license approval after complaints employees left work for liquor at his center district saloon. Remonstrance withdrawn when all district saloon keepers agreed not to sell during working hours. Ex-Governor Holbrook Critically Ill in Brattleboro Vermont Savings Bank president and oldest living former governor in the United States.
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