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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
9
A bold Christmas fur sale offers a wide range of muffs and scarfs in sizes and colors including coney, mink, tiger, wolf, opossum, lynx, and fox. Prices span from under 4 dollars to about 100 dollars, with many items listed in bulk wholesale terms.
The column reports an internal split in the 6.O.P. city council over liquor and development matters. Aldermen Cole Tierney MacFayden and others challenged the party line after attending a submarine christening and meetings with Lake company officials. The machine reshuffled committee assignments to curb reformers, signaling a bid to nominate a less entangled leader like Primrose. The note ends with Miss Mary E Drefer resigning from the New York Board of Education to work for woman suffrage.
Wedding announcements include Miss Dorothy Strang Lauder and Lewis Cobb to wed at First Methodist, Jan 1. Engagement of Miss Essie Peabody to S Howard Sweet. various soirées, charity ball Jan 19, and author Eleanor Gates speech. Brookfield and Findlay oil price change noted.
Paris reports Premier Briand in the Chamber of Deputies denouncing the German peace proposal as a gross trap. He asks Parliament for expanded war powers while pledging no national mobilization plan, warns of a German spring offensive, and defends Allied unity.
Eva Deane Roberts contests Thomas R. Roberts’s divorce claiming desertion and cruel treatment. She accuses him of taunting her with the presence of other women while he allegedly slept in a barn. Judge Ga ger reserved decision as the couple’s dispute unfolds. A separate note mentions a famine parade planned in New Orleans on January 27 protesting high living costs.
A Johnson City Tennessee resident J H McCormack attributes his recovery fromCongestion of the Kidneys to three bottles of Swamp Root. He praises Kilmer Swamp Root as the best kidney medicine and notes a notary witnessed his sworn statement in 1914. Public sample offer and drugstore availability are advertised.
The grand jury will consider the cases of Henry Welch John Cavanaugh and Edward Slattery tied to the death of Nathan Garon. Coroner Phelan recommended they be held for trial after evaluating evidence from the November 25 shooting at Garon’s Warren street store.
News from New York surprised Tokio traders causing a panic on the stock exchange. Shipping stocks tumbled and the market fell with governors ordering the exchange closed until December 16.
Our varieties are great and prices moderate with efficient service. All silk maire and taffeta ribbons in colors, 5 inch width at 19 cents per yard. All silk fancy dresden ribbons white grounds with colored flowers 4 and 5 inch widths at 19 cents per yard. Silk procaded taffeta ribbons for children’s hair and sash in pink blue and white at 39 and 50 cents per yard. Dresden and striped ribbons in various colors 5 inch at 20 to 39 cents. 6 inch at 50 cents. 7 inch at 59 cents.
Christmas sale features full size satin bed spreads with Marseilles patterns and fringed satin dimity. White wool blankets, silk bound sets, hemstitched and scalloped options priced around 3.50 to 8.50, plus embroidered pillow cases with initials. Men’s silk neckwear, silk hose, suspenders, and garter sets offered in holiday boxes at 25 to 50 cents and higher.
Tea aprons advertised in fine lawn with lace trim and dotted Swiss sheer quality. Prices noted include 50c for certain styles, 39c for others, and 25c for simple lace centered designs. Also a large white kitchen apron offered with hemstitching at bottom.
Angora Wool Cap and Scarf set offered in all colors for $1.19. Extra long Angora Wool Scarfs in full color range with contrasting borders priced at 98 cents.
Readable catalog copy notes Boudoir caps made of Jap silk satin and crepe de chine trimmed with lace and ribbon available in many styles priced at 50 cents each.
Advertises White Ivory finish hand mirrors and hair brushes with bristles arranged in rows. Includes jewel cases velvet lined priced at $1.00 to $1.50 and Colgate toilet sets containing multiple items for around $3.00.
Hundreds of enticing playthings are offered to children of all ages inviting families to visit and discover goods designed to delight and entertain youngsters.
Stratford reports an oyster supper by the Dingles club at town hall netted over $100 for Stratford charitable society to buy clothing shoes and Christmas gifts for the deserving poor. About 350 suppers served with local music. volunteers include First Selectman James Lally and 20 others.
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