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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
24
Washington reports the immigration tide at a 20 year low for the year ending June 30, with total arrivals at 326,000 and departures at 633,805. Details show age, illiteracy, and funding patterns, including 52,982 under 14, and 24,111 excluded at ports.
Weather and market notes show Eries, Canadian Pacific heaviness with General Motors slipping from recent highs. Bethlehem Steel down 17, Anglo-French bonds offered in thin trading. Earl Kitchener poised to wed Miss Theresa Samuels of Goshen New York amid jealousy report and poison pen letters confession.
Venice endures bombardment threats as art treasures move to safety. Cannons, dirigibles, and aircraft guard the city while sandbag barriers surround the Campanile and Doges Palace. Movable works are hidden, water fountains enable resilience, and Red Cross hospitals rise by the Bridge of Sighs.
The piece notes it will be fifty years since William Henry Seward announced ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery. It states the amendment freed four million people, was ratified by 27 states, and became effective on December 18, 1865, following Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.
A compact survey covers the Thirteenth Amendment and global abolition progress plus local social news. It notes emancipation in the United States and continued serfdom abroad, then shifts to Mrs. Bradford D. Pierce hosting a Christmas party at 2240 North Avenue and Miss Fannie Sherwood's engagement to William Stone, with short society updates on lectures and a postmaster nomination.
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