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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1910
Page
2
England marked Queen Mary’s 43rd birthday with a subdued celebration. An artillery salute sounded in St James Park and Buckingham Palace received numerous floral tributes as the country, still in mourning for King Edward, observed the day with restrained pageantry.
Tuesday visits by Father Duggan and Father OConnor in Westport and New Haven outings. Local events include Woodmen of the World visitors from Bridgeport, Embroidery club hosting, Art League luncheon, a birthday festival at the Methodist church, and a rectory vegetable garden tended by Thomas OShay. A wedding at Rogersons with Dora May Rogerson and Charles Cooke Breyer, 25 guests, Rev Farrar officiating. An Eastern Star supper drew about 200 attendees and Masons visited Monroe. Swan Brewster enjoyed a fishing trip to Kent.
Fairfield H E Rowland and family from New York arrived for the summer and a reception at E B Morehouse’s house. Miss Eleanor Morehouse hosted a party for Miss Farrar of Washington. Oil coatings on Snake Hill roads create puddles and slow movement. William Dalling expects School Street to reopen in about a week. The Snake Hill Fizz is the village’s new soft drink at the pharmacy, served by Boyle. Prof Francis Brewer and guests attend a luncheon hosted by Judge J H Perry joins Hartford Theological Seminary trustees. Ladies of Southport publish a recipe book now for sale. Fred Hyde and family plan to move into their Southport home soon. The Pizza Pike house on Main Street to be occupied by Edward Doxie. Mrs Carl Williams visiting New Milford. Postmaster Pickett hosts Zeff of Port Chester. Miss Hida visits Barry residence on Unquowa Hill. The Misses Jennings return home from Scranton. Mrs Joseph Thorpe recovering from pneumonia.
Atlantic City May 26 William T Seyler, acquitted at May's Landing of Jane Adams murder, returned home vowing to stay and defend himself if driven out. Public mood cools toward police while calls grow for city action. senate investigates third degree methods. Orvis Seyler likely to face no further prosecution.
Buffalo police seek New York detectives to identify Chinaman Leung Kee also known as Joel Kee who killed himself in a laundry and resembles Leon Ling, the man who murdered Elsie Seigel in New York in June 1909. Kee’s passport shows he lived at 2012 Fulton Street Brooklyn and he belonged to the Chinese Free Masons in San Francisco with a brother at 907 Race Street Philadelphia.
A roundup of visits and guests across Newtown Bridgeport and nearby towns includes Mrs Henry Rupf Mrs Richard Thompson and others in town and at Bridgeport homes. Notables attend Miss Helena Beardsleys birthday surprise and a Glover's hall entertainment to benefit the Methodist church. Also updates on Village Cemetery Association officers and a fact about aluminum in the earth's crust.
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