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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1916
Page
10
A vintage recipe page outlines hard rolls using two flours and a sponge method plus lemon tarts with butter sugar yolks and lemon juice. It also describes a two color pink and white layer cake and a green tinted icing, culminating in graham griddlecakes with graham flour cornmeal and brown sugar batter.
Berlin announces the 9th army won the battle on the Arge ciu River northwest of Bucharest. The Emperor ordered the church bells rung on Monday in Prussia and Alsace Lorraine to celebrate the victory. George C. Thompson resigned as Third Deputy Commissioner of Charities in New York.
A reader reports a home cure for piles using a new absorption method promising relief. The ad style message claims simple steps and quick results, urging readers to follow the treatment for lasting improvement.
A description of an extremely smart wrap in somber taupe chiffon velvet with a deep yoke and Scotch mole skin border. It features an additional fur collar made of skunk, noted as an unusual touch for opera attire.
Connecticut launches its Red Cross Christmas seal drive with about 4 million seals distributed and orders for thousands more. Hartford New Haven and Bridgeport compete for pennants and honor certificates for selling five seals per inhabitant. The goal is to raise about 1 million dollars nationally. Bordeaux city council accepts a 25 million dollar loan from American bankers for three years after a mayoral report.
A column offers cautionary notes on baby names suggesting avoid harsh or ridiculous choices and warns that a name can affect a future life. It also answers a young 18 year old about pursuing romance and how to handle a suitor, urging patience and clarity over love at first sight. The piece ends with a humorous warning about telephone calls from girlfriends and the risk to a man’s job or reputation.
The article describes assembling a coat and trousers with the front pieces, sleeves, pockets, and fly sections laid along a lengthwise thread. It notes collar, belt, and optional back belt shaping, praises Norfolk style, and recommends home spuns and tweeds for winter suits while noting Chevuits resemble monks cloth and stay in demand due to wartime shortages.
Benny saves 60 seats to buy gifts for Krissmuss and trades with Artie. Each offers 10 cents for items a mouth organ or sour balls, then agrees to buy separately to get preferred flavors. The piece ends noting a global embargo demand affecting shipments to Europe.
An old advertisement touts Musterole as a clean white mustard oil ointment that loosens stiff joints and relieves pain. It claims benefits for bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia pleurisy rheumatism lumbago back pains sprains healises chilblains and frostbite and notes doctors and nurses recommend it.
The article argues for early Christmas shopping to ease strain on store clerks and postal workers in large cities. It notes distant locals experience little change, while central hubs face a mountain of work before the holiday. People are urged to start purchases now and mark gifts not to be opened until Christmas.
The friends of Miss Sarah Curtis sister of opera singer Vera Curtis live at 154 Coleman Street. after years of study her stories appear in magazines. Her debut ran in minor weeklies and her latest work A Maker of Men appears in Ainsley's. With two family members already in professional ranks Bridgeport gains literary recognition. Marriage licenses were issued to William Provid and Florence Shaw and to Percy D Barnes and Grace Un Dews.
A multipart poem titled Song of the Hills reflects on yearly seasons and months with themes of birth growth summer gladness autumn lament and winter peace. Attributed to JI. F. W. and signed Social the piece invites readers to listen and share in its cadence and moods.
Sofia Nemergut of Stratford sues Patrick McGee coal dealer for 10500 as administratrix of John Nemergut estate. He died after a wagon was struck on Barnum avenue near Stratford line when a McGee truck attempted to pass. Plaintiff alleges failure to horn warning and an attachment is placed on McGee’s East Washington avenue coal yard.
The Employes' Tuberculosis Society will receive receipts from the Poll and Plaza theatres next Sunday evening with more theatres expected to join. John F. Gunshanan leads the drive and hopes for greater results this year than last.
The article argues that store success hinges on perceived enterprise and aggressive advertising. It notes prices influence shopping, but the impression of hustle and being “wide awake” wins customers more than inactivity. Newspapers portray merchants as alert to best values, encouraging patronage.
The Philomathian Club invites friends to the new East Side YWCA house at 385 Barnum Avenue on Tuesday for an afternoon and evening sale of Christmas gift items.
Representatives of waitresses, laundresses and women garment workers met in New York on Saturday under the Women's Trade Union League to press for an eight hour day. Delegates reported waitresses toil the longest hours, followed by laundresses, while garment workers often exceed 49 hours weekly behind locked doors. Miss Josephine Moultrop from Bridgeport attended and will report on conditions in the city.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Letter Carriers association hosts a gathering at Mrs. Bouton’s home. Hebrew associations hold a 400-guest concert launching a joint social season. Notable speakers Cosmo Hamilton and Eleanor Gates address local clubs with topics on youth, trench life, and playwriting. Loretta Hayes to wed George Nothnagle with family-only ceremony. Mary Lee and Robert Condon wed in St. Peter’s church. couple to reside in Brooklyn. Graves and Josephine Ryan celebrate June wedding. Graves to work in Toronto.
Promotional note touts Fruit-a-tives as the sole medicine from fresh fruit juices. It claims benefits for stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys, and skin and urges fair trial due to its distinctive composition. Pricing listed: 50c a box, 6 for $2.50, 25c trial size. available at dealers or Fruite atives Limited, Ogdensburg, NY.
Miss Lillian Russell marks 55 with humor and grace. Born in Clinton Iowa she began life as Helen Leonard and later moved to Chicago. Now wife of Alexander P. Moore she remains a famed prima donna with a long stage career and bold views on health and calisthenics.
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