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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
14
Reader tips cover growth and care of lashes and brows. Advice warns against shaving brows and offers methods from oils to dyes. A suggested Arabian Dye mixture uses rose water ink gum arabic and ammonia for tinting lashes.
Washington December 11. Champions from 20 states visit for a week as guests of the agriculture department. Eighty youths with records in corn or potato raising and in profitable gardens tour the capital. Leaders include Hattie Hol and Merle Hyer of Utah and Emcy Bale of New Jersey.
In Woburn Massachusetts Jack Geraghty elected alderman cannot serve after six months’ residence violated by charter rule requiring four years. Separate item from Plymouth notes submarine14 collision sinks a British sub with crew saved. Paterson New Jersey reports striker William Smith commits suicide by gas after job loss.
A commentary argues against easy divorce laws, warning they encourage hasty marriages and immorality. The author asserts that in binding unions individuals must suffer for the greater good and contrasts remarriage paths between the East Side and Fifth Avenue.
The speaker argues that murder is not the worst crime, criticizing laws that overemphasize murder while praising decency in some murderers. He condemns petty swindlers who prey on the poor and notes a recent conviction of a man who profited from defrauding hundreds.
A detailed pattern guide for an evening gown with a tunic skirt or separate bodice in chiffon or net over a silk foundation. It explains lining, darts, perforations, pleats, and seam closures, plus options for a lace or contrasting flounce, suitable for afternoon or evening wear.
Laura Jean Libby argues wives living alone rely on relatives and visitors as husbands chase club life and business travel. The piece contrasts restless single men with content couples, urging husbands to share evenings at home or together away from work temptations.
An advocate argues that a perfected parcel post system linking rural producers to urban consumers would slash living costs. By integrating Rural Free Delivery with existing networks, small farmers could truck produce directly to markets, bypass costly rail and express routing, and deliver farm goods like butter and eggs directly to kitchens.
Mrs Helen King Robinson argues the United States needs a social government guided by a woman’s view. She asserts pairing a man and a woman at each senate desk creates more than synergy, highlighting the dangers of male hysteria in political decision making.
A social gathering at Mrs. Charles D. Davis home honored Madam Marie Sundelus and Charles Wakefield Cadman after an earlier lecture recital. The evening featured a formal dance at SloCum's gym with about 50 couples, and invitations extended for Miss Dorothy Beach's upcoming wedding events.
B H S notes that Christmas stamps are on sale at school with each teacher holding envelopes of stamps sold at one cent each to aid fight against disease. Also preview of Park City basketball opener vs Meriden High at the Y M C A with a 2 15 preliminary and 3 o clock main game.
Cadman and Madam Sundethz presented a lecture recital on Indian music at the studio before a large crowd. Cadman demonstrated rhythmic harmony using Indian instruments and piano, with Sundethz singing and receiving warm applause. The event promoted study of Indian music through a volume by the U S Department of Ethnology available via congressmen in Washington.
In Bingham Utah on December 11 small band of women urged Ralph Lopes the bandit to surrender so they could collect a $1000 reward. Lopes fled into Apex mine on November 27 after eluding deputies and guards and efforts to capture him have failed. The women hoped his chivalry would prompt a surrender.
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