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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1913
Page
10
Laura Jean Libby warns young women about the risks of personal notes to suitors and the potential for misinterpretation. The essay urges caution in letter writing, advising concise, courteous messages and avoiding emotional exchanges that could harm future marriages.
The author weighs artificial and natural methods of curling hair. Electric irons are praised for convenient heat and safety when used properly, warning against gas or alcohol devices and urging minimal use of artificial beautifying means.
A short notice urges using Foley Kidney Pills to combat backache kidney pain and fatigue. It claims regular use puts kidneys and bladder in a healthy condition and mentions a local drugstore selling the product.
Cleveland report states John D. Rockefeller plans a massive Christmas reunion at Forest Hills with wife and family present. The event is described as costing around 25 dollars per person and including numerous cronies, marking the largest celebration yet.
Roger Batem of Victoria warned the ultra conservative Twentieth Century club that revolution impends unless the world is regenerated He would forbid all bequests to individuals seize property for the state and use the funds to start life for those upon reaching voting age He said he is not a socialist.
Patented April 20, 2007. These Home Dressmaking articles are prepared especially for this newspaper from the very latest styles by The Pictorial Review.
Miss Elaine Golding of Bath Beach began her Atlantic to Pacific swim from the Five Mile buoy opposite Cristobal and reached Gatun after 61 days. She then crossed Gatun lake to Gamoa the next day, becoming the first woman to swim the canal with Commodore Al Brown as the first man.
Cedartown Georgia December 15 Mrs Woodrow Wilson requested a Christmas fruit cake baked for the White House by Mrs John Dedda of Cedartown. Mrs Dodds and Mrs Wilson, united by family ties, discussed the cake recipe once shared by Mrs Dodds mother.
Mayor Perkins and more than half the city pastors faced criticism after endorsing shoveling snow on a Sabbath day. The note mentions church aid to clear drifts and a quirky tip on whitening fabrics using toilet carbolic soap.
The article outlines easy practical patterns for white tailored shirtwaists using crepe materials. It describes a semi tailored waist for business wear in crepe meteor with a high neck and Medici or turn-down collars, detailing fabric requirements, pattern markings, and sewing steps for box plaits, seams, neckbands, and pockets.
Edwin Murphy describes the Baltimore News twelve pensions program begun in 1908 to channel Christmas giving through Federated Charities. The plan uses Santa letters, selects twelve families, and raises 1149 dollars for one-year pensions, expanding in following years. The approach boosts constructive charity work and gains public support while avoiding beggar appeals.
Household tips on cleaning, cooking, and safety from an old column. Advice covers boiling clothesline to prevent stretching, serving warm fried foods, cranberry flavor boosts with tart additions, enamelware cleaning with vinegar, stove enamel repairs, foot care with olive oil, proper cake mixing, kerosene safety, nut selections, wood alcohol on stains, lamp wick care, water addition to lamp oil, vinegar in boiled meat, and overnight oatmeal soaking.
The text offers miscellaneous kitchen and cleaning advice including washing a dish, adding lemon juice to water to prevent foaming vegetables, sugared meringue topping, and oven timing for pies. It also covers cleaning tips for delicate digestion foods and handling lamp chimneys, rags, and toothbrushes with household uses.
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