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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
8
Residents in the eastern city section report a farmer cheating customers by under weighing goods. A woman sought a warrant for his arrest after buying two bushels of potatoes that measured only one and a half. Another tale described a eight pound loaf weighing far less on scales. A bystander vowed to trap him to prove the theft and secure jail time. The farmer’s name was not known at the time.
The funeral of Mrs Marguerite Vallee will be held from her South Main home to St Mine's Church tomorrow morning. John Palomar died last night at Waterfury hospital. The body was moved to Sunny's Morgue then to the Greek church on Crown Street for a 2 o'clock funeral tomorrow. Burial will be in Alypreide comet. The funeral of Miss Winifred C. McDonald occurred from her kitchen on Central Avenue this morning at 9:30 and 10 o'clock at Immaculate Conception church. A high Mass was celebrated by Rev Father Flyng. Edward Keegan sang Calvary. Pallbearers were Samuel Walsh, Frank Walsh, Minin, Joseph Bannon, Georgen, Peter Lurocane. Many floral tributes, including a standing cross. Department 14 Waterbury Clock Co, casket blanket, TW. C. Keule of Middletown, a flat carnation piece. Mr and Mrs Thomas Walsh, standing wreath, Mr and Mrs W. J. Peebles. Many friends from out of town. Body taken to New Britain on the 1 train for interment, Undertaker Arthur J. Lanny in charge. Twins Burned to Death. Clarinda, Ta, Dec 11 George and Henry Dyke, seventy years old, twins, were burned to death in their time here.
A joint meeting of America lodge 44 Liberty lodge 71 Waterbury lodge 5 and Connecticut lodge 62 of the A O U W was held in Bowditch hall with addresses by Grand Master John Tranter Hartford and Grand Deputy C B Embree. Various posts and groups planned installations and elections, while other lodges elected officers and invited nearby orders to joint events.
City shoppers eyed a Christmas sale with prices from $1.50 to $6 at Upson Singleton Co while a Bucking ham hall dance featured an American band and a changed programme. Florists Olean & Lunden and Miss Gertrude Reed were noted, with various local notices and a court verdict over a wall collapse affecting Patrick Earnes and the city.
Snow fell heavily in Wattebury turning streets slick and delaying travel. Horses struggled on improperly shod feet while drivers cursed the weather and waited longer for rides. The Hellmann Brewing Co tradition of gifting wine plus a local resident, Dwight Trebinson, sparked chatter as the first snow of the season arrived.
Boston dispatch reports Reverend Bateman closed the New England Baptist conference session by indicting John D Rockefeller and his tainted contributions. He declared there is no freedom of speech in the Baptist denomination and called Rockefeller's example infamous and injurious to American youth.
New York December 11 The copper properties of Phelps Dodge Co with annual output of 100 million pounds are to merge into a new corporation capitalized at 5.8 million. The new company will wire over the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Modesting Copper Detroit Copper Mining and Stag Canon Fire entities.
Tony Martone of Brooklyn was arrested on a non-support charge claiming his wife wore silk gowns and he endured rent burdens. He says she plotted revenge, blaming him for hardship and running off a star boarder who had provoked disputes. He asserts he could have left but stayed to support his family.
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