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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
8
Local notes recount farmers plowing fields and cattle in pasture during a mild spell in December. Residents discuss trolley service questions, a skating inquiry, a Congregational sale and supper planned for the 19th, and property activity at Jockey Hollow with winter improvements.
The message offers warm wishes for Christmas whether snow or greenery appears, hoping for cheer and delight in the holiday season. It blends nostalgia with gentle wishes for a calm, joyful time.
The Sasquanang Village Improvement Society has hired Nell Mitchell of Westport to lecture on current events at meetings starting with a Friday talk at Mrs. Simon Sherwood's home attended by about 49 members. A luncheon followed. The next meeting is set for December 20 at 3 p.m. at Miss Annie Bulkley's house. Bridey Evening in Congregational church parlors closed with Christmas carols. Teachers visited Pequot school leading to a holiday for scholars. Mr and Mrs James Jennings visited friends in South Norwalk. Mrs Snider returned to New Haven after a stay with Mrs Jennings. A firemen meeting drew a large crowd last evening. Mrs George W Hunt left for Brooklyn to visit relatives.
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Ter Compound relieves croupy coughs and wheezing colds in children. It emphasizes quick relief, non narcotic ingredients, and soothing healing effects. Local retailer F. B. Grill at Stratford Avenue and Sixth Street.RADV 7185.
Westport residents host and visit friends in New York. Frederick Sweet suffers a cut while chopping wood. Brooklawn Country Club hosts guests from New York. Local clubs, church groups, and golfers plan events and prizes. Notables include arrivals, property deals, and civic group activities at Trinity church, Temple lodge, and the Westport Country Club.
The Center street school boys will stage the playlet Butternut Punishment on the evening of December 18. Cast includes Butternut played by Chester Crawford and Reindeer Boys with William Rheinhart Clifford Talbot Edward Bunke Edward Madican Edward Glynn Leslie Frazer Tony Salvo Albert Ehummel Arthur Miller and Louis Lenn.
Fairfield notices describe a Greenfield Grange dance with a large crowd, plus a lecture on home to school relation by Supt. Bow man. Reports include library volumes, Christmas activities at Greenfield Hill, missionary institute in Bridgeport, and various visits, meetings, and guest lists from Fairfield residents.
Mrs Annie L Bulkley chaired the arrangements committee and hosted members at her home to finalize plans for the Greenfield Grange Christmas entertainment set for the evening of December. Attendees included D Frank Brown Moss Elva Banks Luella Burr Clarence H Banks John Cull and couples. Banks and Mrs L M King recently visited relatives in Massachusetts. Parents Meetings are planned for Thursday evening in the library with Sept Bowman inviting all interested in education to attend.
The case against George Travis, charged with selling liquor to John Pease, has been continued seven times while Ray McBride pleaded guilty and paid a fine. Grand Juror Morehouse and others question the delays and alleged immunity for liquor dealers. The district notes a local dance at the Hien school and praises Selectman Lally for road improvements on Broadbridge road.
Mrs George Gregory visits daughter in Cheshire while Rufus Weles announces engagement of Ida Wales to Howard Wade. Edith Milla stays with Eugene Godfrey in Greenlawn. Mrs George B Beers confined at home. Sylvanus Mallette hosts guests at Sweet Brier. Ethel Fanton and Jesse Luckner wed in New Haven after a birthday trip. Baptist Sunday school plans Christmas cantata rehearsal.
Honor roll of Newtown High School for November lists top students by grade level with numerous subjects named. Charred remains of an old flat pole stump were laid by the roadside for kindling under State road work lead by C. S. Crosby. Hydrant near Trinity church corner moved and new flag pole location debated with spring decision expected. Road improvements on Church Hill expected to enhance the town’s appearance.
Major J Stevenson Hamilton recounts a Transvaal game reserve ranger’s peril with a lion near the Olifants river. While clinging to life, the ranger used a sheathknife to strike the heart, fending off the beast and surviving as the lion collapsed nearby after a tense confrontation.
A Baltimore American snippet shows a wife swiftly steering a first debate by placing a topic on the table. The exchange suggests a quick, decisive move in domestic discourse about a decorative centerpiece.
An elderly man dismisses thoughts of marriage for years, claiming his daughter is too young and ignorant of the world to run a household. A counterpart retorts that appearances and neglecting the mind are both missteps, likening it to dwelling in darkness outside a lit house.
The Baltimore American quotes a wry exchange about a man asking for help with a description of the appeal as V shaped. The item brushes on rhetoric and youth as the nation's future trusted to posterity.
A compact adage stating no merchant fails when he advertises as well and as much as possible, emphasizing thorough and vigorous promotion to drive business results.
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