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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
2
The article details detailed Korean burial practices including mourners’ rooms, geomancer duties, grave location rules, the “Chariot of Death” bier, ritual offerings, spirit tablets, and the three souls concept. It notes the ceremony spans days, with monthly offerings and elaborate processions culminating in grave interment and tablet worship.
An old newspaper classified offers CleanEasy best hand soap guaranteed to be skin friendly and capable of removing stove polish rust grease ink paint dirt. It advertises a large can for 10 cents and credits manufacturer Wm. R. Winn at 244 Stratford Avenue with a farmer want ad rate of lc a word.
Fairfield color church members protest a burial in Potter's field of Arthur Nichols known as the Bear who died suddenly twelve hours earlier and was buried without notice. Medical examiner listed him as town charge and the undertaker buried him, prompting a plan to dig up the body for a Christian burial by the congregation.
Fairfield August 7 Two girls and one boy all about eight years old were rescued from Penfield Reef after strong undertow pulled them under. Rescues credited to T F Laftin Charles Parker and Miss Bibare who acted when one girl cried for help. After rescue they were cared for at cottages then given coffee and dry clothes before returning home. A separate report notes a jewelry loss at a firemen fair.
Amelia Stewart of Euphemia Ohio recounts years of monthly pains from age sixteen, relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound starting at age 47, and decades of good health with no doctor visits. She describes improved wellbeing during and after menopause and as a maternity nurse, praising the remedy's impact on her life.
Reader tips warn against in bed reading and offer posture guidance to reduce eye strain. A local fire incident report notes a car crossing fire lines at Carroll barn and hose damage prompting a police-like response and possible action. The Fairfield Beach Life Saving Corps logs its first rescue at Penfield Reef with Parker and Laflin among the rescuers as meetings and guest visits unfold in Albany and New Haven area.
Mrs James Gallagher hosts her sister from New York as the engagement of Natalie Forbes to H McArdle Baldwin of Washington DC is announced by Mr and Mrs A Holland Forbes. Baldwin a frequent Fairfield visitor stays at Garden Court on Main Street. A fire destroys Mrs A C McArthur’s barn and hay, with horses lost. ice hauled to neighbor’s ice house. Various social visits and local route changes noted, plus oddities like American golfers in shirtsleeves and farmers using vacuum cleaners on cows.
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