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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
7
A brief publication notice from The Evening Farmer at 27 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport Connecticut. The item includes information about the Farmer Publishing Company and postal handling as second class matter.
Rates shown for the Weekly Edition and One Year in Advance, with a mailing office address at 225 Fifth Avenue Brunswick Building Room 404, New York. Representative A. Menet is listed.
News brief covers Judge Studley ruling on a single trust not aggregating trusts and the requirement for a trust company to pay when assuming a trust beyond its capital. It also sketches political shifts in Middletown, Canadian naval claims, tariff reform talk, and a new New York ice purity law moving through the General Assembly.
The article argues for court action to remove pollution and determine damages, notes corrupt practices by ice-cutters, and warns that artificial ice from reputable dealers is safer for domestic use while natural ice may be unsafe. It urges cautious use of ice and recalls the railroad maxim to take the safe side.
Postmaster General Hitchcock, in a talk with President Taft, outlined plans to cut postal costs amid a projected fiscal year deficit exceeding 20 million dollars. He cited prior year's 16 million shortfall and ordered expert reviews across branches, including a forty member registry commission, to find efficiency gains without sacrificing service.
Rockland Me Sept 2 Bath built torpedo boat destroyer Flusser scored a new US Navy standardization speed mark on the Rockland mile course. Fastest mile 33.7 knots, another 33.4 knots, five top runs averaged 22.7 knots. Shaft horsepower 14 400. Captain Charles W Dingley navigating. Parsons turbines installed. Delivery expected Sept 28.
In Brooklyn a blind musician Clement Coffin, 44 years old, of 83 Putnam Avenue, won a blind bride Miss Antoinette Barton, 20, of 48 Ralph Avenue. They met after he played at a concert and grew close through piano companionship. They planned to marry and live at 243 Albany Avenue.
Plymouth resident William H. White filed for bankruptcy, with liabilities of 1279.05 and assets of 272, showing unsecured debt of 1009.05 and debts for utilities, services, hardware, grain, and farm costs. Meyer Hurwitz of Monroe, a real estate agent, also filed, with 12721.57 liabilities and no assets, most creditors in New York. In Torrington, Maurice and Frank Gallittello were arrested after a pool room fight over profits, Maurice allegedly struck first with a billiard cue, injuring Frank.
R S Kelloge assistant forester warns in Forest Service report that annual timber growth is far below use. Of 550 million acres, 200 mature forests balance decay while 260 million partially cut or burned hold limited young growth and 100 million severely damaged forests lack new crop potential. If unchecked, per capita wood use remains high and equilibrium will require years of concerted action by owners states and national government.
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Huributt and son Nelson spend two weeks at Compo Beach. Joseph Lockwood returns to Pittsfield, Mass. Doris Godfrey visits Port Chester. Miss Gladys Snagg hosts. Rev. Arthur G. Boynton and Andrew Hutchinson visit from Westport. Multiple residents travel to Atlantic City Washington Conn Jersey and Huntington while others host guests at Norwalk and Danbury locations.
A price list covering butter creamery specials eggs poultry live and dressed vegetables and fruits. Items include creamery prices for butter whites and browns eggs poultry live and dressed squabs turkeys ducks geese and pigeons vegetables such as potatoes beets cabbage cucumbers celery cauliflowers radishes beans and squash with multiple per unit price ranges. The list also shows shipments hay and straw and miscellaneous groceries.
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