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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1916
Page
10
Dillon's Millinery offers Paris Millinery with daily arrivals of velvet and velour hats. Designers stay aligned with French modistes and new ideas are priced to be affordable, replacing sold designs while maintaining low costs.
Berlin reports a formal call for the chancellor's retirement as opposition circles circulate a circular attacking his wartime foreign policy. The note targets his dealings with England and Belgium neutrality, with Ernst Haeckel among signers, while Saxon Socialists breach the wartime truce by contesting a Reichstag seat.
Stratford notes report Archibald McDonald, 12, arraigned for breaking into a neighbor’s home and stealing a bank of $2. He is placed with probation officer Rev. Ernest C. Carpenter for six months. Other items list 49 September Stratford town court cases, local sales at town hall, students leaving for Yale and Vassar, and Mrs. Rosamunda C. Winton praising plus two woman school board presence after elections.
E M Butts a 55 year old engineer respected nationwide died today at his Pittsburgh home. The Liverpool Cotton Exchange will remain closed on Saturdays until further notice.
Berlin reports from October 4 that German submarines in the North Sea and English Channel sank 37 enemy vessels totaling 14 600 tons between September 20 and 29. Five more British craft had been reported sunk earlier, and 31 captives were brought ashore.
Paris reports a new Russian advance south of Lemberg with forces threatening Brzezany. Russian artillery crossed the Zlota Lipa south of Brzezany, driving Austro German troops from heights and bombarding camps and suburbs as the assault continued.
Newtown voters cast 538 ballots in a tight town election with Republicans failing to win first selectman or several other posts. Elected officers include First selectman E. D. Briscoe and Second selectman Newton M. e. A town board of finance proposal was approved for legislative action. Twenty one women helped in school officer ballots and consolidation of districts passed by 45 votes. Mint output in September totaled 580000 in gold, 763000 in silver, and 724380 in minor coins.
A vintage ad urges parents to use California Syrup of Figs for child constipation. It touts a gentle, thorough laxative that cleanses liver and bowels, promises quick relief, and warns to buy from the California Fig Syrup Brand with full directions on every bottle.
Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft met at the Union League Club in New York, sharing cordial greetings and a brief handshake with 1,200 guests for Charles E Hughes. The event featured speeches by Hughes and Roosevelt, with Taft’s brief address noting a rare unified Republican stance to elect the next president.
New York October 4. Robbers invaded District Attorney James E. Smiths home at 122 West 103rd Street while he slept, stealing five affidavits and torn statements crucial to the white slave investigation and taking small valuables. Smith said originals remained safe and suspects had lurked outside his office. this marks a second burglary in two years linked to ongoing probes.
In Douglas Arizona an officers endurance race will start the next day with entries strong and more expected. Riders depart New Jersey cavalry HQ at ten minute intervals at night covering 50 to 80 miles. Each rider receives sealed route instructions and must manage horse care, feeding, and pacing. Ratings rely on best time and horse and rider condition both at completion and next day. Germany marks Field Marshal von Hindenburg's 69th birthday.
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast acting cure for indigestion gas and heartburn. It claims relief within five minutes with a fifty cent case and suggests the product prevents sour breath and stomach discomfort for the whole family.
State Treasurer Frederick Chamberlain expresses thanks to state papers that publicized the investment tax campaign. He says the treasury department appreciates the role of the press in informing the public and aiding the effort.
The state treasurer announces huge advertisement driven tax lists filed by September 30, with a large staff handling receipts. Receipts dated September 30 will exempt owners from local taxes on October 1 in their towns. Treasury thanks the press and notes several weeks to mail receipts due to volume.
Federal Reserve districts averaged larger daily clearings in September with total clearings rising from 59,301,865 to 78,559,708. The number of banks reporting at par increased from 14,454 to 16,067 as state banks also rose.
Civil service examinations will be held in this city for redmen and chairmen for the Interstate Commerce Commission at the time of the examinations to be at any time the applicant wishes. Salaries range from 720 to 1080 dollars annually. November 8 and 9 mark exams for a laboratory assistant in petrography for the Bureau of Standards. Duties include testing stone for building uses. Salary 1080 dollars yearly. November 8 also brings a test for an assistant inspector of hull material for navy yards at 4.48 dollars per day. Nearby, New Richmond Roller Mills Co. suffered a fire destroying the roller mills and downtown elevator, with a loss of 250000 dollars.
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