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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
12
London reports from the board of trade show 63 Brit total net tonnage and 644 lives lost as 53 merchant ships were sunk by German warships and 10 by mines during the coast blockade. The figures cover November 1 to November 30 and include 20 steamers sunk by ships and ten by mines, with some casualties yet to be recorded.
The Newtown News Letter reports 1915 county revenue of 1170 with 900 less than 1914 despite higher liquor and hotel license fees. It notes needs for more hotels and saloons, a new residence, highway work, and plans for dairy tests. Local clubs, including mandolin and Fillie groups, announce officers and Thanksgiving activities.
An advertisement touts Kilimer's Swamp Foot as a highly recommended remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It offers sample and full-size bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar, claiming broad efficacy for men and women and urging trials of the remedy.
Paris dispatch notes Italy remains firm against a separate peace. General Count Cadorna, to visit France for talks with Allied commanders, must cancel due to intensified fighting on the Italian front near the Isonzo. General Porro will attend in Paris starting December 8 as substitute.
New York officials tie recent bunkers fires on steamships bound for allied operations to possible chemical tampering. Detectives impersonate coal trimmers to investigate, amid reports a new compound may ignite coal spontaneously.
Miss Florence Hayes of New Haven visited her mother Mrs Edson Hayes while Esther Cutler returned to Long Hill after a stay with Mr and Mrs Edwardth Norwalk friends. Pupils at Birdsey Plain School named for perfect attendance and punctuality November. Several residents visited Bridgeport Norwalk Bethel Monroe and Tashua. Two men killed and one injured by gas at a hunting lodge near Simpson PA.
The survey outlines pending federal measures on social welfare, child labor restrictions, convict-made goods regulation, prison reform, tuberculosis funding, mental hygiene, and rural sanitation. It notes proposals for a federal tuberculosis commission, subsidies for local TB hospitals, a commissioner of prisons, and federal licensing of employment agencies to curb interstate abuse.
Hartford reports Dr H LeBaron Peters of Bridgeport may resume driving after secretary Barnes found no fault in the fatal accident dispute. Other license suspensions include Harry Hyberg of Bridgeport indefinitely for drunken driving after a Norwalk arrest, Samuel Postel of Bridgeport for reckless driving after a Trumbull arrest, and Max Michaelis of Torrington indefinitely for intoxicated operation in Waterbury on November 7. The Baltic liner sailed from New York to Liverpool carrying 760 passengers. Ocean Steamship Co signed to build a 456 foot freight and passenger steamship with Harlan & Hellingsworth. A Chicago Milwaukee St Paul train wreck near Freeman, Washington killed one brakeman and injured three passengers.
A dealer in antiques tricks a landlord by swapping a fine carved marble mantel for a cheap replica and reselling the original at a high price. A Dallas catcher recounts a three‑way assist on a baserunning play that left the official scorer crediting three different players. A student’s simple farm description is recast by a teacher into a formal, verbose definition of a cow. A Pittsburgh Press line notes how misworded writing by Johnny was corrected into highbrow diction.
An advertisement proclaims Cyrus Wart Remover can eliminate a wart in a few days without pain. It promotes sale exclusively at Cyrus Pharmacy located at 418 Fairfield Avenue. The copy emphasizes facial appeal and hand beauty as the wart’s removal result.
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