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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1916
Page
6
A 23rd anniversary sale at Dillon's highlights seasonable millinery at half price and discounts on shirt waists silk petticoats silk sweaters cloth coats and guaranteed raincoats all offered at cost prices with emphasis that it pays to trade at Dillon's.
Silver City Lodge No 20 NE OF observes its 27th anniversary in the City Mission building with officers from New Haven and Bridgeport present. A large crowd attended as flags adorned the hall and remarks on the Good of the Order were delivered, followed by music, solos, and a banquet for about 100 attendees. An upcoming steamer schedule note refers to the Naugatuck and Chester W Chapin docking details.
Advertises Cyrus Reach Powder as a roach killer that can be sprinkled where roaches gather. Claims it frees homes from pests, is harmless, and does not spread to neighbors. Priced at 20 and 35 cents.
Senior class day at Fannie A Smith Froebel Kindergarten Training school on Lafayette street featured a program with Words of Welcome Class History Donations and Class Prophecy by senior and junior students. The class song composed by Eleanor Criddle closed the event as Bethesda Hamilton presented each graduate a gift. The junior class received a crutch symbolizing support for their upcoming senior year, with officers named Katherine Lyons Bethesda Hamilton Eleanor Criddle Elsie Chase and others listed.
An advertisement claims the pettiness of beauty is marred by a wart and promotes Cyrus Wart Remover available without pain at Cyrus Pharmacy on Duirfield Avenue.
At Bridgeport High School four girls and one boy, Isidore Novack, are chosen to present essays for the Barnum prize at the June 20 graduation. Topics include The Romance of Synthetic Chemistry and The American Girl's Inheritance. Judges are Jonathan Godfrey Philo Calhoun and D C Patterson.
Lawyers for Susan W Bishop and George W Smith settled a jurisdiction dispute between Justice EE J Me McManus and city court. Papers moved among courts, now delivered to City Court Clerk J W Scheffer for city court action. Also reports King Christian of Denmark underwent a second operation for intestinal ailment at the summer pathagen.
Ira M. Ornburn, Cigarmakers' union organizer and New England Labor Conference vice president, campaigns in Bridgeport urging residents to buy home produced cigars. He condemns retailers who push out of town non union goods, calling for support of Bridgeport products to boost local employment and wages.
Paris May 20 Switzerland vows total resistance to any invasion. President Camille De Kopft says the federal council will mobilize all forces and send them into action immediately, under General Ulrich Wille. The Swiss army is well trained and fully equipped with new heavy artillery made in France and Germany by Swiss government order.
New York May 20 Captain Frank E Evans says excessive cigarette smoking caused about 50 percent of rejections at the U S marine recruiting station since May 1. Of 149 applicants examined, nearly half showed rapid pulse shortness of breath or other symptoms, and not one was accepted despite interest after a preparedness parade.
London May 20 A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam cites Norddeutscher Zeitung asserting Sir Edward Grey’s Commons statement that the Vatican attempted to induce Germany to abandon submarine warfare does not reflect the facts. The paper claims the Pope offered mediation to Germany and the United States, with the Emperor thanking him and pointing to Germany’s reply to America. Parmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
Henry T. Mayo, then second in command of the Atlantic fleet with the rank of vice admiral, will succeed Admiral Fletcher as head of the fleet on June 19. Coffman will become vice admiral and Mayo will hold the rank of admiral as first officer of the fleet. Fletcher reverts to rear admiral. Mayo, a Vermont native aged fifty nine, was tied to the Vera Cruz affair in 1914.
Special to The Farmer Stratford May 20 twelve building permits totaling 19300 were issued by Building Inspector Harry A Barnes. Listings include Rosanna Peese frame laundry building 500 B O Parsons frame house 2000 Edward Spargo frame house 3500 K R Stenberg frame house 3500 A R Bredell frame house 2400 Connecticut Alloyed Metals Co Stratford Avenue 6000 Jacob Von Hr West Broad Street two family house 3000 John Goodell West Broad Street two family house 2600 N J Reed Main Street repairs 500 John Timocho South Avenue two family house 3000 Sherman & Nichols West Broad Street two family house 3000. A $5 fine was imposed on Mrs Mary Zuravick for breach of the peace and disturbance with neighbor Mrs Mary Kolar. Zuravick denied the accusations. The Stratford High School seniors staged Dickens Our Mutual Friend to a packed Red Men’s hall. audience repeatedly encored. Center public schools held annual exhibit of drawing writing sewing construction. Ladies league Congregational church to host supper May 25 at parish house. dollar party planned in June. A man believed to be C H Staunton of Penns Grove died at Brie a of wounds from an unknown assailant.
The narrative follows Theodore Cather, a former Cardinals and Braves outfielder, now with the Montreal club of the International League, as part of a wider look at early 20th century players. It notes his birth on May 20, 1889, his progression from Lancaster to Toronto, Scranton, St. Louis, and Boston, and his shift from pitcher to outfielder under Miller Huggins. It also traces Herb Moran’s stormy journey through many teams and leagues, highlighting key moves and origins from Pennsylvania. Moran and Cather were both Canadian-bound in their brief majors era, leaving Joe Connolly as the last Braves outfielder from 1914.
May 20 New York hosts 13th biennial General Federation of Women's Clubs as 20 000 delegates arrive. Helpers guide visitors by train to hotel quarters while Mayor Mitchel to greet attendees. Pennypacker of Austin Texas arrives tonight. Candidates to succeed her are Sneath of Ohio and Owles of California.
Belgian war department at Havre reports German retreat in Ruanda and Lake Kivu region. They claim capture of a 77 millimetre gun as General Tombeur’s force advanced. Kigali occupation and south Lake Kivu pressure disrupted German communications. Mount Kama Range was seized on May 12, strengthening the Belgian defense line.
Leonard Alteri died at home aged 75 at 1029 Fembroke Street. Survived by widow, three sons Pasquale Michael Frank and three daughters Mie Philip Cucoli Mrs Joseph Altieri and Olympia Altieri. John Franklyn Hammond died after months with Brights disease at his home 1505 Elm Street Stratford. A longtime resident and oysterman born in Long Island. Survived by widow four sons James Harry Homer and Walter and four daughters Mrs Clement Holdsworth Phoebe Kate and Adeline Hammond.
Inmates at the Connecticut Reformatory in Cheshire appeal for old books and magazines to improve library offerings. Inmate Librarian Register No. 435 asks friends to mail items, noting the warden will cover express charges. Also noted are Navy General Board appointment, Fire Department deputy, a War Department report from Las Animas, and a Trenton trolley strike affecting traffic.
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