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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1909
Page
6
Walter Wellman announced plans to renew his effort to reach the North Pole by dirigible this summer. He will travel to Paris and Norway next week to organize the expedition, conducted under his personal ownership and without newspaper sponsorship or connection.
Washington May 5. The will of Joseph W. Babcock ex Representa tive from Tresconein was opened for probate yesterday revealing in two codicils a bequest of $10 000 to the family cook. The money is to be used for the education of the cook's near four year old child, a favorite of Mrs. Babcock. Heirs do not expect to contest the bequest.
Rockhill persona grata noted by the Russian Foreign Office as Ambassador W W Rockhill to Russia is deemed satisfactory. The aging envoy plans retirement and private life with a possible chair of international law at a major American university under consideration.
The article argues proprietary medicines remain popular as most doctors prescribe them and notes Latin labeling hides this fact. It cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as an enduring example and asserts their longstanding trust and family relevance in American drugstores.
New York May 65 Lewis Nixon spoke to the Tammany Club of the Tenth Assembly district at 42 Second Avenue. He was cheered and enthusiastically nominated for next Mayor of New York.
Maud Zeid Drake of Boulder Creek declares as a human seismograph that a continent wide disaster is imminent. She claims to have foreseen the Galveston tidal wave and the San Francisco quake and warned these cities weeks before. She also cites forewarnings of the Slocum disaster, the Collingswood school fire, and earthquakes abroad.
Large audiences applaud Poli's weekly bill headlined by Charmion The World's Most Perfect Woman whose striking trapeze and witty act draw crowd response. Supporting acts include Elsie Harvey and her boys Ollivetti Troubadours Spanish Serenaders and more. Next week promotes Pat Rooney's Hotel Laughland with Show Girl and Trampas l to close vaudeville season. Box office hours 9 am to 10 pm theatre phone 1226.
Smith's announces tonight and tomorrow the Imperial Grand Opera Co from New York, with principals from San Carlo and La Scala, performing Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci tonight, Verdi's Il Trovatore tomorrow, plus a 40-voice chorus and NY orchestra. The season closes with The Virginian, starring W. S. Hart and Frank Campeau, noted for faithful portrayals and rugged Western life.
Nelson C. Lund, longtime local theatre manager, has purchased land on the south side of State Street between Colorado and Clinton avenues for a new West End theatre. The 40 by 90 foot building will include a rear stage addition, opera seating, good ventilation, and fire exits. Upon completion, Lund plans nightly vaudeville, illustrated songs, and moving pictures, plus Saturday matinees.
In Flushing New York May 5 lawyers McIntyre and Young finished a hypothetical 10 000 word question reviewing all testimony to test if Capt Hains is rational or irrational The experts named are Drs Peirece L Clerk Albert Bush Graeme Hammond and L Samuel Manson of New York and Charles Hill of Baltimore The cross examination may occupy tomorrow and rebuttal evidence likely won t begin until Friday A commission to examine Capt Hains is discussed but would be at the urging of Justice Garretson rather than the District Attorney Dewitt The case centers on the shooting of William E Annis and the involvement of Charles Bawyer and Policeman Baker
Newtown notes a Tuesday afternoon Borough meeting where officers on the ticket were elected for the coming year. Next Saturday the Bethel High School baseball team travels to Bethel to face Bethel High School, with many youths and friends expected to attend. Pootatuck Grange hosted a successful gathering at Hillside Rooms Tuesday evening with large attendance and a lively social time. Ladies prizes included a silk umbrella, a china pitcher, cake, oranges, and other items. Gentlemen prizes featured a whip, a china set, box paper, and more. Refreshments of cake and lemonade were served.
The D. M. Read Co.Established 1857offers 25 percent reductions on solid oak dressers chiffoniers and veiled plate mirrors. Value prices discounted to seven ninety to thirteen fifty. Oak wash stands and carpeting items listed with 9x12 and brussels options. Basement Tea Room serves coffee tea and baked goods.
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