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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
8
Friends of Mr and Mrs W W Harrall of 350 Clinton avenue could not extend greetings on their 50th wedding anniversary as Harrall lies in a Moline Illinois hospital with a hip fracture from a month ago while Mrs Harrall, aged, could not travel. Many callers offered best wishes.
The season brings a rich array of millinery and dress themes. Bead work and fur enhancements dominate hats and toques with morocco buckles and velvet trims. Net and lattice bodices, peasant sleeves, and light gowns pair with ratine and leather accents, while wide sashes, jabots, and tuniclike overlays frame high cut skirts and coats in tweed ratine and Persian lamb.
Australia raises wheat acreage to nearly 10 million acres annually. Alaska has 4000 miles of navigable waterways for steam vessels. Germany unveils non inflammable moving picture film. Astronomers discover about three comets yearly. India rises to near US in cotton production. Detroit to receive Niagara Falls power. Singapore ranks as eighth greatest world port. A device to remove wall fixtures rapidly is devised. British Museum shelves exceed two miles of books. A single spider yields over two miles of web filament. China hosts first national exposition concluding successfully. Umbrella rib pivots oil to prevent rust. Cuba imports 400000 barrels of potatoes yearly, half from Canada. Unprotected metal poles rust in about ten years. Lead glass blocks X rays nearly as well as lead. At ten feet high horizon appears just over ten miles. Aeroplane and dirigible fused into an aeromobile by a French inventor. New rope can be made pliable by boiling in water. A beer bottle violin yields music. Starch removes iodine stains and blisters if used promptly. Mexico opens a smokeless powder factory with 110000 pounds yearly. The Olym pic’s 100 ton rudder is the heaviest known.
Professor E A Steiner of Grinnell Iowa spoke at Woolsey hall New Haven urging Yale men to join groups of newcomers to raise morals and industry. He argued immigrants are not a menace but an economic asset citing Bilis Island arrivals and travel wealth transfers between Europe and America.
Liverpool reports warn of a likely large revolt in Brazil due to government tactics. English agents note recent naval mutinies and ongoing unrest across Rio de Janeiro with navy and army loyalty in doubt. A message says two revolts were suppressed but a more serious remonstration is being hatched.
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a painless, safe home treatment for piles. It claims instant relief, no surgery, and no doctor bills, offering a free trial package by mail from Pyramid Drug Co in Marshall Michigan, with full box cost 50 cents at drugstores. Thousands allegedly cured.
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