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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1913
Page
10
Laura Jean Libby explores the contrasts of young romance and practical marriage. The piece discusses how youthful love faces social expectations, role of courting, finances, and the idea that patience before marriage strengthens lifelong bonds, with emphasis on romantic ideals versus real life duties.
Sewing instructions for garment construction from lace, perforations, and gores. Describes center-front indicators, edges, back seams, collar, sleeves, and decorative options. Mentions crepe meteor fabric, lining, and optional lace yoke or embroidery. Presented as home dressmaking tips from The Pictorial Review.
Winter foot comfort tips cover use of Alum Foot Bath to calm tired feet and explain routine for treating calloused areas with pumice, vaseline, and pads. It also warns about ankle irritation and blisters from tight boots, and ends with a few short local humor snippets about bears, a church club, and a joke about a husband’s bad habits.
Mild laxative olive colored tablets claim to treat liver and bowel complaints without calomel’s side effects. They are touted as quick to curb headaches dullness and that heavy feeling by improving digestion and alertness. Pack sizes include 10c and 25c per box from The Olive Tablet Co Columbus Ohio.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, famed militant suffragette, was arrested on arrival in Plymouth from New York aboard the Miner Majestic. Scotland Yard detectives accompanied a police boat while Flora Drummond's bodyguard steamed in a White Star tug. Crowds and police filled the Plymouth quays as the city reeled in excitement. Pankhurst vowed to hunger strike and, if jailed, would also conduct a thirst strike.
Washington reports a Department of Agriculture bulletin finding bouillon cubes offer little real food value and are costly compared with home-made broth. It analyzes contents, costs, and compares cubes, semi solid and liquid meat extracts, noting most products are mostly salt and water with limited protein and nutrient value.
An advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills to ease backache kidney pain and related symptoms, claiming restoration of kidney and bladder health. A Pamate judge rules Mrs. Martha Semick could throw stones at Jacob Horth over slanderous tales. A firemen’s club debate on dances and a note about Agsittan salt mines employing 7,000 miners.
The 1914 annual report outlines aims to lift farm women through home management aid, sanitation, and labor-saving devices. It notes letters from 55,000 farm women showing demand for running water, household machinery, better marketing, and recognition of women’s and children’s overwork. The report proposes Congress funding for studies and pilot projects. It also discusses federal road policy and calls for a central highway agency to coordinate construction, maintenance, and cooperative funding with states. It notes highway expenditures rising and cautions crop production in 1918 was below average.
A garbled OCR page references politics and health claims from a distant era. It mentions a prediction about 760M, a levy or acreage note, and a cough remedy claim. Names and places are obscured, with several broken words and out of context phrases scattered throughout.
Report outlines the release of Mrs Pankhurst III from Emeter pati after a bout of pleurisy. It notes her departure to London and references suffrage protests at Eminems theater, with discussions of letters and tampering timing amid a divided House.
A special meeting of the Queen's Daughters is planned for Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the society chapel. The event is expected to draw many members and guests, with plans to discuss ongoing activities and future events.
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