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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
2
A humorous local item describes patrons at the Buttermilk Fountain praising its health claims and odd remedies. One man credits the drink with back pain relief while another proclaims it better than beer. A doctor warns against excess, advising a strict eight-glass daily limit. The piece ends with cheerful notes on the product and other offerings like tea and coffee.
A list of tonight meetings including Boys' Club Division 4 A O Hy Court Acme F of A Mayflower camp 428 Ladies Auxilia Court Linden No Court Oregon No 188 F of Waterbury lodge No 5 Wadhams post No 48 Freundschafts lodge H B St Mary's Drum corps Oakville Tunxis tribe No 10 Improved MM inona council No 5 Junior AL M Tunxis Haymakers association No 10%
The city runs a sale on knee pants at $1.50 from U. J. & Co and a string of local items follows. Meetings of the Catholic Women’s Association and Pine Hill league are announced, along with a divorce ruling and upcoming marriages. A court hearing, a buggy accident, and a funeral are noted, plus complaints about engine water on Hank Street crossing and weather updates on rainfall and drought effects.
Purely personal items list Miss Winnifred and Annette Weiss of St Elizabeths College Convent N J returning for summer. Miss Margaret KE Bowes from Mount St Josephs Seminary Hartford soloist at graduation. Benjamin Fairbrother at Harvard Law returns home for summer and plans a trolley company job. Miss Daisy McGrath of Madison N J a 1907 graduate of St Elizabeths spends a short town visit with Miss Winnifred Weiss.
The Waterbury Savings Bank, through Attorney Bronson, obtained a superior court order requiring Waterbury to show cause at noon tomorrow why an injunction should not halt Clark Street extension work. About fifty workers were reassigned to South Main Street. bank says extension would force property moves, harming its equity of $3,000 in property owned by John Henderson. Bank seeks to block resumption pending hearing.
Captain Bannon and Martin Scully refuse refreshment committee roles for Saturday's cops versus reporters baseball match. Bannon wants to bat, Scully laments not being chosen to hold first base. Manager Lahey says the game will proceed as announced, though two players may be reassigned.
Bridgeport reports a belt in the brass department broke with a loud report, injuring no one seriously. Nearly a hundred female workers were frightened into fainting and some leapt toward exits but were restrained. The factory’s fire escape doors were opened as a precaution.
A local reduction sale advertises vast price cuts across ladies wear including Panama cloth suits, white lawn waists, wash petticoats, and silk trimmed skirts. Also offered are wool dress goods, linens, gingham, hosiery, shirts, and children's wear, with discounts on blinds, rugs, trunks, and table linens and many items priced well below former values.
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