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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1912
Page
4
Staples offers to act as trustees and administrators of estates and to handle real estate sales on commission under a sale subject to terms. The notice mentions fire insurance, surety bonds, loans on approved city real estate, deposits, checks, interest fees from $500, and general estate administration services.
An article explains how portraits seem to follow observers moving around them. It discusses perspective changes when the head is three quarters turned, noting the eyes can appear to track viewers within a wide angle. It compares to a photograph at acute angles and cues readers to observe the effect with half-closed eyes. It cites Harper's Weekly on the phenomenon.
Athens Ga Dec 14 The university commission on southern race questions will meet Dec 19 in Athens to launch the first thoroughly organized effort to aid the Negro in the south since he became a citizen. Composed of eleven college professors from eleven state universities this body was formed in Nashville last May at the suggestion of Dr James H Dillard of New Orleans. Dr H Brough of the University of Arkansas serves as chairman.
Danbury police report Amy Travers twenty two years old confessed to entering George Trumbley’s 462 Main street apartment while posing as a man with a partner. George Smith twenty five was also arrested and said he provided the trousers coat and hat and watched. Travers rifled pockets for $21 while the sleeper lay in bed. Both held for trial.
In Glen Brook near Stamford, two seven year olds Garret Schwartz and Joseph Gaffney were killed instantly when they were hit by an express train on the New Haven railroad. Police have no witnesses. investigators suspect they stood near the edge or ran onto the tracks while playing tag.
A list of numerous gift items including jewelry, vanity pieces, combs, brushes, clocks, and accessories is offered. A small deposit secures your Christmas gift and encourages customers to make selections now.
An advertisement lists a wide range of furniture items with varied prices. Rockers and chairs, luxurious couches, Davenport sofa beds, parlor furniture, piano stools and benches, music cabinets, garden stands, parlor and library tables, desks, bookcases, and office desks. Kitchen cabinets, beds, dressers, buffets, dining tables, and serving tables are priced across many brackets.
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