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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
6
A photo shows a fast submarine chaser at top speed on Long Island Sound. Authorities claim about 100 such boats have been built at Sag Harbor. Debate arises over whether boat builders may sell these vessels to a war government, with concerns they could violate neutrality.
A young unnamed woman was attacked in Southport Wednesday noon by two roughs seeking her purse. She fought them off until a touring car driver arrived and scared the assailants away. They fled cross country past stone fences. A nearby hobo camp between the Roundhouse and Buckley’s bridge prompted a complaint to Deputy Sheriff W. H. Gould.
The state board of health reports a mild smallpox outbreak in Waterbury with no deaths. Six new cases bring the total since November 1 to 38, and many cases appeared mild and were not initially diagnosed as smallpox.
The German government justified transferring Belgian laborers to Germany as a social necessity due to Britain's embargo, insisting the move is not a hardship for workers but a response to wartime conditions.
Washington action outlines Prohibition measure to ban liquor manufacture and sale in the national capital. Senate opened debate on the legislation on a motion by Senator Shepard of Texas.
William H. Saddlemire, a bridgeworker and assistant foreman for the American Bridge Company, was struck by a passenger train in Ansonia railroad yards this morning. His right leg was severed at the knee.
A historical note contrasts venomous ship names with shipwrecks including Viper Cobra Serpent and others, then cites a Stevenson tale of Holyrood Palace and a vanished Highland piper whose fate remains a mystery.
A panicky pedestrian hesitated at a busy intersection as cars motorcycles an autotruck and a taxi bore down. He jumped into a man hole cover to escape but a subway train ran him over. The scene mixes rapid traffic and a runaway plane above, per the New York Times account.
The article discusses how actresses often use stage names after marriage or while unmarried, preferring the name by which they gained their reputation rather than their husband’s. It notes some performers perform under a different alias from their real name.
A collection of brief items covers Denmarks transfer of the Orkney Islands to Scotland in 1468 as dowry pledge and the unlikely redemption cost. Other notes recount theater reform in naming practices and a quip about a Philadelphia plant worker who saved $50 000 a year by duck shooting. A child’s arithmetic joke ends with a playful miscount.
A Boston Transcript excerpt recalls a child incident where Little Charley is spanked for cookies. His cousin offers sympathy with Poor Charley but Charley insists he did not touch them, asserting his innocence.
The Beauvais cathedral clock, built by M. Verite, features 92 000 components and shows hour, day, week, month, sun rise and set, moon phases, tides, and world capitals. As it strikes, a cock crows and angels trumpet, with a condemned thief entering judgment and a demon dragging him to the abyss before the just soul ascends to day.
A fragment describes a Persian shrub called the sorrowful tree or night jasmine. It blooms after sunset, filling with fragrant blossoms that fade at dawn, and regrows quickly from roots when cut. The piece notes its cultural esteem and florists’ curiosity worldwide.
Macready rejected a pawn sticker offer for a gilded coronet once worn by a numskull. He joked that if the owner had been noble or in straitened times he might consider the request. He doubted his stock of proper ties would gain from such theatrical property.
Lions have long been favored as symbols in England with various colors noted. Red Lion badge may trace to John of Gaunt and Leon. Lions became England’s arms under Richard and John.
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