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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
11
Amidst a Ladies Auxiliary charity cabaret at Hayles Hall one actor was removed by stage police but the show proceeded with 16 young women performing songs dances and jokes. The audience filled the hall applauded the novelty and success ending with dancing to Maloney's orchestra and a finale of patriotic songs.
After four days of search by friends and police, Charles Watkin son, 206 Holly Street, vanished May 23 and is feared to have committed suicide. He was seen in low spirits near Pembroke Lake the night he disappeared. authorities deny a drowning result but will monitor shores. Descriptions are sent to police beyond the area as hopes fade of finding him. He had troubled thoughts over the death of his daughter and granddaughter.
Reported reopening of horse racing across the country after court rulings allowed limited betting. Belmont Park opens with a large track area overgrown during closure while Governor Sulzer eyes enforcement and August Belmont leads the era of New York millionaires backing racing.
Lord Avebury formerly Sir John Lubbock died in London at age 79 from heart disease after a brief illness. A popular reformer and banking authority, he helped enact the Bank Holidays Act in 1871 and worked on municipal reform and library funding.
Interest in two Park Theatre performances of Midsummer Nights Dream has grown so high that the venue may be taxed for both matinee and evening shows. The production is directed by Grace Dalrymple Clark and Benita Virginia Slocum.
John B Reynolds directs a Mendelssohn program with Grace Dudley as accompanist and Mrs. Charles Hardwick guiding fairy notes. Proceeds support the Day Nursery run by Associated Charities. Principals include Flaneberg Harrison Green Crege Morgan Stoddard Benham Lawson Ten Eyck Rameel Vincent Armstrong Robinson Smith Riker.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee, commander of the Maine at Havana harbor blast, was set to attend and speak at the Memorial day ceremony. The Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Badger planned to anchor in the Hudson for the event, with an island parade as a feature.
Bridgeport Training school for Nurses held its annual commencement at South Congregational church. Judge Edward K. Nicholson gave the address on Nursing's great value and Miss Dora Bode received the Chase medal for top studies. Diplomas went to a list of graduates from Canada, Connecticut, and beyond, presented by Dr. F. M. Wilson. Taxes collected totaled 151000 with U M C and Singer Manufacturing among largest payers.
Connecticut tobacco growers urge removal of the 20 percent foreign tobacco mixing limit in the Underwood tariff. Marcus Floyd warns that fully removing the bar could invite rich Dutch rivals and harm American industry. Senator Williams received no assurances on bill edits. hopes linger for striking the foreign mixing clause.
Notice announces the building commissioners will convene Thursday at five o clock due to Memorial Day shifting the usual Friday meeting. The item appears with an additional ad for CleanEasy hand soap, claiming to remove stains and dirt from clothing and noting a 19 cent can price.
The piece discusses paleontology as the geologist's clock determining rock-water formation periods and cites Powell's metaphor. It recounts an anecdote of Hugh Miller the sleepwalker, noting his death by gunshot during a restless night and his final wife’s note.
The St James Gazette notes Sir Charles Eliot on Turkish living habits showing a real old fashioned Turk who uses a house as a camp. Rooms lack assigned purposes as people sit, write on hands, eat from low tables and sleep on rugs. Yildiz staff are described in a red plush European room with inkpots on armrests and floor eating.
A London theater scene sparks a countryman to sob at a star’s performance only to learn she earns twenty pounds a week for crying. He deems the display deceitful and storms out muttering about the pay.
In 1775 Mrs Betty Muirhead of Glasgow asks a pupil if she had smallpox. The girl uses Scots terms for diseases such as sme pox and blabs among others. The exchange illustrates Scottish disease vocabulary and memory of smallpox.
A mosaic of quotes, glossaries, and literary asides spans topics from fever and whooping cough to Homer and marriage. It blends newspaper snippet style with stray phrases, noting Moroccans as Berbers and recalling lecture platform yesteryears.
The piece surveys 19th century show business earnings from Henry Beecher to Henry Stanley and P. T. Barnum, noting rising fees and the public appetite for lectures and entertainment. It recounts Mrs. Roby’s Africa travels and a leopard tale, plus London pronunciation quirks and village sayings from Pembrokeshire to Penclawdd. It ends with sketches on lazy invention and language purists in era papers.
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