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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1912
Page
7
A fragment from a 19th century periodical recounts Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett’s tale The Mystery of My Life and a strange incident where a letter on her desk vanished and later reappeared against a silver cigarette box. It also curates brief notes on Earth cooling speculation and the devilsting stingaree.
Yale alumni discuss seating issues as next season’s ticket distribution scheme is unveiled. Officials outline new allocation rules and priority for longtime supporters to improve venue accessibility.
New Haven notes anger over Harvard Yale game ticketing with 17 000 seats, 900 allocated to graduates, and 2 200 held for special purposes. Alumni considered proposals to overhaul distribution, questioning the special list and fairness, as the football squad and official guests receive favored access.
Hartford December 16 The monthly bulletin of the state board of health reports 1,251 November deaths, 144 fewer than October and 65 more than last November, with a statewide rate of 13.0. Nervous system and heart diseases lead, pneumonia and consumption also cited. Dr Townsend warns colds spread person to person by infection and are best avoided by outdoor activity and strong body resistance.
Washington reports a bitter temperance showdown as the Senate considers the Kenyon Sheppard bill to bar liquor shipments from wet to dry states. The measure, supported by temperance groups, allows seizure and civil proceedings to determine illegal intent and destroys liquor crossing borders into dry territories. Senator Kenyon leads the bill in the Senate with House origin by Rep Sheppard.
Lillian Russell Moore wife of Pittsburgh editor Alexander P Moore plans an uplift movement using moving pictures. She will travel to Chicago with a film crew to educate the public on health walking breathing face and hands care and proper gentlemanly conduct. The month long program will open with educational films at Carnegie Hall upon her return.
London reports aviation statisticians tally 236 fatalities since flight began. Lieut. Parke of the Royal Navy and passenger Mr. Hardwick died when a gust overturned control over the Wembley golf course causing the machine to plunge to the ground in a brutal fall.
A large concourse gathered at De Patrick's church for the obsequies of George Harry Caulfield who died Friday. The cortege left 86 Frank Street at 8:30 for a requiem mass with Ave Maria and Nearer, My God, to Thee. Interment was at St Michael's cemetery. Natick teachers Emma F. Chater and Eliza W. Hathaway, who taught here 40 years, note Natick's 9,600 residents and that they have educated 40,000 people.
Pugilistic annals note key events and births on December 15 from 1862 to 1995. Jack Dempsey born in Ireland, later lightweight American champion and first world middleweight champ under Queensberry rules. The record lists 25 round draw bouts for Papke vs Kelly, Moran defeating Neil, Murphy over Moore, Jeanette over Dewey, Nelson vs eer draw, Fitzsimmons vs Ellis, Ketchel vs Bennett, Bapke vs Farmer, Driscoll vs Hayes draw, Houck vs Locke, Young Erne over Gibbons, Rice over Thompson, among others in Boston Philadelphia Sydney and more.
Forecast calls for rain tonight and Tuesday with moderate westerly winds. A disturbance over Nantucket Mass brings cloudy unsettled weather in the eastern lake region and New England, while another disturbance over Kansas affects the western districts. Temperatures remain moderate with unsettled weather in this vicinity followed by fair and slightly colder conditions.
Victor Geiler, 39, of Grovers Avenue Crick Rock, died yesterday afternoon from coal gas asphyxiation after sleeping in a room heated by a stove whose dampers were not regulated. He lived with his wife and three children. Dr. W H Curley of the Emergency staff found him dead. Medical Examiner S M Garlik ruled the death accidental.
Dean Chittenden states no attempt has been made to reinstate three Sheffield Scientific School men Charles Forman Joseph Zimmerman and William Ernst expelled after a riot in Norwalk. Parents say they would send them back if civil suits against the former students are settled.
Al Sinclair, noted Boston clubman and churchman, dies from blood poisoning after being scratched on the temple by a protruding hatpin. An associated woman, wearing the lone hat pin, is prostrated. The case is declared closed and will not be reopened.
A collage of short quips and jokes from various magazines and papers. Humor about Tennyson, gas bills, domestic banter, and aphorisms appears beside a brief line about want ads at a cent per word. The tone is light and reflective of a late 19th to early 20th century miscellany.
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