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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
2
Reports from leading jobbing centers indicate improved jewelry trade with stronger holiday demand for solid gold pieces. Providence and other manufacturing hubs show near capacity production, rising foreign orders, and a shift toward watches and lavish tableware.
New York stock market opens with scattered gains in metals utilities and steel shares like United States Rubber and United States Steel while Read ing and Southern Railway show strength. Noon trading weakens with light turnover and losses in copper leather and oil issues. a fragment from the London Globe hints at unrelated anecdotes.
Report of stock quotations and market snippets from the New York Exchange as of Dec 8 1 30 p m with listings including Allis Chalmers Am beet sugar American Car and Fdy Am Can American Hide and Leather and many others. Also features a brief column on Tycho Brahe superstition and light editorial quips on bread making and domestic practice.
The article notes camera men face danger as war images are captured. A special two man guard, originated in Villa campaigns in Mexico, shields photographers by reconnoitering ahead. Two crack shot American Indian guards protected L. M. Burrud during Villa operations, their stealth proving essential in dangerous ground.
The text explains Ramadan as the month Moslems exalt above others with Gabriel delivering the Quran in sections and prophets revealing divine messages. It notes Muhammad retreating to Hira for prayer and that heaven doors are open while hell is closed and devils chained during this period.
A series of marriage notices and obituaries from Danbury Norwalk Stamford Port Chester and Greenwich dated Dec 1 to Dec 4 with names including Mulvihill Ridge Beers Platt Ritch Husted McShane O Halloran Benedict Rosenthal Rosen Berry James Bedell Werner Bogart Shupe Smith Ryan Burdick Barnes Sargent and more. The Hotel Bristol advertises lodging and rates in New York City and two hundred delegates attend the New York State Fish Game and Forest League opening in Buffalo New York.
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