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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
8
Matthew Arnold reflects from a high vantage on a town at sunset observing everyday life. The speaker notes the poet’s own isolation yet awareness as he watches workers, fields, and village scenes with quiet, ironic sympathy.
A set of kitchen instructions covers sauteed kidneys with steps for paring, battering, browning, and simmering with water or broth, plus a spinach cups custard with eggs, baked tomatoes layered with buttered crumbs, a bolted salad dressing with yolk and vinegar, and a rice and apple pudding with apples baked whole and rice filling.
An ad promotes a free trial by mail for Foley Honey and Tar Compound cough remedy, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets, with a five cent cutout and name address for mail request from Foley & Co, Chicago, via Sindee Drug Stores. Also notes McEnnellys orchestra coming to Colonial Ballroom for a Monday night concert and dance.
Laura Jean Libby's advice targets married women near forty who mimic young fashion. It argues wives seek their husband’s affection by changing appearance, dieting, and enduring discomfort to outshine rivals. The piece urges understanding the husband’s gaze without blaming the aging wife.
Miss Libbey advises a twenty year old man to end a seven month engagement if age differences threaten the future. She urges frank talk, warns against wasting a partner’s time, and suggests contacting the fiancée to confirm truths before deciding. A second reader asks about trust after a rumor. Libbey says dismiss slander, hear him out, and forgive if no truth remains.
A 12 year old girl in St Louis was shot and killed by a deacon who then fatally shot himself. He claimed he aimed to reform the girl. Other items discuss parcels post commandments and holiday giving with mentions of presents and church decorations.
Joe Quaritch recounts his rifle shots at an assailant and the man he found dead near a small maple after a gunfight. He and Quaritch carry wounds back to the camp while Linda tends Joe’s shoulder and Ben Puttick helps prepare a return to safety.
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