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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1916
Page
4
A poem recounts a long ago wedding and whispers of a secret kiss behind closed doors. The speaker hints at love aging without explicit details, noting doubt about the union while preserving the sense of intimate memory. The piece ends with a signed attribution to Warren Harper.
The World correspondent reports Romania faces grain scarcity as Bucharest falls and Turkish and Bulgarian exports shift. General von Hin Setar warns about danger to grain supply, noting Romania's wartime wheat output and comparisons to Russia and the United States. Bread tickets may be needed if occupation worsens.
A summary of Japan noting four main islands Nip pon Shikoku Kiushu and Yeddo with about 3800 smaller isles. It compares Japan’s area to California at 466000 square miles and cites a population around 45 to 50 million focusing on agriculture and fishing.
This article outlines a fashion sewing guide for a junior dress in taffeta with a deep yoke and front center closure. It details fabric, color options, belt, and trim, plus step by step construction notes including plaits, yokes, sleeves, pockets, and finishing touches for sizes 6 to 14 years.
In the Richmond Times Dispatch excerpt a scene hints at a couple revealing an engagement to the father while someone reviews fall bills. The item notes a course of military training to be introduced at Wesleyan University.
Laura Jean Libby condemns social pretensions while praising plain home hospitality and plenty. The piece urges inviting meals without ostentation and includes readers’ letters advising a young woman to broaden her social circle and await engagement.
In a domestic vignette, Pop riffs the paper in the setting room while Mildred Jones plays a scale on a tiny piano. Benny observes, argues about who is the better musician, and Pop ends by shouting to go to bed, leaving Benny unsure what to expect next.
A New York Times poem by Lurana Sheldon celebrates the Christmas season as mysterious and joyful. It extols hidden parcels and the glow of Yuletide, describing love, gifts, and the anticipation of festive surprises during the holidays.
Peel and cut tomatoes and potatoes with onion. Grate lemon rind and fry in a pan with butter and water. Add swordfish slices and cook until done. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
A mother writes about a seventeen year old daughter in love with a disreputable man. She seeks guidance, urging kindness first then sterner steps to prevent the couple from dating, hoping to protect the girl’s reputation. The adviser promotes earnest parental action and insists the man will seek other companions if pressed.
Tokio announces public subscription bonds totaling 10,000,000 yen or about 5,000,000 dollars to fund electric enterprises. The notice frames the move as a key investment in infrastructure for the city.
Ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild effective laxative and liver aid replacing calomel. Claims quick relief from constipation dullness and heaviness with no tooth injury and no harmful bacteria, priced 10c and 25c a box.
A fashion note details a dark green youth suit with diagonal serge fabric and severe tailoring. It highlights a tilting moleskin collar, matching turban band, and a top silvery lace accent.
The excerpt provides a recipe collection including a fruit cake with brown sugar molasses and many dried fruits, a German stuffed turkey with giblet stuffing and orange glaze, orange soaked turkey pieces in fritter batter, turkey and orange salad with celery and walnuts, and English tarts with puff paste filled with jam fried to a brown, all reflecting mid century home cookery.
Dress, clean, and truss a turkey, place in a large kettle, half cover with boiling water and cook until tender. Do not add salt until the dish is half done.
Take one pint of oysters with reserve liquid wash them. Heat and strain the liquor, cook the oysters in it until plump. Thicken the juice with butter and flour add salt pepper and one cup of the water used to boil the turkey.
Miss Louise Adams Topping daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. Reed Topping and Mr. John Bayley F. Lawrence of Boston married at Park Street Congregational Church in the evening with 400 guests. The ceremony featured Miss Topping’s sisters as attendants, a New York organist, and a reception at the Topping residence followed by a wedding trip to the South. The couple will reside in Brookline, Mass., after February 1.
John Bailey Fish Lawrence 28 office manager Boston and Louise Adams Topning 26 349 Noble avenueGeorge Larson 24 machinist 324 Maplewood avenue and Lydia nholm 24 2121 Main street Theodor V Kehoe 24 railroad worker Mills Plain NY and Mary F Cole 24 448 Poplar street obtained licenses.
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