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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
6
In a tense scene, a navigator and his captive mistress stage a ruse to outwit mutinous crew. The navigator pretends cruelty to win trust, while the woman feigns fear. After a staged confrontation, dawn reveals a chance to regroup and salvage their perilous plan aboard the ship.
A man asserts dominance over a woman after abducting her. He grips her wrists and shoves her into a cabin, taunting onlookers and declaring ownership while planning further coercion. The scene contrasts his brutal control with the onlookers' uneasy laughter.
The piece contrasts two kinds of medicine the pharmacist’s compounds and the physician’s prescriptions from Nature’s lab in seaside air. It urges modern doctors favor exercise and fresh air over chronic drug use, warns against self treatment, and notes long-term drug overuse can scar teeth and health.
By DAVID STARR JORDAN former president of Leland Stanford University argues that improving school health programs builds a healthier nation. He emphasizes nutrition physical exercise and sanitary standards as foundations for long term public wellbeing.
The text argues that valuing human life surpasses material wealth and urges medical inspection of schools as a path to higher national vitality. It frames health education as shaping the next generation, transforming school hygiene into a broader, proactive child welfare program reaching all children.
A Washington Star item recalls a speaker choosing to keep his manuscript hidden during an address to avoid reading aloud the audience applause. The typewriter asks if he should mark laughter and applause, but the nervous speaker declines to reveal the manuscript.
A Farmer advertisement quips that a judge noted a missing item in a list after describing a family’s medical events. The line mentions infant glasses, appendix removal, and stomach reinforcement, concluding with the forgotten task of naming the child.
The Courtland School invites prospective students to begin the twenty third year on Thursday September 25 at 4231 Washington Avenue. The attractive building, fine equipment, and competent instructors are highlighted. Personal consultation available after September 15.
The Assessors of Bridgeport will meet at City Hall from September 2 to October 1 1913 to receive sworn lists of personal and real estate taxes. Each parcel must be described with street numbers. Non residents warned to file to maintain appeal rights. Office hours 9 am to 4 pm, Saturdays 9 am to 12 pm.
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