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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1911

Page

4

Fairfield Country Club program delights Young Members

Fairfield May 13 audience at the Fairfield Country Club enjoyed a program by club youth with the elmble orchestra providing music and refreshments served afterward. The event featured recitations and solos by Misses Gray Bulxiey Startleenelley and others, with notes on future entertainments and an upcoming annual fair.

Fairfield A Country Club Elmb Howard Wakeman Mareld Hull Mise Jirerelte Anus Gray Exine Bulxiey Kifith Maude Wilpon Gut. Kether Blanch Wade Ant Plana Misa Grifith W. Mallon Zevon Sermbetn Warn Adited Dawson C. Glover Varia Pierk Main Street Tows Hall Sy Aiuch Jens Mise Larean Jennings Woods Tam Spee Eon Migs Startleenelley Furie Bridgeport Father O'Dell Sauce Clark New Maven John Moyle Leeds Ware Mra Murle 'T. Fartey James F. Roach Waitedlluminating Co Fairfield Beach

Closing Performance Tonight of Sperry's Marriage Game

Closing night in Bridgeport sees Sperry's company deliver its fourteenth finale with praise for Kellard Steinbach Maxon and the cast as Juliet imitates Maude Adams and the theater touts the production as the season’s biggest closing show with elaborate scenery and strong audience response while remarks on opponents and the broader era of suffrage hint at civic debates.

Robert Msperry Big Playhouse Juliet Ralph Kellard Miss Steinbach Miss Mason Mauda Adams Madame Naximova Ethel Barrymore Hammerstein Ini Bridgeport Reading Stock Company Syracuse Sperry Misa Steinbach Miss Maxon Charles R. Jewett Charles E. Peck Bernard Brill Thomas F. Driscoll Lee Lounds Clare Brill Lydia Eira Marian Storms Daisie Juchau Robert M. Sperry St. Louis Phoebe W. Cousen

Loyal Order of Moose Promotes Fraternal Growth in Bridgeport

An advertising piece extols the Loyal Order of Moose as inclusive to white male citizens, detailing benefits, fees, and fundraising for a Detroit convention. It highlights the organization’s social and fraternal aims, national reach with 660 lodges, and membership advantages including sickness and death benefits. The note cites N Waldo Kennedy as a local contact at the Moose office.

New York Globe Krause Sinso Order of Mooan Ife Brotherhood of Man Order of Moose N. Waldo Kennedy Bign The Moone Toom Arcade

Reporter O Brien Trails Notorious Gardner Arrested Here

An unusually tall man identified as Weilhard Gardner was arrested on shore by Detective Sergeant Vinil after a complaint by O'Brien. Gardner, accused of leaving debts and a string of bad books, had fled New Jersey with a watch from another man.

Wiehard Gardner Vinil AS. O'Brien Pot Tae Belduasere Belen Fikaberh Daily Journal New Dereay Gardner Fali- Belen Havie New Jersey City Ji Obrien Billenbeth O'Brien Garcon Ufall Lim Resir Ined Maier Elicaeth New Jersey Weould Brion Sare Witz Oath Gard Garrivon Jim Furry Yorke Gardnerth Atlantic Hotel

Suffragist Critic Seawell Attacked by Gotham Activists

Francis Phillips reports that Molly Elliott Seawell's book criticizing suffragists prompts protests from leading women. She accuses promoters of hypocrisy and notes high divorce rates among suffrage leaders, citing New Zealand and Colorado. Also covered are Susan P. Fowler's death at 87, Prohibition animal displays aboard ships, and society movements around Vanderbilt, Huntington, and Rockefeller circles.

Molly Elliott Seawell Gotham Seawall Hull House Chicago Miss Seawalls New Zealand Colorado Finland Uta Tdaho Susan P. Fowler Long Vineland Susan BR. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucy Stone Oneida New York Miss Fowler Welllock Gen Edward Fowler Lincoln Grand Street Manhatan Gus Mager Australia

Far rart and Scotti clash shocks Metropolitan plans

Gossip circling Rialto claims soprano Geraldine Farrar and baritone Antonio Scotti have a rift though rehired for next season at the Metropolitan Opera House. The two reportedly will not share operas or meet on stage, amid unconfirmed causes and renewed marriage speculation.

Rialto Geraldine Farrart Antonio Scotti Metropolitan Opera House Amorita Miss Purrar Petree Scott

Governor Baldwin Asked to Review Willimantic Fourth Parade

Governor Baldwin received an invitation from Frank Palmer Fenton head of the Willimantic Civic Association to review the Independence Day parade of the Franco American Brigade of New England in Willimantic. An invitation also went to Governor A J Pothier of Rhode Island to share honors, with Baldwin likely to accept. The governor aided in forming the Willimantic Civic Association.

United Press Martford

Griffin Honored by National Tobacco Growers

M J Griffin of Bloomfield Connecticut was elected vice president at the National Tobacco Growers Convention held in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Griffin is a noted local tobacco grower in this section. The event dated May 13 is reported by United Press.

United Press Bloomfield Conn M. J. Griffin National Tobacco Growers Lancaster

Death of William Spargo at 91 in Cornwall England

News arrives of William Spargo dying at age 91 in Mabe Cornwall. He was father to James Spargo builder of this city and left Ave sons and three daughters, 29 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren. Three sons reside in the United States. Edward and John run a New Haven forging firm.

Mabe Cornwall County England William Spargo James Spargo James Edward John New Haven Spargo Spargo, Jr

Fragmented tale of a boxing scene and missing names

A garbled report describes a boxing bout near a boxers’ trader and a fight ending with a death while a stranger steals a name. It notes funeral services for Fanny Pollman of 117 Burroughs Street Wert and a vague local scene with disjointed phrases and misread words.

Fanny Pollman Burroughs Street Ft AL Mall Welbek

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