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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
22
A catalog of women's fashion items and hats with prices from five to thirty-five dollars. Includes Panama hats, trimmed hats, ladies and misses sizes, sport hats, auto caps, petticoats, chiffon neck ruffs, and related accessories with bulk discount notes and sale pricing.
Twenty one Bridgeport Hospital Training School graduates will receive diplomas at Olivet Congregational Church. Mayor C B Wilson will deliver the commencement address. Rev George O Tamb will present diplomas and Miss Elizabeth Oliver will pin each grad. Ensemble Club provides music. The public exercises expect a large audience of friends and hospital supporters.
Washington May 26 The Democratic members of the ways and means committee will take up the revenue question on Monday under a call issued today They already...
Christiania May 26 The Norwegian American line will have all steamships operating between America and Norway enter Kirkwall for voluntary mail inspection. The move aims to prevent complications from attempting to bypass British authorities via northerly routes. The company bought an 1800 ton tramp steamship to bring American coal to Norway to reduce reliance on English bunkers.
The president nominated James E. Cuff to be post master at Danbury Connecticut. This appointment signals a move to fill the Danbury post office position with Cuff, pending confirmation.
St Charles parish school will hold Memorial Day exercises in the school hall Monday afternoon May 29. The observance follows last year's custom with pupils taking part in the program and recalling the meaning of the holiday.
A Memorial Day program with patriotic songs and an oration by Attorney Hugh J. Lavery was announced after students learn about duty to country. George Drew, 12, was struck by a car on Park Avenue while with Charles McLaughlin and knocked down. his facial injury was treated at an emergency hospital. The driver George Kraussman surrendered details to police then was released. Kraussman works for Logan Bros. Harbor Happenings notes tug P. J. Moran delivering lumber to New York and the Clara McWilliams bringing in a stone scow, plus orders for six locomotives for Lima Locomotive Corp.
The health department occupies the Taylor building but has not finished moving causing confusion for the board of health commissioners and the police and charities department. Space was underestimated on the same floor as Gutchess Business College leaving insufficient room for the bacteriological department and clinic. A USO call to President Stanley requests permission for the clinic and lab to stay in the police and charities building, but space demands for police use may block approval. A Prohibition Convention call is issued for Clarksburg, West Virginia, June 7.
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