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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1916
Page
15
Amusements at Poli's launch today feature Pinkie hailed as one of the era’s top novelties. The program includes The Light That Failed five part drama filmed from Kipling, plus Pathe Pictorial News and a Holland comedy with Hans Roberts.
English actor B Warner headlines as Tonto in A Vagabond Prince at the Plaza starting this matinee week. Dorothy Dalton co stars in the five part drama with a vivid cast and elaborate scenic effects. The vaudeville program features Marcelle Billy Hibbett Clay Crouch The Rialto Four Lerner and Ward and The Friesches with comic novelty and song numbers.
The Daughter of Mother Mahree a new comedy drama by Edward E Rose comes to the Lyric theatre for a week. Miss Monde stars as Sally a dainty Irish heroine whose wit and charm win hearts, despite guardians and family tensions in a simple moral tale of love and motherhood.
Bridgeport prepares for a vast Boy Scout style banquet October 27 28 and 29 at Casino with music by Russell Shaw a salute by Ralph Sprague and E M Robinson as principal speaker Robinson heads the Y M C A International Boys Work Committee Admission badges are available through pastors Sunday school superintendents and the general management committee of church representatives.
John J Stringenck 57, a noted turf writer from Louisville Kentucky, dropped dead in a hotel after a night out in Cincinnati on October 23. He achieved renown for his insightful coverage of horse racing and related sports journalism.
Ithaca N Y Oct 23 Cornell head coach Dr Al Sharpe says the team must work hard this week to fix faults seen in the Bucknell game. New formations were introduced for Harvard scouts as Ryerson and Zander recover. Charles Barrett, last year’s captain, visited the campus to advise on strategy and personnel ahead of the matchup.
Rome reports Gen. von Falkenhayn wounded in the leg and forced to quit his campaign against the Roumanians. once chief of the great general staff, he is regarded as Germanys ablest strategist. Roumanians reportedly gained ground after pushing back his forces in Transylvania.
The 1911 match saw Georges Carpentier, then a lightweight, beat Young Joseph in ten rounds in London. Training bouts with Bombardier Wells led to a later paid bout. Carpentier later defeated Wells in Ghent and London. Carpentier became an aviator in the French military. Wells wore British service again.
A three way dispute over possession of a home at 2635 Main is in city court. Principal Cortright resists relocation as actions proceed in the matter.
A summary process case pits E Everett Cort right Shelbyville school principal against owner William H Hogan and buyer John J Scanlon over a street property leases from 1915. The case, set this week, may reveal rental strains amid housing scarcity as Scanlon seeks occupancy blocked by Cort right. In other news flour rose twenty cents a barrel in Winnipeg and Rutgers College reports $250,000 of its $1 million endowment goal reached.
New Britain Oct 23 The seven year old child of Marshall F Davis sub master at New Britain High School died Saturday from polio myelitis. The baby developed positive symptoms today and is paralyzed in both lower limbs.
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