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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
10
A quirky school note recounts Christmas with slang and misspellings, musing on Santa Claus and New Year, and the idea of giving presents. The piece blends humor with childlike reflections on fat versus thin kids and holiday expectations. An ad for Foley Kidney Pills appears at the end, mentioning Hindle's Drug Store.
A boat owned by Walter Smith of Long Island caught fire at Compo beach on Wednesday night. The blaze, likely started by a lighted match tossed with rags, caused several hundred dollars in damage and could be seen for miles. Local residents called the Weston telephone office seeking word if the town was burning.
Stratford schools will close next Tuesday and reopen January 5. At the high school the senior class plans a grab bag and social time for all. A short Christmas program will be followed by refreshments. Miss Hazel Rusk visits Norwalk. Miss Marguerite Cagewell teaches in Dobbs Perry. Mr and Mrs F M Patterson of King Street will spend Christmas with Mrs Patterson's sister in Plainfield New Jersey. Mr and Mrs John Parks of Philadelphia visit Mrs John Parks in East Broadway. Misses Rachel and Mabel Wilcoxson are home from Mount Holyoke. The organ recital by Harris Stanlee Bartlett at the Episcopal church moves to five o'clock due to the cantata at the Congregational church. Mrs David L Rhodes entertains the Friday Evening Wheer club on King Street. Mrs Rufus Bunnell will spend Christmas with her son Frank Bunnell in Norwich, then go to Washington to join Cordelia Sterling and Frances Dein for the winter southward. Shaw and Morehouse plan another weekly town hall dance tonight.
Out of town and local residents are expected to attend. The Le Roy Lewis family and daughter plan a Washington visit. Walter Van Roesler and son visit his mother in Main Street while Mrs. H. J. Lewis hosts relatives for Christmas. The Congregational Ladies Aid held their annual meeting in the church lecture room.
The rural school in western Charles Mix County, South Dakota, described as a community builder, thrived for over twenty years after starting as an academy linked to a post office. Led by Rev. L. E. Camfield, it integrated farm life with classroom learning, operated a school farm, and developed household economics under women students. The pastor-stewardship and church support strengthened both church and school, producing educated teachers and practical farmers who sustained local life and fostered a reverent work ethic.
Vintage sale list shows Shut-Edge Carvir scissors and manicure sets priced from 25 cents to 4.50 dollars, with larger sets ranging from 2 to 10 dollars, and mid-range offerings 2.50 to 8 dollars. Includes varied kits and discount levels.
Compensation Commissioner Buckingham explains that employers with fewer than five workers fall under the law. Domestics and chauffeurs are included, but a refusal filing and personal service on employees keeps the old defenses. Notices use Form No 1 for refusal and Form No 2 for service, obtainable at town clerks or the commissioner.
Hartford December report shows about 100 members and a 361.03 balance. Elected officers include President Allen B. Mitchell, Vice President Charles L. Gold, Secretary H. S. Garrigus, Treasurer B. C. Patterson, with directors F. H. Stadtmuller, D. M. Mitchell, J. B. Palmer and F. Chambers.
A western railroader enthuses about a newly doubled rail line extending to Chicago, while a friend questions the need for two tracks. The exchange adds a humorous aside from a Venus Cupid punning aside about love and a poodle.
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