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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
5
A local store proclaims the largest and most brilliant millinery collection in the state. It boasts prestige among women who dress well and claims Lafay ette Paris galleries cannot match its volume and moderate prices. Visitors can easily find hats suited to them.
In Litchfield in October William Kennedy of Naugatuck won the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Fifth Connecticut District on the second ballot. He received 82 votes on the first ballot, 22 for Palmer and 16 for Frank E. Coe. Palmer was defeated after credentials seated a Torrington delegation favorable to Kennedy and three Harwinton delegates. The Torrington delegation had six members. El D. Weeks of Bantam chaired the convention, with John S. Addis of New Milford as chairman and Patrick A. Marren of Derby as secretary.
A period advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle, effective liver and bowel cleanser. It promises relief from biliousness headaches and stomach sourness, claiming no next day discomfort unlike calomel salts and pills. It targets mothers with safe use for sick children.
Mendon Michigan village with 1 000 residents was nearly leveled by a fire that consumed 39 buildings, causing about 250 000 dollars in damages and leaving many homeless though no casualties occurred. The volunteer fire crew’s steamer rolled into the St Joseph river as they hurried to the blaze, delaying defense until aid arrived from Kalamazoo and other cities.
Cincinnati reports Alfonso Wetterer, 49, VP of Wetterer Brewing, was shot by Helen Houck at her Walnut Hill home and died at city general hospital. Houck, found dead with a gunshot to the temple, left a note to sister claiming Wetterer wronged her. Houck, divorced wife of William Everhardt, had resided in Colorado.
The Connecticut state convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held October 11 to 13 at the Second Congregational Church in Waterbury. Activities include routine business reports addresses by state officers and visitors. Miss Lillian Phelps of Niagara Falls NY will speak on October 12. Bridgeport attendees include Mrs. Bloss and other local union members. A gold medal contest opens on the 11th with speakers from across the state. six medals earn a chance to speak at the national convention for a diamond medal.
Fishermen at Esbjerg report sighting a partly submerged Zeppelin at noon Monday about 35 miles northwest of the Island of Sylt in the North Sea off Schleswig. They say several German destroyers and two large vessels surrounded the airship in an effort to keep her afloat.
New York officials report a new low in infantile paralysis cases for the 24 hours ending at 10 am today. Four deaths occurred, three fewer than yesterday, with thirteen new cases, a drop of ten. Five victims are over six, and one patient is a 45 year old woman.
A Reuters despatch from Amsterdam reports Essad Pasha, former provisional president of Albania, was sentenced to death by a Constantinople court martial. The trial found him guilty of conspiring with bands against the Turkish Empire and declaring war on Turkey.
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