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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
7
A mix of military dispatches and local notes. Reports describe Spanish squadron actions near Vera Cruz and royalist movements, plus harbor traffic and merchant activity in Bridgeport. Local sports mention Bridgeport High School football struggles against Yale, and notable players like Clarence Foster. Community notices include strayed livestock, lime sales, new dry goods, and upcoming fraternal and YMCA events.
Fifty years ago partnership ends at Main Street near Beaver. Mr Byzby continues the business solo with Mr Downs assisting. Patrons regret the split with Mr Wells but Byzby will operate the machinery. word of changes spreads. Directors of Housatonic Railway Co. hold special meeting this afternoon. Yale and Bridgeport Epac club set to play a matchball tomorrow.
A fragmentary retrospective marks the seventh centenary of King John’s death in Lincolnshire on October 19, 1216. It cites his cruelties, failed governance, and unpopularity, noting the Magna Carta as the century’s pivotal check on absolutism and feudalism. The piece outlines his disputes with Richard I, the fate of Arthur of Brittany, and his ultimate submission to the Pope before his death.
A list of sponsors for a September 23 charity baseball game between the Singer and Locomobile Industrial league teams at Newfield Park raises 521.55 for the Employer Tuberculosis Relief Association. Contributors include Challenge Cutlery Co, Bridgeport Hardware, Salts Textile, American Chain, Singer Mfg Co, and many others, with thanks extended by the association. Also noted, New Haven man heads Connecticut Baptist state convention with officers elected at New London.
The ad promotes trusted diamond and jewelry purchases with guaranteed quality and service. It invites customers to evaluate value themselves, emphasizing fair prices and reasonable profit, and asks readers to investigate the shop through personal experience.
At a Third New England Conference on Tuberculosis Professor Irving Fisher of Yale outlined a working legislative program for health insurance. He praised the American Association for Labor Legislation plan, advocating compulsory coverage for nearly all workers earning up to $1000 per month. The proposal allocates benefits for medical, surgical, nursing and funeral costs, funded by employee, employer and state contributions, with costs around 4 percent of wages. He argued compulsory systems, not voluntary schemes, are essential to reduce poverty and illness, noting high lapse rates in voluntary plans and citing studies from Massachusetts, Buffalo, and Johnstown.
Jonathan Godfrey presents compulsory health insurance as a tool to reduce sickness and raise living standards. He argues it will spur sanitary conditions, better hours, and higher wages by lowering health costs, shifting burden from the poor to employers, and boosting productivity and reporting. He urges employer support, noting New England’s industrial vigor hinges on acceptance of the law.
Fannie Hurst born October 19 1889 in St Louis has built fame writing short stories by living real life. She worked as a department store saleslady and a restaurant waitress to study her subjects and even traveled across the Atlantic to gain material for her fiction. Her method contrasts with writers who rely on imagination alone and underscores the value of personal experience in shaping lasting literary success.
Marie Parker and Eleanor Belcher of Bridgeport were honored at the annual state conference of the Degree of Pocahontas. Parker was elected great prophetess and Belcher named to the board of great trustees. A full list of officers includes Edith Myers, Emma Einidel, Margaret Smith, Harriet Mathers, Edna Eastwood, Bessie Lyman, Elizabeth Pettig, with Collinsville to host next year. Just arrived Dutch and French bulbs. John Reckson.
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