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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1909

Page

11

Labor leaders clash over Taft allies in mixed speech

York May 26 A speech by John Kirby Dayton newly elected president of the Association of Manufacturers prompts a harsh rebuke from John Mitchell former United Mine Workers official. Mitchell accuses Kirby of pandering to organized labor and of hypocrisy while criticizing employers and labor divisions.

York John Kirby Dayton Association of Manufacturers John Mitchell United Mine Workers Civic Federation Mitchell Mr. Kirby Krby Taft Leo Cardinal Manning Petastone Hapas Potter Paly Wendell Binip- Potter Melville E. Ae Conir Citi

Disparate Scientific Notes Highlight Early 20th Century Inventions

A patchwork of science items notes new lamp alloys and oxidation insights, a nitrate threat to fruit, moon photography from Earth, fisheries exchanges with the United States, a terrestrial globe, a light metal alloy, tungsten lighting fixtures, aeronaut training centers in Germany, shell peanuts processed for oil, manganese deposits in Cape Town, a Chilean railway over the Andes, an incandescent lamp fixture, a funeral hearse with child carriage, Niobrara limestone for cement, an Latin American Medical Congress, evaporation of oceans to salt, and joint Allied cures for pencertie sickness.

Enemist Syria United States Pottingen University Ols Cape Town Eble Arica Bolivia Geological Survey Colorado Rio de Janei South America Great Britain France Belgium South Africa New York

Balloon voyage plan and new mechanical fitness device

A Boston area resident plans a summer balloon journey from the city toward the Pacific coast. Also described are a motor driven skipping rope machine triggered by stepping on a platform and stopping when released, a Ferro-silicon powder forming poisonous gases if moistened, and steel plates polished to near impossibly smooth tolerances. Ordinary Manila paper can be moth proofed by a coal tar oil and carbolic acid coating for fabric preservation.

Tory Boston Pacific Coast

German Knights of Columbus council eyed by Catholic Germans

At a meeting planned for Sunday at 3 pm at St Josephs church Catholic men of German birth or extraction expect to discuss forming a strictly German Knights of Columbus council in the city. Rev Hubert Dahme praised the order after attending a Stratfield event and pledged support to advance the project. If organized, members will run the council and a noted degree team will be brought in to demonstrate the work.

St. Joseph's Church Knights of Columbus Knights Stratfield Hubert Dahme St. Joseph's William Flynn John F. Rogers Council Father Dahme

Death drives woman to mental asylum for believed possession

Due to her sister's death a year ago Mrs. Ellen E. Callahan became melancholy. She told authorities she was possessed by devils and yesterday was committed to the Middletown insane asylum after being moved there. She has lived on Harral avenue her entire life.

Ellen E. Callahan Middletown Insane Asylum Harral Avenue

Bottle Explodes Injuring Youth In Waterfront Incident

Arthur Hendrickson an 18 year old resident of 1185 Broad Street sustained severe eye cuts when a soda bottle exploded as he prepared to throw it into the water. Dr Krause treated the injuries at the Emergency department.

Arthur Hendrickson Broad Street Krause Syria Damascus

Vanderbilt Valet Imprisoned In Jewelry Theft Case

William Cox a former valet for Alfred G. Vanderbilt was sentenced to three months in Marl borough street police court for stealing jewelry valued at $5,000 from Vanderbilt after being dismissed. The jewels were recovered.

London William Cox Alfred G. Vanderbilt Marlborough Street Vanderbilt Cox

Hyomei Inhaler Promises Quick Relief for Coughs

An old advertisement touts Hyomei as a portable remedy for catarrh coughs colds bronchitis and asthma. It promotes a Hyomei inhaler kit priced at 1 00 and a 50 cent bottle for existing inhalers with a money back guarantee and rapid relief claims.

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Remarkable Dwarf and Odd Anecdotes From History

A collection of curious notes: Sir Jeffrey Hudson, born 1619, grows from 18 inches to 3 ft 9 in by thirty. Syrian donkey tricks and Baghdad mules. dark ages table manners with porringer and shared spoons. tipstaves used by Bow Street runners. a leather skin tale from the New York Times. Browning in a Piccadilly umbrella dispute.

Jeffrey Hudson Scott Peveril Rutlandshire England Duke of Buckingham Henrietta Charles I Jeffrey Bow Street Tom Tits New York Times

Noted Voices and Wit Fill Mixed Column Sketches

Readable snippets span stage lore and literary quips. Lablache’s renowned bass astonishes audiences with two octaves from E flat to E flat. Lord Bacon praises gardens as supreme human pleasure while cartoons and wits lampoon manners and missteps in brief vignettes.

Lablache Lyric Stage

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