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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1915
Page
5
The narrator recalls a water duel with Artie and Benny’s sister Gladys as the Anderson Society faces defeat. A sailor’s tale of mischief ends with Artie soaked and Benny clinging to a door while the group contends with a comic social scolding about the mischief and a Christmas gift advertisement from H. Dillon & Co.
A dance wrap for a debutante this winter features uncut silk corduroy in beige blue with deep cuffs and a deep yoke. The design uses tulle underlayers and a high roll collar to provide a refined finish.
Rev G O Tamblyn announced the churchmen banquet will proceed at the Hotel Stratfield tonight despite blizzard conditions. Fred B Smith, guest of honor and chief speaker, will attend if travel permits, and limited tickets will be sold at the hotel due to transport disruptions.
John Curken, 33, a laborer walking to New York, suffered contusions to the face and left leg when struck by Dwight C. Wheeler of 227 Ogden Street at Grove Street and Fairfield Avenue. He was taken to emergency hospital and then Ridgeport hospital for further treatment. Max Reich of Maplewood Avenue, driving, struck a street cleaner at Congress and Main Streets. the cleaner, unnamed, declined to give details and Reich reported the incident to police.
A tire was stolen from the automobile of E. W. Cowell at 409 Noble avenue on Sunday night while the car was parked in front of a residence at 1864 North avenue. The theft was reported to the police yesterday.
Numerous women seek a simple solution for gray touch ups and browns. Brownatone offers instant gray coverage or full rich color from light brown to black, with safe scalp use and easy brush application. Sample and booklet available for 19 cents. sold by leading drug stores and applied via hairdressers.
Laura Jean Libby explains women face false hopes from romance and marriage markets in a moral column. She discusses mothers and daughters chasing dreams of wealth and status, the fool's paradise of romance, and advice on avoiding revenge while urging sensible, lifelong love. The piece also surveys a skating craze as winter social activity and its appeal to youth and professionals alike.
Miss Libbey Laura Jean Libbey answers readers letters with instructions to include correct name and address for attention. Written on one side of paper only in ink, letters to Miss Libbey at No 916 President Street Brooklyn NY are not personal replies.
A 20 year old girl seeks guidance from Miss Libbey as her 25 year old suitor now courts another. The response urges pride and dignity, politeness with indifference, and reminds that true love awaits elsewhere. The exchange ends with the question if two youths can be in love at once.
A 20 year old, married to a much older husband, writes seeking whether to endure the union or seek a younger partner. The response warns that she should have considered marriage carefully before.
STEPNEY residents report routine activities and visits with Mrs Dwight Sharpe and Doris returning to Bridgeport. Mr Sharpe recovering from recent auto accident in New Canaan. Methodist church to host Friday entertainment and Girls club play. Miss Pedbereznak Sunday guest in Ansonia. Frederick Sherman resigns as lower school teacher effective end of term. Waterhouse of Bridgeport visiting. Mrs John Summers guest of sister Mrs William Nichols. Mid week Methodist prayer meeting at Mrs Zalmon Purdy’s with Christmas music program. June Lynch of Bridgeport visiting. Mrs Edward Booth guest of Mrs Campy Cutter now settled on Hawley Avenue Bridgeport. Town schools to close Dec 24 for a week.
Washington reports that once all diplomatic and consular vacancies in Mexico are filled by the state department the treasury will need to provide about 50,000 dollars annually for salaries in that country in addition to existing payments. Nine consular posts remain vacant since relations with the Mexican government deteriorated.
A nostalgic Christmas poem describes moonlit scents and holiday bustle. It centers on a worn plain stocking hanging by the chimney and the strong emotional grip of a child’s love, urging Santa not to forget the simple token over lavish gifts.
A fragment from Saturday Evening Post recipes shows an asparagus omelet method with four eggs cream butter and lemon infused topping, plus a breakfast rolls method using milk yeast and flour. The text also weaves in sentimental verses about financial worries and Christmas, attributed to Joe Lincoln.
Instructions describe cooking sweet potato soup with butter milk and white stock then simmering. Also includes preparing red and green peppers soaked in water, sliced, mixed with onion and celery, and served on lettuce with dressing, a dated kitchen snippet.
Washington reports a 20 percent tariff preference fails to help US cement exporters in Brazil as European rates stay lower. England to Pernambuco charges $9 per ton, New York $12, widening price gaps and weakening American competitiveness amid rising Brazilian cement imports valued at over $7 million in 1912. Germany, England, Belgium lead 1913 imports, with the United States accounting for about $750,000.
The Methodist Congregational and Baptist churches join in evengelistic meetings in Easton starting January 2 for three weeks. The Easton Orange No. 149 regular meeting is Tuesday evening at the hall with an officer election and roll call. non responders will be fined. Mr and Mrs Erwin BP Adwards were guests of Mrs Charles Gilbert, ill in Bridgeport hospital. Mrs Annie Silliman of Bridgeport visits sister Mrs Frederick Silliman. Mrs Charles Morehouse of Redding Ridge recently visited her father Z Burr Wilson.
The Red Cross Christmas seal sale begins with 50 agents in Connecticut. The State Tuberculosis Commission expects the campaign to be the largest ever in the state. Awards will go to the top per capita sellers across ten population classes. Net proceeds fund the fight against the Great white plague.
Boston opens a municipal voting day labeled off year for mayor with expectations of an unusually large turnout. Seventeen other Massachusetts cities also held municipal elections to select officers today.
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