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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1909
Page
5
Patrick J. Dowling was accidentally shot by Joseph & White yesterday afternoon at Bridgeport. Doctors say the bullet pierced the flesh but he faces no serious danger. The incident occurred at the hospital where Dowling is receiving care.
A genial young man at a busy cafe offers a dollar bill for a game offering ten cent bets. Ten players join, each chipping in ten cents. The bill is won and docked, the man jokes that he will buy his fare home with the sale, then departs.
Two centuries ago at St Andrews University students paid no dormitory fee but three shillings per quarter allowed them to dine at the high table. For a shilling and fourteen pence poorer men could eat for six months, with breakfast at seven and a half, a pint of beer, and fare including loaves and broths at meals. The high table featured poultry broth and feet, with the second table providing more broth and beer, occasional herrings, and downders. Beer was not abundant, and the college boasted its own brew house as a perquisite of the fens watch.
A Greenwich milliner sues Ellen C. Montellis for 138.11 for a hat not paid. Deputy Sheriff levies on Jo. E. Montellis funds at Greenwich Trust Co in a bid to recover 40 damages as a domestic dispute grows. Joseph E. Montellis faces a divorce action pending in Superior Court amid the attachment.
Hartford reports the Senate debated the Old Lyme Old Saybrook bridge project and approved a half million dollar appropriation for a new commission likely to continue. The session also included a $11,250 appropriation for Governor Lilley’s funeral expenses and several corporate and municipal measures.
A heavy gale drove the tug Sanford tow of nine coal laden barges apart near New Haven harbor. Three barges struck Faulkner's Island rocks and one sank, while five barges were towed in. Two men a boy and a woman drowned trying to escape from a sinking barge. The boy Frank O’Neil was recovered. others unidentified.
Justice of the Peace Wilder presided on three matters. In Ramwel Priedburg against Meyer Hegbans and Abram Holzberg the defense received 15 for care of ducks and other animals, while the plaintiff was awarded 95. Alfred Grass versus G I Deviccio and wife yielded 6 to the plaintiff. In Pred Besureault against Henry A Bishop et al the court held no damages for a stairway fall on State street as lack of notice and timely repair shown by defendants.
John Sawyer aged 64 died at home after a brief illness. A native of Buckinghamshire England he came to the city forty years ago and was active in lodge circles He survived by his widow Funeral arrangements were held from 488 Pembroke Street to St Marys Church with Rev John Murphy officiating The Third Order of St Frances attended and pallbearers included Patrick Cuddy Richard Monahan and others Elizabeth Fitzpatrick died at Prank Street after brief illness aged unknown She was a North End resident and a devout Catholic with three daughters and three sons named in the obit Tomorrow Mayor Lew will announce the committee to investigate the Count of Charities and another committee will address the Central Avenue smoke issue.
Sixty delegates attended the third annual Knights of the Maccabees convention in New Britain with Patrick Touhey presiding. Supreme Record Keeper Ta 7 Bisler reported 41 tents in the state and 2 182 members, while he estimated 219 000 Maccabeans nationwide and said benefits paid last year reached $3 114 000.
The U S government, allowed to intervene, argues the Employers Liability Act of April 22 1908 is a valid exercise of Congress power to regulate interstate commerce. In Edgar G Mondon v New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company the brief urges the act protects railroad employees and safety of commerce, aiming to uphold the statute against constitutional challenges.
State police are dispatched to towns to curb speeding following a spate of motorist violations. In Fairfield, Officer Frank Verilli recorded four fast passes, while Grand Juror Chris H. King filed four John Doe warrants for excessive speeding. Warrants served on Carl Beck, William Cox, and Edward J. Thomas. one more warrant remained unserved. Supt. Birmingham ordered additional patrols as traffic tensions rise after the deadly crash blamed on reckless driving. Leise will is admitted to probate as Laulee Miller and Titian Whatley plan appeals via Henry C. Burrage.
Miss Conklin, a representative of C. Batcheller Company, offers free corset guidance at the store in Bridgeport. She gives morning one-to-one advice on the second floor and 3 PM lectures on the fourth floor with live corset models, focusing on health and beauty.
Two splendid qualities of black mohair offered at a substantial saving. Mohair brilliantine 44 inches wide light of weight fine weave suitable for skirts or shirtwaist suits. worth 1.50 a yard now 1.10. Sicilian mohair 50 inches wide stout texture ideal for dust coats or light summer wraps. originally 1.50 a yard now 1.10. Right aisle rear.
The St Josephs Club on Barnum Avenue hosts a dance and vaudeville show with Maloney's Orchestra tonight. A jolly crowd attends as the town’s favorite entertainers aim to delight the audience. Read the Farmer Want Ads for girls.
A local shop offers sterling silver novelties at deep discounts to clear inventory. Dressing-table pieces, mirrors, hair brushes, pins, brooches, combs, and hat-pins are marked down with many items priced well below value. Watches, jewelry, and assorted 10 cent to 25 cent items entice shoppers to buy quickly.
Among boys' shoes one model is described as very tough with an oak core. It uses heavy leather, strongest thread, reinforced stress points, and stout soles. Ideal for active days, sizes 11 to 13 priced at 1.25 and sizes 1 to 5 at 1.60. Located near Fairfield avenue door.
Bridgeport city officials seek a court action to determine and quiet the title to land on Yellow Mill Pond easterly of Connecticut Ave. The land, deeded in 1900 to the city by conservators, is claimed in part by D Fairchild Wheeler who disputes the western boundary. City counsel recommends suit to settle interests and avoid improvements until title is clarified.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky urged a protective tariff on hemp in a Senate session. He cited opening remarks from the Plunkett Committee chairman and argued the wartime tariff still shapes policy, noting longstanding calls to shield domestic hemp industries.
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