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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1912
Page
7
Bridgeport's Exclusive Telegraph service of United Press is noted as second class matter for Fairfield Avenue address, Bridgeport. The fragment references forwarding by telegraph and publication handling by the Bridgeport section.
On Monday May 27 1912 a Chicago Tribune note laments that the Lorimer committee mainly composed of standpatters again whitewashes him. It argues the country of 92 million would oppose his Senate return and that the chamber ignores protests and the proven election shame.
George B. McCabe, once a driving force against Dr. Wiley, now promotes looser meat inspection to allow sale of partially diseased carcasses. At hearings led by Congressman Nelson, he allegedly ordered inspectors to pass flawed carcasses, attracting support from food dopers and the beef trust as Taft offers no protest.
A 1911 White Star Line report shows the Titanic tragedy attributed to under manned crews and insufficient life saving gear amid icebergs. Directors praised profits and dividends, while offering sorrow for bereavements but failing to promise aid to the bereaved, likening profits to a god.
The article accuses the coal trust of denying spring and summer discounts of 360 cents per ton claiming a shortage, while noting an oversupply and a 34.5 cent per ton wage increase for miners. It argues the public bears the cost of a supposed strike and higher miner pay, versus a real market condition.
A chronicler rails at the state public service commission over street railway monopolies. The author mocks efforts to keep running boards clear and imagines dangerous overcrowded rides as a protest against catering to riders. He contends reforms are needed and condemns transportation monopolies for profit.
The piece argues for municipal ownership and operation of Bridgeport’s street railway, claiming financial feasibility and economic visibility. It asserts fares can cover costs, images of success possible with a five cent fare, and that a 30 year franchise backed by bonds could fetch millions, with regulation by the city ensuring stability. It cites The Connecticut Co. as capable of running the system as effectively as private firms.
A defense of municipally owned street car systems arguing they reduce political graft, prevent profit-driven exploitation, and deliver services at cost. The piece compares capital needs, governance, and outcomes with private utilities, citing Britain and Germany to illustrate trends toward fairer fares and better service.
Mark Twain's close associate Rev. Joe Twichell, long pastor of Asylum Hill Church in Hartford, born Southington Conn, 74 years ago, served as Civil War chaplain for the Army of the Potomac and left a diary detailing Twain's humor and cigars.
The soft shell crab season runs late May to September with Maryland leading production. Chesapeake Bay area supplies about half the national catch valued near one million dollars. The industry employs ten to fifteen thousand people, with crabs ranging from hard shells to “papershell” after moulting. The Callinectes hastatus, or common blue crab, dominates commerce.
The stock market shows restricted speculation with recent heavy selling absorbed without major price declines. Investors focus on surplus capital, banking system stability, favorable trade balance, and strong crop prospects as industry aims to push ahead, signaling a move away from politics toward economic fundamentals.
More than 100 Lehigh Valley Railway freight handlers in Buffalo walked off on Saturday demanding 25 cents extra per hour, a 5 cent raise from the current rate. The report also notes a marriage license issued to Hermann Tucked and Hattie Bolser in nearby Darien and Springdale.
Howson E Willmore Jr of Sacramento and his boyhood friend William E Doran also died suddenly in the same Western city within days. Doran a locomotive engineer and West End native leaves a widow and two children in Sacramento. He served in the Spanish American War and is survived by a mother sister and brother in Bridgeport. Funeral services held in Sacramento with Knights of Columbus and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers delegations.
In New York on May 27 a tenth annual military mass drew about 25,000 people on the United States Marine Corps parade ground in Brooklyn. Rev. Father Eugene E. McDonald officiated with Deacon Rev. Father John P. Chidwick and Sub-Deacon Rev. Father William H. S. Reaney. The service, revived ten years ago by Father Reaney and Gen. James S. Long, honors veterans with a prominent altar and naval guns, praising loyalty to country and memory of the fallen.
May 26 marks the 369th anniversary of Copernicus publication announcing earth as a planet and the sun at the center with planets revolving about it. He died days earlier in Frauenburg. Vatican later banned then lifted the decree. Calvin’s five points of predestination and perseverance defined Reformed doctrine. Calvin died May 27, 1564 in his fifty fifth year after much of life in Switzerland.
Advertisement from Che B Am Read Company listing furniture values and sale prices. Includes rockers high backs with cushions in natural, green or brown finishes, Hong Kong Sea Grass furniture, Bar Harbor chairs, and various seat styles with marked discounts and special pricing.
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Our window screens are built with steel frames and heavy black japanned netting. No wood screws nails or tacks used. They can be fastened to the outside of windows as permanent screens if desired. Available in five sizes and adjustable. Priced from 35 cents and up.
Bridgeport writer Miss Lovewell formerly based in New York City is now employed as office assistant to Town Clerk William Mullins. Her June tale Me Marry appears in The Designer, weaving local figures into a fiction about Bridgeport city hall life.
The Rev. Byron L. Pontius will leave New Haven for Peoria Illinois to assume the pastorate of a Yankee church there immediately after being announced in the Yele Divinity Series. He has served the local school for several years.
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