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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
11
Dr John T Black secretary of the state board of health reports smallpox rising fast in Connecticut with 67 cases in two months and five new cases this week The danger lies in mild cases going unreported spreading the disease Vaccination is urged as the only sure preventive.
State free employment bureaus show fewer applicants as Bridgeport records detail 558 male and 446 female employment applications totaling 1 004 and 371 male plus 449 female help applications totaling 820. Overall 2 850 males and 1 167 females applied for employment while 2 104 males and 1 222 females sought help.
The report shows November figures from the state bureau with 934 females secured situations. For male applicants 63.3 percent were placed versus 62.5 percent in October. Female placements reached 80 percent, up from 77.5 percent in October. Overall, 68.2 percent of all applicants received situations, up from 66.2 percent, while 2.3 percent received help, down from 81 percent in October.
Rio Janeiro reports extraordinary activity on German ships interned there. Vessels receive provisions and coal while others clear decks, with indications they plan to depart secretly to avoid requisition.
The Fox Senior Tire Co and the Elliott-Cornwall Manufacturing Co of Bridgeport filed amendments with the secretary of state. Fox Senior reduced authorized capital stock from 20000 to 10000 and lists incorporators Charles S. Fox T. R. Senior Jr and Samuel P. Senior. Elliott-Cornwall will incorporate with capital stock of 150000.
Paris reports MA Laujardiere head of Syndicate Central des Agriculturs de France says farmers and farm women provided over a third of France’s fighting strength. He describes rural unions, credit banks, training for children, and plans to attract youth back to the land with better housing, tools, and leisure activities to repopulate farms after the war.
Royal Baking Powder is made from cream of tartar derived from grapes. It is absolutely pure and has proved its excellence for making food of finest quality and wholesomeness for generations.
The Syndicate of Loir et Cher reports seventy four women competed in 1914 and had eight hundred seventy eight children born, with each averaging about ten. Organizers seek to expand aid to farm hands by offering 50 percent rent relief after the third child, 75 percent after the fifth, and full rent relief after the sixth, plus access to one and a quarter acres near their homes to encourage larger families.
North End residents push for beautification with a branch library and a Shelton school adjacent playground. A city recreation commission, led by Dr. C F Stimson, will survey current efforts and future steps. Dr Stimson will address Olivet church Men's league and women's societies Thursday night at 3. All North End parents are invited. no tickets or offerings.
Rev W A Keefe of Plainfield is reappointed state lecturer of the Knights of Columbus by John H Reddin supreme master of the fourth degree KC. Reddin commends Keefe in a letter for his educational work in Connecticut.
The December term of the United States district court opened yesterday morning. Francesco Miniane of Bridgeport was fined $100 for sending obscene matter through the mails. He pleaded guilty to writing a scurrilous remark on the margin of a newspaper and posting the latter. Leong Gim’s hearing, arrested in a raid on an opium joint, has been set for Hartford on December 12. In the United States versus J. C. Lee of Stamford, a $10 fine for breaking the seal on a car containing food products at Stamford on Sept. 11 was imposed.
November showed a rainfall deficiency of 1.38 inches from the year prior, totaling 7.51 inches since August. The first snowfall occurred, with a high of 66 degrees on Nov 9 and a low of 22 on Nov 26, while the mean temperature was 42.5.
An advertisement touts Leonardi's Cough Syrup as the best remedy for bad colds, sore throats, and bronchial issues. It claims to loosen phlegm, soothe the throat, and open airways, marketed as antiseptic and safe with two Hin dle's Drug Store locations listed.
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