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Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1909

Page

4

Spring hat display promises widest selection yet

E H Dillon & Co starts a three day spring opening featuring an extensive imported hat display. Parisian milliners Madame Georgette Suzanne Mager and Marie Louise offer ornate styles with ostrich plumes, velvet lacing and tapestry shades in colors like old rose, wisteria and cantara, with hats priced from 42 to 95 dollars.

E. H. Dillon & Co Bridgeport Copenhagen Madame Georgette Rue Scribe Madame Suzanne Calbot Rue Royalle Paris Madame Esther Mager Madame-Marie Louise

Bridgeport in the Olden Days Recall of Lynching and Odd 1819 News

A Bridgeport reminiscence from 1819 recounts the execution of a famed black robber named Mingo, the political tension over his punishment, a fatal ambush near Kempsville, and a guard wounded by buckshot. The page also notes an extraordinary March snowstorm and a Washington Bridge Lottery prize draw with credit sales and overdue accounts.

Bridgeport Mingo Princess Anne Virginia Conde Richmond James W. Lord Kempsville Lord Washington Bridge Jesse Sterling Lucky Lottery Sterling

Weather and storms recounted from 1820s Republican Farmer items

A digest of historic notes cites 1820 weather hazards causing injuries during sleet and rain, including Ebeneezer Clark Jr. breaking a thigh and bruising the body. It also recalls 1842 shad fishing reports and a 1843 Great Snow Storm with high winds and shipping damage around New York and nearby harbors.

Republican Farmer Ebeneezer Clark Canaan Sharon Cornwall Torrington Secore Housatonic New York Buxene Governor’s Island Adario Staten Island

Anthracite Coal Set For Summer Price Cut

New York March 23 It became known yesterday that if a strike or lockout hits the anthracite collieries on April 1 companies will likely order a fifty cent per ton summer reduction for domestic sizes beginning in April An official says he favors continuing the rule citing ample stock and operators wanting movement Heads of other companies express strong sentiment to maintain the reduction

New York

Who is who in Bridgeport Education Bills Meet

Fairfield County Teachers League meets at Bridgeport High School on March 27 at 10 a m to discuss Present Educational Bills Before the General Assembly. Speakers include Mrs L H Cummings Plantsville president of the Woman's Council of Education and Dr William E Chancellor ex superintendent of Washington D C. Supt Charles W Deane Bridgeport presents Peachers Certification Bills. No door fee.

Fairfield County Teachers’ League Bridgeport High School General Assembly L. H. Cummings Plantsville William E. Chancellor Washington, D. C Chancellor Chicago Charles W. Deane Bridgeport Deane

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