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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
14
Practical era tips on salting potatoes cleaning silver and household chores. Advice covers making soups less salty using raw potatoes and other kitchen hacks. It notes washing the refrigerator and furniture basics, plus simple dessert ideas and baking guidance from John Beck & Son.
Garment pattern notes detail a semi formal white puffy taffeta dress with lace vest and contrasting silk yoke. Instructions cover taffeta yardage, silk, beaste, and batiste, plus sewing steps for pockets, tucks, armholes, and a velvet button trim. Publisher cites Peeteraid Review pattie price 25 cents.
A fragmented lyric recalls Clyde and its river towns, shipyard sounds, and harbor life. The speaker longs for home as ships rise from river mist, gulls rest on spars, and the river churns with industry. The poem blends street scenes with sea imagery and memory.
A kitchen column shares recipes for Cream of Barley Soup Veal Birds with herb stuffing and rolling, rice and cheese side dish, and crisp waffles. Instructions cover ingredients, quantities, browning, simmering, stuffing, and serving details, with tips on pacing heat and presentation. It closes with a cheeky remark on modern interest in the fine arts and weekly dancing classes.
A 20 year old asks if attending a dance with another young man while engaged was wrong and whether to reconcile with her fiancé. Miss Libbey urges letting bygones be bygones, patching up differences, and keeping love in the hearts while avoiding past disputes.
A fragmented note discusses two seventeen year old girls and a boy friend who dislikes card playing. It suggests not urging the boy to compete and to vary amusements beyond cards, with lines mentioning a past friendship and a shared pastime.
A middle aged widow asks how to approach a widowed suitor and ponders proper introductions. The piece argues for more social introductions to help good, deserving young women meet honorable men, criticizing reluctance to act as matchmakers and urging courtesy and natural connections.
During the holiday rush, store salespeople face nerve strain and low wages. Young workers enter retail with little training, delivering poor service. Merchants note wetted competition lowers wages. better training and effort could raise earnings and sales, while ill trained staff depresses wages industry wide.
An American doctor with 30 years of experience touts Foley Kidney Pills as best for kidneys, backache, rheumatism, and bladder issues in 50c and 1.00 sizes, sold at Hindle's Drug Stores. an unnamed villa owner on the Oise gave $20 to each member of a French Socialist regiment for protection from Germans.
The group at Kalmacks awaits action as Petersham hides the $5,000 black mail demand. A hidden gunman, a red kerchief, and a masked intruder threaten from the hills while Joe, November, and Quaritch plan a dawn trout search and track observations. Puttick recalls the armed encounter above the canoe lake.
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