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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1913
Page
8
Notice proclaims a private banking firm at a corner location inviting individuals and corporations to open bank accounts. It highlights continuous operation, on demand money handling, and earning interest by leaving funds for one day to one year. The firm claims forty seven years as the oldest private bankers in the state, offering careful personal attention.
Local firm advertises fire insurance surety bonds and real estate services sold on commission. Offers loans on approved properties and acts as trustees or executors in estate matters. Includes financial interest data above $500.
Boston March 29 The Interstate Commerce Commission has received 147 reports from Examiner David B Brown on the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad The investigation covers the New Haven New England Navigation Co Rhode Island Railroad Connecticut Co and Consolidated Railway Co The reports will be sent to Washington tonight The hearing involved Robert Homans L D Brandeis and examined papers linking J P Morgan M J Perry and Oakleigh Thorne to Westchester project.
John Nelson of 135 Wilson Street was rescued from gas asphyxiation by a pulmotor at his residence last Sunday. He recovered consciousness at St. Vincent's Hospital but developed double pneumonia. A gas cock had been left three quarters on.
Delegates at the Physiotherapy Congress in Berlin report progress in treating bone and articular tuberculosis with sunlight, noting snow reflection enhances curative power. The Roentgenography section discusses early X ray experiments with radioactive emulsions and chlorine salts injections, though results remain preliminary but promising.
Newsboys Charles Healey and Andrew Parker of New Hartford were credited by trainmen with saving a Hartford to Winsted passenger train from a landslide at New Hartford. Heavy rains toppled rock and earth on Gates Hillside, burying rails thirty feet above the Farmington River. They alerted a flagman, a section man stopped the train near the obstruction, and workers spent five hours clearing the rails as passengers were shuttled to Winsted by a special train.
The New Haven board of education voted to start an Italian department at New Haven High next September. Professor Gregory reported strong city Italian population presence and growing commercial need. Spanish may follow. the instructor will be named with annual appointments.
A compendium of Sunday worship schedules across many churches in Bridgeport including St Johns Fairfield Trinity Church Nativity St Luke's First Congregational Olivet Park Street Park Congregational King's Highway West End First Methodist Trinity M E Church Washington Park Methodist Episcopal Park Auditorium The People's Church First Presbyterian German Reformed First Church of Christ Scientist Bridgeport Christian Union and City Mission with Holy Communion Matins Evensong sermons Sunday School and various service times listed for March 30 and Easter period.
Tomorrow evening at the First Methodist church Pastor George M. Brown will answer whether the city needs the church. At 10:30 a.m. a rally of members and church interests will be discussed by laymen with expected attendance by members and friends.
A surprise gathering of over twenty guests including many Patrolmen from Bridgeport’s second precinct visited Lieut William H O Leary at 450 Arctic Street Thursday evening to present a mahogany Morris chair and mission smoking set. Patrolman Daniel Ryan led the informal address and congratulations. Refreshments followed as attendees reminisced and celebrated the newly elevated official.
Washington reports Postmaster General Burleson will hold large office postmasters strictly to time and duties. He seeks not only to curb shirking but to require devoted business time and personal attention. Appointments will demand compliance with eight-hour work norms and full dedication to official duties.
A damaged excerpt comments on personnel supervision and duty. It asserts proper time for leadership and direction to improve service efficiency and broader impact on the wartime ecumene. The fragment hints at organizational aims without detailing names or specifics.
The Olivet Vesper Prince service features Mrs Lillian Philip and Rev Morgan Miller answering three questions about reconciling God with disasters, whether higher pay fosters virtue, and why Smith attends church on Easter. The gathering runs about an hour starting at o'clock, and all are welcome.
After a lengthy illness she died at home on Crescent Avenue. Catherine Connor Lally, wife of Jet Lally, was a lifelong resident of the East Side, beloved by friends. She worked for the Gold Car Heating Company in New York and is survived by three sisters Mrs Witthew Costello, Mrs William Clancy, and Mrs Daniel McNamara. Federal services will be held Tuesday morning instead of Monday as previously announced.
A period advertisement proclaims wedding rings available for purchase with options in gold filled at $32.00 and solid gold at $85.00. It emphasizes the couple’s need for the girl and ring and promises supply of the ring at any time.
A compact listing places The Reliable Jeweler on Fairfield Avenue near Midéh. The note notes storefront location and proximity to the Midéh area, with no additional services or hours detailed.
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