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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
9
Trubibull and Burr T Beach entertain relatives and friends visiting from Stratford Bridgeport and Port Chester. residents attend church and community events while others travel to Fairfeld Shelton and White Plains for gatherings, teaching assignments, and family news.
A violent afternoon windstorm caused extensive damage in Stratford. Boats moored in the river gid creek were broken loose, branches ripped from trees, and a maple tree collapsed near Linden Avenue. At Hard's corner a trolley car caught fire, frightening passengers as tracks are slated for rework to widen the curve. Local notices note new trolley work and reduced nightly noise. Community updates include visiting residents and upcoming social events at Hibernian hall to support local causes.
The Ladies' Altar society of the church hosts a supper from 5:30 to 7:30 with proceeds aiding the parish house fund. Red Men to Hold Memorial Day Service opens at their new Church Street hall next Monday with public attendance, music, and addresses. Senior class day preparations begin at the local high school with Maurice Beker writing history, Myra class poem by Vincent Sexton, and Grace Rufford presenting the class prophecy.
Elizabeth Wheeler Clark of Gray's district died Tuesday after a months long illness. Funeral for Marguerite R. Cavanaugh from her mother's home to St. Rose's. interment in St. Rose's cemetery. Mr and Mrs T F Brew hosted Newtown basket ball team and friends. Gray's Plain and Long Hill baseball date noted. Interior decoration contract for Dwight Wheeler summer home.
Bary were in town this week visiting Mr. Corbett. Mrs. J W Gordon, vacationing in New Haven, fell ill and was taken to the New Haven hospital with typhoid fever threatened. A H B White of Sandy Hook commutes daily on the Bridgeport and Newtown state road. Mrs. Edon Sanford has returned to Sandy Hook for the summer. Mrs. John H Nash of Shelton visited near the borough line with the Egans. Mrs. M Smith was a Park City visitor Wednesday. Miss Clara Lockwood of Southbury, soon to graduate from Bridgeport Hospital Training School, is well known in town.
Stepney residents host guests at D E Osborne home as Sunday studies and church events preview a children's day concert in early June. Bridgeport and Stratford visitors spend time with local families while others attend King’s Daughters conventions and relatives. A wagon accident near Miller Place sends Joseph Duvak to Bridgeport Hospital. Memorial Day decorating trends rise as John Beck & Son promote flowers, while Seely's shop advertises waists and summer wear with extended Friday hours.
Rain and crowd enthusiasm fueled a large Labor Day prep in Bridgeport as Central Labor Union members debated trade education in public schools. Leaders voiced strong opposition, arguing that practical knowledge belongs in the workplace under direct supervision, not classrooms.
Advertisement lists beef roasts and small lean fresh shoulders as well as pork roasts including hocks heads feet tails ribs bones and leaf lard. Native dressed veal appears with unclear descriptors in the text.
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