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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1914
Page
8
Coroner John J. Whelan faces a delayed inquiry into the Norwalk bridge disaster as contractors McCarg and Barton inform him that duplicates may be available within a day. Missing original plans or records hinder determining responsibility for the accident amid signs of long gaps in kept documents.
Weather prompts daily and weekend trolley trips to beaches around Bridgeport. Schedules list departures from Bridgeport to Fairfield Southport Westport Norwalk Stamford Milford Woodmont and New Haven area with intervals every 20 or 40 minutes and Sunday first cars. Also reports court decisions Shelton of Trumbull vs Tepper and Gudlewsky of Monroe vs Poles with notes on costs.
A magazine style report reveals cedar rail fences in the South are converted into high grade pencils. Workers face long hours unsafe conditions and wage deductions for social grooming and recreation, with abuse by foremen and a culture of exploitation in pencil mills.
Washington reports on the Underwood tariff act shows customs receipts from May 1 to May 16 rising compared with the Payne law. Officials project total tariff and income tax revenue around $396 million for the first fiscal year, about $84 million more than Payne. The return from the income tax is a key factor, offsetting concerns about higher taxes on the public.
The piece notes 1914 income taxes due by June 14 and tax projections near expectations. It discusses bank clearings through April 1914, comparing to 1913, with optimism about immigration and Pacific trade after a new banking act. It forecasts a business boom as Congress pursues anti trust and credit reforms, with William A. Taylor rising to assistant secretary of agriculture.
George H. Platt, manager of a Savage, was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving. His car struck two girls in Fairfield last April but caused only minor injuries. Also fined were Harry Blauvelt 30 dollars for keeping a slot machine in a Fairfield Avenue cigar store with the machine confiscated by the court. John T. Windhell, Yonkers Federation of Labor president, is a candidate for Sing Sing warden. Professor Jacques Loeb of the Rockefeller Institute was elected correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences. Vases and Window Boxes Filled John Reck &
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