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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
10
An advertisement extols Wissner Pianos sold via a factory to home plan with home delivery from Broad and State streets. It highlights mahogany Circassian walnut and oak cases, three year payment options, and claims the Wissner Piano is unmatched and popular with pianists nationwide. Buy before next Thursday for a joyful Christmas with family.
Norfolk Conn December 17 Miss Mary Eldridge superintendent of the Norfolk Congregational Sunday school led the annual Xmas trip for about 30 excursionists aboard a special train to Hartford. The group toured the shopping district and attended a theater after arriving in Hartford marking the 20th year of the outing.
General Huerta failed to negotiate a large loan abroad with London banks declining to accept notes. He offered to pledge cabinet fortunes, but bankers rejected the security. Banks planned to stop accepting any State bank notes as reserves waned. Rebel moves in the south and tensions with Zapata and constitutionalists widen the crisis. Villa seizes Terranza and Creel holdings in Chihuahua affecting land, cattle, banking, mining, and rail interests. Mary Spark incident and minor US implications noted. James Papp fined for attempted street kiss in Bayonne.
E H Dillon & Co advertises a range of fur muffs and scarfs in Black Fox Narobia Lynx Russian Lynx Mink Wolf Coney Belgian Lynx Martin Skunk Opossum and other varieties with prices from 1.25 to 50.00 dollars. The ad also mentions fur sets and pant sets with assorted colors and sizes.
The Visitation Alumnae of Visitation Convent canceled their annual dance in Brooklyn due to Cardinal Farley's ruling against modern dances at church sponsored events. The executive board, chaired by Mrs. George T. McQuade, weighed attendance concerns and community stance before voting to cancel the January 14 affair.
In San Francisco on December 17 a structural iron worker fell from a scaffold on the Transportation Building, marking the first fatality recorded in the expo’s building phase during the past year.
Chicago reports a new peak as the post office handles an average 215 tons of parcel post matter daily since the Christmas rush began last Saturday. A separate early December record shows $1,000,000 in stamps sold in the first ten days.
Noah's Ark Post Office in the basement offers a wide Christmas range including toys games horses sleds wagons crockery ware and a large selection of gifts for men women and children. Lingerie waists handkerchiefs leather goods jewelry and toilet sets are featured with holiday boxes perfumes calendars and novelties.
Washington. Dec. 17. House Committee chair Adamson denounces railroad looting as ongoing for a quarter century and calls for state jail terms for the theft of the New York, New Haven and Hartford lines. He faults lax enforcement and argues state authorities must jail the culprits.
Boston police must chew tobacco or gum inconspicuously under new rules by Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara. Officers may not chew in a noticeable manner, cannot use toothpicks, and must not attend political rallies or conventions unless on duty. When in uniform they may only ride in department cars.
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