Bridgeport Briefs: Second Glass Matter Arises
Fragmentary notice from Bridgeport reports a second glass matter under exclusive Telegraph Service of United a2 SPS. Details are unreadable but indicate ongoing local civic or commercial dispute.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1912
Page
9
Trumbull Schools Debate Better System for Town
On May 22 1912 Trumbull residents debated school funding and teacher pay urging reforms. The piece notes underpayment harms citizens and suggests a consolidated system could improve value while acknowledging boards of education may resist changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumbull
Board of Education
Boards of Education
Biggest Scandal of All in the Presidential Campaign
The piece argues that the central scandal is not expose tepid but the vast sums poured into politics by rich donors aiming for government favors. It notes millions spent by rival candidates, beyond direct primaries, across convention systems, and calls on Roosevelt to reveal his spending sources, addressing La Follette’s challenge and public curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Roosevelt
Hiagen bill targets price discrimination by dealers
The Hiagen bill bans selling to one purchaser at a lower price than others and makes such unfair discrimination punishable. Thomas L. Hisgen, an independent oil dealer, authored the bill aiming at Standard Oil for cutting prices locally to crush competition while maintaining higher prices elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiagen
Thomas L. Hisgen
Standard Oil Company
Saint Nicholas Day Observed Across Russia
Russia honors Saint Nicholas with a state and church holiday as Moscow observes Nicholas Day on a calendar date that differs from Western practice. The article recounts Nicholas’s birthplace Lycia, journey to Palestine, the storm stilled by prayer, his rise to bishop in Myra, imprisonment under Diocletian, release under Constantine, and role at the council of Nicaea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
St. Nicholas
St. Patrick
St. David
St. George
St.Nicholas
Lycial
Palestine
Nicholas
Myra
Diocletian
Constantine
Nice
Death of Richeson and clerical rebuke in revival style
The article reports a heated debate over remarks by Clarence V. T. Richeson’s spiritual advisers and includes Rev. Madison C. Peters criticisms of Rev. Herbert S. Johnson. Peters questions Richeson’s readiness to die and argues his unfinished sentence reflects fear rather than a lack of faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Madison C. Peters
Pilgrim Congregational Church
New York
Herbert 8
Johnson
Richeson
Beaon
Reich
Shuvoth Feast of First Fruits Observed Worldwide
Orthodox Jews mark Shuvoth Pentecost the Feast of Weeks as two days of observance, with ceremonies resuming in homes through the city. Ancient law enforces a two day festival except in Jerusalem, where bonfires prepared the same time, and traditional foods like unleavened bread and pancakes with cheese and raisins reflect the harvest joy and biblical origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Throughld
Great annual feasts extended by Jews became Sinai commemoration
The passage notes that ancient feasts lasted one day, Jews later observed two days, and the observance came to symbolize the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai. Reform churches will mark the day with special services for children’s confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Mount Sinai
Democrats Claim Sacred Promises From House Record
The Democratic House outlines a program completed since taking power, stressing promises kept like lower tariffs, income tax, pensions readjustment, government economy, direct election of Senators, and workers’ compensation. They argue Republicans blocked some measures, and call for voters to judge on what was accomplished, not promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic House of Representatives
National Democratic Party
Champ Clark
Democratic House
House
Senate
Bibliography highlights growth of agricultural education nationwide
The United States Bureau of Education outlines eleven main channels for agricultural instruction from elementary schools to colleges of agriculture. A comprehensive bibliography by Edward D. Greenman covers 377 entries on agricultural education, while Edith A. Wright compiles 201 items on domestic science and home economics. The report notes rapid expansion since 1907 when the first agricultural education chair was established. The publication, entitled Bibliography of Education in Agriculture and Home Economics, is available free from the Commissioner of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Bureau of Education
Edward D. Greenman
Greenman
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Agricultural Arms Mechanical
Bureau of Education
Mim Edith A. Wright
Miss Wright
Department of Agriculture
United States Commissioner of Education
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Yale Men of Peru Trip Heads for Colon Voyage
Four Yale expedition members traveled to Colon aboard the Turrialba to join the Peru geographers and anthropologists. Under Yale and National Geographic Society sponsorship, the group will map Vilcabamba and Cusco basins, search for Incas sites, and study early human remains believed to be up to 50 000 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-Courier
Yale
Friends of
Cuzco
Vilcabamba
Apurimac
Urumbama
Cusco
Dark Continent Exploration and Future Travel Prospect
A historical note recalls Munge Park’s 117 year old African voyage to trace the Niger, his 1804 expedition and presumed murder, and predicts the Cape to Cairo railroad bringing easy access to Africa for tourists as exploration continues. The piece also includes a testimonial about Foley Kidney Pills and a Punch cartoon caption about a father and his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munge Park
Africa
African Society
Niger
Broussa
Cape To Cairo
City Engineer's Annual Report Recommends New East Wash Ave Bridge
The annual report by City Engineer Alfred H. Terry details paving of 13,438 feet and sewer construction totaling 14.35 miles. It notes ongoing East End and West End trunk sewer work with completion targets of Nov 1 and Oct 1 respectively, and urges a new ordinance to separate storm water from house sewage for the separate system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Alfred H. Terry
East End
West End
Paving Sewer Commission
Stillman’s Pond
Boston Avenue
North Avenue
Island Brook
East Washington Avenue
Pequonnock River
Peareuntan Os Ma Eee
War Department
Congress Street
Washington Avenue
Stratford Avenue
Ing
Parrott Avenue
Pizlea Place
Ridgewood Place
Rocton, Avenue
Rose Street
Palm Street
Aerees
Grovera Avenue
Wensen Avenue
Martin Terrace
Pew
Board of Apportionment
Students Of B H S And Their Doings
A Criterion board meeting postponed the school board photo due to Mr Edward McGuire illness. Candidates for next year’s board were read and approved for election by class. Essays for the 1911 graduate prize must be 1000 to 1200 words under an assumed name by June 3. A social at Miss Tilly Johnson’s honored Miss Helen Neilson with games and dancing. A Junior Commercial class meeting set a new replacement for Junior Day exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criterion Board
Edward McGuire
Tilly Johnson
Helen Neilson
Mt. Vernon
Lillian Edwards
Bessie O'Neil
Sadie Banks
Edith O'Hara
Helen i Neilson
Martha Johnson
Fred Owens
Neilson
Porter
Vaughn Garer
Frank Hinderer
Carlton Chase
Linen Suits Shine in Great City Sale at Fifth Avenue
On a sunny Fifth Avenue afternoon in the Great City, stylish linen suits of heavy coarse weave with Macrame Lace trims are advertised. Readily available in Oyster and Cream white in several sizes, with prices ranging from 23 to 65 cents, plus a special Ramie Stripe option in white and black. Wash goods season follows.
TOILET ARTICLES OF MERIT FOR SUMMER USE
Summer era catalog notes compact toilet goods for Pullman car and steamer travel. Includes Tourist Rolls rubber lined with pockets for multiple articles and small 25 to 75 cent items such as Sacred Secret deodorant Mary Garden extract Rigaud’s Violet Cerate Pearlodento Tooth Paste Dr Lyon’s Tooth Powder and household chamois with discounted prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deodor
Women’s Swiss Ribbed Vests For Hot Weather Styles
Very dainty fashions for hot weather feature low necklines and sleeveless designs with hand crocheted bands on yokes. Priced at 50, 75, 1.00 and 1.25 dollars.
Sheraton White Enamel Dining Suite Arrives
A new four piece white enamel Sheraton dining suite arrives at the Furniture Store. The set includes an extension table a buffet a china cabinet an armchair and five side chairs all in immaculate white enamel with Gobelin blue repp upholstery. Priced at 125 dollars the display invites blue and white dining decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheraton
Pre Yonkete-Sogpere race and school debates at Beardaley park
The article notes a planned amateur cy nic at Beardaley park and a meeting of the commissioner to address disturbances. It also mentions a senior class hymn distributed to rooms 11 and 13, a debate on granting educational tests to immigrants, baseball uniforms arrived, and a scene in Room 12 with students playing with fountain-pen ink. It ends with a coroner recommending a law to treat baseball bats as deadly weapons amid rising homicides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines
Beardaley Park
Ettricity
New York
Feinberg
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