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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
17
Readable ad style notice promoting a pre holiday bargain day featuring large stocks of trimmed hats, veils, fur scarves, muffs, cloaks, and coats. Highlights include discounts on fur items like Narobia Lynx, beaver, sable, and marabout pieces, plus white waists, dresses, and raincoats.
In a 1916 column Laura Jean Libby counsels girls on winter courting, urging lively and polite reception of callers, planning evenings with friends, and waiting for a serious offer of marriage. The piece emphasizes honor, proper correspondence, and safeguarding a young woman’s reputation while navigating romance by the fireside.
A writer asks if a girl should pursue theater. parents are urged to listen to her yearnings and decide if she may travel with a company. A speaker contends travels may weaken a suitor and favors a nearby devotion over distant fame.
A collection of reader questions offers guidance on winning back a fiancé after an awkward home visit, managing late dinners with a beau, and distinguishing oneself from a dress-copying rival. Subtle social strategies emphasize polite persistence, appropriate timing, and personal style changes.
Reports from St. Luke’s parish nightly conference show funds collected totaling 6247 dollars as suffragan Bishop Acheson completes two days with workers and plans to return Monday for final returns.
A large selection of men women and children handkerchiefs is advertised with various initials and box sets. Prices include 25c and 50c for boxed sets of six, plus linen, pure linen and silk options in multiple styles and colors.
A boy with four cents tries to see Alkali Ike's Revenge in a five reel film. A peery cousin offers a coin trade to gain entry, they gamble to decide who borrows, and Benny ends up loaning and losing while buying lickerish sticks.
Light rain expected tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures. Increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions shift to rain in Connecticut and western Massachusetts. Winds become southeast moderate as a western disturbance moves eastward forming a trough from upper Michigan to Louisiana.
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