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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
2
A compilation of quips on marriage money and gender roles with references to famous names and historical figures. It surveys social foibles from courtship to wealth hunger and the double standards of men and women, ending with medical advice and a testimonial about Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for croup.
Christmas shoppers are urged to visit D D Smith at 44 Fairfield avenue opposite Plaza theater for a range of smoking accessories. Boxes of cigars labeled The After Dinner Smoke, plus pipes, cases, match safes and tobacco pouches are offered with attentive service. Adv New York Dec 17 Martin Marsh Newton fined 5 75 with guard for pan handling friends.
In a humorous reminiscence Lee Pape recalls a drunken man sitting on the front steps of his cousin Artie's house. Benny's parents argue over whether to eject him while Benny suggests a practical joke. The father entertains the idea of being courteous, the mother worries about neighbors reactions, and the scene ends with the father speaking to the man as a gentleman and offering a dime. The incident reflects a childlike, vernacular storytelling voice.
United States education figures show 14 fewer medical schools and 1200 fewer persons studying medicine in 1913 versus 1912, with 500 fewer graduates. The shift reflects a national move to improve medical education, with many colleges merging or closing and stricter prereq rules emerging. Women in medicine rise slightly despite overall declines, while state boards push two years college work before training.
London, Dec. 17. Mrs. Jessie Sayre, known as the princess from America, and her husband the White House bride, are quietly inspecting London settlement work in the East End. They praise Barnardo homes and the clean lodging houses, contrast with New York, and note Cambridge athletics and university life. They dined with Bishop Boyd Carpenter and toured Westminster Abbey after a London County Council session, then tea with Consul-General Griffiths.
The Easton Baptist choir was entertained on Monday evening at the Maple Row Dairy Farm home of Mrs. Charles Blakeman. Adele Kellogg of Weston and Fra Edwards Jr of Bridgeport attended the event for Minnie O Sherwood. Invitations were issued for the marriage of Luella Berry and Harold Hull at the Berry home on Greenfield Hill Tuesday evening December 23. Lend family and Stamford residents moved to John H Candee's tenement.
Sufferers are promised cure for rheumatism and goat rheumatism for twenty years by Hill's Rheumatic Remedy. Relief claimed within twenty four hours. one bottle often cures. Guaranteed remedy available at drug stores or by mail. Price one dollar per bottle from Hill Medicine Co., 117 East 24th Street, New York.
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