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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
9
Serial gibberish notice lists telephones and office addresses in Bridgeport Connecticut. Mentions Farmer Publishing, weekly edition pricing, and United Press service with post office classification.
The Chicago Record-Herald contends the back to the land movement has been extravagant and warns city folk considering farming to weigh costs and requirements. It notes higher farm product prices make country life appealing but stresses success demands hard work and sacrifice.
The be Most of the piece notes mixed political odds from 1912, citing the Beeston Globe on Wiley’s successor and party platform mentions. It mentions Salvation Army in China, Panama Canal travel for officials, Connecticut lobby regulation efforts, and marriage license curiosities amid remarks on governors and railroad presidents.
A historical survey explains how Turkey’s religious, civil, and fiscal calendars clash with the solar and Julian systems. It notes multiple dating schemes for Muharram, New Year 1331, and observes proposals to unify dates under Gregorian rules for government and daily use. It also recalls a 1875 Bremerhaven dynamite incident and a related Morel voyage damage.
The piece argues crime yields little tangible gain and appeals to primal instincts. It cites Thomas, linked to insurance schemes and the 1870 City of Boston disaster, noting his death after the related explosion.
Representative Ayres has introduced a House resolution asking the Secretary of the Navy to report investigations on the Diesel oil engine for naval vessels. The piece notes Germany and Britain adopting Diesel power for ships, cites Krupp’s $1,000,000 in tests, and highlights fuel cost, space, and crew savings as advantages over coal fired steam.
A new one year program in England trains boys aged 14 to 16 in English and French, arithmetic, waiting and pantry tasks, menus, and physical training as part of a push by education authorities to create technically skilled waiters. The plan follows German and Swiss models and aims to attract English youth to the trade, with instructors who may also work outside the school.
Bruce Ismay, Titanic survivor and head of the International Mercantile Marine Company, faces mixed public judgment as he prepares for his fiftieth birthday in Liverpool. The piece notes his role in the White Star Line, scrutiny from the press, and debates over his responsibility for the disaster.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are promoted as a vegetable, sugar coated remedy to prevent liver and bowel issues without calomel or harsh laxatives. The ad claims headaches, bad breath, pimples and constipation improve with a nightly dose, priced 25 cents per box. A separate auction note cites a Louis XVI marble clock selling for 4,432 pounds and a porcelain collection at 52,663 dollars.
A weekly column denounces the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad and its leaders as a target of a broad insurgent campaign to depress stock and unseat President Mellen. It cites respected figures like Lucius Tuttle and editorials arguing for consolidation and stronger New England business unity.
A collage of opinion phrases on politics and business overlaps with medical endorsements. Mentions of a Illinois millionaire marriage hint and a general smear of demagogues. The ad promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a safe cold remedy with no harmful drugs and cites Dr. Wm Sadler.
Report outlines Robert Koch the German bacteriologist born December 11 1843 who announced the tubercle bacillus and later the cholera germ. It notes his studies and honors, his death in 1910, and mentions a separate New York case where plumage seizures led to state action and fines.
Classified list outlines prices on boys and men gloves arctics rain coats for children youth and adults across departments. Highlights range from 25 cents to 15 dollars with selections for ladies misses and men's rain wear and Arctic footwear.
The Alling Rubber Co lists storefronts at 1127 Main Street with a $9 price tag. The notice highlights property availability for commercial space and nearby street access.
Famed Oak Morris Chairs in a Christmas special feature large broad arms in rich dark oak with brown cowhide cushions. Regular value nineteen dollars twenty five cents.
The advertisement presents Boston dolls in various ages from infants to older children with matching outfits and outdoor wear including gingham frocks, rompers, coats and bonnets. Prices range from 50 cents to 8.50, plus dolls trunks from 1.25 to 4.75 and doll carriages priced 4.00 to 12.00, highlighting durability for travel and daily play.
Real laces are valued gifts for refined women with a preference for quality. The selection includes Jabots Motifs Flounces and Insertings in authentic Irish Crochet Valenciennes Shadow Alencon and Maline Real Venetian and Filet Laces Duchess and Princess Handkerchiefs Collars and small pieces Lace Section main floor.
A list of copper and nickel household pieces including chafing dishes with accessories, salt and pepper sets, toast racks, trays, coffee machines and percolators in various metals, five o clock teakettles, trivets, casseroles, steak planks, coasters, and alcohol stoves.
Levi W. Currier, now represented by Richard D. Currier after his death, sues American Tube and Stamping Co. alleging plant smoke harms property values on Seaview avenue East End and damages crops paint and clothing. Plaintiff seeks fifteen thousand dollars as court begins before Judge Marcus H. Efdcomb. The report notes a later Common Council finance committee meeting to review January bills.
Announcement of the marriage of Thomas W. Finn a Standard Off Co. employee and Mrs Emma Beardsley Wildman in Port Chester dated November 26. the ceremony kept secret and the bride residing on Hanover Street prior to the move from Green Bay. A separate note recounts a boy injured by a granite rack at a pool house on Whiting Street and a court ruling in Wertheim v Timmons over a $1 000 real estate dispute in Greenwich.
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