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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1913
Page
4
Washington on March 17 reports jubilation among children as Easter Monday egg rolling hours at the White House are extended by two and a half hours to 3 30 pm. The tradition draws hundreds of children and spectators with the president and First Lady expected to visit the frolic.
The State Trade School will open an evening class in ladies tailoring at 45 Washington Avenue. Applications are welcome by telephone, postcard, or letter, with applicants chosen by order of receipt and preference for trade-oriented aims.
Indianapolis March 17 grand masters of Masonic lodges from many states gathered for a two day conference. Elmer F Gay grand master of Indiana called the meeting and said visitors were invited to come full of ideas. Only two similar conferences had been held recently in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
A large Hartford meeting of the Connecticut Anti-Vaccination League drew many locals to hear L. W. Anderson of Waterbury with an illustrated address. The crowd showed strong opposition to rescinding the compulsory vaccination rule in public schools. Noted anti-vaccination leaders from across the state attended, including Major Thomas Boudren and Dr. Mulligan.
Stratford reports a busy week with the Taxpayers Improvement Club hosting its second annual ball at the Tuttle building amid strong ticket sales. Also on tap are Rambler Jr. vs Locomobile at Brooklawn rink and a big Outing Club vs Firemen showdown at the new Tuttle building.
Washington reports Hollow Horn Bear, Sioux chief, laid to rest at St Pauls Catholic Church with Catholic rites. Revered leaders from Blackfeet, Crow, and Sioux nations in regalia led a guard of honor as priests urged healing, repentance, and fair treatment of Native peoples. The funeral proceeds to Crookston Neb and Rosebud Reservation SD.
Washington March 17 Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow will assume leadership in council with the Great White Father and continue Hollow Horn Bear's work. A Black Hills council meeting will ratify the choice. The Indians urge appointment of Thomas L. Sloan as Indian commissioner in the interior department.
Union services will be held during Holy Week at the First Congregational and South Churches. Monday 7:45 pm at the First Congregational Church with Dr Swain. Tuesday 7:45 pm at the South Church with H C Meserve of Danbury. Thursday 7:45 pm at the South Church with Rev H D Gallau det. Friday 7:45 pm at the First Congregational Church with Rev Robert Dennison of New Haven.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapensin as a fast, harmless remedy for upset stomachs and indigestion. It claims relief in minutes, prevents heartburn, sourness, belching, and other symptoms, and urges readers to keep a fifty-cent case at home for family use.
Bridgeport presents its premier Easter millinery lineup with early season interest as Easter nears. Exclusive creations prize individuality, with prices from 73 to 60 dollars for hats and trimmed styles. Untrimmed hats and a broad range of flowers and feathers offered at wholesale values.
The Connecticut Woman's Suffrage association lists speakers for the capitol hearings in Hartford Tomorrow. Key figures include Attorney General Light Dean Henry Wade Rogers Mrs Dorothea Moore Mrs Carlos F Stoddard Mrs Edward Whitney Miss Emily Pierson Miss Clara Hill Miss Alys Gregory Mayone Lewis Caroline Rotz Rees Mrs Herbert H Knox O Reilly M Toscan Bennett A M G Taylor Attorney Shaw and Mrs William Hincks with the state association president stating she is staging a daring drill.
A dated ad urges immediate painting rather than waiting for paint price drops. It argues delaying increases costs for paint and labor, noting that longer delays raise both price and wages. The message promotes DEVOE Hubbell & Wade as the seller of the product.
Washington March 17 The War Department ordered Col George K Hunter of the Seventh Cavalry to prohibit Manila garrison soldiers from appearing in public with native women except those who are married to them This imperial style rule implies private courting may continue at home and aims to govern public conduct among troops in Manila
Boston March 17 a large proportion of the 6000 striking shirtwaist and dressmakers returned to work today under an agreement signed Saturday granting most of their demands. It was expected that all would be back by tomorrow. The men’s garment strike enters its eighth week with 2000 workers impacted. Four hundred strikers depart tonight for New York for temporary employment until the Boston dispute is settled.
Washington March 17 Determined to prove equestrian prowess, young society women have won permission to ride at Fort Meyer in a cavalry drill for the YMCA benefit. Participants include Janet Allen Desha Allen St G Grable Emily I Grable Turch Anderson Hitchel Mrs R C Burleson and Helen Buchanan. Burleson led suffrage parade rescue efforts. Allen is famed as fearless with several near-death escapes.
Rev. William Osborn Baker was selected rector of Christchurch by Bishop Brewster and will likely begin duties June 1. He has endorsements from diocesan and religious orders including the Order of St. John the Evangelist and the Holy Cross. Baker, already rector of Christchurch, Haverhill, is an associate member of the Holy Cross.
Berlin reports the European powers will inform the Balkan allies that their suggested terms for peace with Turkey are inadmissible and will not be submitted. A London draft note, prepared by ambassadors, awaits final approval after a Wednesday conference, urging essential modification and stressing the need to conclude peace.
Scientific analysis shows digestion needs pepsin and gastric acids. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets supply natural digestive elements to weak stomachs and small intestines. They stimulate gastric glands and restore normal digestion, tested safe with no poisons. Ask your druggist for a fifty cent box.
Three armed men dragged Albert Berger a cigar store clerk into a back room bound his hands and feet with wire and took 3200 from the cash register. Berger freed himself and fled into the street as the robbers escaped in a probable automobile. Police note such robberies have been frequent recently.
New York March 17 The Standard Oil Co of New York announces today an advance of half a cent a gallon in all grades of naptha for export. The last general advance in naptha was made on January 7.
Social and personal notices detail a 6 PM Wednesday wedding for Miss Claribel May Lewis and Harold Edgar Nothnagle at the Stratford home of the bride’s parents. A recent miscellaneous shower honored Rhoda King, soon to wed Arnold Osterlund, with green and white decorations and a bridal doll favor. A farewell reception is planned for Lucile Rock as she departs for Pennsylvania, with an Irish Kilarney themed dance.
Hartford March 17 Lieut Gev Lyman T Tingler Congressman Augustine Lonergan and others have accepted invitations to attend the Hubbard Escort dinner on March 25. Several will deliver addresses as the Escort honors Governor Richard D Hubbard and the group holds its annual March banquet.
Three Chinese died and four were wounded as a tong war resumed on the Pacific coast. One victim lived in San Francisco, others fell in Portland with a third wounded, and Seattle reported three injuries. The Hop Sing and Bow Leung tongs are named with only one arrest in San Francisco. Separately, St Joseph’s T L B association plans its thirty first anniversary banquet at St Mary’s basement, with a club house at 671 Barnum avenue, set for April 16.
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