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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
2
In New York seven indictments were handed up in the U S Circuit Court before Judge Hough. The action follows disclosures in the government suit against the American Sugar Refining Company for cheating the United States in weighing sugar at Havemeyer and Elder docks in Brooklyn. The Sugar Trust has already paid $2,000,000 in settlement of duties evaded by fraudulent scales.
Turin showcases a bespoke automobile built for several Americans to gift to Pope Pius IX. The hand formed car, 20 to 30 horsepower, is designed for Vatican gardens with white leather, a gold medal of Saint Joseph, a jeweled pocket Bible, and ornate paneling. Also notices of marriages: James M Dayton to Mildred Platt in Torrington and John McMahon to Mary McMahon in Brookfield.
D B McNamara inaugurates another popular market location at Noble Avenue and Shelton Street. The opening follows a citywide rapid expansion offering high quality provisions at low prices. Special Saturday money savers advertised across all McNamara stores in today’s issue.
Report of the Greenfield Hill Country Club minstrel show by the dusky maidens with names like Liza Ann Dusty, Callope Crum, and Angela Snowball. Local attendees from Southport and center enjoyed piano solos, songs, dances, and recitations amid social notes on cottages, elections, and school superintendents.
The issue highlights Fairfield Park Open-Sale beginning today with The Boston Realty Co offering a prime land tract near Fairfield, near Frederick Sturges, promising rapid value rise. Also promoted are spring fashions from Dillon & Co and Laborde Co with dresses and wares, plus Ways to buy Fairview Lawn lots with low down payments and weekly installments, all urging prompt action.
London May 8 The Milan chronicle correspondent reports the Vatican opposes Ruthenian Catholic protests against priests being allowed to marry. The Holy See allows local priests to marry but not Ruthenian missionaries in Latin rite countries. The Pope resists compromise as anti celibacy sentiment grows in Europe.
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