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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
13
Miss Beatrice Forbes Robertson will address the Contemporary Club at Mrs. William A. Grippen’s Marina Park residence on Tuesday evening May 27. It will close the nineteenth season and promises to be a notable meeting. She will discuss the subject Our Need of the Poets.
Joseph Dowdall lodge Knights of Pythias will exemplify the rank of Knight in full form at Castle hall corner Main and Cannon streets tonight. A large attendance is expected and all members are invited. After the work a social session will be held with refreshments served.
City Engineer Alfred H. Terry and City Attorney John Pullman will return to Hartford for the continuation of the public utilities commission hearing on railroad electrification work. The case concerns extending equipment over small parcels along the right of way through Hartford. The hearing resumes next Wednesday in Hartford.
The column notes the debate on immigration held for rooms three and nine of the afternoon session. It mentions Marion Hopkins Barbara DuBoia and other seniors traveling to New York for a photo in a weekly publication. It also previews the Keating Day celebration and Barnum prize speakers to be announced later.
State board of health reports 1498 deaths in April not March or last year infectious deaths 219 large town rates 159 small towns 14.2 state 15.6. Plymouth 2.1 Seymour 21.4. Public institutions totals listed for many cities. Measles to whooping cough counts. deaths by age and causes including consumption 109 pneumonia 198 heart disease 162 and other diseases 602. March marriages 705 and births 2556.
An advertising message invokes a Lincoln maxim about fooling people only some of the time to argue ethical business conduct. It asserts clear, accurate representations of jewelry, watches, and diamonds and invites customers to visit for reliable merchandise and truthful claims.
M. J. Buechler operates The Reliable Jeweler at 48 Fairfield Avenue near Middle Ferry, offering watch and jewelry services. The shop emphasizes trustworthy repairs, sales of timepieces, and jewelry maintenance for local customers.
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