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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
7
Notice indicates the item is entered in the Bridgeport Connecticut post office as Second Class Matter under postal rules. The record confirms the designation and location for mailing and archival purposes.
An 1911 column critiques music's spiritual impact and contrasts it with vulgar excess. It urges honesty and rectitude, hoping past ideals endure amid decadence. The piece ends with a benediction of peace for the aged and weary.
A Worcester physician Dr. Melvin G. Overlock promotes the Overlock Tuberculosis Agreement urging free sanitarium treatment for incipient cases. He wins commitments from 65 local manufacturers and 1,200 establishments nationwide, protecting millions and advancing prevention, work ethics, and humane care.
The piece traces music from ancient lullabies and war cries to modern symphonies and operas, arguing music shapes thought, emotion, and civilization. It cites Plato, Beethoven, Liszt, Wagner, and others while noting music's therapeutic benefits and its potential abuse in war.
Hartford reports Rev. Joseph Hopkin Twichell resigns after forty seven years at Asylum Hill Congregational Church. Twichell, age seventy three, longtime Mark Twain friend and Yale Corporation member, will depart by July. The resignation follows illness in his wife who died in 1909.
Despondent over ill health Mrs. Albert BH Gubelmann wife of a Yale German instructor disappeared Saturday morning. Her muff and fur neckpiece were recovered and divers found her body in two feet of water after a half mile search in West River. She had attempted suicide twice before.
Bernard McLoughlin, boarder at 763 East Main Street, nearly died from gag asphyxiation after turning a gas cock, causing a flood of fumes. He was found by a fellow boarder, rushed to Bridgeport hospital, and was on the road to recovery the next morning.
Recently arrived from the Arabian desert and the mountains of Turkestan and Persia are Oriental Rugs. The collection features rare colorings and old patterns like the Persian pear design with tiny figures in geometric fields. Sizes run around 4 by 7 feet, prices from 25 to 50 dollars. Small Hammadan pieces 2 by 3 feet are shown as saddlebacks. Rugs are displayed in the carpet store Gift Room hall and tea room hallway for holiday shoppers.
Luxurious silk piticoats in emerald hunter greens gray purple wistaria and black with green or blue priced at 5.00 options include black messaline with flounces and fringe at 6.00 wool jersey tops with messaline flounces at 5.00 fancy colored taffetas in light shades for evening or street wear at 7.50 and 8.50 second floor.
Daily stock depletes with fast moving items for women and children. Wool shawls and scarves priced around $2.00 with fascinators cardigans sweaters and leggings in assorted colors and infant wear. Lambs wool quilt offers warmth while supplies last with prices $2.75 and $3.00. Ornamental brasses baskets tobacco jars and other novelties also available. Farmer's Almanacs free for visitors.
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