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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
6
A cluttered ad lists cheap Christmas gifts and household items from Taath ee area drug store. It promotes dial soap, clothing, perfumery, bottles, cigars, candies, and other small comforts with a focus on value. The note highlights a busy shop environment and urges customers to visit 870 Main Street for affordable party favors and practical gifts.
A برگpassage-style ad promises relief for a weak back with a Cyrus Plaster and a money back guarantee. It emphasizes quick improvement and consumer reassurance without medical claims or detailed instructions.
Richmond dispatch reports Governor Jose L. Blease of South Carolina defends not using militia to prevent lynchings. He asserts white women’s protection and vows swift punishment of accused Black men, while denying trials for those killed or harmed in vigilante cases.
Members of Joseph Dowdall Lodge note one candidate elected to membership at the close of the meeting. The following Friday evening the Page Bank will hold a session. Arcanum Lodge members of I O O F accept Rev Barnes invitation to services at Washington Park church tomorrow evening to attend a sermon on friendship and devotion.
In Warroo City Government and allied groups, the majority rejects the Borcush Fropsition plan for controlling expenditures. Officials and supporters, including several organizations, back a different commission form. The vote outcome signals a shift in fiscal governance discussions for the city.
Stratford residents survey shows eight in ten oppose the pro proposal due to added costs and expenditure channels. Debate centers on finance committees and town governance. Frank Edwards heads to Florida with brother Robert for building work. Auditorium plans spark local interest and mixed reception as improvements and events proceed.
E H Dillon and Co operate as wholesale and retail leading milliners offering a range of hats and accessories for season. Local ads promote selection and pricing for shoppers seeking fashionable headwear.
A Bridgeport display touts the largest assortment of fur scarfs and muffs ever shown. Black fox and lynx, natural raccoon, sable raccoon, moleskin, moline, eastern mink, marobia lynx, bitka fox and more are offered at about one third off the regular price.
The Dillon firm principal details that the church assets besides the plano are sold or disputed as various individuals claim property placed at the church. Father O'Connor urges donations for the Catholic Transcript while Rev. Ernest Carpenter of Stratford M. E. will preach at St James tomorrow with sermons on faith and Genesis themes. A note on China’s rapid changes and Mr Charles Stanley’s Pang chwang status adds to the week’s local outlook with a 6 PM service planned.
In Wea hington the Archbald impeachment trial barely began as twelve to thirteen articles remained to be presented and four witnesses were set to testify on the first article. Testimony from G A Richardson and W P Boland clarified Archbald and E J Williams's proposed purchase of a Katydia culm bank tied to Erie Railroad matters. Rittenhouse, who surveyed the culm bank, valued it over twenty thousand dollars, while Archbald faced questions about aiding a Marian Coal stock sale against the Lackawanna Railroad amid related suits.
Baltimore dispatch reports five killed and two injured in a late midnight head-on collision on the Western farmland one mile west of Penmar Maryland. Victims include engineers Joseph Helbig of Baltimore Coleman Cook of Baltimore and Frank Leiter of Highgate Pennsylvania, fireman James Clayton of Hagerstown and baggage master, conductor Itchell Berger of Hagerstown. A passenger train en route to Baltimore from Hagerstown was involved. delays persist with track clearance estimated at fifteen hours as passengers are reassigned.
Milwaukee December 7 Dr Charles Eliot president emeritus of Harvard reelected head of the National Civic Service Reform League. Vice presidents chosen include N Adderman of the University of Virginia Harry Garfield of Williams College George Cray of Wilmington Arthur Hagley Yale Seth Low former New York mayor Franklin MacVeagh secretary George A Pope and others. A telegram from Ordway New York read that President elect Woodrow Wilson would resign from the vice presidency if the organization stayed within any association during his administration.
In Bridgeport the month saw thirteen deaths of fourteen total attributed to disease and accidents. Contagious diseases caused two fatalities from scarlet fever and diphtheria. Pneumonia accounted for eleven deaths while four resulted from accidents or other violent causes.
December 7 The talk at a New England Traffic dinner featured merchants and railroad leaders arguing that the public is unfit to run railways. Boston Elevated President General William Bancroft said the public cannot operate railways profitably. Samuel O Dunn urged against government ownership. Timothy Byrnes was re elected president of the New Haven Hartford railroad group.
Paris reports a state counsel decree annuls appointments of Former Foreign Minister De Selves during his 14 years as Seine prefect, noting the public journal publication requirement was not met. The move could oust several high Paris officials. A second item records Rhode Island Civil War veteran Sergeant Go F. 13th Rhode Island volunteers William Prosser, 81, dying of heart disease in Providence after visiting a daughter. he received his pension.
In Woodside L T Mendell a lawyer and his 14 year old daughter Lillian perish as he braves smoke to reach them during a fire at 10 Percy Street. Neighbor John T Kelly awakens family. Mendell returns upstairs to save his child. Both bodies found on the second floor amid heavy flames.
Tokio December 7 A new premier Count Terrand or Tarrauchi will pursue a harsher Korea policy. He seeks to depopulate Korea of native born, pushing Koreans to emigrate to northern China and inviting Japanese colonization. Korea’s annexation followed the Manchurian war, and despotic laws under Terrand have irritated Koreans, many leaving the country. The official age and details about Terrand vary in reports.
An old styled advertisement claims Cascarets cleanse and regulate the stomach remove undigested food and gases and ease heartburn belching and dizziness. It promises quick relief by morning and access for ten cents with a note on gentle cleansing for children.
The Ntowal Press Club hosts a debate titled Resolved That powlees are greater detriment to navigation than knock knees. Governor-elect Sulzer of New York and Senator Penrée are among speakers. Debaters prepare briefs and will discuss psychological aspects of bowlegs and knock knees while revealing lists of famous men who wore or concealed these conditions.
Hartford reports a man attacked and left unconscious on Windsor Avenue. Edward Welch, 28, was found suffering a stomach wound and unconscious on Nav 5th. He remains in hospital for weeks with memory loss. Charles Lobdell allegedly shot Welch after a refused drink.Welch’s injuries include a fractured skull. Frederick Wood, a worker, poured vitriol mistaken for water, burning mouth and throat. Louis Landi was cut by a show window glass while stocking displays. Willam Flannizay of West Hartford was struck by a trolley and may lose a foot.
The ad markets a vast variety of goods including women's threads, stockings, and hosiery with prices such as $4.25 and $1.30 per pair. It highlights men s furnishing items and a catalog of decorative home goods, inviting shoppers for a Monday sale event.
A Detroit era fragment describes a Florida waterway teeming with water fowls and the curious water turkey or neck story. Readers learn the bird’s odd anatomy and the entertaining misbeliefs about it, with quotes from authorities and observers.
A survey of haunted ancestral homes and omens of death across European noble lineages and other regions. It cites the White Lady of the Lobentollerns, the Yorkshre Middleton and Arundel Wardour figures, and a phantom hearse linked to an Argyll death, alongside medieval medical practices and death iconography such as the death omen of the poppy in India.
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