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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
9
A curio from a past era reflects on sleep as a cherished refuge in a talky world. It contrasts Joe from Pickwick Papers and Vitellius with office chatter about rest, then pivots to stray humor from Puck and a suburban intelligence office gag.
A fragmented Chicago Tribune fragment hints at a candy washing claim with bizarre wording about making candy white and clean. The text appears garbled, lacking clear people, dates, or events to extract a coherent news item.
A fragment notes the Theater of Dionysus as among the earliest, with seating for about 20,000, and mentions Greek playwrights Aeschylus Sophocles and Euripides. The rest includes brief jokes about diaries on honeymoons married men and widowers, with attributions to period sources.
A reflective piece contrasts Yosemite and Grand Canyon, imagining a robin and a bluebird misplaced in the canyon and evoking a vivid Yosemite scene akin to a Hudson River landscape. It also recounts a cheeky anecdote about Sheridan and punctuation in a parliamentary quarrel.
A poet faced a harsh editor who quipped to license poets yearly or face death like dogs. The remark, cited by New York Press, lampoons the idea of mandatory poetic licensing and punishment for noncompliance.
The article notes that some animals, particularly those native to Australia and Tasmania, possess fur lined pockets. It highlights the possum and calls the kangaroo the largest, stating full grown kangaroos can jump sixteen feet. It envisions mothers transporting young in the pocket during long journeys or hunts.
A simple expedient for concealing writings uses ordinary rice water as ink. It remains invisible when dry but turns blue on iodine application. To destroy the contents after reading, write with an iodide starch solution. the script will disappear days later.
A brief exchange notes Jones shop allows telephone orders with quick delivery while Bailey dislikes the quick weight and flexibility. The line ends with a biblical quote about friendship and self restraint.
Nearly 5,900 people in New York packed Carnegie Hall to honor Mark Twain. Speakers included Joseph Cannon Uncle Joe Choate Howells Twichell Cable Van Dyke and Champ Clark with humorous and reverent reflections on Twain as a master of American letters and a playful lobbyist for copyright reform.
Mrs. Wesley Vitch of 19 Summer Street pleads for police help to locate her husband, Locomobile Co. employee Peter Tourick, who left Monday with $200 she saved and $67 of his money. She is in delicate health and faces a pittable plight without her funds.
The Socialist party of Bridgeport addresses city school teachers with an invitation to become members and notes women's right to vote. It asserts that ballots for Socialist nominees will aid the immediate improvement of teachers' material welfare in Bridgeport's public schools.
Charles Smith a 20 year old Avent News Virginia man escaped drowning after slipping from a city dock line to a tug boat. He struck his chin on the tug rail during the fall and awoke in the tug cabin bleeding. He was treated at the emergency hospital for a facial gash by Dr Greenstein.
Ernest G Southey the architect asks the police commissioners to pay 333 expenses incurred in preparing plans for a 22000 Third Precinct station drawn in 1907. Dispute over remuneration terms persists with Hill asserting a 5 percent fee on construction cost. The board postponed action pending investigation and a report.
Bridgeport Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles schedules its annual election for this evening. Vice-President William H. Callan is set to be unanimously chosen President, succeeding George P. Jamieson. Treasurer Thomas W. Reddy seeks vice-presidency, with John Connors running for treasurer. additional office contests are possible.
A Kansas City Journal note recalls Justice Brewer on John B. Gough and a Yale moment about his temperance speech. It then recounts Mrs. Cleveland’s reception mishap where a man named Decker is mispronounced through a cascade of mistaken identifications by Wilson, Cleveland, Bayard, and Mrs. Whitney, causing Decker to doubt his own name.
The article recalls the invention of friction matches, noting John Walker in England 1827 and phosphorus improvements in 1833. It highlights L C Allen of Springfield Massachusetts as making the first practical U S friction match in 1886, and mentions preexisting French imports requiring dipping in sulfuric acid before lighting. The narrative ends with Allen’s failure to patent and Teason of Alonzo Phillips obtaining patent rights.
A fragmentary historical note describes Venice’s St Mary’s eve brides of 902 and their capture by sea rovers, the Venice doge’s relief efforts, and a yearly Marian procession until 1379. It then outlines Turkish firefighting in Constantinople with a tower alarm, horseless engines, and captains negotiating payments with building owners.
Ouida appears in 1887 remembrances with a pessimistic moog and a jubilee epitaph card to Lady Dorothy. The couplet mocks weak wits words and wars, labeled as a mood by Lady Dorothy, while a French anecdote about the Marquis de Blank adds wit.
A fragment from a poem describing a heart transformed to ashes and entombed within a chest of ice. The speaker recalls a once fierce, fiery heart that burned, raged, and self consumed itself in passion and tragedy.
A young graduate from law school bravely opens a practice with dwindling resources. He confronts the mayor’s son in the street, faces court, and in testimony attacks the mayor’s administration. Quoting Lycurgus and Solon, he loses the case but builds a future legal practice.
The House impeached President Andrew Johnson on November 26 1867 for removing Secretary of War Stanton and other abuses of power. A 126 to 42 vote adopted the impeachment resolution while Senate votes 35 to 19 fell short of two thirds. The Senate adjourned without ruling on all articles and the Chief Justice entered acquittal.
A Pearson's Weekly item notes the Bank of England notes are produced with a top secret process held by a few in Overton, Hanta. It mentions charred busks and Rhenish vines as ingredients and compares it to the American note system, where a single ink formula earns $50,000 annually for its maker.
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