This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1914
Page
3
The article notes a broad permitting latitude in garnitures this season with attractive additions like braid buttons jet chenille and silk tassels enhancing wraps. Measurements listed include sizes 32 34 36 33 40 42 and 44 inches.
Inez Ragan of the Calburn Stock Company enthuses over Bridgeport calling locals wonderfully kind and homey. She details seaside drives and a recent weight loss after three weeks in town, while recalling Honolulu and Los Angeles roots and her stage career.
The speaker claims no external source holds wisdom beyond oneself and urges self judgment. Referencing Rome Christian monks stars and druids, the poem asserts inner exploration as the map to understanding. It cites Richard Hover in Taliesin as the source of the lines.
A cor ner for cooks offers a kidney roast with tomato sauce and a mixed salad with cucumber tomato onion celery and radishes served on a lettuce bed with stuffed olives. Dressing blends salt flour mustard sugar egg vinegar and cream. orange pudding uses orange zest juice butter sugar grape juice egg whites and yolks with sponge cake crumbs baked until set. Bouquets for Vanity Fair.
Tessie asks if she should elope with a fireman beloved by her family yet barred by wealth. Miss Libbey counsels patience, urging the couple earn respect and time to win parents over, warning against rushing into marriage.
A reflective piece on courtship and timing in relationships. It describes how men balance visiting nights with social duties, and how a woman's fixed visiting evenings can unintentionally push two hearts apart. The text notes club nights, bookkeeping duties, and the habit of solitary Saturday nights as a prudent, self-contained routine.
A missive from Cille asks how a respectable home girl can attract callers. a correspondent encourages social activities and patient planning. The exchange explores how brothers can help sisters find suitable suitors and how timing affects calls. It ends noting steady visiting leads to marriage and shared evenings.
A seventeen year old girl asks whether to continue seeing a twenty three year old man despite her father's disapproval. She notes prior attempts ended due to age and family objections, and she plans to keep meeting him until she is older. An adviser cautions that being too young to understand each other may explain the conflict and suggests patience with potential future love.
An eighteen year old writes of a ten month romance ending abruptly upon discovering another. The writer urges moving on, noting that a man who is false once will likely be false again and advising to seek better prospects, insisting that she cannot fare worse in the search for true loyalty.
The New York Sun outlines two easy water tests for travelers. First, dissolve sugar in water and cover overnight. clear liquid suggests purity, cloudiness indicates contamination. Second, add permanganate of potash and wait an hour. bright pink indicates safety, brown color means impurity though boil can lessen harm.
A Louisville Courier Journal fragment notes a humorous verse about babies and growth. In a separate item, William H. Post of Hawthorne New Jersey surprised four would be burglars at a post office by firing a revolver, scaring them away from the safe. Dad Worland of Worland Wyoming reportedly chased a bear up a tree after ringing a sheep bell.John Reck and Son
Hobson and November Joe chase clues after Atterson, who denies the theft of $100,000 from the Grand banks. They follow tracks, search riverbank camps, and note a canoe and paddle prints. A confession seems likely when confronted, as the party narrows possible hideouts and awaits daylight.
Early afternoon arrival at Lendeville through scattered farms and a gas station introduces Joe and McAndrew as they seek information from local Bote tarre and Atterson’s high regard for Simon Paltaire. A price discussion for a horse or hitch arises, with Twenty dollars offered and a counter proposal of twenty seven dollars, as plans unfold for further inquiry at Sime Pointarre. To Be Continued.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.