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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
16
Sidelights from London discuss wartime effects on theatre and public life. Impresarios and performers face restrictions, dwindling cinema profits rise, while provinces show slight gains. Letters reveal grim casualties and morale, with the Kilts and German war practices cited as wartime curiosities and brutalities amid broader social strain.
The crowd erupts as the Emden's Indian Ocean losses are pegged at ten million dollars. Amid the uproar, hopes rise that Captain Muller, the gallant commander, survives the ship's loss and his health is toasted at several club luncheons.
Production rose by 132 eggs from the prior week as 1171 eggs were laid. Storrs Experiment Station’s sour milk pen led with 42 eggs, followed by Cam Hoghton’s White Wrandottes with 39 and Hillview Poultry Farm’s Rhode Island Reds with 38. Windsweep Farm’s White Leghorns dominated for the month with 178 eggs, edging Ea Hughton and Merritt M. Clark in the top standings. The ten leading pens include Windsweep Farm, Cam Hoghton, Storrs, Merritt M. Clark, Hillview Poultry Farm, and others across Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns.
A listing of wholesale market prices for butter creamery extras eggs fresh gathered and assorted dairy fruits vegetables and live poultry with prices in cents per unit and per hundredweight or per crate. The page also notes an unidentified man found dead overcome by heat and mentions bouquets for Vanity Fair.
In a chatty domestic scene Bo and Mrs. Boykin debate mood and social friction after a hot day at the office. Bo muses on temper and neighborly relations while Mrs. Boykin suggests a cure involving a gift of cigars, prompting Bo to vow a dramatic practical joke to restore his spirits.
Washington readers learn how to grow palm rubber plant oleander and cactus indoors during winter. Advice covers watering avoiding frost, cleaning foliage, root issues, lime soaking for soil, fertilizing with bone meal wood ash manure or ammonia, trimming brown tips, and checking for scale insects.
Blanche Hall comes to town as the leading lady at the Lyric theater. The text then digresses into gardening notes about soil moisture for potted plants, watering cautions, fertilization, and plant care for oleanders, aspidistras, rubber plants, and cacti. It also mentions a treasury lawn dry machine for old paper money and a Belgian musical rival singing a short march to Cana.
Charles Billet moves into Van Cook place. Ladies Society meets with Mr. Victor Nelson. Theodore Beardsley ill with bronchial pneumonia, nurse attends. Washington Lodge confers third degree on Mary Bennett. Bennett stays with sister in Hast Village. Holiday guests include Hurd, Shelton, Thompson, Beard, Burr, and Hawley families. Assessors prepare 1914 grand list. tax rate set at 14 mills. Cutler’s Farms children honor teacher with entertainment. George Burr building a garage. Harmony Grange hosts first donation whist on Dec 17. prizes donated by friends. Ladies Aid plans chicken pie supper on Dec 8. Clemency petition for Lee Duck and Ling from Tong war case. General Joffre and President Poincare visit King George in France.
Notice warns of a Bridgeport Board of Apportionment and Taxation meeting at City Hall on December 5 1914 at 12 30 PM. Agenda includes rescinding funds from Health Salaries and Wages, Assessors Printing, Public Works several line items, Fire Commissioners Horse and Harness accounts, Lakeview supplies and care, and Primary Enrolment Socialist and Progressive funds. Dated December 2 1914 signed by Mayor Clifford S. Wilson.
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