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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1913
Page
9
A festive exhortation describes shops crowded to the door as shoppers flood in to finish holiday buying. It emphasizes immediate purchases to ensure fun for customers and clerks alike, capturing the bustling seasonal atmosphere.
A collection of satirical notes covers Senator Elihu Root winning the Nobel Peace Prize amid unpopular peace, Ella Flag Young’s Chicago schools ouster, Cincinnati water shortage curbing hotel baths, and fashion trends for streetcars and hats. Also notes on gifts, alleged drugging on streets, Irish shillelagh material, Gov Tener’s baseball presidency, suffrage, holiday adjournments, and post office clerks with roller skates.
Dr Mabie, secretary to a peace foundation and recent lecturer in Japan, marks his sixty seventh birthday today. He says Japanese admire Americans and that Japanese progress and loyalty are evident. He urges East and West to become equal partners and notes Japan as a trusted nation.
The Standard defends the Bridgeport Board of Education against claims of political manipulation by the Wilson regime. It argues the board delayed high school plans due to site litigation and cost efficiency, praising conservative spending to maximize value. It concludes that critics aim to shift power, while slow spending reveals true efficiency in public funds.
After January 4 parcel post raises weight to 50 pounds within two zones. The move aims to aid farmers and merchants by widening usage as market gardeners may fetch higher prices and undercut retail costs. The piece urges farmers to solicit and advertise to reach consumers directly.
Federal census bulletin shows U S cities earned 88 410 000 from public service enterprises like water gas and electric sales Bridgeport ranks low among 10 similar cities with 88 000 or so in revenue The report notes most revenue comes from water sales with some income from electricity gas and market stall rents across the cities named in the comparison.
The article reflects on traditional gifts given to men at Christmas donation parties for ministers. Slippers and calendars on ribbons were common but often discarded soon after. Practical gifts like pen wringers fade with office trends, while trinkets from insurers clutter desks. The piece urges gifts chosen to fit the recipient’s tastes and daily habits, emphasizing real friendship over superficial presents.
The piece praises Congressman Donovan’s patience in dealing with Congressman Hobson of Alabama. It accuses Hobson of neglecting duties for campaign work, aligns Donovan with fair play, and suggests Hobson would misuse any office to win. The column hints Alabama voters should doubt promotion for such conduct.
The rising coal and wood prices strain urban households and rural regions alike. Federal investigators study the coal price surge while forests waste valuable fuel as lax regulation and carelessness waste wood piles, urging thrift and better utilization of forest resources to aid the poor.
The author condemns authorities for changing garbage policy around an election making the East Side suffer. They say officials show hypocrisy and deceit by solving the nuisance before voting and renewing it afterward by contract, with no justification for the bad faith toward residents.
The article recalls a December Friday 137 years ago when George III ordered a Publick Fast to quell colonial rebels in North America. It quotes the proclamation urging prayer for divine aid and reconciliation, and mentions Harvard President Dr. Abbott Lawrence Lowell born in Boston fifty seven years ago today, a former lawyer who joined his alma mater's faculty and recently toured Europe receiving honors.
A holiday section advertises leather goods in cowhide goat seal reindeer and German grain in sizes 14 to 16 inches, priced at 8.00 to 8.50 with a regular value of 16.75. Also featured are wide silk four-in-hands in brocades basket weaves and Cheney Brothers silks, in colors like bronze wine red blue and peacock with prices from 50 cents to 2.09. Trunk and Bag Section on the Fourth Floor promotes a large neckwear selection for the holidays.
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