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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1912
Page
7
The article defends majority rule in Bridgeport's Democratic convention, arguing delegates acted under open orders from voters. It asserts three issues were settled by citywide ballots: leadership changes, direct primaries, and Lynn W. Wilson as the congressional nominee. The convention followed orders, aimed for unity, and prepared for victory in November.
The text praises House committees active since the current session for investigating executive department expenditures and business methods. It cites savings of thousands of dollars, lists costs by department, and notes special investigations into the Steel Corporation, sugar trust, Money Trust, and maritime services, asserting promised remedial legislation.
The expenditures of several committees up to August 10 total 101 684 77 across Steel, Sugar, Taylor System, Money Trust, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and District of Columbia probes. By contrast the Immigration Committee spent over 700 000 while Pinchot Ballinger and others show far higher totals over past sixteen years, yet these committees achieved significant results with limited funds.
Leon Provost five years old formerly of New Haven was found dead yesterday afternoon in woods about 300 yards from his house near North Grosvenorsdale. The body was badly decomposed and burial was immediate. Police are notified. Relatives think starvation or mental imbalance caused death. Discovered by two underage schoolchildren, John DeFaulio and Theodore Bosquet. Provost leaves a wife and eight children.
A survey notes Samuel Johnson’s 1775 dictionary as the first major English lexicon and traces earlier works from Pa-out-she in China to Varro and Pollux in classical times. It also reports Harry Radford’s Hudson Bay expedition findings of 250 wild buffalo and a tragic drowning accident of four year old Rose Wooster in Naugatuck.
Chicago rabbi Emil G. Hirsch, aboard the Mauretania, brands Theodore Roosevelt dangerous and cannot vote for him. Hirsch says he is progressive in sympathy but opposes Roosevelt.
Sabine the tailor prepares a new ladies tailoring parlor in Bridgeport offering alterations and the latest fall stock. Each suit will be custom made by expert workers in their own shop at popular prices. Philadelphia doctor W J McGee, a noted scientist, died leaving his bar to his college weighing 49 ounces.
A collection of wry aphorisms on wealth crime education aging and American pretensions. The piece riffs on human folly with satirical quips about bankers farmers editors and manners. It notes crime coverage alone won’t curb wrongdoing and mocks overconfidence in national character.
The piece surveys a year of widespread strikes and militant labor conflict, contrasts peaceful towns with hostile ones, and critiques how both labor and capital bear responsibility. It discusses Roosevelt era politics, Prohibition, and a New York World note on antitrust actions and the Standard Oil ruling, urging firm enforcement of trust laws.
A poem by Cora Hartman urges renewal and steadfast resolve. It emphasizes forgetting past woes and fighting anew to achieve victory, praising honesty, courage, and unyielding spirit amid struggle. It proclaims that true aims prevail when selfish tricks are avoided and effort remains steadfast.
Newtown report notes Mrs. Irwin of New York City has leased the Barnett cottage for a year. Joseph Wright begins studies at Union Business College in Bridgeport this week. Mr and Mrs M J Lyons and sons Leonard and Francis of Jersey City return home after two weeks with Mr and Mrs William Egan. Mr and Mrs T Aniker and two children of Saranac Lake leave the furnished Rupf house on West Street and move to the Grand Cen.
The listing notes several pattern tablecloths offered at reduced prices with specific yardage and value pairs. It mentions a slight soil issue and a small sale event at the Linen Section on Monday and Tuesday, inviting all familiar with our damasks to recognize the good deals.
Weather warm yet shoppers flock to glove sale with two clasp gloves priced at 1.50 and 2.00 per pair. Offered in fancy shades dark and light and described as superb quality, these gloves are selling rapidly.
Readable items describe Cotton Crepe kimonos in light blue pink and lavender with white spots, priced originally 2.75 to 3.50 now 88 cents. Also Oriental combos and half price gas or electric drop lights, portable lamps, and Old English brass with art glass domes on the second floor.
William Kilbride visits his parents in Bridgeport while relatives and friends across Derby, Sandy Hook, Seymour, and New Fairfield host guests from Boston to New Haven. The piece lists dozens of social calls, home visits, Grange gatherings, and school registrations, noting new phone service at Dr W Clement’s office and a variety of travels, guests, and entertainments in the region.
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