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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
5
The Rose Maid Waltz by Werba and Luescher returns for one performance on May 6. It features popular tunes including Roses Bloom for Lovers and Fore Waltz with romance and comedy, marking a musical success after The Merry Widow era.
The G A R members volunteer to instruct local schoolchildren in patriotic observance. Rev A C Thompson, the instructor, announces an event at Bilas Howe Jr Post with a plan for a community program after low water. The notice includes unrelated ad fragments and product lines about removers and soap.
Statisticians note longer lifespans yet overlook beauty gains as women embrace hygienic skin care. The piece argues against Puritanical notions that pleasure equals sin, promoting self respect, real beauty through proper living, and modern cosmetic methods to prevent wrinkles.
In Newtown on Botsford Hill the Frederick Reiner farm sold to J. E. Skiff of New York State. He plans June 1 possession and has hired Martin Hook to assist. The Reiners may stay locally and seek a smaller property. land values in Newtown are rising rapidly.
On Tuesday May 6 the W A Broad Street rooms will host the annual exhibition of its educational work from 3 to 10 PM. Highlights include dressmaking millinery and embroidery classes praised for larger attendance and broader reach, with East Side branch programs and factory classes for sewing under teachers. Tea will be served by the educational committee.
The Poli Players present Geo. M. Cohan's Get Rich Quick Wallingford at the Plaza Theatre offering a full four act production with a top cast including Brenda Fowler Paul McAllister Paul Doucet and others. Daily matinees begin this afternoon with prices unchanged from prior seasons. Next week the Poli Players will stage A Man From Home at the Plaza.
Eleanor Cleveland and associate Players begin the second week at Fox's Lyric with Freckles, a hearted playlet, featuring Cleveland as a boy for the first time in this city. The bill includes Seymour, Dempsy and Seymore, the Three Perry Sisters, Bonner and Powers, Harold Stillman, Cooper Brothers, Kinema color reel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Niagara Falls color, six first run shorts, and the Eric Orchestra under Bernie Noble. a varied vaudeville program expected to draw strong crowds.
Poli's New Theatre launches a policy of popular price vaudeville and photo plays. Six big acts plus feature pictures headline the first three days. The Cabaret Craze musical comedy leads, with The Four Melody Maids, Laypo and Benjamin, Maximilian and Martini, Billy Barlow, and The Gilmore Trio also on the bill. A two reel Vitagraph film Hearts of an Empire and Edison Talking Pictures complete offerings with prices matching The Plaza.
The College Hero attracts a large student cast with rehearsals daily at the Park Theatre and a May 19 20 performance. The visiting nurses association supports the troupe while eight top dancers join a Spanish group led by Miss Hazeltine Clad with Elsie Cushman Helen Drueke and others in a campus Spanish Dance scene.
New York dated May 2 reports Ruth Law Bancroft and her brother F Rodman Law plan to fly the Atlantic for a prize from Lord Northcliffe of England. They say the aircraft would use tin floats and carry ample fuel for the crossing at about 100 miles per hour. Aviation circles doubt the risk.
The Boston company plans a post season tour presenting condensed Faust and Marthe with stars pinned to the cast. Bridgeport hosts a performance of The Barber of Seville with a strong lineup including Count Almaviva Alfredo Ramelia Figaro Rodolo Fornari and soprano Evelyn Scotney among others as the company eyes broader public support for next season.
Stratford May 5 Thomas McQuillan of Barnum avenue urges spending state road funds on West Broad street rather than North Main. He argues West Broad is a historic trunk road and would reduce Barnum avenue traffic, while North Main already slated for improvements. Proponents warn shifting funds could cost Stratford town money and delay better trunk-road access.
The funeral for Mrs John Euee took place this morning from 624 Broad Street at 10 o'clock and proceeded to St Joseph's church for a high mass of requiem celebrated by Father Zehner. A large attendance of relatives and friends viewed floral tributes. Pallbearers included Michael Connors Patrick Moylan and Ernest Nelson. Interment was at St Michael's Cemetery.
Historical notes describe two mysterious days of darkness in New England. The first on October 21, 1716, lasting about three and a half hours after noon, forcing artificial light for daily work. The second on May 19, 1780, beginning in the morning and lasting all day, with darkness spreading from northeast New England to Pennsylvania, concentrated along the Massachusetts coast, origin attributed to a south wind though unexplained.
A London Answers summary notes that a “warned off” status bans owners trainers and riders connected with the turf. The punishment is registered by racing authorities to France and Ireland and to the Jockey Club, which can summon suspects and impose suspensions or other penalties if explanations fail.
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