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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1913
Page
10
A harsh advice piece details drastic tips for extreme emaciation focusing on nourishment patterns. It prescribes six raw eyes with meals, a milk diet of three quarts daily, olive oil supplements, and occasional cod liver oil. It also suggests muscular exercise, deep breathing, and strenuous activity under supervision to rebuild tissue and strength.
London December 3 The World reports the King has on several occasions expressed strong disapproval of the tango as unsuitable for ballroom dancing. The Queen shares the conservative stance in these matters.
New York theme funeral for merchant and art patron George Arnold Hearn to be held at St James Episcopal Church Madison Avenue and 75th Street. Much speculation surrounds private art hoard valued at hundreds of thousands kept at the Hearn home. Pieces include Gainsborough's Blue Boy, a Van Dyck portrait Baron Arnold de Roy, ivories, Chinese ceramics, and other works awaiting will actions.
A person bequeaths art treasures to his wife who helped assemble most of them, ensuring the collection remains under her care and stewardship.
Mrs J J Anderson visits Miss Minnie Dyer in New York City. Walter Lalley returns to Cornell University after holidays at home. Phillip Brill of Lake Torpedo visits Washington D C while staying at 347 Golden Hill. Mrs H H Jackson visits Hartford friends for the week. Mrs John Bierler of Boston is hosted by her parents at 51 Hough Avenue. Miss Bessie Ennis returns from Newark to Ogden Street home. Miss Marie Bister returns home after visiting Mr and Mrs Frank E Lalley at 1015 Fairfield Avenue.
A home sewing feature describes winter blouses and waist designs using chrysanthemums in silk and chiffon Jessie Wilson green. It details construction steps for a green satin outer blouse, a matching waist, neck finishes, and sleeve shaping with notched seams, hems, darts, and perforations, plus lace or buttons for a dainty back sleeve touch.
The D. M. Reed Company unveils a second floor Gift Room to ease Christmas shopping. It features mahogany secretaries and tables, Holland Oak dining furniture, Oriental rugs, Turkish and Chinese embroideries, silver trays, art glass, and antique pieces. Families can find varied gift suggestions, with wives often guiding the shopping.
A 1913 column discusses courtship norms and the rules of being introduced to a woman, cautioning that bold glances without a proper introduction lead to reputational risk. It then shifts to marriage, noting mutual patience, acceptance of faults, and the idea that a harmonious home depends on both partners concealing disagreements. Matrimony is portrayed as fulfilling for well matched couples.
The ladies of Summerfield M E church on Barnum avenue host a Christmas fair Tuesday December 9 beginning at four in the afternoon and running through the evening. Booths offer fancy articles aprons home made foods candies preserves jams and jellies ice cream will be for sale A musical program directed by Miss Bertha Wagner features a women's quartet with Miss Wagner as first soprano Mrs Raymond Jones second soprano Miss Florence Coles first contralto and Miss Alys Maddell second contralto plus piano and violin.
The program features duets and mandolin selections. No admission will be charged and a pleasant evening of music is assured for all attending.
Victor Brod pleaded guilty to embezzlement and practicing medicine without a license in city court. He was fined $150 plus costs totaling $214 following a raid on his offices with Dr. John F. Hackett. In Newton New Jersey a separate accident resulted in the death of George Dreher, fifty, after an automobile spooked horses and toppled him under a wagon.
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