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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1911

Page

2

Doings In Local Fraternal Bodies

Local fraternal groups report twelfth anniversary celebrations and upcoming observances. Schiller lodge NEOP hosts grand officers and many members with speeches and luncheon. Pythian memorial services are planned for June 16 at castle hall. Israel Putnam Camp Woodmen of the World formed in Putnam with 40 members. Sheridan Circle prepares luncheon for militia after parade and attends memorial at South church. Royal Arch Masons confer Past Master degree on five. Music prize awarded to Samuel E. Grumman of the city. Park City Social Club hosts semi annual dance at Arion hall with Risley’s orchestra.

Schiller Lodge Red Men's Hall Fairfield Avenue P. E. Whalen New Haven Joseph Dowdall Park City Social Club Arion Hall Risley

One Day Only Anniversary Sale At E H Dillon & Co

One day more of the anniversary sale at E H Dillon & Co 1105 Main offers sea sorable merchandise gift items for June brides and graduates. Jewelry clocks cut glass and ready gifts abound with suggestions and style at reasonable prices. Also Mollan's offers fashionable shoes for misses children and women with a wide selection. Eckler Co. promote General Hale cigars at 10 cents and the Woman's Drug Store lists grooming and beauty items for brides. Justice Giegerich remarks on drunkenness on the lower east side.

E. H. Dillon & Co Main Street Mollan's Mollan’s Fellows General Hales Gen. Hale Eckler & Co Main St Woman's Drug Store State Street

Train's Close Call on Berkshire Division

The New York express on the Berkshire division of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad stopped near a ditch after its tender derailed from a broken journal. Engineers and crews kept the train from danger, passengers were moved from the disabled tender to another train, and operations were blocked for hours. Meanwhile the April operating revenue for the NYNH&H rose to $5,155,262.09 with a gain of $120,018.21 as expenses increased to $3,338,810.54.

West Cornwall New York Express Berkshire New York, New Haven, and Hartford Harry Grant New Haven Canaan New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company

Jury Disagrees in Litchfield Auto Damages Case

In Litchfield County, the jury in the Daniel Sweeney versus August Curtis auto collision suit could not agree after five hours of deliberation. The six to six deadlock concerns $6,000 in damages for injuries from a night accident when Curtis claimed he did not see Sweeney walking along the road after turning to avoid an oncoming team. The trial extended five days.

Litchfield Daniel Sweeney Canaan August Curtis Norfolk Curtis Sweeney

Nugget on State St decries lawyers doctors

Hartford May 27 Dr Frank Halleck retiring president of the Connecticut Medical Society denounced the legal profession as the most selfish and self seeking of all learned professions and said both doctors and lawyers neglect the public. He urged greater public welfare work and stricter medical examining boards and more reliable medical information for readers.

Hartford Frank Halleck Connecticut Medical Society

Auto Crash Hurled Woman From Vehicle In New Haven

Vice President H M Kochersperger of the New Haven road and Mrs Kochersperger were in a collision with a car driven by Mrs Priest at Orange and Grove streets New Haven yesterday afternoon. Mrs Priest was badly cut and bruised and carried to a drug store then home. The Kochersperger party escaped injury though their heavier car sustained damage to both vehicles.

H. M. Kochersperger New Haven Road Kochersperger Orange and Grove Streets New Haven Priest Lawrence Street Kochersperger Auto Orange Street Grove Street Orange

Headmaster Cushing Withdraws From New Haven High School

May 27 board meeting produced surprises including Dr J P Cushing not seeking reappointment as headmaster of New Haven High school. Reports say resignation may not be voluntary though he aims to depart with high regard for his leadership. A successor is expected to be named during the summer.

Board of Education J. P. Cushing New Haven High School Cushing New Haven

New Haven Public Library Dedication and Expansion

The Ivee Memorial Public Library in New Haven was dedicated today in a ceremony on the Green. The $310,000 building, of white marble and red brick, offers inspection before a formal opening on Wednesday when 27,500 books move from the old library. Governors, Yale professors, and school officials spoke. Miss Isabella Eldridge funded much of the Norfolk Public Library addition, while Milwaukee reports Alexander Mueller challenging Sada kichi Hartmann to a duel with sewing needles.

United Press New Haven Ivee Memorial Public Memorial Library Simeon E. Baldwin William L. Phelps Yale Beede New Haven Public Schools Norfolk Public Library New Theatre New York Isabella Eldridge

Gift Things for Wedding Gifts Include Watches and Jewelry

An itemized note lists individual pieces suitable for wedding gifts such as watches necklaces brooches cuff links and scarf pins highlighting varied gift options aligned with equality considerations. It emphasizes practical keepsakes and keepspace gifts for couples.

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