Masons Entertained in Bridgeport Guests From Providence
About 100 Lafayette Consistory Masons arrived by Ppeckat train from Providence at 2 a m for an evening with Providence Consistory. They praised Rhode Island hospitality and toured Providence sights before a Masonic hall degree work and a festive smoker. They returned to Bridgeport by special train at 1 pm, enjoying a grand social day. Later notes mention Prussian ban on benzoate in foods with cautions for children and the sick.
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Lafayette Consistory of
Masons
Bridgeport
Providence
Rhode Island
Reiirosd
Pombham Club
Masonic Hall
Lafayette
A. M. Wooster
Eugene B. Peck
Canalstory
Promila
Wey
Department of Agriculture
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Dallas News
Public utilities bill drawn to limit Connecticut rate protections
A Connecticut public utilities measure, reported by the judiciary committee, would replace existing rate protections with a railroad and public service commission that could merely recommend prices and service. The speaker argues the bill repeals charter protections for water and transit, strips cities like Bridgeport and New Haven of favorable rates, and abandons established public safeguards, describing the measure as unconscionable and perfidious.
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Judiciary Committee
Committee On Judiciary
Railroad Commission
Connecticut
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Bridgeport
New Haven
General Assembly
Oice
Taft Denies Pardon to Convicted Bankers Morse and Walsh
President Taft denied clemency to Charles W. Morse of New York and John C. Walsh of Chicago, both convicted bankers serving terms in Atlanta and Leavenworth. The White House announced after talks with Attorney General Wickersham, noting Morse may reapply after Jan 1 1913 and Walsh will be eligible for parole in September.
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Washington
Taft
Charles W. Morse
John R. Walsh
Atlanta
Leavenworth
White House
Wickersham
Walsh
Morse
Tombs
New York City
New York
John C. Walsh
Chicago
New York Clearing House
National Bank of North America
Stamship Lines
New York and Vicinity
Seagate Resident's Right to Open Home for Summer Guests At Issue
In New York a Seagate resident seeks a court ruling on whether she may open her house to summer visitors. In Chicago President F A Delano of Wabaeh Railway argues ICC regulation should also apply to new competitors.
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New York
Seagate
Chicago
F. A. Delano
Wabaeh Railway
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Willow Furniture and fabrics sale at reduced prices
Bargain sale listing Wilow Furniture porch swings lawn settees, various colors and sizes at deep discounts. White battiste and Persian lawns are discounted, with linen finish suitings and poplins offered at low prices. Center counter on lower floor.
Special Curtain Fabrics at Bargain Prices
Curtain stuffs in various fabrics offered by the yard with hemstitching and stripes at 30 cents, Geneva cloth at 17 cents, figured cretonnes at 10 cents. Upholstery Store, third floor.
Dogs and devotion reveal a dogged theology of longing
John Franklin Genung reflects in Harper's Magazine on a bishop’s dog and the dog’s unselfish reverence. He muses that animals can embody disinterested affection and upward longing, prompting wonder at humanity’s place between creation and a future adoption.
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Father
Caleb
Thorne
Conscien
Tom
Tam
John Franklin Genung
Harper's Magazine
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