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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1916

Page

5

Apple Dishes With Custard Sherbet And Roast Pork

A magazine style cookery excerpt details Apple Cup Custard Apple Sherbert and Apple Meringue with steps for prep and baking. It also notes a wine controversy on an estate where Rosalind Countess of Tetian bans tenancy licensees and recounts Sir Wilfred Lawson’s temperance stance and family history of draining liquor into a pond.

Rosalind Countess of Tetian Earl of Carlisle New Zealand Sir Wilfred Lawson Sir Wilfred Brayton Carlisle Wilfred

Countess Destroys Castle Howard Wine Stash

Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle, ordered the contents of Castle Howard wine cellars to be discarded. A temperance leader, she reportedly had wine houses walled up during the Earl’s life. recently the cellars were opened and more than 1,000 bottles emptied.

Carlisle Rosalind Countess of Castle Howard British Women’s Temperance Association Earl of Carlisle

This Maiden Tends To “avor The Unusual”

John Breck & Son presents a Thanksgiving feature titled This Maiden Tends To avor The Unusual with period voice and local flair. The item highlights seasonal customs and focuses on the maiden’s role in seasonal storytelling and crafts at a community event.

Tiny dress for baby with sheer lawn and embroidery

Simple baby dress in sheer lawn with embroidery trims. Two year size uses 2 yards 36 inch material. The pattern shows a two style yoke, gathered sleeves, and easy construction steps with perforation guides to prevent error. A touch of color embroidery on the yoke advised for effect.

Daily Talks on Heart Topics From Laura Jean Libby

Public advice column offers letters about weddings and self image. A 24 year old reader asks for simple wedding plans while living with a grumpy uncle. Guidance encourages natural style, affordable decor, and a small bridal lunch. Another reader seeks attractiveness tips, stressing clothing, hair, and confident behavior to engage men.

Laura Jean Libby

The Trials of an Aunt and a Call for Ambition

A forty year old spinster asks how to gain parlor access and be treated with respect. The piece urges finding a welcoming boarding place and confirms that a purposeful life rests on pursuing a clear aim. It exhorts daughters to cultivate ambition, foresee needs, and avoid a life without goals, using anecdotes to stress personal drive.

Miss B Right

Home Health Club Advice on Remedies and Poultry Study

A reader column discusses old fashioned cures, garlic and onion foot poultices for coughs, and a British Journal tip. it cites Clark’s poultry pituitary feeding raising egg hatchability and laying. It invites reader inquiries to Home Health Club in Chicago for health questions.

Rockefeller Institute New York Medical Journal Clark Home Health Club Cottage Grove Avenue Chicago Ill

Where are the Gods of Yesterday in Poem

Poem excerpt from If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy laments vanished greats and vanished loves. It recalls Cleopatra Caesar Semiramis Helen and other famed figures, asking where the legends and beauties of yesterday have gone, as lovers fade like winds that blew them away.

Apollo Artemis Endymion Venus Pan Semiramis Caesar Cleopatra Alexander Redbeard Herod Phryne Tompyris Dido Cassandra Proserpina Helen Justin Huntly McCarthy

Olive Tablets Offer Liver and Bowel Relief

Thousands suffer stomach upset. Olive Tablets from Dr Edwards arouse the liver and bowels gently, easing indigestion without griping. A vegetable compound with olive oil, sold in 10c and 5c boxes. take one or two at bedtime for relief and better appetite.

State Regulation of Child Labor Analyzed

The annual report of the National Child Labor Committee’s general secretary analyzes state regulation of child labor as weaker than federal rules. It notes 28 states permit night work, 28 have no street work rules, and many lack medical, educational, or grading standards. The committee points to 1,850,000 affected children and urges an aggressive campaign with stronger enforcement and codification. Copies of the Child Labor Bulletin are available from the committee in New York.

National Child Labor Committee Child Labor Bulletin Owen R. Lovejoy Congress East 22d Street New York City

Home health tips for children and indigestion

Advice recommends warming feet before cold compresses and using castor oil and rhubarb for cleansing the alimentary canal. It attributes the child’s problems to indigestion and suggests early supper no later than six, light meals of bread and milk, and a prune option. Emphasizes thorough chewing, keeping remedies for fever and constipation, and having Home Health Club books for emergencies.

J. E

Romance of Mr Hughes Celebrated Wife and Campaign

The piece recalls Mrs. Hughes as a devoted, gracious partner during Charles Evans Hughes campaign tours. It notes her joy at victory prospects, her steady support through the later doubt, and her key role in entertaining and aiding him. The article chronicles their courtship, marriage in 1888, and her influence on his career. It closes with Hughes resuming law practice after the campaign.

United States Hughes Elizabeth Helen Catharine Charles Evans, Jr Chamberlain, Carter & Hornblower Columbia Law School Baptist House of Worship Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller, Jr Miss Carter Mr. Hughes West

Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad From The Bridgeport Daily Farmer

An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the leading remedy for kidney liver and bladder diseases. It claims rapid mild effects and broad relief, promoting two bottle sizes and a sample offer with ten cent postage to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York, asking readers to mention The Bridgeport Daily Farmer.

Kilmer Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton, N Bridgeport Daily Farmer

Diary of an artillery officer from Bapaume siege

The Cologne Gazette prints a Prussian officer diary describing suffering in the weeks of British offensives on the Western Front. He recalls damage in Bapaume, ruined streets and a Gothic church, civilians living in cellars, and the peril of “weeping shells.” He praises ammunition drivers who kept supplies flowing despite shellfire and vehicle losses.

West Front Cologne Bapaume Rue D'Arras Court House

Fish recipes of famous chefs from Hotel Westminster

Codfish dish with salted stock cooked thirty minutes without boiling. Serve with a cream parsley sauce. Also outlines fish stock recipe using water salt vinegar carrot onion peppers parsley thyme bay leaves and 15 minutes simmer. Mentions 300,000 acres planted to peanuts in Texas and shells in public places used for hog feeding.

R. J. Croasdell Hotel Westminster Texas

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